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install-mh(8mh)


NAME

   install-mh - initialize the nmh environment

SYNOPSIS

   /usr/lib/mh/install-mh [-auto] [-check] [-version] [-help]

DESCRIPTION

   Install-mh  is  the  nmh  program  to  create  the  initial setup for a
   first-time nmh user.  Install-mh lives in  two  places  for  historical
   reasons.

   The  -auto  option  does  things as automatically as possible and makes
   install-mh less chatty.

   The user is asked for the name of the directory that will be designated
   as  the  user's  nmh  directory.  If this directory does not exist, the
   user is asked if it should be created.  Normally, this directory should
   be  under  the  user's  home  directory,  and  has  the default name of
   ``Mail''.  Install-mh writes an initial .mh_profile for the user.

   As with all nmh commands, install-mh first checks for the existence  of
   the  $MH environment variable since that gives the profile path if set.
   If it isn't  set,  the  $HOME  environment  variable  is  consulted  to
   determine  the  user's  home  directory.  If $HOME is not set, then the
   /etc/passwd file is consulted.

   When creating the users initial .mh_profile, install-mh will check  for
   the  existence of a global profile /etc/nmh/mh.profile.  If found, this
   will be used to initialize the new .mh_profile.

   The -check option can be used to check whether  or  not  nmh  has  been
   installed.   This can be used by other programs to determine whether or
   not nmh has been installed without their having to know  the  internals
   of nmh.

FILES

   $HOME/.mh_profile   The user's profile.
   /etc/nmh/mh.profile Used to initialize user's profile.

PROFILE COMPONENTS

   Path:               To set the user's nmh directory.

CONTEXT

   With -auto, the current folder is changed to "inbox".

UNDOING THE INSTALLATION

   If  you  only  ran install-mh to try out nmh briefly, you might like to
   remove the configuration files it creates. (This is not  obligatory  --
   install-mh  creates  only  a  few small files so simply leaving them in
   place will not cause problems.)

   Most nmh configuration information lives in the user's  nmh  directory;
   you can print its name by running

   mhpath +

   Basically  all plain files in the nmh directory are configuration files
   and can be removed.

   Attention: The nmh directory holds not just  configuration  files!  Its
   subdirectories contain all the emails you have written or received with
   nmh.  Don't delete the nmh directory without  carefully  checking  that
   there are no mail files that you might want later!

   The  only  configuration  file  that lives outside the nmh directory is
   your profile file. You can print its name by running

   echo ${MH:-$HOME/.mh-profile}

   If you aren't using nmh any more you can delete this file, too.



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