X-Git-Url: https://diplodocus.org/git/nmh/blobdiff_plain/fbcd71b31868c9969836b00a90a0bf32b13111ef..7253abffef36f7eb39ca606a08793560c0d4cfd8:/man/mhbuild.man?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/man/mhbuild.man b/man/mhbuild.man index ab757d34..2f0e8ee7 100644 --- a/man/mhbuild.man +++ b/man/mhbuild.man @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ mhbuild \- translate MIME composition draft .HP 5 .B mhbuild .I file +.RB [ \-auto " | " \-noauto ] .RB [ \-list " | " \-nolist ] .RB [ \-realsize " | " \-norealsize ] .RB [ \-headers " | " \-noheaders ] @@ -17,6 +18,9 @@ mhbuild \- translate MIME composition draft .RB [ \-contentid " | " \-nocontentid ] .RB [ \-verbose " | " \-noverbose ] .RB [ \-check " | " \-nocheck ] +.RB [ \-headerencoding +.IR encoding\-algorithm +.RB " | " \-autoheaderencoding ] .RB [ \-version ] .RB [ \-help ] .ad @@ -28,11 +32,8 @@ a valid MIME message. .PP .B mhbuild creates multi-media messages as specified in RFC 2045 -to RFC 2049. Currently -.B mhbuild -only supports encodings in -message bodies, and does not support the encoding of message headers as -specified in RFC 2047. +to RFC 2049. This includes the encoding of message headers as specified +by RFC 2047. .PP If you specify the name of the composition file as \*(lq-\*(rq, then @@ -454,6 +455,19 @@ If a text content contains only 7\-bit characters and the character set is not specified as above, then the character set will be labeled as \*(lqus-ascii\*(rq. .PP +The +.B \-headerencoding +switch will indicate which algorithm to use when encoding any message headers +that contain 8\-bit characters. The valid arguments are +.I base64 +for based\-64 encoding and +.I quoted +for quoted\-printable encoding. The +.B \-autoheaderencoding +switch will instruct +.B mhbuild +to automatically pick the algorithm that results in a shorter encoded string. +.PP Putting this all together, here is an example of a more complicated message draft. The following draft will expand into a multipart/mixed message @@ -532,6 +546,14 @@ to execute .B mhbuild to translate the composition file into MIME format. .PP +Normally it is an error to invoke +.B mhbuild +on file that already in MIME format. The +.B \-auto +switch will cause +.B mhbuild +to exit without error if the input file already has valid MIME headers. +.PP It is also possible to have the .B whatnow program invoke @@ -714,4 +736,5 @@ is checked. .RB ` \-contentid ' .RB ` \-nocheck ' .RB ` \-noverbose ' +.RB ` \-autoheaderencoding ' .fi