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.SH NAME
-burst \- explode digests into messages
+burst \- explode digests into nmh messages
.SH SYNOPSIS
.HP 5
.na
.B burst
+.RB [ \-help ]
+.RB [ \-version ]
.RI [ +folder ]
.RI [ msgs ]
.RB [ \-inplace " | " \-noinplace ]
+.RB [ \-mime " | " \-nomime ]
+.RB [ \-automime ]
.RB [ \-quiet " | " \-noquiet ]
.RB [ \-verbose " | " \-noverbose ]
-.RB [ \-version ]
-.RB [ \-help ]
.ad
.SH DESCRIPTION
-.B Burst
+.B burst
considers the specified messages in the named folder to be
Internet digests, and explodes them in that folder.
.PP
If
.B \-inplace
-is given, each digest is replaced by the \*(lqtable
-of contents\*(rq for the digest (the original digest is removed).
-.B Burst
-then renumbers all of the messages following the digest in the
-folder to make room for each of the messages contained within the digest.
-These messages are placed immediately after the digest.
+is given, each digest is replaced by its \*(lqtable
+of contents\*(rq and the digest is removed.
+.B burst
+then renumbers the messages which follow the digest, in the folder,
+making room for each of the exploded messages, which are placed
+immediately after the \*(lqtable of contents\*(rq.
.PP
If
.B \-noinplace
is given, each digest is preserved, no table of contents
-is produced, and the messages contained within the digest are placed at
-the end of the folder. Other messages are not tampered with in any way.
+is produced, and the exploded messages are placed at the end of the
+folder. Other messages in the folder are not affected.
+.PP
+If
+.B \-automime
+is given,
+.B burst
+will try to determine if the message is formatted with MIME and contains MIME parts of
+type \*(lqmessage/rfc822\*(rq. If it does, it will burst the message using MIME
+formatting rules. The
+.B \-mime
+switch can be used to enforce the use of MIME formatting. The
+.B \-nomime
+switch will force
+.B burst
+to use RFC 934 rules.
.PP
The
.B \-quiet
It turns out that
.B burst
works equally well on forwarded messages
-and blind\-carbon\-copies as on Internet digests, provided that the
-former two were generated by
+and blind-carbon-copies as on Internet digests, provided
+that the former were generated by
.B forw
or
.BR send .
-
.SH FILES
-.fc ^ ~
-.nf
-.ta \w'%etcdir%/ExtraBigFileName 'u
-^$HOME/\&.mh\(ruprofile~^The user profile
-.fi
-
+.TP 20
+$HOME/.mh_profile
+The user's profile.
.SH "PROFILE COMPONENTS"
-.fc ^ ~
-.nf
-.ta 2.4i
-.ta \w'ExtraBigProfileName 'u
-^Path:~^To determine the user's nmh directory
-^Current\-Folder:~^To find the default current folder
-^Msg\-Protect:~^To set mode when creating a new message
-.fi
-
+.PD 0
+.TP 20
+Path:
+To determine the user's nmh directory.
+.TP
+Current\-Folder:
+To find the default current folder.
+.TP
+Msg\-Protect:
+To set mode when creating a new message.
+.PD
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-inc(1), msh(1), pack(1),
-.I "Proposed Standard for Message Encapsulation"
-(RFC\-934)
-
+.IR inc (1),
+.IR pack (1)
+.PP
+.I
+Proposed Standard for Message Encapsulation
+(RFC 934)
.SH DEFAULTS
-.nf
-.RB ` +folder "' defaults to the current folder"
-.RB ` msgs "' defaults to cur"
-.RB ` \-noinplace '
-.RB ` \-noquiet '
-.RB ` \-noverbose '
-.fi
-
+.PD 0
+.TP 20
++folder
+The current folder.
+.TP
+msgs
+The current message.
+.TP
+\-noinplace
+.TP
+\-automime
+.TP
+\-noquiet
+.TP
+\-noverbose
+.PD
.SH CONTEXT
If a folder is given, it will become the current folder. If
.B \-inplace
of the table of contents
of the digest, and a
.B next
-to see the first message of the digest. If
+to see the first message of the digest. If
.B \-noinplace
is given, then the first message extracted from the
first digest burst becomes the current message. This leaves the context
in a similar, but not identical, state to the context achieved when using
.BR \-inplace .
-
.SH BUGS
The
.B burst
-program enforces a limit on the number of messages which
-may be
+program enforces a limit of approximately 1,000 on the number of
+messages which may be
.B burst
-from a single message. This number is on the order
-of 1000 messages. There is usually no limit on the number of messages
-which may reside in the folder after the
+from a single message. There is usually no limit on the number of
+messages which may reside in the folder after the
.BR burst ing.
.PP
Although
.BR burst .
In the case of
digestified messages, this text is usually an \*(lqEnd of digest\*(rq
-string. As a result of this possibly un\-friendly behavior on the
+string. As a result of this possibly unfriendly behavior on the
part of
.BR burst ,
note that when the
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