From: Paul Fox <pgf@foxharp.boston.ma.us>
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:06:47 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: correct the maximum number of sequences in the mark(1) man page
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correct the maximum number of sequences in the mark(1) man page

also add a note explaining the somewhat low limit.
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diff --git a/man/mark.man b/man/mark.man
index eff4bf0..130b4fd 100644
--- a/man/mark.man
+++ b/man/mark.man
@@ -153,7 +153,9 @@ be one of the (reserved) message names \*(lqnew\*(rq, \*(lqfirst\*(rq,
 .PP
 .IP \(bu 2
 Only a certain number of sequences may be defined for a given folder.
-This number is usually limited to 26 (10 on small systems).
+This number is usually limited to 27 (11 on small systems).  (The
+internal implementation relies on bitmasks, with some bits set aside
+for internal use.)
 .PP
 .IP \(bu 2
 Message ranges with user\-defined sequence names are restricted to the