- Add reference to nmh in .SH NAME - Delete empty .PP - Remove a few 'various'es - Some formatting - SEE ALSO in alphabetical order
diff --git a/man/mhmail.man b/man/mhmail.man index 315a553b..48f058ab 100644 --- a/man/mhmail.man +++ b/man/mhmail.man @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ -.TH MHMAIL %manext1% "October 16, 2012" "%nmhversion%" +.TH MHMAIL %manext1% "March 23, 2017" "%nmhversion%" .\" .\" %nmhwarning% .\" .SH NAME -mhmail \- send or read mail +mhmail \- send or read mail - part of the nmh message system .SH SYNOPSIS .HP 5 .na @@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ mhmail \- send or read mail .I send \&...]] .RB [ \-send " | " \-nosend ] -.PP .HP 5 .B mhmail with no arguments is equivalent to @@ -43,45 +42,43 @@ with no arguments is equivalent to .ad .SH DESCRIPTION .B mhmail -is intended as a replacement for the standard Berkeley -mail program +is intended as a replacement, compatible with +.BR nmh , +for the standard Berkeley mail program .RB ( mail or -.BR mailx ), -which is compatible with -.BR nmh . -This program is intended for the use of programs such as +.BR mailx ). +.B nmh +is intended for the use of programs such as .BR cron , -which expect to send mail automatically to various addresses. It is -also used by various +which expect to send mail automatically. It is also used by some .B nmh -commands to mail various -error notifications. Although +commands to mail error notifications. Although .B mhmail -can be used interactively, -it is recommended that +can be used interactively, it is recommended that .B comp and .B send -be used instead to send messages. +be used instead, to send messages. .PP -When invoked without arguments, it simply invokes +When invoked without arguments, +.B mhmail +simply invokes .B inc -to incorporate new messages from the user's maildrop. +to incorporate new messages from the user's mail drop. .PP When one or more addresses are specified, a message is read from the standard input and spooled to a temporary file. .B mhmail then invokes .BR post , -by default, with the name of the temporary file as its argument to +by default, with the name of the temporary file as its argument, to deliver the message to the specified address. .PP The .B \-subject .I subject -switch can be used to specify the -\*(lqSubject:\*(rq field of the message. +switch can be used to specify the \*(lqSubject:\*(rq field of the message. .PP The .B \-resent @@ -98,13 +95,12 @@ mhmail [email protected] -resent < `mhpath cur` .PP By default, .B mhmail -will read the message to be sent from the -standard input. You can specify the text of the message at the command +will read the message to be sent from the standard input. +You can specify the text of the message at the command line with the .B \-body .I text -switch. If the standard input has zero -length, +switch. If the standard input has zero length, .B mhmail will not send the message and return with status 1. You can use the switch .B \-body @@ -129,8 +125,7 @@ switches may be given multiple times. By using .B \-from .IR addr , -you can specify the \*(lqFrom:\*(rq header of -the draft. If no +you can specify the \*(lqFrom:\*(rq header of the draft. If no .B \-from switch is used when sending, .B mhmail @@ -141,8 +136,7 @@ in .IR mh-format (5). Naturally, .B post -will fill\-in the \*(lqSender:\*(rq -header correctly. +will fill in the \*(lqSender:\*(rq header correctly. .PP The .B \-headerfield @@ -214,7 +208,7 @@ can be used to disable .BR \-nosend , for example, when using a shell alias. .PP -All other switches are passed on to +All other switches are passed to .B post if .B \-profile @@ -227,16 +221,16 @@ is used. .fc ^ ~ .nf .ta \w'%nmhetcdir%/ExtraBigFileName 'u -^%bindir%/inc~^Program to incorporate maildrop into folder +^%bindir%/inc~^Program to incorporate mail drop into folder ^%nmhlibexecdir%/post~^Program to deliver a message ^/tmp/mhmail*~^Temporary copy of message .fi .SH "SEE ALSO" .IR dist (1), .IR inc (1), -.IR send (1), .IR mh-format (5), .IR post (8) +.IR send (1), .SH DEFAULTS .nf .RB ` "\-from localmbox" ' _______________________________________________ Nmh-workers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/nmh-workers
