1INSTALL-MH(8)                      [nmh-1.3]                     INSTALL-MH(8)
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NAME

6       install-mh - initialize the nmh environment
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SYNOPSIS

9       install-mh [-auto] [-check] [-version] [-help]
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DESCRIPTION

12       Install-mh  is  the  nmh  program  to  create  the  initial setup for a
13       first-time nmh user.  Install-mh lives in  two  places  for  historical
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16       The  -auto  option  does  things as automatically as possible and makes
17       install-mh less chatty.
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19       The user is asked for the name of the directory that will be designated
20       as  the  user's  nmh  directory.  If this directory does not exist, the
21       user is asked if it should be created.  Normally, this directory should
22       be  under  the  user's  home  directory,  and  has  the default name of
23       ``Mail''.  Install-mh writes an initial .mh_profile for the user.
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25       As with all nmh commands, install-mh first checks for the existence  of
26       the  $MH environment variable since that gives the profile path if set.
27       If it isn't set, the $HOME environment variable is consulted to  deter‐
28       mine  the  user's  home  directory.   If  $HOME  is  not  set, then the
29       /etc/passwd file is consulted.
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31       When creating the users initial .mh_profile, install-mh will check  for
32       the  existence of a global profile /etc/nmh/mh.profile.  If found, this
33       will be used to initialize the new .mh_profile.
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35       The -check option can be used to check whether  or  not  nmh  has  been
36       installed.   This can be used by other programs to determine whether or
37       not nmh has been installed without their having to know  the  internals
38       of nmh.
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FILES

42       $HOME/.mh_profile          The user profile
43       /etc/nmh/mh.profile        Used to initialize user profile
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PROFILE COMPONENTS

47       Path:                To set the user's nmh directory
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CONTEXT

51       With -auto, the current folder is changed to “inbox”.
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55MH.6.8                            1 June 2008                    INSTALL-MH(8)
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