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burst(1)
NAME
  burst - explode digests into messages (only available within the message
  handling system, mh)

SYNOPSIS
  burst [+folder] [msgs] [options]

OPTIONS
  -inplace

  -noinplace
      Expands the forwarded message or digest in its current place in the
      folder. The message that is expanded is replaced by the header used to
      forward the message, or if it is a digest, by the table of contents.
      The burst command then places the extracted messages immediately after
      this, and re-numbers the rest of the messages in the folder to make
      room for them. The original message or digest is not saved.

      If -noinplace is given, the original message or digest is preserved.
      The messages which burst extracts are placed at the end of the folder.
      Other messages are not re-numbered. This is the default behavior.

  -quiet

  -noquiet
      Directs burst to be silent about reporting messages that are not in
      digest format. Normally, an error message is printed if you attempt to
      use burst on a message which does not contain encapsulated messages.

  -verbose

  -noverbose
      Reports the general actions that burst is taking to explode the digest.

  The default settings for this command are:

       +folder	defaults to the current folder
       msgs defaults to the current message
       -noinplace
       -noquiet
       -noverbose

DESCRIPTION
  The burst command extracts the original messages from a forwarded message,
  discards the forwarder's header details, and places the original messages
  at the end of the current folder.

  By default, burst takes the current message in the current folder. You can
  specify messages other than the current message by using burst with the
  +folder and msgs arguments. If you specify another message, that message
  becomes the current message. If you specify another folder, that folder
  becomes the current folder.

  The burst command will expand either a single message which contains a
  number of separate messages packed together for ease of mailing, or an
  Internet digest. The packf and forw commands can both pack individual
  messages into a single message or file.

  You can use burst in combination with forw or packf to re-direct or forward
  mail more conveniently.  For example, if you wanted to forward a number of
  messages to yourself on another account, you could use forw to combine them
  and send them in a single message. When the message arrives, you can use
  burst to expand the single message into its constituent messages.

RESTRICTIONS
  The burst program enforces a limit on the number of messages which may be
  expanded from a single message. This number is about 1000 messages.
  However, there is usually no limit on the number of messages which may
  reside in the folder after the messages have been expanded.

  The burst command only works on messages that have been encapsulated
  according to the guidelines laid down by the proposed standard RFC 934. The
  encapsulated message is considered to start after burst encounters a line
  of dashes. If you attempt to use burst on a message that has not been
  encapsulated according to RFC 934, the results may be unpredictable. For
  example, burst may find an encapsulation boundary prematurely, and split a
  single encapsulated message into two or more messages.

  Any text which appears after the last encapsulated message is not placed in
  a separate message by burst. When the -inplace option is used, this
  trailing information is lost. Text which appears before the first
  encapsulated message is not lost.

PROFILE COMPONENTS
  Path: To determine your Mail directory

  Msg-Protect: To set file protection when creating a new message

FILES
  $HOME/.mh_profile
      The user profile.

SEE ALSO
  forw(1), inc(1), msh(1), packf(1)

  Proposed Standard for Message Encapsulation (RFC 934)

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