Ubuntu Manpage: whom - report to whom a message would go

NAME

       whom - report to whom a message would go

SYNOPSIS

       whom [-alias aliasfile] [-check | -nocheck] [-draftfolder +folder] [-draftmessage msg]
            [-nodraftfolder] [-server servername] [-port port-name/number] [-sasl] [-saslmech
            mechanism] [-snoop] [-user username] [-tls] [-notls] [file] [-draft] [-version]
            [-help]

DESCRIPTION

Whom 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 mh-draft(5) man
page for more information.

If nmh is using the SMTP MTA, the -server and the -port switches can be used to override
the default mail server (defined by the /etc/nmh/mts.conf servers entry). The -snoop
switch can be used to view the SMTP transaction. (Beware that the SMTP transaction may
contain authentication information either in plaintext or easily decoded base64.)

If nmh has been compiled with SASL support, the -sasl switch will enable the use of SASL
authentication with the SMTP MTA. Depending on the SASL mechanism used, this may require
an additional password prompt from the user (but the “.netrc” file can be used to store
this password). -saslmech switch can be used to select a particular SASL mechanism, and
the the -user switch can be used to select a authorization userid to provide to SASL other
than the default.

If SASL authentication is successful, nmh will attempt to negotiate a security layer for
session encryption. Encrypted data is labelled with `(encrypted)' and `(decrypted)' when
viewing the SMTP transaction with the -snoop switch. The -saslmaxssf switch can be used
to select the maximum value of the Security Strength Factor. This is an integer value and
the exact meaning of this value depends on the underlying SASL mechanism. A value of 0
disables encryption.

If nmh has been compiled with TLS support, the -tls and -notls switches will require and
disable the negotiation of TLS support when connecting to the SMTP MTA. Encrypted data is
labelled with `(tls-encrypted)' and `(tls-decrypted)' when viewing the SMTP transction
with the -snoop switch.

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 mh-alias(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.