send(1)send(1)NAMEsend - send a message (only available within the message handling sys‐
tem, mh)
SYNOPSISsend [options] [file...]
OPTIONS
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 recipi‐
ents. 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 -nofor‐
mat is given, then headers are output exactly as they appear in the
message draft. The default is -format. Forwards a copy of a draft mes‐
sage 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 mes‐
sage 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 back‐
ground, 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
DESCRIPTION
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 corre‐
sponding Resent-xxx fields are examined instead. The delivery is car‐
ried 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 -draftmes‐
sage 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
RESTRICTIONS
For this version, the -mts option only supports the value smtp. Addi‐
tional values are supported for use only with other mail systems.
PROFILE COMPONENTS
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
FILES
The user profile.
SEE ALSOcomp(1), dist(1), forw(1), repl(1), mh-alias(4), post(8)send(1)
