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.SH DESCRIPTION
.B Inc
incorporates mail from the user's incoming mail drop into
an
-.B nmh
+.B mh
folder.
.PP
You may specify which folder to use with
If no folder is specified, then
.B inc
will use either the folder given by a (non\-empty)
-.RI \*(lq Inbox \*(rq
+.RI ` Inbox '
entry in the user's profile, or the folder named
-.RI \*(lq inbox \*(rq.
+.RI ` inbox '.
If the specified (or default) folder doesn't
-exist, the user will be queried prior to its creation.
+exist, the user will (in
+.B \-nosilent
+mode) be queried prior to its creation.
.PP
When the new messages are incorporated into the folder, they are assigned
numbers starting with the next highest number for the folder. As the
listing of the new mail is produced.
.PP
If the user's profile contains a
-.RI \*(lq "Msg\-Protect: nnn" \*(rq
+.RI ` "Msg\-Protect: nnn" '
entry, it
will be used as the protection on the newly created messages, otherwise
the
-.B nmh
+.B mmh
default of 0644 will be used. For all subsequent operations
on these messages, this initially assigned protection will be preserved.
.PP
and
.B dist
may also produce audits to this (or another) file, perhaps with
-.RI \*(lq Message\-Id \*(rq
+.RI ` Message\-Id '
information to keep an exact correspondence
history.
-.RI \*(lq Audit\-file \*(rq
+.RI ` Audit\-file '
will be in the current directory unless a full path is specified.
.PP
.B Inc
will incorporate even improperly formatted messages into the
-user's nmh folder, inserting a blank line prior to the offending component
+user's mh folder, inserting a blank line prior to the offending component
and printing a comment identifying the bad message.
.PP
In all cases, the user's mail drop will be zeroed, unless the
switch is given.
.PP
If the profile entry
-.RI \*(lq Unseen\-Sequence \*(rq
+.RI ` Unseen\-Sequence '
is present and non\-empty, then
.B inc
will add each of the newly incorporated messages to
switch, one can direct
.B inc
to incorporate messages from a file other than the user's maildrop.
-Note that the name file will NOT be zeroed, unless the
+In particular, if
+.I name
+is
+.RI ` - '
+then
+.B inc
+will read messages from standard input.
+Note that the named file will NOT be zeroed, unless the
.B \-truncate
switch is given.
.PP
environment variable is not set, then
.B inc
will consult the profile entry
-.RI \*(lq MailDrop \*(rq
+.RI ` MailDrop '
for this information. If the value found is
not absolute, then it is interpreted relative to the user's
-.B nmh
+.B mh
directory. If the value is not found, then
.B inc
will look in the standard system location for the user's maildrop.
.ta \w'ExtraBigProfileName 'u
^Path:~^To determine the user's mail storage
^Alternate\-Mailboxes:~^To determine the user's mailboxes
-^Inbox:~^To determine the inbox, default \*(lqinbox\*(rq
+^Inbox:~^To determine the inbox, default `inbox'
^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
.fi
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-mhmail(1), scan(1), mh\-mail(5), post(8)
+scan(1), mh\-mail(5)
.SH DEFAULTS
.nf
-.RB ` +folder "' defaulted by \*(lqInbox\*(rq above"
+.RB ` +folder "' defaulted by `Inbox' above"
.RB ` \-noaudit '
.RB ` \-changecur '
.RB ` \-form "' defaulted as described above"
option is specified. This leaves the context ready for a
.B show
of the first new message.
-
-.SH BUGS
-The argument to the
-.B \-form
-switch must be interpreted as a single
-token by the shell that invokes
-.BR inc .
-Therefore, one must usually place the argument to this switch inside
-double\-quotes.