4 .TH FORW %manext1% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]
6 forw \- forward messages
13 .RB [ \-annotate " | " \-noannotate ]
42 may be used to prepare a message containing other messages.
44 It constructs the new message from a forms (components) file, with a
45 body composed of the message(s) to be forwarded. An editor is invoked
48 and after editing is complete, the user is prompted
49 before the message is sent.
51 The default message form contains the following elements:
60 .RI \*(lq forwcomps \*(rq
61 exists in the user's mmh directory,
62 it will be used instead of this default form. You may also specify an
63 alternate forms file with the switch
69 switch is given, each message being forwarded will
70 be annotated with the line:
78 This annotation will be done only if the message is sent directly from
80 If the message is not sent immediately from
84 may be used to re\-edit and send the constructed
85 message, but the annotations won't take place. Annotations
86 are always done inplace in order to preserve any links to the message.
90 for a description of the
97 generates an attachment header field for the messages to be forwarded.
99 will care to encapsulate them using MIME rules.
101 To send non-MIME forwarded messages, compose a new message (e.g. with
103 and read in the output of:
106 mhl \-forwall \-form mhl.forward `mhpath
113 switch indicates the editor to use for the
114 initial edit. Upon exiting from the editor,
125 switch is intended to be used by the Emacs mh-e interface to
127 and is only present if
129 was compiled with support for mh-e.
130 It causes a file `draft' in the mail storage root
131 to be created, containing the draft message that would normally be presented
132 to the user for editing.
136 No mail is actually sent. Note that this switch is not guaranteed to
137 be present or to have the same effects in future versions of
139 it is documented here only for completeness.
149 switches implement a digest facility for
151 Specifying these switches enables and/or overloads the following escapes:
155 .ta \w'Component 'u +\w'Escape 'u +\w'Returns 'u
156 .I "Type Escape Returns Description
157 component digest string Argument to `\-digest'
158 function cur integer Argument to `\-volume'
159 function msg integer Argument to `\-issue'
164 .I "Advanced Features"
167 User's Manual for more information on making digests.
172 .ta \w'%etcdir%/ExtraBigFileName 'u
173 ^%etcdir%/forwcomps~^The standard message skeleton
174 ^or $HOME/.mmh/forwcomps~^Rather than the standard skeleton
175 ^%etcdir%/digestcomps~^The message skeleton if `\-digest' is given
176 ^or $HOME/.mmh/digestcomps~^Rather than the standard skeleton
177 ^$HOME/.mmh/profile~^The user profile
178 ^+drafts~^The draft folder
181 .SH "PROFILE COMPONENTS"
185 .ta \w'ExtraBigProfileName 'u
186 ^Path:~^To determine the user's mail storage
187 ^Current\-Folder:~^To find the default current folder
188 ^Draft\-Folder:~^To set the default draft\-folder
189 ^Editor:~^To override the default editor
190 ^Msg\-Protect:~^To set mode when creating a new message (draft)
191 ^whatnowproc:~^Program to ask the \*(lqWhat now?\*(rq questions
195 mhbuild(1), comp(1), repl(1), send(1), whatnow(1), mh\-format(5),
196 .I "Proposed Standard for Message Encapsulation"
201 .RB ` +folder "' defaults to the current folder"
202 .RB ` msgs "' defaults to cur"
207 If a folder is given, it will become the current folder.
208 The first message forwarded will become the current message.
213 is told to annotate the messages it forwards, it
214 doesn't actually annotate them until the draft is successfully sent.
221 it's possible to confuse
223 by re\-ordering the file (e.g. by using
226 before the message is successfully sent.
230 don't have this problem.