Convert whatnow over to using the new Attach header.

[nmh] / man / mh-profile.man

diff --git a/man/mh-profile.man b/man/mh-profile.man
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--- 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
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.I $HOME/.mh\(ruprofile
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 Each user of
 .B nmh
@@ -204,7 +202,10 @@ any one of the following entries:
 .RE
 .PP
 Available locking algorithms can vary depending on what is supported by
-the operating system.
+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
@@ -259,7 +260,7 @@ by the default component files by tools like
 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,
@@ -371,6 +372,92 @@ 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
+.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
@@ -554,9 +641,10 @@ to do address verification.
 none
 .RS 5
 This is the program used by
-.B rmm
+.BR rmm ,
+.BR refile ,
 and
-.B refile
+.B mhfixmsg
 to delete a message from a folder.
 .RE
 .PP
@@ -701,7 +789,7 @@ 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
+This variable is checked to see if a RFC 2047 header field should be
 decoded (in
 .BR inc ,
 .BR scan ,