osf1 man page for burst

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

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

OPTIONS
       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.  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.  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  mes-
       sages. 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
       The user profile.

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

       Proposed Standard for Message Encapsulation (RFC 934)

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