.IR days ]
.RB [ \-nolimit ]
.RB [ \-verbose " | " \-noverbose ]
-.RB [ \-version ]
+.RB [ \-Version ]
.RB [ \-help ]
.ad
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B Sortm
sorts the specified messages in the named folder according
-to the chronological order of the \*(lqDate:\*(rq field of each message.
+to the chronological order of the `Date:' field of each message.
.PP
The
.B \-verbose
.B sortm
the name of the field to
use when making the date comparison. If the user has a special field in
-each message, such as \*(lqBB\-Posted:\*(rq or \*(lqDelivery\-Date:\*(rq,
+each message, such as `BB\-Posted:' or `Delivery\-Date:',
then the
.B \-datefield
switch can be used to direct
switch causes
.B sortm
to sort messages
-by the specified text field. If this field is \*(lqsubject\*(rq, any
+by the specified text field. If this field is `subject', any
leading "re:" is stripped off. In any case, all characters except
letters and numbers are stripped and the resulting strings are sorted
datefield\-major, textfield\-minor, using a case insensitive comparison.
(e.g., messages 1, 3, and 5, might have been renumbered to 1, 2, 3 after
sorting). This was a bug, and has been fixed. To compress the message
numbering in a folder, use
-.RB \*(lq "folder\ \-pack" \*(rq
+.RB ` "folder\ \-pack" '
as always.
.SH BUGS