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anno(1)
NAME
  anno - annotate messages (only available within the message handling
  system, mh)

SYNOPSIS
  anno [+folder] [msgs] [-component field] [-help] [-[no]inplace] [-text
  body]

OPTIONS
  -component field
      Specifies the name of the header field which anno adds. It should be a
      valid RFC 822-style message field name, which means that it should
      consist of alphanumeric characters or dashes only. If you do not supply
      this option, anno will prompt you for the field name.

  -help
      Prints a list of the valid options to this command.

  -inplace

  -noinplace
      The -inplace switch causes annotation to be done in place in order to
      preserve links to the annotated message.

  -text body
      Allows you to add a header field containing text to the message.	The
      anno command will create a second header field on the message,
      containing the text that you specify. If the text contains a space, you
      must enclose the text in double quotes ("). If you do not supply this
      option, anno adds only one field, which contains the date of the
      annotation.

  The default settings for this command are:

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

DESCRIPTION
  The anno command annotates a message by adding one or more header fields to
  the message.

  The anno command allows you to choose the name of the header field which
  you add. It records the date at which the message is annotated, and allows
  you to add an additional field containing text, if you wish.

  You can use anno with dist, forw, and repl, to keep track of how you have
  distributed, forwarded, or replied to messages.

  By default, anno annotates the current message in the current folder. You
  can select another message by using the msg and +folder arguments. You can
  also annotate more than one message, or a range of messages.

PROFILE COMPONENTS
  Path: To determine your Mail directory

EXAMPLES
   1.  This example annotates message number 1 in the folder +test.  The
       -component option specifies the name of the header field:
	    % anno 1 +test -component Forwarded

       The following field is added to the message header:
	    Forwarded: Tue, 08 Jan 1991 16:10:06 +0000

   2.  The next example shows how to use the -text option to add an
       additional field:
	    % anno -component Forwarded -text "to David - as requested"

       The following lines are added to the message header:
	    Forwarded: Tue, 08 Jan 1991 16:13:27 +0000
	    Forwarded: to David - as requested

   3.  The final example shows how anno prompts for the name of the header
       field, if the -component option is not supplied:
	    % annoEnter component name: forwarded

       The following line is added to the message:
	    forwarded: Tue, 08 Jan 1991 16:21:58 +0000

FILES
  $HOME/.mh_profile
      The user profile.

SEE ALSO
  dist(1), forw(1), repl(1)

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