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     DIST(1)		   [nmh-1.0.4] (MH.6.8)		       DIST(1)

     NAME
	  dist - redistribute a message to additional addresses

     SYNOPSIS
	  dist [+folder] [msg] [-annotate] [-noannotate]
	       [-inplace] [-noinplace] [-form formfile]
	       [-draftfolder +folder] [-draftmessage msg]
	       [-nodraftfolder] [-editor editor] [-noedit]
	       [-whatnowproc program] [-nowhatnowproc]
	       [-version] [-help]

     DESCRIPTION
	  Dist is similar to forw.  It prepares the specified message
	  for redistribution to addresses that (presumably) are not on
	  the original address list.

	  The default message form contains the following elements:

	       Resent-To:
	       Resent-cc:

	  If a file named distcomps exists in the user's nmh
	  directory, it will be used instead of this default form.
	  You may specify an alternate forms file with the switch
	  `-form formfile'.  The form used will be prepended to the
	  message being resent.

	  If the draft already exists, dist will ask you as to the
	  disposition of the draft.  A reply of quit will abort dist,
	  leaving the draft intact; replace will replace the existing
	  draft with a blank skeleton; and list will display the
	  draft.

	  Only those addresses in Resent-To:, Resent-cc:, and
	  Resent-Bcc: will be sent.  Also, a Resent-Fcc: folder will
	  be honored (see send (1)).  Note that with dist, the draft
	  should contain only Resent-xxx: fields and no body.  The
	  headers and the body of the original message are copied to
	  the draft when the message is sent.  Use care in
	  constructing the headers for the redistribution.

	  If the `-annotate' switch is given, the  message being
	  distributed will be annotated with the lines:

	       Resent: date
	       Resent: addrs

	  where each address list contains as many lines as required.
	  This annotation will be done only if the message is sent
	  directly from dist.  If the message is not sent immediately
	  from dist, comp -use may be used to re-edit and send the
	  constructed message, but the annotations won't take place.

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	  Normally annotations are done inplace in order to preserve
	  any links to the message.  You may use the '-noinplace'
	  switch to change this.

	  See comp (1) for a description of the `-editor' and
	  `-noedit' switches.  Note that while in the editor, the
	  message being resent is available through a link named @
	  (assuming the default whatnowproc ).	In addition, the
	  actual pathname of the message is stored in the environment
	  variable $editalt, and the pathname of the folder containing
	  the message is stored in the environment variable $mhfolder.

	  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.

	  Upon exiting from the editor, dist will invoke the whatnow
	  program.  See whatnow (1) for a discussion of available
	  options.  The invocation of this program can be inhibited by
	  using the `-nowhatnowproc' switch.  (In truth of fact, it is
	  the whatnow program which starts the initial edit.  Hence,
	  `-nowhatnowproc' will prevent any edit from occurring.)

     FILES
	  /usr/freeware/lib/nmh/etc/distcomps  The standard message skeleton
	  or <mh-dir>/distcomps		       Rather than the standard skeleton
	  $HOME/.mh_profile		       The user profile
	  <mh-dir>/draft		       The draft file

     PROFILE COMPONENTS
	  Path:		       To determine the user's nmh directory
	  Current-Folder:      To find the default current folder
	  Draft-Folder:	       To find the default draft-folder
	  Editor:	       To override the default editor
	  fileproc:	       Program to refile the message
	  whatnowproc:	       Program to ask the What now? questions

     SEE ALSO
	  comp(1), forw(1), repl(1), send(1), whatnow(1)

     DEFAULTS
	  `+folder' defaults to the current folder
	  `msg' defaults to cur
	  `-noannotate'
	  `-nodraftfolder'
	  `-inplace'

     CONTEXT
	  If a folder is given, it will become the current folder.
	  The message distributed will become the current message.

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     HISTORY
	  Dist originally used headers of the form Distribute-xxx:
	  instead of Resent-xxx:.  In order to conform with the ARPA
	  Internet standard, RFC-822, the Resent-xxx: form is now
	  used.	 Dist will recognize Distribute-xxx: type headers and
	  automatically convert them to Resent-xxx:.

     BUGS
	  Dist does not rigorously check the message being distributed
	  for adherence to the transport standard, but post called by
	  send does.  The post program will balk (and rightly so) at
	  poorly formatted messages, and dist won't correct things for
	  you.

	  If whatnowproc is whatnow, then dist uses a built-in
	  whatnow, it does not actually run the whatnow program.
	  Hence, if you define your own whatnowproc, don't call it
	  whatnow since dist won't run it.

	  If your current working directory is not writable, the link
	  named @ is not available.

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