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whom



PURPOSE

Lists and verifies the addresses of the proposed recipients of a message.

SYNTAX


        +- -alias /usr/lib/mh/MailAliases -+   +-- -nocheck --+
whom ---|                                  |---|    one of    |--->
        +---------- -alias file -----------+   | +----------+ |
                 ^               |             +-| -check   |-+
                 +---------------+               | -nocheck |
                                                 +----------+

    +------------------------------------------------------------+
    |         one of                                             |
    |   +----------------+                                       |
>---|   | -draft         |                                       |---|
    |   | -nodraftfolder |                                       |
    | +-| file           |-------------------------------------+ |
    | | +----------------+                                     | |
    +-|                 one of                                 |-+
      | +------------------------------------+   +--- cur ---+ |
      +-| -draftfolder +folder -draftmessage |---|  one of   |-+
        | -draftfolder +folder               |   | +-------+ |
        | -draftmessage                      |   +-| num   |-+
        +------------------------------------+     | first |
                                                   | prev  |
                                                   | cur   |
                                                   | .     |
                                                   | next  |
                                                   | last  |
                                                   +-------+

whom --- -help ---|


Note:  This command does not have MBCS support.

DESCRIPTION

The whom command is used to expand the headers of a message into a set of
addresses.  The whom command is also used to verify that those addresses are
valid.  whom is part of the Message Handling (MH) package and can be used with
other MH and AIX commands.





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The message can reside in a draft folder or in a file.  You can use one of the
-draft, -draftfolder, -draftmessage, or nodraftfolder flags or the file
argument to specify where the message resides.

If you want to verify the addresses, you must specify the -check flag.

FLAGS

-alias file           Specifies that file is a mail alias file to be searched
                      for aliases.  The default alias file is
                      /usr/lib/mh/MailAliases.

-check                Checks to see if the addresses are valid.  This flag
                      should be used only if the program used to post messages
                      is /usr/lib/mh/post (as specified in $HOME/.mh_profile).

-draft                Uses the header information in the file
                      user_mh_directory/draft if it exists.

-draftfolder +folder  Uses the header information of the draft message in the
                      specified folder.  If you do not specify this flag, whom
                      selects a default draft folder according to the
                      information supplied in the MH profiles.  You can define
                      a default draft folder in $HOME/.mh_profile.  If
                      -draftfolder +folder is followed by msg:, msg represents
                      the -draftmessage attribute.

-draftmessage msg     Uses the header information in the specified draft
                      message.  You can use one of the following message
                      references when specifying msg:

                      num                    sequence                   first
                      prev                   cur                        .
                      next                   last

                      The default draft message is cur.

-help                 Displays help information for the command.

-nocheck              Does not check to see if the addresses are valid.  This
                      is the default.

-nodraftfolder        Undoes the last occurrence of -draftfolder +folder

PROFILE ENTRIES

Draft-Folder:    Sets your default folder for drafts.
postproc:        Specifies the program used to post messages.

FILES

$HOME/.mh_profile   The MH user profile.



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RELATED INFORMATION

See other MH commands:  "ali,"  "post,"  "whatnow."

See the mh-alias, mh-format, mh-mail, and mh-profile files in AIX Operating
System Technical Reference.

See "Overview of the Message Handling Package" in Managing the AIX Operating
System.













































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