Re: [nmh-workers] Need help with sending mail

[David Levine]

Ken wrote:

> >> - post(8) doesn't read the profile, so putting an entry under "post" in 
> >> there
> >>   won't do anything.
> >
> >Should we add a warning to the profile parser for post, whom, et al.,
> >entries to note that they're ignored?
>
> Sigh.  I get where you're coming from, but ... which program would do
> that?

All nmh programs.

> If it is post(8), then that means post would have to read the profile

If anyone calls post directly, they're likely very aware of that.

> If it's any program that pareses the config file, that seems lousy.

Why?  This is so subtle that the more warning, the better.  Why not add
the warning?

David