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10.8 Reading New Mail

Command: Incorporate and Read New Mail stuff (bound to C-x i globally and i in Headers and Message modes)

This command incorporates new mail into New Mail Folder and creates a Headers buffer with the new messages. An unseen-sequence must be define in the user’s MH profile to use this. Any headers generated due to Unseen Headers Message Spec are inserted as well. The buffer’s point is positioned on the headers line representing the first unseen message of the newly incorporated mail.

Command: Incorporate New Mail

This command incorporates new mail into New Mail Folder, displaying inc output in a pop-up window. This is similar to Incorporate and Read New Mail except that no Headers buffer is generated.

Hemlock Variable: New Mail Folder (initial value "+inbox")

This is the folder into which MH incorporates new mail.

Hemlock Variable: Unseen Headers Message Spec (initial value nil)

This is an MH message specification that is suitable for any message prompt. When incorporating new mail and after expunging messages, Hemlock uses this specification in addition to the unseen-sequence name that is taken from the user’s MH profile to generate headers for the unseen Headers buffer. This value is a string.

Hemlock Variable: Incorporate New Mail Hook (initial value nil)

This is a list of functions which are invoked immediately after new mail is incorporated. The functions should take no arguments.

Hemlock Variable: Store Password (initial value nil)

When this is set, the user is only prompted once for his password, and the password is stored for future use.

Hemlock Variable: Authenticate Incorporation (initial value nil)
Hemlock Variable: Authentication User Name (initial value nil)

When Authenticate Incorporation is set, incorporating new mail prompts for a password to access a remote mail-drop.

When incorporating new mail accesses a remote mail-drop, Authentication User Name is the user name supplied for authentication on the remote machine. If this is nil, Hemlock uses the local name.


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