Review inc.man.

First cut at a cleanup of inc.man, including: maildrop -> mail drop;
Ralph's mode/octal suggestion, with a change (by me) to refer to
chmod(1).

diff --git a/man/inc.man b/man/inc.man
index d9ceaa4..dad15a4 100644 (file)
--- a/man/inc.man
+++ b/man/inc.man
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH INC %manext1% "October 9, 2016" "%nmhversion%"
+.TH INC %manext1% "March 18, 2017" "%nmhversion%"

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


@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ inc \- incorporate new mail
 .ad
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B inc
 .ad
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B inc

-incorporates mail from the user's incoming mail drop into
-an
+incorporates mail from the user's incoming mail drop into an

 .B nmh
 folder.
 If the mail drop is a file, it can be in
 .B nmh
 folder.
 If the mail drop is a file, it can be in


@@ -57,15 +56,15 @@ If the mail drop is a file, it can be in
 or
 .B MMDF
 format.
 or
 .B MMDF
 format.

-If the mail drop is a directory it will considered to be a
+If the mail drop is a directory it is considered to be in

 .B Maildir
 .B Maildir

-format mail drop.
+format.

 .PP
 You may specify which folder to use with
 .IR +folder .
 If no folder is specified, then
 .B inc
 .PP
 You may specify which folder to use with
 .IR +folder .
 If no folder is specified, then
 .B inc

-will use either the folder given by a (non\-empty)
+will use either the folder given by a (non-empty)

 .RI \*(lq Inbox \*(rq
 entry in the user's profile, or the folder named
 .RI \*(lq inbox \*(rq.
 .RI \*(lq Inbox \*(rq
 entry in the user's profile, or the folder named
 .RI \*(lq inbox \*(rq.


@@ -73,28 +72,26 @@ If the specified (or default) folder doesn't
 exist, the user will be queried prior to its creation.
 .PP
 When the new messages are incorporated into the folder, they are assigned
 exist, the user will be queried prior to its creation.
 .PP
 When the new messages are incorporated into the folder, they are assigned

-numbers starting with the next highest number for the folder.  As the
-messages are processed, a
+numbers starting with the next highest number for the folder.
+As the messages are processed, a

 .B scan
 listing of the new mail is produced.
 .PP
 .B scan
 listing of the new mail is produced.
 .PP

-If the user's profile contains a
+The newly created messages will have a mode of 0600, see chmod(1),
+on filesystems that support it.
+Alternatively, a

 .RI \*(lq "Msg\-Protect: nnn" \*(rq
 .RI \*(lq "Msg\-Protect: nnn" \*(rq

-entry, it will be used as the protection on the newly created
-messages, otherwise the
-.B nmh
-default of 0600 will be used (on filesystems that support it).  For
-all subsequent operations on these messages, this initially assigned
-protection will be preserved.
+profile entry gives the mode to use, in octal.
+For all subsequent operations on these messages, this initially assigned
+mode will be preserved.

 .PP
 If the switch
 .B \-audit
 .I audit\-file
 .PP
 If the switch
 .B \-audit
 .I audit\-file

-is specified (usually as a default
-switch in the profile), then
+is specified (usually as a default switch in the user's profile), then

 .B inc
 .B inc

-will append a header line and a
-line per message to the end of the specified audit\-file with the format:
+will append a header line and a line per message to the specified
+audit-file with the format:

 .PP
 .RS 5
 .nf
 .PP
 .RS 5
 .nf


@@ -112,28 +109,30 @@ Eventually,
 .BR comp ,
 and
 .B dist
 .BR comp ,
 and
 .B dist

-may also produce audits to this (or another) file, perhaps with
+may also output audit information to this (or another) file, perhaps with

 .RI \*(lq Message\-Id \*(rq
 .RI \*(lq Message\-Id \*(rq

-information to keep an exact correspondence
-history.
+information to keep an exact correspondence history.

 .RI \*(lq Audit\-file \*(rq
 .RI \*(lq Audit\-file \*(rq

-will be in the user's nmh directory unless a full path is specified.
+is assumed to be in the user's nmh directory unless a full path is specified.

 .PP
 .B inc
 .PP
 .B inc

-will incorporate even improperly formatted messages into the
-user's nmh folder, inserting a blank line prior to the offending component
+will incorporate even improperly formatted messages into the user's
+nmh folder, inserting a blank line prior to the offending component

 and printing a comment identifying the bad message.
 .PP
 and printing a comment identifying the bad message.
 .PP

-In all cases, the user's mail drop will be zeroed, unless the
+In all cases, except the use of
+.B \-file
+.I name
+(see below), the user's mail drop will be zeroed, unless the

 .B \-notruncate
 switch is given.
 .PP
 If the profile entry
 .RI \*(lq Unseen\-Sequence \*(rq
 .B \-notruncate
 switch is given.
 .PP
 If the profile entry
 .RI \*(lq Unseen\-Sequence \*(rq

-is present and non\-empty, then
+is present and non-empty, then

 .B inc
 .B inc

-will add each of the newly incorporated messages to
-each sequence named by the profile entry.
+will add each of the newly incorporated messages to each sequence
+named in the profile entry.

 .B inc
 will not zero each sequence prior to adding messages.
 .PP
 .B inc
 will not zero each sequence prior to adding messages.
 .PP


@@ -146,22 +145,22 @@ and
 .B \-width
 .I columns
 switches is the same as in
 .B \-width
 .I columns
 switches is the same as in

-.BR scan .
+.IR scan (1).

 .PP
 By using the
 .B \-file
 .I name
 switch, one can direct
 .B inc
 .PP
 By using the
 .B \-file
 .I name
 switch, one can direct
 .B inc

-to incorporate messages from a file other than the user's maildrop.
-Note that the name file will NOT be zeroed, unless the
+to incorporate messages from a file other than the user's mail drop.
+Note that the named file will NOT be zeroed, unless the

 .B \-truncate
 switch is given.
 .PP
 The
 .B \-file
 .B \-truncate
 switch is given.
 .PP
 The
 .B \-file

-switch does not support use of standard input.  Instead,
-the
+switch does not support the use of standard input.
+Instead, the

 .B rcvstore
 command can be used to incorporate mail from the standard input stream.
 .PP
 .B rcvstore
 command can be used to incorporate mail from the standard input stream.
 .PP


@@ -169,21 +168,21 @@ If the environment variable
 .B $MAILDROP
 is set, then
 .B inc
 .B $MAILDROP
 is set, then
 .B inc

-uses it as the location of the user's maildrop instead of the default
+uses it as the location of the user's mail drop instead of the default

 (the
 .B -file
 .I name
 (the
 .B -file
 .I name

-switch still overrides this, however).  If this
-environment variable is not set, then
+switch still overrides this, however).
+If this environment variable is not set, then

 .B inc
 will consult the profile entry
 .RI \*(lq MailDrop \*(rq
 .B inc
 will consult the profile entry
 .RI \*(lq MailDrop \*(rq

-for this information.  If the value found is
-not absolute, then it is interpreted relative to the user's
+for this information.  If the value found is not absolute, then it is
+interpreted relative to the user's

 .B nmh
 directory.  If the value is not found, then
 .B inc
 .B nmh
 directory.  If the value is not found, then
 .B inc

-will look in the standard system location for the user's maildrop.
+will look in the standard system location for the user's mail drop.

 .PP
 The
 .B \-silent
 .PP
 The
 .B \-silent


@@ -192,11 +191,10 @@ switch directs
 to be quiet and not ask any questions at all.  This is useful for putting
 .B inc
 in the background and going on to other things.
 to be quiet and not ask any questions at all.  This is useful for putting
 .B inc
 in the background and going on to other things.

-.PP

 .SS "Using POP"
 .B inc
 .SS "Using POP"
 .B inc

-will normally check local mail drops for mail, as covered above.  But
-if the option
+will normally check local mail drops for mail, as covered above.
+But if the option

 .RI \*(lq pophost \*(rq
 is set in
 .RI \*(lq mts.conf \*(rq,
 .RI \*(lq pophost \*(rq
 is set in
 .RI \*(lq mts.conf \*(rq,


@@ -215,12 +213,13 @@ is specified as well, the command-line switch will override
 the environment variable.  The
 .B \-port
 switch specifies the port name or number used to connect to the POP
 the environment variable.  The
 .B \-port
 switch specifies the port name or number used to connect to the POP

-server.  If unspecified the default is \*(lqpop3\*(rq.
+server.  If unspecified, the default is \*(lqpop3\*(rq.

 .PP
 To specify a username for authentication with the POP server, use the
 .B \-user
 .I username
 .PP
 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
+switch.  The credentials profile entry in
+.IR mh\-profile (5)

 describes the ways to supply a username and password.
 .PP
 If passed the
 describes the ways to supply a username and password.
 .PP
 If passed the


@@ -230,24 +229,21 @@ switch,
 .B inc
 will use the specified command to establish the connection to the POP
 server.  The string
 .B inc
 will use the specified command to establish the connection to the POP
 server.  The string

-.IR %h
+.I %h

 in the command will be substituted by the hostname to connect to.
 .PP
 in the command will be substituted by the hostname to connect to.
 .PP

-If
-.B inc
-uses POP, then the
+When using POP, if the

 .B \-pack
 .I file
 .B \-pack
 .I file

-switch is considered.  If given, then
+switch is given then

 .B inc
 .B inc

-simply uses the POP to
-.B packf
-the user's maildrop from the POP service host to the named file.
+will
+.IR packf (1)
+the user's mail drop from the POP service host to the named file.

 .PP
 For debugging purposes, you may give the switch
 .BR \-snoop ,
 .PP
 For debugging purposes, you may give the switch
 .BR \-snoop ,

-which will allow you to watch the POP transaction take place
-between you and the POP server.  If
+which will allow you to monitor the POP transaction.  If

 .B \-sasl \-saslmech xoauth2
 is used, the HTTP transaction is also shown.
 .PP
 .B \-sasl \-saslmech xoauth2
 is used, the HTTP transaction is also shown.
 .PP


@@ -255,12 +251,13 @@ If
 .B nmh
 has been compiled with SASL support, the
 .B \-sasl
 .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
+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

 .I netrc
 .I netrc

-file can be used to store this password, as described in the
-mh-profile(5) man page).  The
+file can be used to store this password, as described in
+.IR mh\-profile (5)).
+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


@@ -292,20 +289,20 @@ be specified with the
 .I service
 switch.  Before using this, the user must authorize nmh by running
 .B mhlogin
 .I service
 switch.  Before using this, the user must authorize nmh by running
 .B mhlogin

-and grant authorization to that account.  See the
-.B mhlogin
-man page for more details.
+and granting authorization to that account.  See
+.IR mhlogin (1)
+for more details.

 .PP
 If
 .B nmh
 has been compiled with TLS support, the
 .B \-initialtls
 switch will require the negotiation of TLS when connecting
 .PP
 If
 .B nmh
 has been compiled with TLS support, the
 .B \-initialtls
 switch will require the negotiation of TLS when connecting

-to the remote POP server.  The
-.B \-initialtls
-switch will negotiate TLS immediately after the connection has taken place,
+to the remote POP server.
+.B inc
+will negotiate TLS immediately after the connection has taken place,

 before any POP commands are sent or received.  Data encrypted by TLS is
 before any POP commands are sent or received.  Data encrypted by TLS is

-labeled `(tls-encrypted)' and `(tls-decrypted)` with viewing the POP
+labeled `(tls-encrypted)' and `(tls-decrypted)` when viewing the POP

 transaction with the
 .B \-snoop
 switch.  The
 transaction with the
 .B \-snoop
 switch.  The


@@ -348,7 +345,7 @@ Folder\-Protect:
 To set mode when creating a new folder.
 .TP
 Msg\-Protect:
 To set mode when creating a new folder.
 .TP
 Msg\-Protect:

-To set mode when creating a new message and audit\-file.
+To set mode when creating a new message and audit-file.

 .TP
 Unseen\-Sequence:
 To name sequences denoting unseen messages.
 .TP
 Unseen\-Sequence:
 To name sequences denoting unseen messages.


@@ -378,12 +375,11 @@ As described above.
 .TP
 \-nosasl
 .TP
 .TP
 \-nosasl
 .TP

-\-truncate
-If
+\-notruncate
+Unless

 .B \-file
 .I name
 .B \-file
 .I name

-not given,
-\-notruncate otherwise.
+is given.

 .TP
 \-width
 The width of the terminal.
 .TP
 \-width
 The width of the terminal.