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.SH DESCRIPTION
.B mhmail
-is intended as an
-.BR mmh -compatible
-replacement for the standard Berkeley
-mail program
+is inspired by the standard Berkeley mail program
.RB ( mail
or
.BR mailx ).
-This program is intended for the use of programs such as
-.BR cron ,
-which expect to send mail automatically to various
-addresses. It is also used by various
-.B nmh
-commands to mail various
-error notifications.
-Although
-.B mhmail
-can be used interactively,
-it is recommended that
+It should not be seen as a drop-in replacement for these programs,
+but rather as a more convenient alternative to
+.B comp
+for non-interactive use.
+For interactive use,
.B comp
and
.B send
-be used instead to send messages.
+are recommended over
+.BR mhmail .
.PP
When one or more addresses
are specified, a message is read from the standard input and spooled to
.SH CONTEXT
None
+
+.SH HISTORY
+.B mhmail
+was intended as a replacement for the standard Berkeley
+mail program
+.RB ( mail
+or
+.BR mailx ),
+which is compatible with
+.BR nmh .
+This program was intended for the use of programs such as
+.BR cron ,
+which expect to send mail automatically to various
+addresses. It was also used by various
+.B nmh
+commands to mail various
+error notifications.
+.PP
+When invoked without arguments, it had simply invokes
+.B inc
+to incorporate new messages from the user's maildrop.
+
+.SH BUGS
+.B mhmail
+should no longer try to replace
+.BR mailx ,
+but become a mail sending front-end to
+.B comp
+or
+.BR send ,
+which is more convenient in some situations.
setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
invo_name = mhbasename(argv[0]);
- /* foil search of user profile/context */
- if (context_foil(NULL) == -1)
- done(1);
-
/* Without arguments, exit. */
if (argc == 1) {
adios(NULL, "no interactive mail shell. Use inc/scan/show instead.");
}
+ context_read();
+
arguments = getarguments(invo_name, argc, argv, 0);
argp = arguments;