whom

PURPOSE

     Lists  the  addresses of  the  proposed  recipients of  a
     message and verifies the addresses.

SYNOPSIS
      whom[-alias aliasfile][-check][-nocheck][-draft]
          [-draftfolder +folder][-draftmessage msg]
          [-nodraftfolder][file][-help]


DESCRIPTION

     The  whom command  is used  to  expand the  headers of  a
     message into  a set of  addresses.  whom is also  used to
     verify that those  addresses are valid.  whom  is part of
     the MH  (Message Handling) package  and can be  used with
     other MH and AIX commands.

     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 argu-
     ment 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.
     -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 mes-
                      sages.

FILES

     $HOME/.mh_profile    The MH user profile.

RELATED INFORMATION

     Other MH commands:  "ali," "post,"  "whatnow."

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

     The "Overview  of the  Message Handling Package"  in Man-
     aging the AIX Operating System.