.B nmh
profile; its value should be a sequence
name or multiple sequence names separated by spaces. If this entry
-is defined, when when an
+is defined, when an
.B nmh
command finishes, it will define the
sequence(s) named in the value of this entry to be those messages that
file.
.SS "The Unseen Sequence"
-Finally, many users like to indicate which messages have not been
-previously seen by them. The commands
+Finally, the unseen sequence indicates which messages have not been
+previously seen by the user.
+The commands
.BR inc ,
.BR rcvstore ,
.BR show ,
.BR mhshow ,
and
.B flist
-honor the profile entry
-\*(lqUnseen\-Sequence\*(rq to support this activity. This entry
-in the
-.I .mmh/profile
-should be defined as one or more sequence
-names separated by spaces. If there is a value for
-\*(lqUnseen\-Sequence\*(rq in the profile, then whenever new messages
-are placed in a folder (using
+honor the sequence.
+Whenever new messages are placed in a folder (using
.B inc
or
.BR rcvstore ),
-the new messages will also be added to all the sequences named in this
-profile entry. For example, a profile entry of
-.PP
-.RS 5
-Unseen\-Sequence: unseen
+the new messages will also be added to the unseen sequence.
.RE
.PP
-directs
-.B inc
-to add new messages to the sequence \*(lqunseen\*(rq.
-Unlike the behavior of the \*(lqPrevious\-Sequence\*(rq entry in the
-profile, however, the sequence(s) will
+.BR inc ,
+for example,
+adds new messages to the unseen sequence.
+Unlike the behavior of the previous sequence, however,
+the unseen sequence will
.B not
be zeroed by
.BR inc .
.BR next ,
or
.B prev
-displays a message, that message will be removed from
-any sequences named by the \*(lqUnseen\-Sequence\*(rq entry in the
-profile.
+display a message, that message will be removed from
+the unseen sequence.
+.PP
+The default unseen sequence is named `u'.
+To change, define a \*(lqUnseen\-Sequence\*(rq entry in your profile.
+It may also contain multiple sequence names, separated by spaces.
+In this case, anything that applied to a single unseen sequence,
+applies to multiple ones, too.
+.PP
+The unseen sequence mechanism is automatically activated.
+To deactivate it, define the \*(lqUnseen\-Sequence\*(rq entry
+in your profile with an empty value.
+
.SH FILES
.fc ^ ~