+void app_msgnum(struct msgnum_array *, int);
+
+int open_form(char **, char *);
+char *find_str (const char [], size_t, const char *);
+char *rfind_str (const char [], size_t, const char *);
+char *nmh_strcasestr (const char *, const char *);
+
+void trunccpy(char *dst, const char *src, size_t size);
+/* A convenience for the common case of dst being an array. */
+#define TRUNCCPY(dst, src) trunccpy(dst, src, sizeof (dst))
+
+bool has_prefix(const char *s, const char *prefix);
+bool has_suffix(const char *s, const char *suffix);
+bool has_suffix_c(const char *s, int c);
+void trim_suffix_c(char *s, int c);
+void to_lower(char *s);
+void to_upper(char *s);
+
+/*
+ * See if a string contains 8 bit characters (use isascii() for the test).
+ * Arguments include:
+ *
+ * start - Pointer to start of string to test.
+ * end - End of string to test (test will stop before reaching
+ * this point). If NULL, continue until reaching '\0'.
+ *
+ * This function always stops at '\0' regardless of the value of 'end'.
+ * Returns 1 if the string contains an 8-bit character, 0 if it does not.
+ */
+int contains8bit(const char *start, const char *end);
+
+/*
+ * See if file has any 8-bit bytes.
+ * Arguments include:
+ *
+ * fd - file descriptor
+ * eightbit - address of result, will be set to 1 if the file contains
+ * any 8-bit bytes, 0 otherwise.
+ *
+ * Returns OK on success, NOTOK on read failure.
+ *
+ */
+int scan_input (int fd, int *eightbit);
+
+
+/*
+ * Compares prior version of nmh with current version. Returns 1
+ * if they compare the be the same, 0 if not.
+ *
+ * older - 0 for difference comparison, 1 for only if older
+ */
+int nmh_version_changed (int older);