SEND(1)
NAME
send - send a message
SYNOPSIS
send [-alias aliasfile] [-draft] [-draftfolder +folder]
[-draftmessage msg] [-nodraftfolder]
[-filter filterfile] [-nofilter] [-format]
[-noformat]
[-forward] [-noforward] [-mime] [-nomime] [-msgid]
[-nomsgid] [-push] [-nopush] [-split seconds]
[-verbose] [-noverbose] [-watch] [-nowatch]
[-width columns] [file ...] [-version] [-help]
DESCRIPTION
Send will cause each of the specified files to be deliv-
ered to each of the destinations in the "To:", "cc:",
"Bcc:", and "Fcc:" fields of the message. If send is
re-distributing a message, as invoked from dist, then the
corresponding "Resent-xxx" fields are examined instead.
By default, send uses the program post(8) to do the actual
delivery of the messages, although this can be changed by
defining the postproc profile component. Most of the fea-
tures attributed to send are actually performed by post.
If `-push' is specified, send will detach itself from the
user's terminal and perform its actions in the background.
If push 'd and the draft can't be sent, then an error mes-
sage will be sent (using the mailproc) back to the user.
If `-forward' is given, then a copy of the draft will be
attached to this failure notice. Using `-push' differs
from putting send in the background because the output is
trapped and analyzed by nmh.
If `-verbose' is specified, send will indicate the inter-
actions occurring with the transport system, prior to
actual delivery. If `-watch' is specified send will moni-
tor the delivery of local and network mail. Hence, by
specifying both switches, a large detail of information
can be gathered about each step of the message's entry
into the transport system.
The `-draftfolder +folder' and `-draftmessage msg'
switches invoke the nmh draft folder facility. This is an
advanced (and highly useful) feature. Consult the mh-
draft(5) man page for more information.
If `-split' is specified, send will split the draft into
one or more partial messages prior to sending. This makes
use of the MIME features in nmh. Note however that if
send is invoked under dist (1), then this switch is
ignored -- it makes no sense to redistribute a message in
this fashion. Sometimes you want send to pause after
posting a partial message. This is usually the case when
you are running sendmail and expect to generate a lot of
partial messages. The argument to `-split' tells it how
long to pause between postings.
Send with no file argument will query whether the draft is
the intended file, whereas `-draft' will suppress this
question. Once the transport system has successfully
accepted custody of the message, the file will be renamed
with a leading comma, which allows it to be retrieved
until the next draft message is sent. If there are errors
in the formatting of the message, send will abort with a
(hopefully) helpful error message.
If a "Bcc:" field is encountered, its addresses will be
used for delivery, and the "Bcc:" field will be removed
from the message sent to sighted recipients. The blind
recipients will receive an entirely new message with a
minimal set of headers. Included in the body of the mes-
sage will be a copy of the message sent to the sighted
recipients. If `-filter filterfile' is specified, then
this copy is filtered (re-formatted) by mhl prior to being
sent to the blind recipients. Alternately, if you specify
the `-mime' switch, then send will use the MIME rules for
encapsulation.
Prior to sending the message, the fields
"From: user@local", and "Date: now" will be appended to
the headers in the message. If the environment variable
$SIGNATURE is set, then its value is used as your personal
name when constructing the "From:" line of the message.
If this environment variable is not set, then send will
consult the profile entry "Signature" for this informa-
tion. On hosts where nmh was configured with the UCI
option, if $SIGNATURE is not set and the "Signature" pro-
file entry is not present, then the file $HOME/.signature
is consulted. If `-msgid' is specified, then a "Mes-
sage-ID:" field will also be added to the message.
If send is re-distributing a message (when invoked by
dist ), then "Resent-" will be prepended to each of these
fields: "From:", "Date:", and "Message-ID:". If the mes-
sage already contains a "From:" field, then a "Sender:
user@local" field will be added as well. (An already
existing "Sender:" field is an error!)
By using the `-format' switch, each of the entries in the
"To:" and "cc:" fields will be replaced with "standard"
format entries. This standard format is designed to be
usable by all of the message handlers on the various sys-
tems around the Internet. If `-noformat' is given, then
headers are output exactly as they appear in the message
draft.
If an "Fcc: folder" is encountered, the message will be
copied to the specified folder for the sender in the for-
mat in which it will appear to any non-Bcc receivers of
the message. That is, it will have the appended fields
and field reformatting. The "Fcc:" fields will be removed
from all outgoing copies of the message.
By using the `-width columns' switch, the user can direct
send as to how long it should make header lines containing
addresses.
The files specified by the profile entry "Aliasfile:" and
any additional alias files given by the `-alias aliasfile'
switch will be read (more than one file, each preceeded
by `-alias', can be named). See mh-alias (5) for more
information.
FILES
$HOME/.mh_profile The user profile
PROFILE COMPONENTS
Path: To determine the user's nmh directory
Draft-Folder: To find the default draft-folder
Aliasfile: For a default alias file
Signature: To determine the user's mail signature
mailproc: Program to post failure notices
postproc: Program to post the message
SEE ALSO
comp(1) dist(1) forw(1) repl(1) mh-alias(5) post(8)
DEFAULTS
`file' defaults to <mh-dir>/draft
`-alias /etc/nmh/MailAliases'
`-nodraftfolder'
`-nofilter'
`-format'
`-forward'
`-nomime'
`-nomsgid'
`-nopush'
`-noverbose'
`-nowatch'
`-width 72'
CONTEXT
None
BUGS
Under some configurations, it is not possible to mointor
the mail delivery transaction; `-watch' is a no-op on
those systems.
Using `-split 0' doesn't work correctly.