SEND(1)                            [nmh-1.5]                           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] [-server servername] [-port port-
            name/number] [-sasl] [-nosasl] [-saslmaxssf ssf] [-saslmech
            mechanism] [-snoop] [-user username] [-tls] [-notls] [-width
            columns] [file ...]  [-version] [-help] [-attach header-field-
            name] [-noattach] [-attachformat 0 | 1 | 2]

DESCRIPTION
       Send will cause each of the specified files to be delivered to each of
       the destinations in the "To:", "cc:", "Bcc:", "Dcc:", 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 to do the actual delivery of the
       messages, although this can be changed by defining the postproc profile
       component.  Most of the features attributed to send are actually
       performed by post.


       By default the draft is scanned for a header named Nmh-Attachment.  The
       draft is converted to a MIME message if one or more matches are found.
       This conversion occurs before all other processing.  The header name
       can be changed with the -attach option.  This behavior can be disabled
       completely with the -noattach option.

       The first part of the MIME message is the draft body if that body
       contains any non-blank characters.  The body of each header field whose
       name matches the header-field-name is interpreted as a file name, and
       each file named is included as a separate part in the MIME message.

       For file names with dot suffixes, the profile is scanned for a mhshow-
       suffix- entry for that suffix.  The content-type for the part is taken
       from that profile entry if a match is found.  If a match is not found
       in the user profile, the mhn.defaults profile is scanned next.  If no
       match is found or the file does not have a dot suffix, the content-type
       is text/plain if the file contains only ASCII characters or
       application/octet-stream if it contains characters outside of the ASCII
       range.  See mhshow(1) for more details and example syntax.

       Each part contains a name attribute that is the last component of the
       path name.  A x-unix-mode attribute containing the file mode
       accompanies each part.  Finally, a description attribute is generated
       by running the file command on the file.

       The -attachformat option specifies the MIME header field formats:  a
       value of 0 includes the x-unix-mode attribute as noted above.  A value
       of 1, the default, suppresses that, puts the file name in the "Content-
       Description" header, and adds a "Content-Disposition" header.  A value
       of 2 adds the file modification-date parameter to the "Content-
       Disposition" header.  You can specify one value in your profile, and
       override it for individual messages at the whatnow prompt.

       Here are example message part headers, for an attachment, for each of
       the -attachformat values:

       -attachformat 0:
       Content-Type: text/plain; name="VERSION"; x-unix-mode="0644";
            charset="us-ascii"
       Content-Description: ASCII text

       -attachformat 1:
       Content-Type: text/plain; name="VERSION"; charset="us-ascii"
       Content-Description: VERSION
       Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="VERSION"

       -attachformat 2:
       Content-Type: text/plain; name="VERSION"; charset="us-ascii"
       Content-Description: VERSION
       Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="VERSION"; modification-date="Mon, 19 Dec 2005 22:39:51 -0600"

       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 message 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 interactions occurring
       with the transport system, prior to actual delivery.  If -watch is
       specified send will monitor 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, 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 site-dependent prefix (usually a 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
       message will be a copy of the message sent to the sighted recipients.

       If a "Dcc:" field is encountered, its addresses will be used for
       delivery, and the "Dcc:" field will be removed from the message.  The
       blind recipients will receive the same message sent to the sighted
       recipients. *WARNING* Recipients listed in the "Dcc:" field receive no
       explicit indication that they have received a "blind copy".  This can
       cause blind recipients to inadvertently reply to all of the sighted
       recipients of the original message, revealing that they received a
       blind copy.  On the other hand, since a normal reply to a message sent
       via a "Bcc:" field will generate a reply only to the sender of the
       original message, it takes extra effort in most mailers to reply to the
       included message, and so would usually only be done deliberately,
       rather than by accident.

       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 "Date: now" field will be appended to
       the headers in the message.  If -msgid is specified, then a
       "Message-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:".

       A "From:" field is required for all outgoing messages.  Multiple
       addresses are permitted in the "From:" field, but a "Sender:" field is
       required in this case.  Otherwise a "Sender:" field is optional.

       If a message with multiple "From:" addresses does NOT include a
       "Sender:" field but does include an "Envelope-From:" field, the
       "Envelope-From:" field will be used to construct a "Sender:" field.

       When using SMTP for mail submission, the envelope-from used for the
       SMTP transaction is derived from the "Envelope-From:" field.  If no
       "Envelope-From:" field is present, the "Sender:" field is used.  If
       neither the "Envelope-From:" nor the "Sender:" field is present, the
       "From:" field is used.  When "Envelope-From:" appears in a message it
       will be removed from the final outgoing message.

       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 systems 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 format 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.

       If nmh is using the SMTP MTA, the -server and the -port switches can be
       used to override the default mail server (defined by the
       /usr/local/lib/nmh/mts.conf servers entry).  The -snoop switch can be
       used to view the SMTP transaction.  (Beware that the SMTP transaction
       may contain authentication information either in plaintext or easily
       decoded base64.)

       If nmh has been compiled with SASL support, the -sasl and -nosasl
       switches will enable and disable the use of SASL authentication with
       the SMTP MTA.  Depending on the SASL mechanism used, this may require
       an additional password prompt from the user (but the ".netrc" file can
       be used to store this password).  -saslmech switch can be used to
       select a particular SASL mechanism, and the the -user switch can be
       used to select a authorization userid to provide to SASL other than the
       default.

       If SASL authentication is successful, nmh will attempt to negotiate a
       security layer for session encryption.  Encrypted data is labelled with
       `(encrypted)' and `(decrypted)' when viewing the SMTP transaction with
       the -snoop switch.  The -saslmaxssf switch can be used to select the
       maximum value of the Security Strength Factor.  This is an integer
       value and the exact meaning of this value depends on the underlying
       SASL mechanism.  A value of 0 disables encryption.

       If nmh has been compiled with TLS support, the -tls and -notls switches
       will require and disable the negotiation of TLS support when connecting
       to the SMTP MTA.  Encrypted data is labelled with `(tls-encrypted)' and
       `(tls-decrypted)' when viewing the SMTP transction with the -snoop
       switch.

       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 preceded 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' defaults to /usr/local/lib/nmh/MailAliases
       `-nodraftfolder'
       `-nofilter'
       `-format'
       `-forward'
       `-nomime'
       `-nomsgid'
       `-nopush'
       `-noverbose'
       `-nowatch'
       `-width 72'
       `-attach Nmh-Attachment'
       `-attachformat 1'


CONTEXT
       None


BUGS
       Under some configurations, it is not possible to monitor the mail
       delivery transaction; -watch is a no-op on those systems.

       Using -split 0 doesn't work correctly.



MH.6.8                           11 June 2012                          SEND(1)
