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[nmh] / man / msgchk.man

diff --git a/man/msgchk.man b/man/msgchk.man
index a7509b047720ae314d5d8745e0ee910a0ffb97c9..80ea71b198a37f15c8427a3200bd3f9ea6c26085 100644 (file)
--- a/man/msgchk.man
+++ b/man/msgchk.man
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
+.TH MSGCHK %manext1% "April 14, 2013" "%nmhversion%"

 .\"
 .\" %nmhwarning%
 .\"
 .\" %nmhwarning%

-.\" $Id$

 .\"
 .\"

-.TH MSGCHK %manext1% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]

 .SH NAME
 msgchk \- check for messages
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .SH NAME
 msgchk \- check for messages
 .SH SYNOPSIS


@@ -14,20 +13,16 @@ msgchk \- check for messages
 all/mail/nomail ]
 .RB [ \-nonotify
 all/mail/nomail ]
 all/mail/nomail ]
 .RB [ \-nonotify
 all/mail/nomail ]

-%nmhbeginpop%

 .RB [ \-host
 .IR hostname ]
 .RB [ \-user
 .IR username ]
 .RB [ \-host
 .IR hostname ]
 .RB [ \-user
 .IR username ]

-.RB [ \-apop " | " \-noapop ]
-.RB [ \-kpop ]

 .RB [ \-sasl ]
 .RB [ \-saslmech
 .IR mechanism ]
 .RB [ \-snoop ]
 .RB [ \-sasl ]
 .RB [ \-saslmech
 .IR mechanism ]
 .RB [ \-snoop ]

-%nmhendpop%

 .RI [ users
 .RI [ users

-... ]
+\&... ]

 .RB [ \-version ]
 .RB [ \-help ]
 .ad
 .RB [ \-version ]
 .RB [ \-help ]
 .ad


@@ -80,8 +75,6 @@ switch directs
 .B msgchk
 to print out the last date mail was read, if this can
 be determined.
 .B msgchk
 to print out the last date mail was read, if this can
 be determined.

-%nmhbeginpop%
- 

 .SS "Using POP"
 .B msgchk
 will normally check all the local mail drops, but if
 .SS "Using POP"
 .B msgchk
 will normally check all the local mail drops, but if


@@ -94,38 +87,11 @@ switch is given,
 will query this POP service host as to the status of
 mail waiting.
 .PP
 will query this POP service host as to the status of
 mail waiting.
 .PP

-The default is for
-.B msgchk
-to assume that your account name
-on the POP server is the same as your current username.  To specify
-a different username, use the `\-user\ username' switch.
-.PP
-When using POP, you will normally need to type the password for
-your account on the POP server, in order to retrieve your messages.
-It is possible to automate this process by creating a
-.RI \*(lq \&.netrc \*(rq
-file containing your login account information for this POP server.
-For each POP server, this file should have a line of the following
-form.  Replace the words
-.IR mypopserver ,
-.IR mylogin ,
-and
-.I mypassword
-with
-your own account information.
-.PP
-.RS 5
-machine
-.I mypopserver
-login
-.I mylogin
-password
-.I mypassword
-.RE
-.PP
-This
-.RI \*(lq \&.netrc \*(rq
-file should be owned and readable only by you.
+To specify a username for authentication with the POP server, use the
+.B \-user
+.I username
+switch.  The credentials profile entry in the mh_profile(5) man page
+describes the ways to supply a username and password.

 .PP
 For debugging purposes, there is also a switch
 .BR \-snoop ,
 .PP
 For debugging purposes, there is also a switch
 .BR \-snoop ,


@@ -135,53 +101,14 @@ POP server.
 .PP
 If
 .B nmh
 .PP
 If
 .B nmh

-has been compiled with APOP support, the
-.B \-apop
-switch will cause
-.B msgchk
-to use APOP rather than standard POP3 authentication.  Under APOP,
-a unique string (generally of the format
-.RI < pid . timestamp @ hostname >)
-is announced by the POP server.
-Rather than `USER
-.IR user ',
-`PASS
-.IR password ',
-.B msgchk
-sends `APOP
-.I user
-.IR digest ',
-where digest is the MD5 hash of the unique string
-followed by a `secret' shared by client and server, essentially equivalent to
-the user's password (though an APOP-enabled POP3 server could have separate APOP
-and plain POP3 passwords for a single user). 
-.B \-noapop
-disables APOP in cases
-where it'd otherwise be used.
-.PP
-If
-.B nmh
-has been compiled with KPOP support, the
-.B \-kpop
-switch will allow
-.B msgchk
-to use Kerberized POP rather than standard POP3 on a given
-invocation.  If
-.B POPSERVICE
-was also #defined to "kpop",
-.B msgchk
-will be
-hardwired to always use KPOP.
-.PP
-If
-.B nmh

 has been compiled with SASL support, the
 .B \-sasl
 switch will enable
 the use of SASL authentication.  Depending on the SASL mechanism used, this
 may require an additional password prompt from the user (but the
 has been compiled with SASL support, the
 .B \-sasl
 switch will enable
 the use of SASL authentication.  Depending on the SASL mechanism used, this
 may require an additional password prompt from the user (but the

-.RI \*(lq \&.netrc \*(rq
-file can be used to store this password).  The
+.I netrc
+file can be used to store this password, as described in the
+mh-profile(5) man page).  The

 .B \-saslmech
 switch can be used to select a particular SASL mechanism.
 .PP
 .B \-saslmech
 switch can be used to select a particular SASL mechanism.
 .PP


@@ -193,17 +120,14 @@ with `(encrypted)' and `(decrypted)' when viewing the POP transaction
 with the
 .B \-snoop
 switch.
 with the
 .B \-snoop
 switch.

-%nmhendpop%
-

 .SH FILES
 .fc ^ ~
 .nf
 .SH FILES
 .fc ^ ~
 .nf

-.ta \w'/usr/local/nmh/etc/ExtraBigFileName  'u
+.ta \w'%etcdir%/ExtraBigFileName  'u

 ^$HOME/\&.mh\(ruprofile~^The user profile
 ^%etcdir%/mts.conf~^nmh mts configuration file
 ^%mailspool%/$USER~^Location of mail drop
 .fi
 ^$HOME/\&.mh\(ruprofile~^The user profile
 ^%etcdir%/mts.conf~^nmh mts configuration file
 ^%mailspool%/$USER~^Location of mail drop
 .fi

-

 .SH "PROFILE COMPONENTS"
 .fc ^ ~
 .nf
 .SH "PROFILE COMPONENTS"
 .fc ^ ~
 .nf


@@ -211,16 +135,14 @@ switch.
 .ta \w'ExtraBigProfileName  'u
 None
 .fi
 .ta \w'ExtraBigProfileName  'u
 None
 .fi

-

 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .SH "SEE ALSO"

-inc(1)
-
+.IR inc (1),
+.IR mh\-mail (5)

 .SH DEFAULTS
 .nf
 .RB ` user "' defaults to the current user"
 .RB ` \-date '
 .RB ` "\-notify\ all" '
 .fi
 .SH DEFAULTS
 .nf
 .RB ` user "' defaults to the current user"
 .RB ` \-date '
 .RB ` "\-notify\ all" '
 .fi

-

 .SH CONTEXT
 None
 .SH CONTEXT
 None