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[Nmh-workers] Changes to mhmail.man


From: Larry Hynes
Subject: [Nmh-workers] Changes to mhmail.man
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 20:11:10 +0000

- Add reference to nmh in .SH NAME
- Delete empty .PP
- Remove a few 'various'es
- Some formatting
- SEE ALSO in alphabetical order

diff --git a/man/mhmail.man b/man/mhmail.man
index 315a553b..48f058ab 100644
--- a/man/mhmail.man
+++ b/man/mhmail.man
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-.TH MHMAIL %manext1% "October 16, 2012" "%nmhversion%"
+.TH MHMAIL %manext1% "March 23, 2017" "%nmhversion%"
 .\"
 .\" %nmhwarning%
 .\"
 .SH NAME
-mhmail \- send or read mail
+mhmail \- send or read mail - part of the nmh message system
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .HP 5
 .na
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ mhmail \- send or read mail
 .I send
 \&...]]
 .RB [ \-send " | " \-nosend ]
-.PP
 .HP 5
 .B mhmail
 with no arguments is equivalent to
@@ -43,45 +42,43 @@ with no arguments is equivalent to
 .ad
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B mhmail
-is intended as a replacement for the standard Berkeley
-mail program
+is intended as a replacement, compatible with
+.BR nmh ,
+for the standard Berkeley mail program
 .RB ( mail
 or
-.BR mailx ),
-which is compatible with
-.BR nmh .
-This program is intended for the use of programs such as
+.BR mailx ).
+.B nmh
+is intended for the use of programs such as
 .BR cron ,
-which expect to send mail automatically to various addresses.  It is
-also used by various
+which expect to send mail automatically.  It is also used by some
 .B nmh
-commands to mail various
-error notifications.  Although
+commands to mail error notifications.  Although
 .B mhmail
-can be used interactively,
-it is recommended that
+can be used interactively, it is recommended that
 .B comp
 and
 .B send
-be used instead to send messages.
+be used instead, to send messages.
 .PP
-When invoked without arguments, it simply invokes
+When invoked without arguments,
+.B mhmail
+simply invokes
 .B inc
-to incorporate new messages from the user's maildrop.
+to incorporate new messages from the user's mail drop.
 .PP
 When one or more addresses are specified, a message is read from the
 standard input and spooled to a temporary file.
 .B mhmail
 then invokes
 .BR post ,
-by default, with the name of the temporary file as its argument to
+by default, with the name of the temporary file as its argument, to
 deliver the message to the specified address.
 .PP
 The
 .B \-subject
 .I subject
-switch can be used to specify the
-\*(lqSubject:\*(rq field of the message.
+switch can be used to specify the \*(lqSubject:\*(rq field of the message.
 .PP
 The
 .B \-resent
@@ -98,13 +95,12 @@ mhmail address@hidden -resent < `mhpath cur`
 .PP
 By default,
 .B mhmail
-will read the message to be sent from the
-standard input.  You can specify the text of the message at the command
+will read the message to be sent from the standard input.
+You can specify the text of the message at the command
 line with the
 .B \-body
 .I text
-switch.  If the standard input has zero
-length,
+switch.  If the standard input has zero length,
 .B mhmail
 will not send the message and return with status 1.  You can use the switch
 .B \-body
@@ -129,8 +125,7 @@ switches may be given multiple times.
 By using
 .B \-from
 .IR addr ,
-you can specify the \*(lqFrom:\*(rq header of
-the draft.  If no
+you can specify the \*(lqFrom:\*(rq header of the draft.  If no
 .B \-from
 switch is used when sending,
 .B mhmail
@@ -141,8 +136,7 @@ in
 .IR mh-format (5).
 Naturally,
 .B post
-will fill\-in the \*(lqSender:\*(rq
-header correctly.
+will fill in the \*(lqSender:\*(rq header correctly.
 .PP
 The
 .B \-headerfield
@@ -214,7 +208,7 @@ can be used to disable
 .BR \-nosend ,
 for example, when using a shell alias.
 .PP
-All other switches are passed on to
+All other switches are passed to
 .B post
 if
 .B \-profile
@@ -227,16 +221,16 @@ is used.
 .fc ^ ~
 .nf
 .ta \w'%nmhetcdir%/ExtraBigFileName  'u
-^%bindir%/inc~^Program to incorporate maildrop into folder
+^%bindir%/inc~^Program to incorporate mail drop into folder
 ^%nmhlibexecdir%/post~^Program to deliver a message
 ^/tmp/mhmail*~^Temporary copy of message
 .fi
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .IR dist (1),
 .IR inc (1),
-.IR send (1),
 .IR mh-format (5),
 .IR post (8)
+.IR send (1),
 .SH DEFAULTS
 .nf
 .RB ` "\-from localmbox" '



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