+/* outnum determines how the input from inb is copied. If positive then
+ * it is the number of the message to create, e.g. for inc(1), and all
+ * of the email is copied into that message, with some tweaks. If 0,
+ * e.g. `scan 42', then reading inb can dubiously stop after a whole
+ * buffer of body, even though this might not be enough to fulfill the
+ * scan format and width. Or if -1 then no copy is being created, but
+ * all of inb must be read because the next message must be found, e.g.
+ * `scan -file foo.mbox'. */