NAME

       install-mh - initialize the nmh environment

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/lib/mh/install-mh [-auto] [-check] [-version] [-help]

DESCRIPTION

       Install-mh  is  the  nmh  program  to  create the initial setup for a first-time nmh user.
       Install-mh lives in two places for historical reasons.

       The -auto option does things as  automatically  as  possible  and  makes  install-mh  less
       chatty.

       The  user is asked for the name of the directory that will be designated as the user's nmh
       directory.  If this directory does not exist, the user is asked if it should  be  created.
       Normally,  this  directory  should be under the user's home directory, and has the default
       name of ``Mail''.  Install-mh writes an initial .mh_profile for the user.

       As with all nmh commands, install-mh first checks for the existence of the $MH environment
       variable since that gives the profile path if set.  If it isn't set, the $HOME environment
       variable is consulted to determine the user's home directory.  If $HOME is not  set,  then
       the /etc/passwd file is consulted.

       When  creating the users initial .mh_profile, install-mh will check for the existence of a
       global profile /etc/nmh/mh.profile.  If found, this will be used  to  initialize  the  new
       .mh_profile.

       The -check option can be used to check whether or not nmh has been installed.  This can be
       used by other programs to determine whether or not nmh has been  installed  without  their
       having to know the internals of nmh.

FILES

       $HOME/.mh_profile          The user profile
       /etc/nmh/mh.profile        Used to initialize user profile

PROFILE COMPONENTS

       Path:                To set the user's nmh directory

CONTEXT

       With -auto, the current folder is changed to “inbox”.