Fix a variety of English style nits and other issues found with igor.

Approved by:	wblock
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Eitan Adler 2012-02-21 00:08:43 +00:00
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@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ FreeBSD.org mail is handled (pri=10) by mx1.FreeBSD.org</screen>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="local">
<title>Accessing local mailboxes</title>
<title>Accessing Local Mailboxes</title>
<para>Mailboxes may be accessed locally by directly utilizing
<acronym>MUA</acronym>s on the server on which the mailbox
@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ procmail: "|/usr/local/bin/procmail"</programlisting>
<para>The file format is simple; the mailbox name on the left
side of the colon is expanded to the target(s) on the right.
The
first example simply expands the mailbox <username>root</username>
first example expands the mailbox <username>root</username>
to the mailbox <username>localuser</username>, which is then
looked up again in the aliases database. If no match is found,
then the message is delivered to the local user
@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ postmaster@example.com postmaster@noc.example.net
<para>However, for a variety of reasons, some system
administrators want to change their system's MTA. These
reasons range from simply wanting to try out another MTA to
reasons range from merely wanting to try out another MTA to
needing a specific feature or package which relies on another
mailer. Fortunately, whatever the reason, FreeBSD makes it
easy to make the change.</para>
@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ to /etc/mail/sendmail.cf.</programlisting>
deliver the mail it will try to connect to you (<hostid role="domainname">example.com</hostid>) over the modem
link. It will most likely time out because you are not online.
The program <application>sendmail</application> will automatically deliver it to the
secondary MX site, i.e. your Internet provider (<hostid role="domainname">example.net</hostid>). The secondary MX
secondary MX site, i.e., your Internet provider (<hostid role="domainname">example.net</hostid>). The secondary MX
site will then periodically try to connect to
your host and deliver the mail to the primary MX host (<hostid role="domainname">example.com</hostid>).</para>
@ -1037,8 +1037,8 @@ the DNS for <quote>customer.com</quote>.</programlisting>
locally, or would like to use a point and click
client/system on another machine or even another ISP. It
is also very useful if you only have one or two email
accounts set up. If there is a large number of addresses
to add, you can simply open this file in your favorite
accounts set up. If there are a large number of addresses
to add, open this file in your favorite
text editor and then add the domains, one per line:</para>
<programlisting>your.isp.example.com
@ -1355,7 +1355,7 @@ if-bus.UUCP uucp-dom:if-bus
<para>Final hint: if you are uncertain whether some particular
mail routing would work, remember the <option>-bt</option>
option to <application>sendmail</application>. It starts <application>sendmail</application> in <emphasis>address test
mode</emphasis>; simply enter <literal>3,0</literal>, followed
mode</emphasis>; enter <literal>3,0</literal>, followed
by the address you wish to test for the mail routing. The last
line tells you the used internal mail agent, the destination
host this agent will be called with, and the (possibly
@ -1727,9 +1727,8 @@ define(`confAUTH_MECHANISMS', `GSSAPI DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5 LOGIN')dnl</programlis
will be discussed later in this chapter (<xref
linkend="mail-fetchmail">).</para>
<para>In order to send and receive email, simply invoke the
<command>mail</command> command as per the following
example:</para>
<para>In order to send and receive email, run
<command>mail</command>:</para>
<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>mail</userinput></screen>
@ -1884,8 +1883,8 @@ EOT</screen>
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
<para>In order to read an email, simply select it using the cursor
keys, and press the <keycap>Enter</keycap> key. An example of
<para>In order to read an email, select it using the cursor
keys and press the <keycap>Enter</keycap> key. An example of
<application>mutt</application> displaying email can be seen
below:</para>