Added note that suffixes were removed from filenames of temporary files.

[nmh] / man / mh-profile.man

diff --git a/man/mh-profile.man b/man/mh-profile.man
index d7afe5be2fc72710c8084f4de8078dd54f446f91..14d1c5ab59c2949bf7c7167ba8778ec5e43d3b2e 100644 (file)
--- a/man/mh-profile.man
+++ b/man/mh-profile.man
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
-.TH MH-PROFILE %manext5% "November 6, 2012" "%nmhversion%"
+.TH MH-PROFILE %manext5% "April 14, 2013" "%nmhversion%"

 .\"
 .\" %nmhwarning%
 .\"
 .SH NAME
 mh-profile \- user profile customization for nmh message handler
 .\"
 .\" %nmhwarning%
 .\"
 .SH NAME
 mh-profile \- user profile customization for nmh message handler

-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.I $HOME/.mh\(ruprofile

 .SH DESCRIPTION
 Each user of
 .B nmh
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 Each user of
 .B nmh


@@ -158,16 +156,6 @@ EDITOR environment variables.
 (profile, default: vi)
 .RE
 .PP
 (profile, default: vi)
 .RE
 .PP

-.BR automimeproc :
-.RS 5
-If defined and set to 1, then the
-.B whatnow
-program will automatically
-invoke the buildmimeproc (discussed below) to process each message as a MIME
-composition draft before it is sent.
-(profile, no default)
-.RE
-.PP

 .BR Msg\-Protect :
 600
 .RS 5
 .BR Msg\-Protect :
 600
 .RS 5


@@ -189,6 +177,28 @@ for an explanation of the octal number.
 (profile, default: 700)
 .RE
 .PP
 (profile, default: 700)
 .RE
 .PP

+.BR datalocking :
+fcntl
+.RS 5
+The locking algorithm used to lock changes to any
+.B nmh
+data files, such as sequences or the context.  The locking algorithm is
+any one of the following entries:
+.PP
+.RS 5
+.nf
+%supported_locks%
+.fi
+.RE
+.PP
+Available locking algorithms can vary depending on what is supported by
+the operating system.  Note: currently transactional locking is only
+supported on public sequences; see
+.IR mh\-sequence (5)
+for more information.
+(profile, default: fcntl)
+.RE
+.PP

 .IR program :
 .I default switches
 .RS 5
 .IR program :
 .I default switches
 .RS 5


@@ -240,7 +250,7 @@ by the default component files by tools like
 and
 .B repl
 to construct your default \*(lqFrom\*(rq header.  The text used here will
 and
 .B repl
 to construct your default \*(lqFrom\*(rq header.  The text used here will

-be copied exactly to your From: header, so it should already be RFC-822
+be copied exactly to your From: header, so it should already be RFC 822

 compliant.  If this is set, the
 .B Signature
 profile entry is NOT used, so it should include a signature as well.  (profile,
 compliant.  If this is set, the
 .B Signature
 profile entry is NOT used, so it should include a signature as well.  (profile,


@@ -352,6 +362,92 @@ puts in the \*(lqFrom:\*(rq header; do not include an address in the
 signature text.  The \*(lqLocal\-Mailbox\*(rq profile component
 supersedes all of this.  (profile, no default)
 .RE
 signature text.  The \*(lqLocal\-Mailbox\*(rq profile component
 supersedes all of this.  (profile, no default)
 .RE

+.PP
+.BR credentials :
+\&legacy
+.RS 5
+Indicates how the username and password credentials will be retrieved
+for access to external servers, such as those that provide SMTP or POP
+service.  The supported entry values are \*(lqlegacy\*(rq and
+.RI \*(lqfile: netrc \*(rq.
+With \*(lqlegacy\*(rq, or if there is no credentials entry, the
+username is the first of:
+.PP
+.RS 5
+1)
+.B \-user
+switch to
+.BR send ,
+.BR post ,
+.BR whom ,
+.BR inc ,
+or
+.B msgchk
+program
+.br
+2) the login name on the local machine
+.RE
+.PP
+The password for SMTP services is the first of:
+.PP
+.RS 5
+1) password value from matching entry in file named \*(lq.netrc\*(rq
+in the user's home directory
+.br
+2) password obtained by interactively prompting the user
+.RE
+.PP
+The password for POP service when the
+.B \-sasl
+switch is used with one of these programs is the login name on the
+local machine.
+.PP
+With a
+.RI \*(lqfile: netrc \*(rq
+.B credentials
+entry, the username is the first of:
+.PP
+.RS 5
+1)
+.B \-user
+switch to program
+.br
+2) login name from matching entry in
+.I netrc
+file
+.br
+3) value provided by user in response to interactive query
+.RE
+.PP
+Similarly, the password is provided either in the
+.I netrc
+file or interactively.
+.I netrc
+can be any valid filename, either absolute or relative to Path or
+$HOME.  The
+.I netrc
+file contains authentication information, for each server,
+using a line of the following form.  Replace the words
+.IR myserver ,
+.IR mylogin ,
+and
+.I mypassword
+with your own account information:
+.PP
+.RS 5
+.B machine
+.I myserver
+.B login
+.I mylogin
+.B password
+.I mypassword
+.RE
+.PP
+This
+.I netrc
+file must be owned and readable only by you.
+(profile, default: legacy)
+.RE

 .SS "Process Profile Entries"
 The following profile elements are used whenever an
 .B nmh
 .SS "Process Profile Entries"
 The following profile elements are used whenever an
 .B nmh


@@ -535,9 +631,10 @@ to do address verification.
 none
 .RS 5
 This is the program used by
 none
 .RS 5
 This is the program used by

-.B rmm
+.BR rmm ,
+.BR refile ,

 and
 and

-.B refile
+.B mhfixmsg

 to delete a message from a folder.
 .RE
 .PP
 to delete a message from a folder.
 .RE
 .PP


@@ -676,48 +773,6 @@ additional user profile (file) to be read by
 in addition to the mhn.defaults profile.
 .RE
 .PP
 in addition to the mhn.defaults profile.
 .RE
 .PP

-.B $MM_CHARSET
-.RS 5
-With this environment variable, you can specify
-the native character set you are using.  You must be able to display
-this character set on your terminal.
-.PP
-This variable is checked to see if a RFC-2047 header field should be
-decoded (in
-.BR inc ,
-.BR scan ,
-.BR mhl ).
-This variable is
-checked by
-.B show
-to see if the
-.I showproc
-or
-.I showmimeproc
-should
-be called, since showmimeproc will be called if a text message uses
-a character set that doesn't match
-.BR $MM_CHARSET .
-This variable is
-checked by
-.B mhshow
-for matches against the charset parameter
-of text contents to decide it the text content can be displayed
-without modifications to your terminal.  This variable is checked by
-.B mhbuild
-to decide what character set to specify in the charset
-parameter of text contents containing 8\-bit characters.
-.PP
-When decoding text in such an alternate character set,
-.B nmh
-must be able to determine which characters are alphabetic, which
-are control characters, etc.  For many operating systems, this
-will require enabling the support for locales (such as setting
-the environment variable
-.B $LC_CTYPE
-to iso_8859_1).
-.RE
-.PP

 .B $MAILDROP
 .RS 5
 This variable tells
 .B $MAILDROP
 .RS 5
 This variable tells