send - send a message (only available within the message
handling system, mh)
send [options] [file...]
Directs send to consult the named files for alias definitions.
More than one file, each preceded by -alias, can
be named. See mh-alias(4) for more information. Specifies
that the current draft is the message to be sent. If you
do not give a file argument, send will query whether the
current draft is the file that you intend to send. You can
suppress this question by using this option. Specifies
the draft folder from which the draft message is taken.
The send command will search the specified folder for the
draft message and will deliver it to the specified recipients.
The current message in the named folder is used. If
you wish to use another message, you can use the
-draftmessage option with -draftfolder. If there is no
current draft message in the specified folder, send will
display an error message. Specifies the draft message to
be used. If you specify a folder with the -draftfolder
option, the -draftmessage option takes the number of a
message in that folder. If you do not specify a folder,
-draftmessage takes the name of a file. If you do not give
an absolute pathname (one beginning with / or or ),
-draftmessage assumes that the file is located in your
Mail directory. Filters (re-formats) messages sent to
blind copy recipients. Recipients named in the Bcc: field
usually receive a new message which includes a copy of a
message sent to the other recipients. If this option is
given, this copy of the message is filtered according to
the instructions in the named file. The default is -nofilter.
Replaces each of the entries in the To: and cc:
fields 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. The default is -format. Forwards a
copy of a draft message that cannot be sent to the sender.
This option can only be used with the -push option. If
you have specified -push and the draft message cannot be
sent, a failure notice is generated and sent to you. If
you also give this option, a copy of the problem message
is forwarded with the failure notice. This differs from
putting send in the background, because the output is
trapped and analyzed by MH. This is the default behavior.
It can be suppressed by specifying the -noforward option.
Prints a list of the valid options to this command. Adds
a Message-ID: field to the message. 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.
Instructs send to perform its actions in the background.
If a draft fails to be sent, a failure notice is generated
and sent to the sender of the problem message. If you also
specify the -forward option, the message is forwarded with
the failure notice. Informs the user of each step of the
sending process, prior to actual delivery. Monitors the
delivery of local and network mail. A large amount of
information can be gathered about each step of the message's
entry into the transport system by specifying both
this and the -verbose option. Specifies the length of
header lines containing addresses.
The defaults for the send command are:
file defaults to <mh-dir>/draft
alias /usr/lib/mh/MailAliases
-nodraftfolder
-nofilter
-format
-forward
-nomsgid
-mts smtp
-nopush
-noverbose
-nowatch
-width 72
Use send to send the draft message to the specified recipients.
You normally choose send as one of the options from
the whatnow program. However, you can use send just like
any other MH command.
If you do not have a draft folder set up, messages are
created in a file called draft in your Mail directory. The
draft message remains in the file draft until it is either
sent or deleted. This means that you can only have one
draft message at a time. If you do have a draft folder set
up, or if you have specified one using the -draftfolder
option, the draft message is created in this folder, which
enables you to store multiple draft messages. For more
information, see comp(1).
The command send will normally search for the draft message
in the file draft or in your draft folder and cause
it to be delivered to each of the destinations in the To:,
cc:, Bcc:, and Fcc: fields of the message. If send is
redistributing a message, as invoked from dist, the corresponding
Resent-xxx fields are examined instead. The
delivery is carried out using post(8).
If you wish to send a named file instead of an existing
draft message, you can specify the file as the file argument.
If you do not give an absolute pathname (one beginning
with / or or ) send assumes that the named file is in
your directory. Note that the file must be formatted as a
legal mail message. If you want to send an existing mail
message rather than a named file, you should use the
-draftfolder or -draftmessage option.
Once the transport system has successfully received the
message, the mail system will rename the file with a leading
comma. This 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 and issue an error
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 variable is not set,
then send will consult the profile entry Signature: for
this information.
If send is redistributing a message (when invoked by
dist), then the mail system will prepend Resent- to each
of these fields: From, Date, and Message-ID. If the message
already contains a From: field, then the mail system
will add a Sender: user@local field add as well.
If an Fcc: field is encountered, the mail system copies
the message to the specified folder for the sender in the
format in which it appears to any normal recipients of the
message. That is, it includes the fields appended by the
mail system, and the fields are re-formatted. The Fcc:
fields are removed from all outgoing copies of the message.
If the message includes a Bcc: field, recipients in this
field receive a new copy of the message, which includes
the body text of the original message. The new message has
a minimal set of headers. The Bcc: field does not appear
on copies of the message sent to recipients in the To: and
cc: fields.
Prior to sending the message, the mail system appends
Date: and From: to the headers in the message, for example:
Date: Wed, 07 June 1989 11:18:00 WET From: rabb@hostname
For this version, the -mts option only supports the value
smtp. Additional values are supported for use only with
other mail systems.
Path: To determine the user's MH directory
Draft-Folder: To determine the default draft folder
Signature: To determine the user's mail signature
mailproc: Program to post failure notices
postproc: Program to post the message
The user profile.
comp(1), dist(1), forw(1), repl(1), mh-alias(4), post(8)
send(1)
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