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INC(1)			    General Commands Manual			INC(1)

NAME
       inc - incorporate new mail to an	nmh folder

SYNOPSIS
       inc [-help] [-version] [+folder]	[-audit	audit-file] [-noaudit]
	    [-changecur	| -nochangecur]	[-form formfile] [-format string]
	    [-file name] [-silent | -nosilent] [-truncate | -notruncate]
	    [-width columns] [-host hostname] [-port portname/number] [-user
	    username] [-proxy command] [-sasl |	-nosasl] [-saslmech mechanism]
	    [-authservice service] [-initialtls] [-notls] [-certverify | -no-
	    certverify]	[-snoop]

DESCRIPTION
       inc  incorporates  mail	from the user's	incoming mail drop into	an nmh
       folder.	If the mail drop is a file, it can be in mbox or MMDF  format.
       If  the mail drop is a directory	it is considered to be in Maildir for-
       mat.

       You may specify which folder to use with	 +folder.   If	no  folder  is
       specified,  then	 inc will use either the folder	given by a (non-empty)
       "Inbox" entry in	the user's profile, or the folder named	 "inbox".   If
       the  specified  (or  default)  folder  doesn't  exist, the user will be
       queried prior to	its creation.

       When the	new messages are incorporated into the folder,	they  are  as-
       signed  numbers	starting  with the next	highest	number for the folder.
       As the messages are processed, a	scan listing of	the new	mail  is  pro-
       duced.

       The  newly  created messages will have a	mode of	0600, see chmod(1), on
       filesystems that	support	it.  Alternatively, a "Msg-Protect: nnn"  pro-
       file  entry gives the mode to use, in octal.  For all subsequent	opera-
       tions on	these messages,	this initially	assigned  mode	will  be  pre-
       served.

       If  the	switch	-audit	audit-file  is specified (usually as a default
       switch in the user's profile), then inc will append a header line and a
       line per	message	to the specified audit-file with the format:

	    <<inc>> date
	    <scan line for first message>
	    <scan line for second message>
	    <etc.>

       This is useful for keeping track	of volume and source of	incoming mail.
       Eventually, repl, forw, comp, and dist may also output  audit  informa-
       tion  to	 this (or another) file, perhaps with "Message-Id" information
       to keep an exact	correspondence history.	 "Audit-file" is assumed to be
       in the user's nmh directory unless a full path is specified.

       inc 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.

       In all cases, except the	use of -file name (see below), the user's mail
       drop will be zeroed, unless the -notruncate switch is given.

       If the profile entry "Unseen-Sequence" is present and  non-empty,  then
       inc  will  add each of the newly	incorporated messages to each sequence
       named in	the profile entry.  inc	will not zero each sequence  prior  to
       adding messages.

       The  interpretation of the -form	formatfile, -format string, and	-width
       columns switches	is the same as in scan(1).

       By using	the -file name switch, one can direct inc to incorporate  mes-
       sages from a file other than the	user's mail drop.  Note	that the named
       file will not be	zeroed,	unless the -truncate switch is given.

       The -file switch	does not support the use of standard input.   Instead,
       the  rcvstore command can be used to incorporate	mail from the standard
       input stream.

       If the environment variable $MAILDROP is	set, then inc uses it  as  the
       location	of the user's mail drop	instead	of the default (the -file name
       switch still overrides this, however).  If this environment variable is
       not  set,  then	inc will consult the profile entry "MailDrop" for this
       information.  If	the value found	is not absolute,  then	it  is	inter-
       preted  relative	 to  the  user's  nmh  directory.  If the value	is not
       found, then inc will look in  the  standard  system  location  for  the
       user's mail drop.

       The -silent switch directs inc to be quiet and not ask any questions at
       all.  This is useful for	putting	inc in the background and going	on  to
       other things.

   Using POP
       inc  will  normally  check local	mail drops for mail, as	covered	above.
       But if the option "pophost" is set in "mts.conf", or if the -host host-
       name  switch is given, or if the	$MAILHOST environment variable is set,
       then inc	will query this	POP service host for mail to incorporate.   If
       $MAILHOST  is  set  and	-host  is  specified as	well, the command-line
       switch will override the	environment variable.  The -port switch	speci-
       fies the	port name or number used to connect to the POP server.	If un-
       specified, the default is "pop3".

       To specify a username for authentication	with the POP server,  use  the
       -user  username switch.	The credentials	profile	entry in mh-profile(5)
       describes the ways to supply a username and password.

       If passed the -proxy command switch, inc	will use the specified command
       to  establish  the  connection to the POP server.  The string %h	in the
       command will be substituted by the hostname to connect to.

       For debugging purposes, you may give the	switch -snoop, which will  al-
       low  you	to monitor the POP transaction.	 If -sasl -saslmech xoauth2 is
       used, the HTTP transaction is also shown.

       If nmh has been compiled	with SASL support, the -sasl switch  will  en-
       able  the  use of SASL authentication.  Depending on the	SASL mechanism
       used, this may require an additional password prompt from the user (but
       the  netrc  file	 can  be  used to store	this password, as described in
       mh-profile(5)).	The -saslmech switch can be used to select a  particu-
       lar SASL	mechanism.

       If  SASL	 authentication	is successful, inc will	attempt	to negotiate a
       security	layer for session encryption.  Encrypted traffic  is  labelled
       with  `(encrypted)'  and	`(decrypted)' when viewing the POP transaction
       with the	-snoop switch; see the post man	page description of -snoop for
       its other features.

       If  nmh	has  been compiled with	OAuth support, the -sasl and -saslmech
       xoauth2 switches	will enable OAuth authentication.   The	 -user	switch
       must  be	 used, and the user-name must be an email address the user has
       for the service,	which must be specified	with the -authservice  service
       switch.	 Before	 using	this,  the  user must authorize	nmh by running
       mhlogin and granting authorization to that account.  See	mhlogin(1) for
       more details.

       If  nmh has been	compiled with TLS support, the -initialtls switch will
       require the negotiation of  TLS	when  connecting  to  the  remote  POP
       server.	 inc  will  negotiate TLS immediately after the	connection has
       taken place, before any POP commands are	sent or	 received.   Data  en-
       crypted	by TLS is labeled `(tls-encrypted)' and	`(tls-decrypted)` when
       viewing the POP transaction with	the -snoop switch.  The	-notls	switch
       will disable all	attempts to negotiate TLS.

       When using TLS the default is to	verify the remote certificate and Sub-
       jectName	against	the local trusted certificate store.  This can be con-
       trolled	by  the	 -certverify  and  -nocertverify  switches.   See your
       OpenSSL documentation for more information on certificate verification.

FILES
       $HOME/.mh_profile   The user's profile.
       /usr/local/etc/nmh/mts.conf
			   mts configuration file.
       /var/mail/$USER	   Location of the system mail drop.

PROFILE	COMPONENTS
       Path:		   To determine	the user's nmh directory.
       Alternate-Mailboxes:
			   To determine	the user's mailboxes.
       Inbox:		   To determine	the inbox.
       Folder-Protect:	   To set mode when creating a new folder.
       Msg-Protect:	   To set mode when creating a new message and	audit-
			   file.
       Unseen-Sequence:	   To name sequences denoting unseen messages.

SEE ALSO
       mhmail(1),  scan(1),  mh-mail(5),  mh-profile(5),  mhlogin(1), post(8),
       rcvstore(1)

DEFAULTS
       +folder		   defaulted by	"Inbox"	above.
       -noaudit
       -changecur
       -format		   As described	above.
       -nosilent
       -nosasl
       -notruncate	   Unless -file	name is	given.
       -width		   The width of	the terminal.

CONTEXT
       The folder into which messages are being	incorporated will  become  the
       current folder.	The first message incorporated will become the current
       message,	unless the -nochangecur	option is specified.  This leaves  the
       context ready for a show	of the first new message.

nmh-1.7.1			  2016-11-02				INC(1)

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | FILES | PROFILE COMPONENTS | SEE ALSO | DEFAULTS | CONTEXT

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