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authorCameron Simpson <cs@cskk.id.au>2020-11-22 20:22:23 +1100
committerCameron Simpson <cs@cskk.id.au>2020-11-22 09:28:22 +0000
commitbb0cd9442a1aad91a9597e64b75392debcee0a95 (patch)
treef77eb184e6c07b99c5f6476b6631549217441bd7 /doc
parent8c967ad54c3d4d6a93233227ee67358d51182828 (diff)
mutt.man: -H: clarify that a From_ line in the draft file is silently discarded
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@@ -145,6 +145,9 @@ Display a short option summary and exit.
Specify a \fIdraft\fP file which contains header and body to use to send a
message.
If \fIdraft\fP is \*(lq\fB\-\fP\*(rq, then data is read from stdin.
+The draft file is expected to contain just an RFC822 email \(em headers and a body.
+Although it is not an mbox file, if an mbox "\fBFrom\~\fP" line is present,
+it will be silently discarded.
.TP
.BI \-i " include"
Specify an \fIinclude\fP file to be inserted into the body of a message.
@@ -323,6 +326,9 @@ GNU General Public License for more details.
Mutt Home Page: http://www.mutt.org/
.PP
The Mutt manual
+.PP
+RFC5322 \(em Internet Message Format: https://tools.ietf.org/rfcmarkup/5322
+(obsoletes RFC2822 and RFC822)
.SH AUTHOR
.PP
Michael Elkins, and others.