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spost



PURPOSE

Delivers a message.

SYNTAX


         +- -alias /usr/lib/mh/MailAlias -+   +--- -format ---+
spost ---| +---- -noalias -----+          |---|               |--->
         +-|                   |----------+   |    one of     |
           +--- -alias file ---+              | +-----------+ |
             ^               |                +-| -format   |-+
             +---------------+                  | -noformat |
                                                +-----------+

    +--- -nofilter ----+   +- -width 72 --+   +-- -nowatch --+
>---|                  |---|              |---|              |--->
    |      one of      |   +- -width num -+   |    one of    |
    | +--------------+ |                      | +----------+ |
    +-| -filter file |-+                      +-| -watch   |-+
      | -nofilter    |                          | -nowatch |
      +--------------+                          +----------+

    +--- -remove ---+   +-- -nobackup --+   +-- -noverbose --+
>---|               |---|               |---|                |--- file ---|
    |    one of     |   |    one of     |   |     one of     | ^        |
    | +-----------+ |   | +-----------+ |   | +------------+ | +--------+
    +-| -remove   |-+   +-| -backup   |-+   +-| -verbose   |-+
      | -noremove |       | -nobackup |       | -noverbose |
      +-----------+       +-----------+       +------------+

spost --- -help ---|


Warning: See restrictions, Chapter 18, AIX Programming Tools and Interfaces.

DESCRIPTION

The spost command is used to route messages to the proper destinations.  The
command is designed to be called by other programs rather than being run
directly by users.  The spost command is part of the Message Handling (MH)
package.

The spost command searches all components of a message that specify a
recipient's address and parses each address to check for proper format.  The
command puts proper addresses in the standard format and invokes the sendmail




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command.  The spost command performs a similar function as the post command,
but spost does less internal error checking than post.

FLAGS

-alias file   Searches the specified mail alias file for addresses.  You can
              use this flag repetitively to specify multiple mail alias files.
              The spost command automatically searches the file
              /usr/lib/mh/MailAliases.

-backup       Renames the message file by placing a "," (comma) before the file
              name after spost successfully posts the message.

-filter file  Uses the header components in the specified file for copies of
              the message sent to bcc: recipients.

-format       Puts all recipient addresses in a standard format for the
              delivery transport system.  This flag is the default.

-help         Displays help information for the command.

-nofilter     Strips the bcc: header from the message and sends it to
              recipients specified in the bcc: component.  This flag is the
              default.

-noalias      Does not use any alias files for delivering the message.

-nobackup     Does not rename the message after posting the file.  This flag is
              the default.

-noformat     Does not alter the format of the recipient addresses.

-noremove     Does not remove the temporary message file after posting the
              message.

-noverbose    Does not display information during the delivery of the message
              to the sendmail command.  This flag is the default.

-nowatch      Does not display information during delivery by the sendmail
              command.  This flag is the default.

-remove       Removes the temporary message file after the successful
              completion of posting the message.  This flag is the default.

-verbose      Displays information during the delivery of the message to the
              sendmail command.  This information allows you to monitor the
              steps involved.

-watch        Displays information during the delivery of the message by the
              sendmail command.  This information allows you to monitor the
              steps involved.




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-width num    Sets the width of components that contain addresses.  The default
              is 72 columns.

FILES

$HOME/.mh_profile        The MH user profile.
/temp/pstnum             The temporary message file.

RELATED INFORMATION

See the following commands:  "ali,"  "conflict,"  "mhmail," "post,"  "send,"
"sendmail, mailq, newaliases," and "whom."

See the mh-alias, mh-format, mh-mail, and mh-profile files in AIX Operating
System Technical Reference.

See the "Overview of the Message Handling Package" in Managing the AIX
Operating System.





































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