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NAME

       inc - incorporate new mail

SYNOPSIS

       inc [+folder] [-audit audit-file] [-noaudit] [-changecur | -nochangecur] [-form formfile] [-file name]
            [-silent | -nosilent] [-truncate | -notruncate] [-width columns] [-Version] [-help]

DESCRIPTION

       Inc incorporates mail from the user's incoming mail drop into an mh 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 (in -nosilent mode) 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 mmh 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 current directory unless  a  full  path  is
       specified.

       Inc will incorporate even improperly formatted messages into the user's mh folder, inserting a blank line
       prior to the 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, and -width columns switches is the same as in scan.

       By using the -file name switch, one can direct inc to incorporate messages from a  file  other  than  the
       user's  maildrop.   In  particular, if name is `-' then inc will read messages from standard input.  Note
       that the named 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 mh 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.

FILES

       $HOME/.mmh/profile         The user profile
       /var/mail/$USER            Location of mail drop

PROFILE COMPONENTS

       Path:                To determine the user's mail storage
       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

       scan(1), mh-mail(5)

DEFAULTS

       `+folder' defaulted by `Inbox' above
       `-noaudit'
       `-changecur'
       `-form' defaulted as described above
       `-nosilent'
       `-truncate' if `-file name' not given, `-notruncate' otherwise
       `-width' defaulted to the width of the terminal

CONTEXT

       The  folder into which messages are being incorporated will 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.