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                      2: .TH RMM 1 "April 22, 1986" MH [mh.6]
                      3: .UC 6
                      4: .SH NAME
                      5: rmm \- remove messages
                      6: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      7: .in +.5i
                      8: .ti -.5i
                      9: rmm
                     10: \%[+folder] \%[msgs]
                     11: \%[\-help]
                     12: .in -.5i
                     13: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     14: \fIRmm\fR removes the specified messages by renaming the message
                     15: files with preceding commas.  Many sites consider files that start with a 
                     16: comma to be a temporary backup, and arrange for \fIcron\fR\0(8)
                     17: to remove such files once a day.
                     18: 
                     19: If the user has a profile component such as
                     20: 
                     21:        rmmproc:        /bin/rm
                     22: 
                     23: then instead of simply renaming the message file,
                     24: \fIrmm\fR
                     25: will call the named program to delete the file.
                     26: Note that at most installations, 
                     27: \fIcron\fR\0(8) is told to remove files that begin with a comma once a night.
                     28: 
                     29: Some users of csh prefer the following:
                     30: 
                     31:        alias rmm 'refile +d'
                     32: 
                     33: where folder +d is a folder for deleted messages, and
                     34: 
                     35:        alias mexp 'rm `mhpath +d all`'
                     36: 
                     37: is used to \*(lqexpunge\*(rq deleted messages.
                     38: 
                     39: The current message is not changed by \fIrmm\fR, so a \fInext\fR  will
                     40: advance to the next message in the folder as expected.
                     41: .Fi
                     42: ^$HOME/\&.mh\(ruprofile~^The user profile
                     43: .Pr
                     44: ^Path:~^To determine the user's MH directory
                     45: .Ps
                     46: ^Current\-Folder:~^To find the default current folder
                     47: .Ps
                     48: ^rmmproc:~^Program to delete the message
                     49: .Sa
                     50: rmf(1)
                     51: .De
                     52: `+folder' defaults to the current folder
                     53: .Ds
                     54: `msgs' defaults to cur
                     55: .Co
                     56: If a folder is given, it will become the current folder.
                     57: .En

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