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post(8)
NAME
  post - deliver a message

SYNOPSIS
  /usr/lib/mh/post [options] file

OPTIONS
  -alias aliasfile
      Specifies a file that post should take aliases from. More than one file
      can be specified, each being preceded with the -alias option. The post
      program automatically consults the system alias file,
      /usr/lib/mh/MailAliases.	If there is an Aliasfile entry in your
      .mh_profile, post also consults the file named in that entry.

  -filter filterfile

  -nofilter
      Filters (re-formats) messages sent to blind copy recipients.
      Recipients named in the Bcc: field normally receive a new message which
      includes a copy of the message sent to the other recipients.  If this
      option is specified, this copy of the message is filtered according to
      the instructions in the named file. The default is -nofilter.

  -format

  -noformat
      Formats messages so as to conform to ARPAnet Internet Message Format
      protocol. This is the default behavior. You can post from formatting
      messages in this way by using the -noformat option.

  -help
      Prints a list of the valid options to this command.

  -msgid

  -nomsgid
      Adds a Message-ID: or Resent-Message-ID: field to the header.

  -mts smtp
      Specifies the mail system over which mail is sent. The only value
      allowed is smtp, which is the standard mail system.  Additional values
      are supported only for use with other mail systems.

  -verbose

  -noverbose
      Informs the user of each step of the posting/filing process.

  -watch

  -nowatch
      Allows the user to watch the transport system's handling of the message
      (for example, local and fast delivery).

  -width columns
      Specifies the preferred length of the header components that contain
      addresses.

  The default settings for post are:

       -alias /usr/lib/mh/MailAliases
       -format
       -nomsgid
       -mts smtp
       -noverbose
       -nowatch
       -width 72
       -nofilter

DESCRIPTION
  The program post is called by send(1) to deliver the message in the named
  file to local and remote users. In fact, all of the functions attributed to
  send on its reference page are performed by post, with send acting as a
  relatively simple pre-processor. Thus, it is post which parses the various
  header fields, appends From: and Date: lines, and interacts with the
  transport system.

  Normally, post would not be called directly by the user.

  It searches the To:, cc:, Bcc:, and Resent-xxx: header lines of the
  specified message for destination addresses, checks these addresses for
  validity, and formats them so as to conform to ARPAnet Internet Message
  Format protocol (unless the -noformat option is set). This will normally
  cause @local-site to be appended to each local destination address, as well
  as any local return addresses.

  If a Bcc: field is encountered, the mail system will use its addresses for
  delivery. The Bcc: is removed from the message sent to original recipients.
  The copied recipients will receive an entirely new message with a minimal
  set of headers. The mail system includes a copy of the message sent to the
  original recipients in the body of the message.

  This command consults the environment variable $SIGNATURE to determine the
  sender's personal name in constructing the From: line of the message.

RESTRICTIONS
  For this version, the -mts option only supports the value smtp. Additional
  values are supported for use only with other mail systems.

PROFILE COMPONENTS
  The post command does not consult the user's .mh_profile.

FILES
  /usr/lib/mh/mtstailor
      The system customization file.

  /usr/bin/mh/refile
      The program to process Fcc:s.

  /usr/lib/mh/mhl
      The program to process Bcc:s.

  /usr/lib/mh/MailAliases
      The system alias file.

SEE ALSO
  Commands: comp(1), mhmail(1), send(1)

  Files: mh-alias(4), mh-mail(4), mtstailor(4)

  Standard for the Format of ARPA Internet Text Messages (RFC 822)

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