whom(1): report to whom message would go

NAME

whom - report to whom a message would go

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

is used to expand the headers of a message into a set of addresses and optionally verify that those addresses are deliverable at that time (if -check is given).

The -draftfolder +folder and -draftmessage msg switches invoke the nmh draft folder facility. This is an advanced (and highly useful) feature. Consult the (5) man page for more information.

The files specified by the profile entry ``Aliasfile:'' and any additional alias files given by the -alias aliasfile switch will be read (more than one file, each preceded by -alias, can be named). See (5) for more information.

FILES

^$HOME/.mh_profile~^The user profile

PROFILE COMPONENTS

^Path:~^To determine the user's nmh directory
^Draft-Folder:~^To find the default draft-folder
^Aliasfile:~^For a default alias file
^postproc:~^Program to post the message

DEFAULTS

`file' defaults to <mh-dir>/draft
`-nocheck'
`-alias' defaults to  /etc/nmh/MailAliases

CONTEXT

None

BUGS

With the -check option, whom makes no guarantees that the addresses listed as being ok are really deliverable, rather, an address being listed as ok means that at the time that whom was run the address was thought to be deliverable by the transport service. For local addresses, this is absolute; for network addresses, it means that the host is known; for uucp addresses, it (often) means that the UUCP network is available for use.