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.B sortm
+.RB [ \-help ]
+.RB [ \-version ]
.RI [ +folder ]
.RI [ msgs ]
.RB [ \-all " | " \-noall ]
.RB [ \-nolimit ]
.RB [ \-check " | " \-nocheck ]
.RB [ \-verbose " | " \-noverbose ]
-.RB [ \-version ]
-.RB [ \-help ]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
-.B Sortm
+.B sortm
sorts the specified messages in the named folder according
to the chronological order of the \*(lqDate:\*(rq field of each message.
.PP
Messages which were in the folder, but not specified by `msgs', used to
be moved to the end of the folder; now such messages are left untouched.
.PP
-.B Sortm
+.B sortm
sometimes did not preserve the message numbering in a folder
(e.g., messages 1, 3, and 5, might have been renumbered to 1, 2, 3 after
sorting). This was a bug, and has been fixed. To compress the message