+.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
If the text of profile entry is long, you may extend it across several
real lines by indenting the continuation lines with leading spaces or tabs.
-
+Comments may be introduced by a line starting with `#:':
+.PP
+.RS 5
+.IR # ": "
+This is a comment.
+.RE
+.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 This is superseded by the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
-
.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
-
.SS "Environment Variables"
The operation of
.B nmh
whose names are lower-case only are used internally by nmh and should
not generally be set by the user.
.PP
-If the
-.B WHATNOW
-option was set during
-.B nmh
-configuration, and
-if this environment variable is set, then if the commands
-.BR refile\ ,
-.BR send ,
-.BR show ,
-or
-.B whom
-are not given any `msgs'
-arguments, then they will default to using the file indicated by
-.BR mh\-draft (5).
-This is useful for getting the default behavior
-supplied by the default
-.IR whatnowproc .
-.PP
.B $MH
.RS 5
With this environment variable, you can specify a profile
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
-
.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.
-
.SH BUGS
The shell quoting conventions are not available in the
.IR \&.mh\(ruprofile .
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