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RedHat 6.2

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post(8)


POST

POST

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
FILES
PROFILE COMPONENTS
SEE ALSO
DEFAULTS
CONTEXT
BUGS

NAME

post − deliver a message

SYNOPSIS

/usr/lib/nmh/post [−alias aliasfile]
[−filter filterfile] [−nofilter] [−format] [−noformat]
[−mime] [−nomime] [−msgid] [−nomsgid] [−verbose]
[−noverbose] [−watch] [−nowatch] [−width columns]
file [−version] [−help]

DESCRIPTION

Post is the default program called by send (1) to deliver the message in file to local and remote users. In fact, most of the features attributed to send in its manual page are performed by post, with send acting as a relatively simple preprocessor. Thus, it is post which parses the various header fields, appends From: and Date: lines, and interacts with the mail transport system. Post will not normally be called directly by the user.

Post searches the “To:”, “cc:”, “Bcc:”, “Fcc:”, 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’ flag is set. This will normally cause “@local−site” to be appended to each local destination address, as well as any local return addresses. The ’−width columns’ switch can be used to indicate the preferred length of the header components that contain addresses.

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 ’−filter filterfile’ is specified, then this copy is filtered (re−formatted) by mhl prior to being sent to the blind recipients. Alternately, if the ’−mime’ switch is given, then post will use the MIME rules for encapsulation.

The ’−alias aliasfile’ switch can be used to specify a file that post should take aliases from. More than one file can be specified, each being preceded with ’−alias’. In any event, the primary alias file is read first.

The ’−msgid’ switch indicates that a “Message−ID:” or “Resent−Message−ID:” field should be added to the header.

The ’−verbose’ switch indicates that the user should be informed of each step of the posting/filing process.

The ’−watch’ switch indicates that the user would like to watch the transport system’s handling of the message (e.g., local and “fast” delivery).

Under normal circumstances, post constructs the "From:" line of the message from the user’s UNIX username, the full name from the GECOS field of the passwd file, and the fully-qualified name of the local machine (e.g. ’From: "Dan Harkless" <dan@machine.company.com>’). However, there are three ways to override these values. Note that they apply equally to "Resent-From:" lines in messages sent with dist.

The first way is GECOS-based username masquerading. If "mmailid" in the mts.conf file has been set to non-zero, this processing is activated. If a user’s GECOS field in the passwd file is of the form "Full Name <fakename>" then "fakename" will be used in place of the real username. For instance, a GECOS field of "Dan Harkless <Dan.Harkless>" would result in ’From: "Dan Harkless" <Dan.Harkless@machine.company.com>’. Naturally if you were doing something like this you’d want to set up an MTA alias (e.g. in /etc/aliases) from, for instance, "Dan.Harkless" to "dan".

The second way to override default construction of "From:" is to set the $SIGNATURE environment variable. This variable overrides the full name from the GECOS field, even if GECOS-based masquerading is being done.

The third way, which will override either of the previous two, is to specify a "From:" line manually in the message draft. It will be used as provided (after alias substitution), but to discourage email forgery, the user’s real address will be used in the SMTP envelope "From:" and in the "Sender:" line. However, if the system administrator has allowed address masquerading by setting "mmailid" to non-zero in mts.conf, the SMTP envelope "From:" will use the address given in the draft "From:", and there will be no "Sender:" header. This is useful in pretending to send mail "directly" from a remote POP3 account, or when remote email robots give improper precedence to the envelope "From:". Note that your MTA may still reveal your real identity (e.g. sendmail’s "X-Authentication-Warning:" header).

FILES

/etc/nmh/mts.conf nmh mts configuration file
/etc/nmh/MailAliases global nmh alias file
/usr/bin/refile Program to process Fcc:s
/usr/lib/nmh/mhl Program to process Bcc:s

PROFILE COMPONENTS

post does NOT consult the user’s .mh_profile

SEE ALSO

Standard for the Format of ARPA Internet Text Messages (RFC−822),
mhmail(1), send(1), mh−mail(5), mh−alias(5), mh−tailor(5)

DEFAULTS

’−alias /etc/nmh/MailAliases’
’−format’
’−nomime’
’−nomsgid’
’−noverbose’
’−nowatch’
’−width 72’
’−nofilter’

CONTEXT

None

BUGS

“Reply−To:” fields are allowed to have groups in them according to the 822 specification, but post won’t let you use them.



post(8)