INC (1)
incorporate new mail
SYNOPSIS
+.5i
inc
\%[+folder]
\%[-audit\ audit-file] \%[-noaudit]
\%[-changecur]
\%[-nochangecur]
\%[-form\ formatfile]
\%[-format\ string]
\%[-file\ name]
\%[-silent] \%[-nosilent]
\%[-truncate]
\%[-notruncate]
\%[-width\ columns]
\%[-version]
\%[-help]
-.5i
DESCRIPTION
Inc incorporates mail from the user's incoming mail drop into
an nmh folder.
You may specify which folder to use with `+folder'. If no folder
is specified, then inc will use either the folder given by a
(non-empty) \*(lqInbox:\*(rq entry in the user's profile, or the folder
named \*(lqinbox\*(rq. If the specified (or default) folder doesn't
exist, the user will be queried prior to its creation.
When the new messages are incorporated into the folder, they are assigned
numbers starting with the next highest number for the folder. As the
messages are processed, a scan listing of the new mail is produced.
If the user's profile contains a \*(lqMsg-Protect: nnn\*(rq entry, it
will be used as the protection on the newly created messages, otherwise
the nmh default of 0644 will be used. For all subsequent operations
on these messages, this initially assigned protection will be preserved.
If the switch `-audit\ audit-file' is specified (usually as a default
switch in the profile), then inc will append a header line and a
line per message to the end of the specified audit-file with the format:
\*(<<inc\*(>> date
<scan line for first message>
<scan line for second message>
<etc.>
This is useful for keeping track of volume and source of incoming mail.
Eventually, repl, forw, comp, and dist
may also produce audits to this (or another) file, perhaps with
\*(lqMessage-Id:\*(rq information to keep an exact correspondence
history. \*(lqAudit-file\*(rq will be in the user's nmh directory unless
a full path is specified.
Inc will incorporate even improperly formatted messages into the
user's nmh folder, inserting a blank line prior to the offending component
and printing a comment identifying the bad message.
In all cases, the user's mail drop will be zeroed, unless the
`-notruncate' switch is given.
If the profile entry \*(lqUnseen-Sequence\*(rq is present and non-empty,
then inc will add each of the newly incorporated messages to
each sequence named by the profile entry. Inc will not zero each
sequence prior to adding messages.
The interpretation of the `-form\ formatfile', `-format\ string', and
`-width\ columns' switches is the same as in scan\0(1).
By using the `-file\ name' switch, one can direct inc to
incorporate messages from a file other than the user's maildrop.
Note that the name file will NOT be zeroed, unless the `-truncate'
switch is given.
If the environment variable $MAILDROP is set, then inc
uses it as the location of the user's maildrop instead of the default
(the `-file\ name' switch still overrides this, however). If this
environment variable is not set, then inc will consult the profile
entry \*(lqMailDrop\*(rq for this information. If the value found is
not absolute, then it is interpreted relative to the user's nmh
directory. If the value is not found, then inc will look in the
standard system location for the user's maildrop.
The `-silent' switch directs inc to be quiet and not ask any
questions at all. This is useful for putting inc in the background
and going on to other things.
^$HOME/.mh\(ruprofile~^The user profile
^/etc/nmh/mts.conf~^nmh mts configuration file
^/var/spool/mail/$USER~^Location of mail drop
^Path:~^To determine the user's nmh directory
^Alternate-Mailboxes:~^To determine the user's mailboxes
^Inbox:~^To determine the inbox, default \*(lqinbox\*(rq
^Folder-Protect:~^To set mode when creating a new folder
^Msg-Protect:~^To set mode when creating a new message and audit-file
^Unseen-Sequence:~^To name sequences denoting unseen messages
mhmail(1), scan(1), mh-mail(5), post(8)
`+folder' defaulted by \*(lqInbox\*(rq above
`-noaudit'
`-changecur'
`-format' defaulted as described above
`-nosilent'
`-truncate' if `-file\ name' not given, `-notruncate' otherwise
`-width' defaulted to the width of the terminal
The folder into which messages are being incorporated will become the
current folder. The first message incorporated will become the current
message, unless the `-nochangecur' option is specified. This leaves
the context ready for a show of the first new message.
The argument to the `-format' switch must be interpreted as a single
token by the shell that invokes inc. Therefore, one must usually
place the argument to this switch inside double-quotes.
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