Jerry Peek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>It's always bugged me that MH/nmh starts to install a new user setup if 
>it can't find something it's looking for -- like the MH (.mh_profile) 
>file.  IMHO, it should simply fail and print an error message that gives 
>the pathname of the MH file that it's looking for (that's either the 
>setting of the MH envariable, or $HOME/.mh_profile).  It could also tell 
>the user how to install MH/nmh.  The error could say something like:

>"<progname>: aborting: can't read <pathname-of-MH-file>.  Check your MH 
>environment variable (if any) or run install-mh to install nmh."

I vote for that feature.

 -NWR

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