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- .SC INC 1
- .NA
- inc \- incorporate new mail
- .SY
- inc
- \%[+folder]
- \%[\-audit\ audit\-file] \%[\-noaudit]
- \%[\-changecur] \%[\-nochangecur]
- \%[\-form\ formatfile]
- \%[\-format\ string]
- \%[\-file\ name]
- \%[\-silent] \%[\-nosilent]
- \%[\-truncate] \%[\-notruncate]
- \%[\-width\ columns]
- \%[\-help]
- .DE
- \fIInc\fR incorporates mail from the user's incoming mail drop
- into an \fIMH\fR folder.
- If `+folder' isn't specified,
- the folder named \*(lqinbox\*(rq in the user's \fIMH\fR directory will be used.
- The
- new messages being incorporated are assigned numbers starting
- with the next highest number in the folder.
- If the specified (or default) folder doesn't exist,
- the user will be queried prior to its creation.
- As the messages are processed,
- a \fIscan\fR 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 \fIMH\fR default of 0644 will be used.
- During all operations on messages,
- this initially assigned protection will
- be preserved for each message, so \fIchmod\fR(1) may be used to set a
- protection on an individual message, and its protection will be
- preserved thereafter.
-
- If the switch `\-audit\ audit\-file' is specified (usually as a
- default switch in the profile), then \fIinc\fR will append a header
- line and a line per message to the end of the specified
- audit\-file with the format:
-
- .nf
- .ti 1i
- \*(<<inc\*(>> date
- .ti 1.5i
- <scan line for first message>
- .ti 1.5i
- <scan line for second message>
- .ti 2.5i
- <etc.>
- .fi
-
- This is useful for keeping track of volume and source of incoming
- mail.
- Eventually, \fIrepl\fR, \fIforw\fR, \fIcomp\fR, and \fIdist\fR 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 MH directory unless a full
- path is specified.
-
- \fIInc\fR will incorporate even improperly formatted messages into the
- user's MH 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 \fIinc\fR will add each of the newly incorporated messages to each
- sequence named by the profile entry.
- This is similar to the \*(lqPrevious\-Sequence\*(rq profile entry supported
- by all \fIMH\fR commands which take `msgs' or `msg' arguments.
- Note that \fIinc\fR 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 \fIscan\fR\0(1).
-
- By using the `\-file\ name' switch, one can direct \fIinc\fR 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 \fB$MAILDROP\fR is set,
- then \fIinc\fR uses it as the location of the user's maildrop instead of the
- default (the `-file\ name' switch still overrides this, however).
- If this environment variable is not set,
- then \fIinc\fR will consult the profile entry \*(lqMailDrop\*(rq for this
- information.
- If the value found is not absolute,
- then it is interpreted relative to the user's \fIMH\fR directory.
- If the value is not found,
- then \fIinc\fR will look in the standard system location for the user's
- maildrop.
-
- The `\-silent' switch directs \fIinc\fR to be quiet and not ask any questions
- at all.
- This is useful for putting \fIinc\fR in the background and going on to other
- things.
- .Fi
- ^$HOME/\&.mh\(ruprofile~^The user profile
- ^/usr/new/lib/mh/mtstailor~^tailor file
- ^/usr/spool/mail/$USER~^Location of mail drop
- .Pr
- ^Path:~^To determine the user's MH directory
- .Ps
- ^Alternate\-Mailboxes:~^To determine the user's mailboxes
- .Ps
- ^Folder\-Protect:~^To set mode when creating a new folder
- .Ps
- ^Msg\-Protect:~^To set mode when creating a new message and audit\-file
- .Ps
- ^Unseen\-Sequence:~^To name sequences denoting unseen messages
- .Sa
- mhmail(1), scan(1), mh\-mail(5), post(8)
- .De
- `+folder' defaults to \*(lqinbox\*(rq
- .Ds
- `\-noaudit'
- .Ds
- `\-changecur'
- .Ds
- `\-format' defaulted as described above
- .Ds
- `\-nosilent'
- .Ds
- `\-truncate' if `\-file\ name' not given, `\-notruncate' otherwise
- .Ds
- `\-width' defaulted to the width of the terminal
- .Co
- 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 \fIshow\fR
- of the first new message.
- .Bu
- The argument to the `\-format' switch must be interpreted as a single token
- by the shell that invokes \fIinc\fR.
- Therefore,
- one must usually place the argument to this switch inside double\-quotes.
- .En
-