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From: jromine@yoyodyne.ics.uci.edu (John Romine)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.mh
Subject: Re: FAQ, "scan -reverse," and BERK
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Date: 9 Apr 91 18:14:30 GMT
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>      On hosts where MH was configured with the BERK option,  scan
>      has two other switches: `-reverse', and `-noreverse'.  These
>      make scan list the messages in reverse order.
>     ...  MH purists hate both of these ideas.

The short answer is that all MH commands process messages in numerical
order.  Having scan work in reverse make it inconsistent with the
standard user interface.  Personally, I prefer to use "scan last:20".

I think "scan -reverse" is now standard without the BERK option.
--
John Romine