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   1 .TH MH\(ruPROFILE 5 RAND
   2 .SH NAME
   3 mh\(ruprofile \- User parameters for MH message handler
   4 .SH DESCRIPTION
   5 Each user of
   6 .I mh
   7 is expected to have a file named
   8 .B .mh\(ruprofile
   9 in his or her home directory.  This file contains a set of
  10 user parameters used by some or all of the
  11 .I mh
  12 family of programs.  Each line of the file is of the format
  13 .TP 15
  14 \fIprofile-component\fR: \fIvalue\fR
  15 The currently defined profile components are exemplified below:
  16 .TP
  17 Path: Mail
  18 Locates mh transactions in directory "Mail".
  19 .TP
  20 Current-Folder: inbox
  21 Keeps track of currently open folder.
  22 .TP
  23 Editor: /bin/e
  24 Defines editor to be used by
  25 .I comp(1),
  26 .I repl(1),
  27 .I forw(1),
  28 and
  29 .I dist(1).
  30 .br
  31 .B NOTE:
  32 .I repl(1)
  33 invokes the editor with two file arguments.
  34 The second is intended
  35 to be used as an `alternate' file.
  36 If the editor used doesn't have this feature, it must
  37 ignore the extra file argument and edit the first
  38 file argument.
  39 .TP
  40 Msg\-Protect: 644
  41 Defines octal protection bits for message files.  See
  42 .I chmod(1)
  43 for an explanation of the octal number.
  44 .TP
  45 Folder\-Protect: 711
  46 Defines protection bits for folder directories.
  47 .TP
  48 \fIprogram\fR: default switches
  49 Sets default switches to be used whenever the mh program
  50 .I program
  51 is invoked.  For example, one could override the
  52         .I Editor:
  53 profile component when replying to messages by adding a
  54 component such as:
  55 .br
  56         repl: -editor /bin/ed
  57 .TP
  58 cur\-\fIread-onlyfolder\fR: 172
  59 Keeps track of the last message seen in the specified read-only
  60 folder.  In folders to which write access is permitted, the
  61 current-message value is kept in a file called "cur" within
  62 that folder.
  63 .TP
  64 news\-\fInews-topic\fR: 12
  65 Keeps track of the last message seen in the specified news topic.
  66 .TP
  67 News\-Topics: news topics
  68 Sets the news topics to be selected by default for the news program.
  69 .TP
  70 prompter\-next: ed
  71 Names the editor to be used on exit from
  72 .I prompter(1)
  73 .PP
  74 The following profile elements are used whenever an mh program
  75 invokes some other program such as
  76 .I file(1)
  77 or
  78 .I ls(1).
  79 The mh profile can be used to select alternate versions of these
  80 programs if the user wishes.  The default values are given in
  81 the examples.
  82 .br
  83         fileproc: /usr/ucb/file
  84 .br
  85         installproc: /etc/mh/install-mh
  86 .br
  87         lproc: /usr/ucb/c
  88 .br
  89         lsproc: /usr/ucb/ls
  90 .br
  91         mailproc: /usr/ucb/mail
  92 .br
  93         prproc: /bin/pr
  94 .br
  95         scanproc: /usr/ucb/scan
  96 .br
  97         sendproc: /usr/ucb/send
  98 .br
  99         showproc: /usr/ucb/c
 100 .TP
 101         delete-prog: /bin/rm
 102 Normally,
 103 .I rmm(1),
 104 rather than removing a message in file X will rename the
 105 file to ,X.  At Rand, a program known as the Midnight Skulker
 106 comes around once a day and eliminates files whose names begin
 107 with a comma.  If a user provides a
 108 .I delete-prog
 109 profile entry, however, the specified program will be used
 110 instead to remove the file.
 111 .SH FILES
 112 $HOME/.mh\(ruprofile
 113 .SH SEE ALS