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ANNO(1)			    General Commands Manual		       ANNO(1)

NAME
       anno - annotate nmh messages

SYNOPSIS

       anno [-help] [-version] [+folder] [msgs]	[-component field] [-inplace |
	    -noinplace]	[-date | -nodate] [-draft] [-append] [-list] [-delete]
	    [-number [num|all]]	[-preserve | -nopreserve] [-text body]

DESCRIPTION
       anno  manipulates  header  fields  or  annotations in messages.	Header
       fields consist of a field name and an optional field body as defined by
       RFC 2822.  The -component switch	specifies  the	field  name,  and  the
       -text switch specifies the field	body.

       The  messages  are either the msgs in the named folder, or the draft if
       invoked with the	-draft switch.

       Usually,	annotation is performed	by the commands	dist, forw, and	 repl,
       if  they	 are given the -anno switch.  This allows you to keep track of
       your distribution of, forwarding	of, and	replies	to a message.

       By using	anno, you can perform arbitrary	annotations of your own.  Each
       message selected	will be	annotated with the lines

	   field: date
	   field: body

       The -nodate switch inhibits the date annotation,	leaving	only the  body
       annotation.

       By  default, anno prepends the annotations to the message.  Annotations
       are instead appended if the -append switch is specified.

       If a -component field is	not specified when anno	is invoked, anno  will
       prompt the user for a field name.

       The  field specified must be a valid RFC	2822-style message field name,
       consisting only of alphanumeric characters and dashes.	The  body  may
       consist of arbitrary text.

       Normally	 anno  does  the  annotation in	place in order to preserve any
       links to	the message.  You may change  this  by	using  the  -noinplace
       switch.

       The  -list  switch  produces  a	listing	of the field bodies for	header
       fields with names matching the specified	component, one per line.   The
       listing is numbered, starting at	1, if the -number switch is also used.
       A  tab  character  separates  the number	and the	field body.  The field
       body is treated as if it	is a file name,	and only the final  path  name
       component  is  listed.	The complete field body	is listed if the -text
       switch is used; the argument to the -text switch	is  required  but  ig-
       nored.

       The  -delete  switch  removes  header  fields from messages.  The first
       header field whose name matches the component is	deleted	 if  no	 other
       options are specified.  If the -text switch is used in conjunction with
       the  -delete switch, the	first header field whose name matches the com-
       ponent and whose	body matches the text is deleted.  The text is treated
       as if it	was a file name; if it begins with a slash, the	 entire	 field
       body  must  match the text, otherwise just the last path	name component
       of the field body must match.  If the -number switch is	used  in  con-
       junction	 with  the -delete switch, header field	num whose name matches
       the component is	deleted.  The number matches that which	is produced by
       the -list switch.  The special value all	can be used  for  the  number,
       and causes all components that match the	name to	be deleted.

       By  default,  anno changes the last-accessed and	last-modified times on
       annotated messages to the time of the annotation.  anno	preserves  the
       original	times if the -preserve switch is used.	A matching -nopreserve
       switch  allows  time  preservation  to be turned	off, if	enabled	in the
       profile.

FILES
       $HOME/.mh_profile   The user's profile.

PROFILE	COMPONENTS
       Path:		   To determine	the user's nmh directory.
       Current-Folder:	   To find the default current folder.

SEE ALSO
       dist(1),	forw(1), repl(1)

DEFAULTS
       +folder		   The current folder.
       msgs		   The current message.
       -inplace
       -date

CONTEXT
       If a folder is given, it	will become the	 current  folder.   The	 first
       message annotated will become the current message.

nmh-1.8+dev			  2005-12-07			       ANNO(1)

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