+.TH MH-PROFILE %manext5% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]
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-.TH MH-PROFILE %manext5% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]
.SH NAME
mh-profile \- user profile customization for nmh message handler
.SH SYNOPSIS
.PP
Blank lines are not permitted in
.IR \&.mh\(ruprofile.
-
.SS "Standard Profile Entries"
The possible profile components are exemplified below. The only mandatory
entry is `Path:'. The others are optional; some have default values if
.B nmh
profile or
.B nmh
-context, and indicates what the default value is.
+context, and indicates what the default value is. Note that a profile
+component can only appear once. Multiple appearances with trigger a
+warning that all appearances after the first are ignored.
.PP
.BR Path :
Mail
An octal number which defines the permission bits for new message files.
See
.BR chmod (1)
-for an explanation of the octal number.
+for an explanation of the octal number. Note that some filesystems,
+such as FAT32, do not support removal of read file permissions.
(profile, default: 0600)
.RE
.PP
.BR Signature :
RAND MH System (agent: Marshall Rose)
.RS 5
-Tells
-.B send
+Tells front-end programs such as
+.BR comp,
+.BR forw,
+and
+.B repl
your mail signature. This is superseded by the
environment variable
.BR $SIGNATURE .
Your signature will be added to the address
.B send
puts in the \*(lqFrom:\*(rq header; do not include an address in the
-signature text. (profile, no default)
+signature text. The \*(lqLocal\-Mailbox\*(rq profile component
+supersedes all of this. (profile, no default)
.RE
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.SS "Process Profile Entries"
The following profile elements are used whenever an
.B nmh
and
.B repl
to display the draft message.
+(Note that
+.B $PAGER
+supersedes the default built-in pager command.)
.RE
.PP
.BR mailproc :
program used by
.B mhshow
to display message bodies (or message parts) of type text/plain.
+(Note that
+.B $PAGER
+supersedes the default built-in pager command.)
.RE
.PP
.BR mshproc :
.B whatnow
to determine to whom a message would be sent.
.RE
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.SS "Environment Variables"
The operation of
.B nmh
to iso_8859_1).
.RE
.PP
-.B $NOMHNPROC
-.RS 5
-If this variable is set,
-.B show
-will next test for MIME messages. This mechanism is obsolete;
-use the
-.B \-nocheckmime
-switch to
-.B show
-instead.
-.RE
-.PP
.B $MAILDROP
.RS 5
This variable tells
.B send
and
.B post
-your mail signature. This supersedes the \*(lqSignature\*(rq profile entry.
+your mail signature. This supersedes the \*(lqSignature\*(rq profile entry,
+and is not used when the \*(lqLocal\-Mailbox\*(rq profile component is set.
.RE
.PP
.B $USER
create some temporary files.
.RE
.PP
-.B $MM_NOASK
-.RS 5
-Setting this variable is set to 1 has the same effect as specifying
-the
-.B \-nolist
-and
-.B \-nopause
-switches to
-.BR mhbuild ,
-.BR mhn ,
-and
-.BR mhshow .
-OBSOLETE: will be removed in a future version of nmh.
-.RE
-.PP
.B $MHLDEBUG
.RS 5
If this variable is set to a non-null value,
will emit a representation of the search pattern.
.RE
.PP
-.B $MHPOPDEBUG
-.RS 5
-If this variable is set to a non-null value,
-.B msgchck
-and
-.B inc
-will display their interaction with the POP server.
-This mechanism is obsolete; use the
-.B \-snoop
-switch instead.
-.RE
-.PP
.B $MHWDEBUG
.RS 5
If this variable is set to a non-null value,
about the values in that entry.
.RE
.PP
+.B $PAGER
+.RS 5
+If set to a non-null value, this supersedes the value of
+the default built-in pager command.
+.RE
+.PP
.B $editalt
.RS 5
This is the alternate message.
.B repl
if annotations are to occur.
.RE
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.SH FILES
.fc ^ ~
.nf
^or $MHCONTEXT~^Rather than the standard context
^<folder>/\&.mh\(rusequences~^Public sequences for <folder>
.fi
-
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-nmh(1), environ(5), mh-sequence(5)
-
+.IR environ (5),
+.IR mh-sequence (5),
+.IR nmh (7)
.SH HISTORY
The
.I \&.mh\(ruprofile
.B nmh
directory. As a result, you can actually have more than one set of
private sequences by using different context files.
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.SH BUGS
The shell quoting conventions are not available in the
.IR \&.mh\(ruprofile .