RMM(1mh)

💖 RMM — bestie edition 💖

okay so this is rmm, from the nmh manual page, and it's literally the "remove nmh messages" girlie. she deletes your mail. that's the whole vibe. let's get into it 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

rmm [-help] [-version] [+folder] [msgs] [-unlink | -nounlink] [-rmmproc
     program] [-normmproc]

that's a lot of brackets bestie, but it's giving "here's everything you could possibly want" and honestly? iconic.

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so by default, rmm removes the messages you asked for by renaming each message file with a site-dependent prefix (usually a comma, no cap). which means those files are lowkey still sitting there and will need to be removed in some manner after a period of time. many sites arrange for cron to remove these files once a day, so like... check with your system administrator, fr fr. 🫶

alternately, if you want rmm to actually remove the files representing these messages, you can use the -unlink switch. but ⚠️ messages removed by this method cannot be later recovered. that's it, gone, no takebacks, the vibes are permanent. 💀

if you prefer a more sophisticated method of removing' messages, you can define the rmmproc` profile component. for example, you can add a profile component such as

rmmproc:    /home/foouser/bin/rmm_msgs

then instead of simply renaming the message file, rmm will call the named program or script to handle the files that represent the messages to be deleted. the -rmmproc switch may be used to override this profile component. and the -normmproc switch disables the use of any rmmproc profile component and negates all prior -rmmproc switches. she said no rmmproc today. ✨

an example of a rmmproc script that saves a message based in its Message-ID is provided in /usr/share/doc/nmh/examples/rmmproc.messageid. to enable it, simply add an rmmproc component that names it, to your profile. it's giving plug and play, we love that for us. 🎀

some users of csh prefer the following:

alias rmm 'refile +d'

where folder +d is a folder for deleted messages, and

alias mexp 'rm `mhpath +d all`'

is used to “expunge” deleted messages. that's the csh girlies doing their own little system and honestly, main character energy. 👑

the current message is not changed by rmm, so a next will advance to the next message in the folder as expected. no chaos, no surprises, just smooth sailing. 🌈

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🌸 FILES 🌸

• $HOME/.mh_profile — The user profile

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💜 PROFILE COMPONENTS 💜

• Path: — To determine the user's nmh directory
• Current-Folder: — To find the default current folder
• rmmproc: — Program to delete the message

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

• rmf(1)

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🍓 DEFAULTS 🍓

• +folder defaults to the current folder
• msgs defaults to cur
• -nounlink

like, she's not going to nuke your files unless you explicitly ask her to. consent queen. 🫶

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🧚 CONTEXT 🧚

If a folder is given, it will become the current folder.

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🙈 BUGS 🙈

since rmm and refile use your rmmproc to delete the message, the rmmproc must not call rmm or refile without specifying -normmproc, or you will create an infinite loop. bestie. BESTIE. that's a recursion trap and it will eat your terminal alive. do not do it. 💀

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and that's the whole page!! this one came from nmh-1.8, dated 2013-03-19, and it's the RMM(1mh) manual — thanks for reading, ily, go delete some mail responsibly 💖✨