burst(1mh) burst(1mh)
Name
burst - explode digests into messages
Syntax
burst [ +folder ] [ msgs ] [ options ]
Description
The command extracts the original messages from a forwarded message, discards the forwarder's header details, and places the original mes-
sages at the end of the current folder.
By default, takes the current message in the current folder. You can specify messages other than the current message by using 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 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 and commands can both pack individual messages into a single message or file.
You can use in combination with or to re-direct or forward mail more conveniently. For example, if you wanted to forward a number of mes-
sages to yourself on another account, you could use to combine them and send them in a single message. When the message arrives, you can
use to expand the single message into its constituent messages.
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 command then places the extracted mes-
sages 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 extracts are placed at the end of the
folder. Other messages are not re-numbered. This is the default behavior.
-quiet
-noquiet Directs to be silent about reporting messages that are not in digest format. Normally, an error message is printed if you
attempt to use on a message which does not contain encapsulated messages.
-verbose
-noverbose
Reports the general actions that 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
Restrictions
The 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 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 encounters a line of dashes. If you attempt to use on a message that has not been encap-
sulated according to RFC 934, the results may be unpredictable. For example, 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 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
The user profile.
See Also
forw(1mh), inc(1mh), msh(1mh), packf(1mh)
Proposed Standard for Message Encapsulation (RFC 934)
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