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                      2: .TH POST 8 "April 22, 1986" MH [mh.6]
                      3: .UC 6
                      4: .SH NAME
                      5: post \- deliver a message
                      6: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      7: .in +.5i
                      8: .ti -.5i
                      9: /usr/new/lib/mh/post 
                     10: \%[\-alias\ aliasfile]
                     11: \%[\-filter\ filterfile] \%[\-nofilter]
                     12: \%[\-format] \%[\-noformat]
                     13: \%[\-msgid] \%[\-nomsgid]
                     14: \%[\-verbose] \%[\-noverbose]
                     15: \%[\-watch] \%[\-nowatch]
                     16: \%[\-width\ columns]
                     17: file
                     18: \%[\-help]
                     19: .in -.5i
                     20: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     21: \fIPost\fR is the program called by \fIsend\fR\0(1)
                     22: to deliver the message in \fIfile\fR to local and remote users.
                     23: In fact, all of the functions attributed to \fIsend\fR
                     24: on its manual page are performed by \fIpost\fR,
                     25: with \fIsend\fR acting as a relatively simple preprocessor.
                     26: Thus, it is \fIpost\fR which parses the various header fields,
                     27: appends From: and Date: lines,
                     28: and interacts with the \fISendMail\fR transport system.
                     29: \fIPost\fR will not normally be called directly by the user.
                     30: 
                     31: \fIPost\fR
                     32: searches the \*(lqTo:\*(rq, \*(lqcc:\*(rq, \*(lqBcc:\*(rq, \*(lqFcc:\*(rq, and \*(lqResent\-xxx:\*(rq
                     33: header lines of
                     34: the specified message for destination addresses, checks these
                     35: addresses for validity, and formats them so as to conform to 
                     36: ARPAnet Internet Message Format protocol,
                     37: unless the `\-noformat' flag is set.
                     38: This will normally cause \*(lq@\fIlocal\-site\fR\*(rq to
                     39: be appended to each local destination address, as well
                     40: as any local return addresses.  
                     41: The `\-width\ columns' switch can be used to indicate the preferred length
                     42: of the header components that contain addresses.
                     43: 
                     44: If a \*(lqBcc:\*(rq field is encountered,
                     45: its addresses will be used for delivery,
                     46: and the \*(lqBcc:\*(rq field will be removed from the message sent to sighted
                     47: recipients.
                     48: The blind recipients will receive an entirely new message with
                     49: a minimal set of headers.
                     50: Included in the body of the message will be a copy of the message sent to the
                     51: sighted recipients.
                     52: If `\-filter\ filterfile' is specified,
                     53: then this copy is filtered (re\-formatted)
                     54: prior to being sent to the blind recipients.
                     55: 
                     56: The `\-alias\ aliasfile' switch can be used to specify a file that post should
                     57: take aliases from.  More than one file can be specified, each being preceded
                     58: with `\-alias'.
                     59: In any event,
                     60: the primary alias file is read first.
                     61: 
                     62: The `\-msgid' switch indicates that
                     63: a \*(lqMessage\-ID:\*(rq or \*(lqResent\-Message\-ID:\*(rq
                     64: field should be added to the header.
                     65: 
                     66: The `\-verbose' switch indicates that the user should be informed of each
                     67: step of the posting/filing process.
                     68: 
                     69: The `\-watch' switch indicates that the user would like to watch the transport
                     70: system's handling of the message (e.g., local and \*(lqfast\*(rq delivery).
                     71: 
                     72: \fIPost\fR consults the envariable \fB$SIGNATURE\fR to
                     73: determine the sender's personal name in constructing the \*(lqFrom:\*(rq line
                     74: of the message.
                     75: .Fi
                     76: ^/usr/new/lib/mh/mtstailor~^tailor file
                     77: ^/usr/new/mh/refile~^Program to process Fcc:s
                     78: ^/usr/new/lib/mh/mhl~^Program to process Bcc:s
                     79: ^/usr/new/lib/mh/MailAliases~^Primary alias file
                     80: .Pr
                     81: \fIpost\fR does \fBNOT\fR consult the user's \&.mh\(ruprofile
                     82: .Sa
                     83: \fIStandard for the Format of ARPA Internet Text Messages\fR (aka RFC\-822),
                     84: .br
                     85: mhmail(1), send(1), mh\-mail(5), mh\-alias(5)
                     86: .De
                     87: `\-alias /usr/new/lib/mh/MailAliases'
                     88: .Ds
                     89: `\-format'
                     90: .Ds
                     91: `\-nomsgid'
                     92: .Ds
                     93: `\-noverbose'
                     94: .Ds
                     95: '\-nowatch'
                     96: .Ds
                     97: `\-width\ 72'
                     98: .Ds
                     99: `\-nofilter'
                    100: .Co
                    101: None
                    102: .Bu
                    103: \*(lqReply\-To:\*(rq fields are allowed to have groups in them according to the
                    104: 822 specification,
                    105: but \fIpost\fR won't let you use them.
                    106: .En

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