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NAME

       mh-tailor,  mts.conf  -  mail  transport  customization for nmh message
       handler

SYNOPSIS

       /etc/nmh/mts.conf

DESCRIPTION

       The file /etc/nmh/mts.conf  defines  run-time  options  for  those  nmh
       programs  which  interact  (in  some  form)  with the message transport
       system.  At present, these (user)  programs  are:  ap,  conflict,  inc,
       msgchk, msh, post, rcvdist, and rcvpack.

       Each  option  should  be given on a single line.  Blank lines and lines
       which begin with ‘#’ are ignored.  The  options  available  along  with
       default values and a description of their meanings are listed below:

       mts:
            The  mail transport method to use.  The two acceptable options are
            smtp (which is the default), and sendmail.

            If you use smtp, this will  enable  a  direct  SMTP  (simple  mail
            transport  protocol) interface in nmh.  When sending mail, instead
            of passing the message to the mail transport agent, post will open
            a  socket  connection to the mail port on the machine specified in
            the servers entry.

            If you use sendmail, then post will send  messages  by  forking  a
            local  copy  of sendmail.  Currently it will still speak SMTP with
            this local copy of sendmail.

       localname:
            The hostname nmh considers local.  It should typically be a  fully
            qualified  hostname.  If this is not set, depending on the version
            of UNIX you’re running, nmh will query the system for  this  value
            (e.g. uname, gethostname, etc.), and attempt to fully qualify this
            value.

            If you are using POP to retrieve new messages, you may want to set
            this value to the name of the POP server, so that outgoing message
            appear to have originated on the POP server.

       localdomain:
            If this is set, a ‘.’ followed by this string will be appended  to
            your hostname.

            This  should only be needed, if for some reason nmh is not able to
            fully qualify the hostname returned by  the  system  (e.g.  uname,
            gethostname, etc.).

       clientname:
            This option specifies the host name that nmh will give in the SMTP
            HELO (and EHLO) command, when  posting  mail.   If  not  set,  the
            default  is  to  use  the  host name that nmh considers local (see
            localname above).  If this option  is  set,  but  empty,  no  HELO
            command will be given.

            Although  the  /B  HELO  command is required by RFC-821, many SMTP
            servers do not require it.  Early versions of SendMail  will  fail
            if  the  hostname  given  in  the  HELO command is the local host.
            Later versions of SendMail will complain  if  you  omit  the  HELO
            command.   If  you run SendMail, find out what your system expects
            and set this field if needed.

       systemname:
            This option is only used for UUCP mail.  It specifies the name  of
            the local host in the UUCP “domain”.  If not set, depending on the
            version of UNIX you’re running, nmh will query the system for this
            value.  This has no equivalent in the nmh configuration file.

       mmdfldir: /var/mail
            The  directory  where  maildrops are kept.  If this option is set,
            but empty, the user’s home directory is used.  This overrides  the
            default value chosen at the time of compilation.

       mmdflfil:
            The name of the maildrop file in the directory where maildrops are
            kept.  If this is empty, the user’s  login  name  is  used.   This
            overrides the default value (which is empty).

       mmdelim1: \001\001\001\001\n
            The beginning-of-message delimiter for maildrops.

       mmdelim2: \001\001\001\001\n
            The end-of-message delimiter for maildrops.

       masquerade:
            This  directive  controls  three  different types of email address
            masquerading.  The three possible values, which may  be  specified
            in   any  combination  on  the  line,  separated  by  spaces,  are
            “draft_from”, “mmailid”, and “username_extension”.

            “mmailid” was the only type of masquerading  in  the  original  MH
            package,    and    apparently    stands   for   “masquerade   mail
            identification”.  This type of masquerading keys off of the  GECOS
            field  of  the  passwd  file.  When enabled, nmh will check if the
            user’s pw_gecos field in the passwd file is of the form:

                 Full Name <fakeusername>

            If it is, the internal nmh routines that  find  the  username  and
            full  name of that user will return “fakeusername” and “Full Name”
            respectively.  This is useful if you want the messages you send to
            always  appear  to  come from the name of an MTA alias rather than
            your actual account name.  For instance, many organizations set up
            “First.Last” sendmail aliases for all users.  If this is the case,
            the GECOS field for each user should look like:

                 First [Middle] Last <First.Last>

            “username_extension”, when specified on  the  “masquerade:”  line,
            allows  a  second type of username masquerading.  If the user sets
            the $USERNAME_EXTENSION environment variable, its  value  will  be
            appended  to  the  actual  login  name.   For  instance,  if  I am
            “dan@company.com”, and I set  $USERNAME_EXTENSION  to  “-www”,  my
            mail  will  appear  to  come  from “dan-www@company.com”.  This is
            meant to interact with  qmail’s  “user-extension”  feature,  where
            mail  sent  to  user-string  will be delivered to user.  Likewise,
            those  using  versions  of  sendmail  for  which  “plussed   user”
            processing  is  active  can  set $USERNAME_EXTENSION to “+string”.
            These MTA features are  useful  because  they  allow  one  to  use
            different  email  addresses  in  different  situations  (to aid in
            automatic mail filtering or  in  determining  where  spammers  got
            one’s  address) while only actually having a single account.  Note
            that $USERNAME_EXTENSION is only appended  to  the  username  when
            post  is  generating  “[Resent-]From:” lines and the SMTP envelope
            “From:”.  inc, for instance, will not try to read from a  maildrop
            file called “dan-www” (to recall the earlier example).

            “draft_from”   controls   the   most   powerful  type  of  address
            masquerading.   Normally,  when  a  user  explicitly  specifies  a
            “From:”  header  in  a draft, nmh uses it rather than constructing
            its own.  However, to discourage email forgery, the SMTP  envelope
            “From:” and a “Sender:” header are set to the user’s real address.
            When “draft_from” is turned on, though, the envelope “From:”  will
            use  the  address  specified  in  the  draft, and there will be no
            “Sender:” header.  This is useful when a user wants to pretend  to
            be  sending  mail  “directly”  from a remote POP3 account, or when
            remote  mail  robots  incorrectly  use  the  envelope  “From:”  in
            preference  to the body “From:” (or refuse to take action when the
            two don’t match).  Note that the MTA may still reveal  the  user’s
            real   identity   (e.g.    sendmail’s  “X-Authentication-Warning:”
            header).

       maildelivery: /usr/lib/mh/maildelivery
            The name  of  the  system-wide  default  maildelivery  file.   See
            slocal(1) for the details.

       everyone: 200
            The  highest  user-id  which  should NOT receive mail addressed to
            “everyone”.

       noshell:
            If set, then each user-id greater than “everyone” that has a login
            shell  equivalent  to the given value (e.g., “/bin/csh”) indicates
            that mail for “everyone” should not be  sent  to  them.   This  is
            useful for handling admin, dummy, and guest logins.

   SMTP support
       These options are only available if you set mts to smtp.

       hostable: /etc/nmh/hosts
            The  exceptions  file  for  /etc/hosts used by post to try to find
            official names.  The format of this file is quite simple:

            1.  Comments are surrounded by sharp (‘#’) and newline.

            2.  Words are surrounded by white space.

            3.  The first word on the line is the official name of a host.

            4.  All words following the official names are  aliases  for  that
                host.

       servers: localhost \01localnet
            A  lists of hosts and networks which to look for SMTP servers when
            posting local mail.  It turns out this is a major  win  for  hosts
            which don’t run an message transport system.  The value of servers
            should be one or more items.  Each item is the name  of  either  a
            host  or a net (in the latter case, precede the name of the net by
            a \01).  This list is searched when looking for a smtp  server  to
            post  mail.   If  a host is present, the SMTP port on that host is
            tried.  If a net is present, the SMTP port on each  host  in  that
            net  is  tried.   Note that if you are running with the BIND code,
            then any networks specified are ignored (sorry, the interface went
            away under BIND).

   SendMail
       This option is only available if you set mts to sendmail.

       sendmail: /usr/sbin/sendmail
            The pathname to the sendmail program.

   Post Office Protocol
       This option is only available if you have compiled nmh with POP support
       enabled (i.e., “--enable-pop”).

       pophost:
            The name of the default POP service host.  If  this  is  not  set,
            then  nmh  looks  in the standard maildrop areas for waiting mail,
            otherwise the named POP service host is consulted.

   File Locking
       A few words on locking: nmh has several methods for creating  locks  on
       files.   When  configuring  nmh, you will need to decide on the locking
       style and locking directory (if any).  The first controls the method of
       locking, the second says where lock files should be created.

       To  configure  nmh  for  kernel locking, use the “--with-locking=flock”
       configure option if you want to use the flock system call; use “--with-
       locking=lockf”  if  you  want  to  use  the  lockf  system call; or use
       “--with-locking=fcntl” if you want to use the  fcntl  system  call  for
       kernel-level locking.

       Instead  of kernel locking, you can configure nmh to use dot locking by
       using “--with-locking=dot”.  Dot locking specifies that a  file  should
       be created whose existence means “locked” and whose non-existence means
       “unlocked”.  The name of this file is constructed by appending  “.lock”
       to  the  name  of  the file being locked.  If LOCKDIR is not specified,
       lock files will be created in the directory where the file being locked
       resides.   Otherwise,  lock  files  will  be  created  in the directory
       specified by LOCKDIR.

       Prior to installing nmh, you should see how locking  is  done  at  your
       site, and set the appropriate values.

FILES

       /etc/nmh/mts.conf          nmh mts configuration file

PROFILE COMPONENTS

       None

SEE ALSO

       mh-mts(8), post(8)

DEFAULTS

       As listed above