4 .TH SORTM %manext1% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]
21 .RB [ \-verbose " | " \-noverbose ]
27 sorts the specified messages in the named folder according
28 to the chronological order of the `Date:' field of each message.
34 to tell the user the general
35 actions that it is taking to place the folder in sorted order.
42 the name of the field to
43 use when making the date comparison. If the user has a special field in
44 each message, such as `BB\-Posted:' or `Delivery\-Date:',
47 switch can be used to direct
49 which field to examine.
57 by the specified text field. If this field is `subject', any
58 leading "re:" is stripped off. In any case, all characters except
59 letters and numbers are stripped and the resulting strings are sorted
60 datefield\-major, textfield\-minor, using a case insensitive comparison.
68 is specified, messages
69 with similar textfields that are dated within `days' of each other
70 appear together. Specifying
72 makes the limit infinity.
76 the sort is instead made textfield\-major, date\-minor.
78 For example, to order a folder by date-major, subject-minor, use:
81 sortm \-textfield subject +folder
87 .ta \w'%etcdir%/ExtraBigFileName 'u
88 ^$HOME/.mmh/profile~^The user profile
91 .SH "PROFILE COMPONENTS"
95 .ta \w'ExtraBigProfileName 'u
96 ^Path:~^To determine the user's mail storage
97 ^Current\-Folder:~^To find the default current folder
105 .RB ` +folder "' defaults to the current folder"
106 .RB ` msgs"' defaults to all"
107 .RB ` \-datefield "' defaults to date"
108 .RB ` \-notextfield '
114 If a folder is given, it will become the current folder. If the current
117 will preserve its status as current.
120 Timezones used to be ignored when comparing dates: they aren't any more.
122 Messages which were in the folder, but not specified by `msgs', used to
123 be moved to the end of the folder; now such messages are left untouched.
126 sometimes did not preserve the message numbering in a folder
127 (e.g., messages 1, 3, and 5, might have been renumbered to 1, 2, 3 after
128 sorting). This was a bug, and has been fixed. To compress the message
129 numbering in a folder, use
130 .RB ` "folder\ \-pack" '
136 encounters a message without a date\-field, or if the
137 message has a date\-field that
141 attempts to keep the message in the same relative position. This does
142 not always work. For instance, if the first message encountered lacks
143 a date which can be parsed, then it will usually be placed at the end
144 of the messages being sorted.
148 complains about a message which it can't temporally
149 order, it complains about the message number
152 It should indicate what the message number will be