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NAME

       send - send a message (only available within the message handling system, mh)

SYNOPSIS

       send [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 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  mes-
       sage.   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  -nover-
       bose -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
       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  for-
       matted  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  mes-
       sage. 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-format-
       ted. 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 orig-
       inal  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. Additional 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 ALSO

       comp(1), dist(1), forw(1), repl(1), mh-alias(4), post(8)

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