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whom
PURPOSE
Lists and verifies the addresses of the proposed recipients of a message.
SYNTAX
+- -alias /usr/lib/mh/MailAliases -+ +-- -nocheck --+
whom ---| |---| one of |--->
+---------- -alias file -----------+ | +----------+ |
^ | +-| -check |-+
+---------------+ | -nocheck |
+----------+
+------------------------------------------------------------+
| one of |
| +----------------+ |
>---| | -draft | |---|
| | -nodraftfolder | |
| +-| file |-------------------------------------+ |
| | +----------------+ | |
+-| one of |-+
| +------------------------------------+ +--- cur ---+ |
+-| -draftfolder +folder -draftmessage |---| one of |-+
| -draftfolder +folder | | +-------+ |
| -draftmessage | +-| num |-+
+------------------------------------+ | first |
| prev |
| cur |
| . |
| next |
| last |
+-------+
whom --- -help ---|
Note: This command does not have MBCS support.
DESCRIPTION
The whom command is used to expand the headers of a message into a set of
addresses. The whom command is also used to verify that those addresses are
valid. whom is part of the Message Handling (MH) package and can be used with
other MH and AIX commands.
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The message can reside in a draft folder or in a file. You can use one of the
-draft, -draftfolder, -draftmessage, or nodraftfolder flags or the file
argument to specify where the message resides.
If you want to verify the addresses, you must specify the -check flag.
FLAGS
-alias file Specifies that file is a mail alias file to be searched
for aliases. The default alias file is
/usr/lib/mh/MailAliases.
-check Checks to see if the addresses are valid. This flag
should be used only if the program used to post messages
is /usr/lib/mh/post (as specified in $HOME/.mh_profile).
-draft Uses the header information in the file
user_mh_directory/draft if it exists.
-draftfolder +folder Uses the header information of the draft message in the
specified folder. If you do not specify this flag, whom
selects a default draft folder according to the
information supplied in the MH profiles. You can define
a default draft folder in $HOME/.mh_profile. If
-draftfolder +folder is followed by msg:, msg represents
the -draftmessage attribute.
-draftmessage msg Uses the header information in the specified draft
message. You can use one of the following message
references when specifying msg:
num sequence first
prev cur .
next last
The default draft message is cur.
-help Displays help information for the command.
-nocheck Does not check to see if the addresses are valid. This
is the default.
-nodraftfolder Undoes the last occurrence of -draftfolder +folder
PROFILE ENTRIES
Draft-Folder: Sets your default folder for drafts.
postproc: Specifies the program used to post messages.
FILES
$HOME/.mh_profile The MH user profile.
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RELATED INFORMATION
See other MH commands: "ali," "post," "whatnow."
See the mh-alias, mh-format, mh-mail, and mh-profile files in AIX Operating
System Technical Reference.
See "Overview of the Message Handling Package" in Managing the AIX Operating
System.
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