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diff --git a/man/mh-profile.man b/man/mh-profile.man
index ac10b26..f08f62e 100644
--- a/man/mh-profile.man
+++ b/man/mh-profile.man
@@ -22,6 +22,15 @@ family of programs.  Each entry in the file is of the format
 .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
@@ -215,6 +224,22 @@ command.
 (context, no default)
 .RE
 .PP
+.BR Local\-Mailbox :
+Your Username <user@some.host>
+.RS 5
+Tells the various MH tools what your local mailbox is.  If set, will be used
+by the default component files by tools like
+.B comp
+and
+.B repl
+to construct your default \*(lqFrom\*(rq header.  The text used here will
+be copied exactly to your From: header, so it should already be RFC-822
+compliant.  If this is set, the
+.B Signature
+profile entry is NOT used, so it should include a signature as well.  (profile,
+default: userid@local.hostname)
+.RE
+.PP
 .BR Alternate\-Mailboxes :
 mh@uci\-750a, bug-mh*
 .RS 5
@@ -260,6 +285,7 @@ Indicates a default draft folder for
 .BR comp ,
 .BR dist ,
 .BR forw ,
+.BR refile ,
 and
 .BR repl .
 Read the
@@ -301,8 +327,11 @@ superseded by the environment variable
 .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  This is superseded by the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 .
@@ -313,7 +342,8 @@ the \fI/etc/passwd\fP file will be used.
 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"
@@ -500,12 +530,6 @@ and
 to delete a message from a folder.
 .RE
 .PP
-.BR rmfproc :
-%bindir%/rmf
-.RS 5
-Currently not used.
-.RE
-.PP
 .BR sendproc :
 %bindir%/send
 .RS 5
@@ -575,24 +599,6 @@ variables whose names are all upper-case are user-settable; those
 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
@@ -702,18 +708,6 @@ the environment variable
 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
@@ -741,7 +735,8 @@ 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
@@ -805,21 +800,6 @@ These variables are searched, in order, for the directory in which to
 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,
@@ -834,18 +814,6 @@ 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,