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

[Ralph Corderoy]

Hi David,

> Should we add a warning to the profile parser for post, whom, et al.,
> entries to note that they're ignored?

I don't think whom(1)'s entry is ignored?  Maybe I'm interpreting that
wrongly.

    $ cat >.mh_profile
    path: .
    whom: -vote-for-ken
    ^D
    $ HOME=$PWD mhparam whom
    -vote-for-ken
    $ HOME=$PWD whom
    whom: -vote-for-ken unknown
    $

mh-profile(5) does mention `post'.

    locale: locale
        Set the locale for all nmh programs except post, install-mh, and
        slocal.  See the LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE, and LANG variables in the
        "ENVIRONMENT" section below for a reference on how the locale is
        set if this profile component is not used.

It also has

    program: default switches
        Sets default switches to be used whenever the mh program program
        is invoked.  For example, one could override the “Editor:”
        profile component when replying to messages by adding a
        component such as:

            repl: -editor /bin/ed

        (profile, no defaults)

Perhaps that should mention programs that don't read their .mh_profile
entry?  Or say how to check if a program does using the program's own
man page?

My fallible manual scan of man pages suggests these have `None' or
similar under the `PROFILE COMPONENTS' section.

    ap
    dp
    fmttest
    mh-mkstemp
    msgchk
    post

These pages don't have a `PROFILE COMPONENTS' section.

    mhical
    mhmail
    mhn (deprecated)
    rcvdist
    rcvpack
    rcvtty
    slocal

-- 
Cheers, Ralph.
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