INC(1) [nmh-1.0.4] (MH.6.8) INC(1)
NAME
inc - incorporate new mail
SYNOPSIS
inc [+folder] [-audit audit-file] [-noaudit] [-changecur]
[-nochangecur] [-form formatfile] [-format string]
[-file name] [-silent] [-nosilent] [-truncate]
[-notruncate] [-width columns] [-host hostname]
[-user username] [-pack file] [-nopack] [-kpop]
[-version] [-help]
DESCRIPTION
Inc incorporates mail from the user's incoming mail drop
into an nmh folder.
You may specify which folder to use with `+folder'. If no
folder is specified, then inc will use either the folder
given by a (non-empty) Inbox: entry in the user's profile,
or the folder named inbox. If the specified (or default)
folder doesn't exist, the user will be queried prior to its
creation.
When the new messages are incorporated into the folder, they
are assigned numbers starting with the next highest number
for the folder. As the messages are processed, a scan
listing of the new mail is produced.
If the user's profile contains a Msg-Protect: nnn entry, it
will be used as the protection on the newly created
messages, otherwise the nmh default of 0644 will be used.
For all subsequent operations on these messages, this
initially assigned protection will be preserved.
If the switch `-audit audit-file' is specified (usually as a
default switch in the profile), then inc will append a
header line and a line per message to the end of the
specified audit-file with the format:
inc date
<scan line for first message>
<scan line for second message>
<etc.>
This is useful for keeping track of volume and source of
incoming mail. Eventually, repl, forw, comp, and dist may
also produce audits to this (or another) file, perhaps with
Message-Id: information to keep an exact correspondence
history. Audit-file will be in the user's nmh directory
unless a full path is specified.
Inc will incorporate even improperly formatted messages into
the user's nmh folder, inserting a blank line prior to the
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offending component and printing a comment identifying the
bad message.
In all cases, the user's mail drop will be zeroed, unless
the `-notruncate' switch is given.
If the profile entry Unseen-Sequence is present and
non-empty, then inc will add each of the newly incorporated
messages to each sequence named by the profile entry. Inc
will not zero each sequence prior to adding messages.
The interpretation of the `-form formatfile',
`-format string', and `-width columns' switches is the same
as in scan (1).
By using the `-file name' switch, one can direct inc to
incorporate messages from a file other than the user's
maildrop. Note that the name file will NOT be zeroed,
unless the `-truncate' switch is given.
If the environment variable $MAILDROP is set, then inc uses
it as the location of the user's maildrop instead of the
default (the `-file name' switch still overrides this,
however). If this environment variable is not set, then inc
will consult the profile entry MailDrop for this
information. If the value found is not absolute, then it is
interpreted relative to the user's nmh directory. If the
value is not found, then inc will look in the standard
system location for the user's maildrop.
The `-silent' switch directs inc to be quiet and not ask any
questions at all. This is useful for putting inc in the
background and going on to other things.
Using POP
inc will normally check local mail drops for mail, as given
above. But if the option pophost: is set in the mts
configuration file mts.conf, or if the `-host hostname'
switch is given, then inc will query this POP service host
for mail to incorporate.
The default is for inc to assume that your account name on
the POP server is the same as your current username. To
specify a different username, use the `-user username'
switch.
When using POP, you will normally need to type the password
for your account on the POP server, in order to retrieve
your messages. It is possible to automate this process by
creating a .netrc file containing your login account
information for this POP server. For each POP server, this
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file should have a line of the following form. Replace the
words mypopserver, mylogin, and mypassword with your own
account information.
machine mypopserver login mylogin password mypassword
This .netrc file should be owned and readable only by you.
If inc uses POP, then the `-pack file' switch is considered.
If given, then inc simply uses the POP to packf (1) the
user's maildrop from the POP service host to the named file.
This switch is provided for those users who prefer to use
msh to read their maildrops.
For debugging purposes, you may give the switch `-snoop',
which will allow you to watch the POP transaction take place
between you and the POP server.
If nmh has been compiled with KPOP #defined, the `-kpop'
switch will allow inc to use Kerberized POP rather than
standard POP3 on a given invocation. If POPSERVICE was also
#defined to "kpop", inc will be hardwired to always use
KPOP.
FILES
$HOME/.mh_profile The user profile
/usr/freeware/lib/nmh/etc/mts.conf nmh mts configuration file
/var/mail/$USER Location of mail drop
PROFILE COMPONENTS
Path: To determine the user's nmh directory
Alternate-Mailboxes: To determine the user's mailboxes
Inbox: To determine the inbox, default inbox
Folder-Protect: To set mode when creating a new folder
Msg-Protect: To set mode when creating a new message and audit-file
Unseen-Sequence: To name sequences denoting unseen messages
SEE ALSO
mhmail(1), scan(1), mh-mail(5), post(8)
DEFAULTS
`+folder' defaulted by Inbox above
`-noaudit'
`-changecur'
`-format' defaulted as described above
`-nosilent'
`-truncate' if `-file name' not given, `-notruncate' otherwise
`-width' defaulted to the width of the terminal
`-nopack'
CONTEXT
The folder into which messages are being incorporated will
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become the current folder. The first message incorporated
will become the current message, unless the `-nochangecur'
option is specified. This leaves the context ready for a
show of the first new message.
BUGS
The argument to the `-format' switch must be interpreted as
a single token by the shell that invokes inc. Therefore,
one must usually place the argument to this switch inside
double-quotes.
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