MBLAZE-PROFILE(5)

💅 NAME 💅

okay so this is mblaze-profile(5), straight out of the File Formats Manual, and it’s literally the configuration of the mblaze message system. no cap, bestie — this is your cheat sheet for making your mail setup behave. 💖

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

The mblaze(7) message system can be configured with a profile file, and that file lives in the directory ~/.mblaze (or MBLAZE if set). iykyk — environment variables are main character energy too.

The profile file is made of lines, similar to RFC 2822 headers, and they look like this:

key: value

You can use the key # to precede a comment, like this:

#: comment

🚨 Please note that empty lines will halt parsing. Like, do not leave random blank lines in there, bestie — parsing just stops. periodt.

The following keys are used by mblaze(7):

• Local-Mailbox: — your primary mail address. It’s the default value for From: in mcom(1), and mscan(1) uses it to recognize messages sent to you.
• Alternate-Mailboxes: — a comma-separated list of mail addresses that also belong to you, so mscan(1) can recognize messages sent by you or directly to you.
• FQDN: — the fully qualified domain name used for Message-Id: generation in mgenmid(1).
• Maildir: — if set, mdirs(1) will use this maildir when no directories are supplied.
• Outbox: — if set, mcom(1) will save messages in this maildir after sending.
• Drafts: — if set, mcom(1) will create draft messages in this maildir (defaults to Outbox).
• Reply-From: — a comma-separated list of display name and mail address pairs, formatted like this:

Primary Name <myname1@domain1>, Name v.2
<myname2@domain2>, "Name, My Third" <myname3@domain3>, ...

The first of these that appears in the Delivered-To:, To:, Cc:, or Bcc: header will be used as the From: address in a reply. If not set, Alternate-Mailboxes: will be used as a default.

• Scan-Format: — the default format string for mscan(1).
• Sendmail: — the program that mcom(1) will call to send mail. (Default: sendmail).
• Sendmail-Args: — flags to be passed to the Sendmail: program. (Default: -t).
• Senthook: — if set, mcom(1) will call this on the mail file after sending, and not refile the sent mail to outbox.
• Editor: — the program that mcom(1) will call to edit mail. (Default: MBLAZE_EDITOR or VISUAL or EDITOR). Can contain command line arguments to the editor.

🦋 ENVIRONMENT 🦋

• MBLAZE — directory containing mblaze configuration files. (Default: $HOME/.mblaze)

👑 AUTHORS 👑

shoutout to Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org> — iconic. 💖

💜 LICENSE 💜

mblaze is in the public domain. 🫶

To the extent possible under law, the creator of this work has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this work.

http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

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💖 Debian • July 10, 2025 • mblaze-profile(5) 💖