4 .TH MH-DRAFT %manext5% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]
6 mh-draft \- draft folder facility for nmh message system
12 There are a number of interesting advanced facilities for the composition of
15 .SS "The Draft Folder"
22 commands allow you to manipulate various draft messages simultanely
24 Draft messages are created in the draft folder.
26 .RI \*(lq Draft\-Folder \*(rq
27 profile entry may be used to change the default draft folder.
29 New drafts are created unless the user invokes
33 in which case the current draft is used.
35 The last draft message
36 the user was composing is known as `cur' in the draft folder.
38 The user can send off whatever drafts desired from the shell using the
41 `msgs' convention to the
44 If no `msgs' are given, it defaults to `cur'.
52 To make all this a bit more clear, here are some examples. Let's assume
53 that the following entries are in the
59 Draft\-Folder: +drafts
74 constructs the message draft in the draft folder using the `new'
75 message number. Furthermore, they each define `cur' in this folder to
76 be that message draft. If the user were to use the
78 option at `What now?' level, then later on, if no other draft composition
79 was done, the draft could be sent with simply
87 Or, if more editing was required, the draft could be edited with
95 Instead, if other drafts had been composed in the meantime, so that this
96 message draft was no longer known as `cur' in the `draft' folder, then
99 the folder to see which message draft in the
100 folder should be used for editing or sending. Clever users could even
107 comp -use `pick +drafts -to nmh-workers`
115 send `pick +drafts -to nmh-workers`
121 example, the output from
123 must resolve to a single message draft (it makes no sense to talk about
124 composing two or more drafts with one invocation of
128 example, as many message drafts as desired can appear, since
130 doesn't mind sending more than one draft at a time.
132 It is important to realize that
134 treats the draft folder like a standard
136 folder in nearly all respects. There is one exception:
137 Although conceptually
139 deletes the `msgs' named in the draft folder, it does not call
141 to perform the deletion.