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mh(1mh)								       mh(1mh)

Name
       mh - introduction to MH

Description
       MH  is  the  name  of  a powerful message handling system.  Rather than
       being a single comprehensive program, MH consists of  a	collection  of
       fairly  simple  single-purpose  programs	 to  send,  receive, save, and
       retrieve messages.  Refer to the	 individual  MH	 reference  pages  for
       descriptions of the programs that make up MH.

       Unlike MH is not a closed system which must be explicitly run, and then
       exited when you wish to return to the shell.  Instead, you  may	freely
       intersperse  MH commands with other shell commands.  This allows you to
       read and answer your mail while you have (for  example)	a  compilation
       running,	 or  are  searching  for a file or running programs to find an
       answer to someone's question before replying to them.

       To get started using MH, add the directory to your $PATH.  This is best
       done  in	 one of the files or in your home directory.  Check the manual
       entry for the shell you use if you do not know how to do this.  Run the
       command.	  If  you  have never used MH before, it creates the necessary
       default files and directories after asking you if you wish it to do so.
       The  command  moves mail from your system maildrop into your MH folder.
       Each message is converted to MH format, and stored as separate files in
       your  folder until you have read it.  When you have read a message, you
       can refile it in another folder that you have created.

       Folders are directories in which messages are stored: the folders them‐
       selves are stored in your Mail directory.  See and for more details.

       For each message it processes, prints a one-line display.  The one-line
       display contains the From: field, the Subject: field, and  as  much  of
       the first line of the message as it can accommodate.  The first message
       that processes becomes your current message.  All MH  commands  operate
       on the current message unless you have specified the msg argument.

       You  need  to  run each time you wish to incorporate new mail into your
       folder.

       The command prints a list of the messages in your current folder.

       The commands and are used to read specific messages  from  the  current
       folder.	 Of these, displays the current message.  You can also display
       a specific message by specifying its number.  In the following example,
       the  mail system displays the contents of message number 10 in the cur‐
       rent folder:
       % show 10

       The commands and display the message numerically following and  numeri‐
       cally  preceding	 the current message, respectively.  In all cases, the
       message displayed becomes the current message.  If there is no  current
       message,	 may  be called with an argument, or may be used to advance to
       the first message.  The command (remove message)	 deletes  the  current
       message.

       You  can	 delete	 messages other than the current message by specifying
       the message number or numbers.  When you specify more than one message,
       you separate each message number by a space.  In the following example,
       messages 2, 4 and 6 in the current folder are deleted:
       % rmm 2 4 6

       The command is used to reply to a message.  It places you in the editor
       with  a	prototype response form.  While you are in the editor, you may
       view the item you are responding to by reading the file

       The command allows you to compose a message by putting you in the  edi‐
       tor on a blank message header form, and then lets you send it.

       All  the	 MH  commands may be run with the single argument -help, which
       causes them to print a list of the arguments with  which	 they  may  be
       invoked.

       Commands	 which take a message number as an argument (for example) also
       take one of the following keywords:

       first	 The first message in the current folder.

       last	 The last message in the current folder.

       cur	 The current message in the current folder.

       prev	 The previous message in the current folder.

       next	 The next message in the current folder.

       Commands which take a range of message numbers, such as	or  also  take
       any of the following abbreviations:

       num1-num2 Indicates  all messages in the range num1 to num2, inclusive.
		 The specified range must contain at least one message.

       num:+n
       num:-n	 Up to n messages beginning with (or ending with) message num.
		 The value of num may be any of the MH message keywords: or

       first:n
       prev:n
       next:n
       last:n	 The first, previous, next or last n messages, if they exist.

       There  are  many other possibilities, such as creating multiple folders
       for different topics, and automatically refiling messages according  to
       subject, source, destination, or content.  See the individual reference
       pages for more details of the rest of the MH commands.

       Following is a list of all the MH commands:

       alex(1mh)	 extract addresses from message headers
       ali(1mh)		 list mail aliases
       anno(1mh)	 annotate messages
       burst(1mh)	 explode digests into messages
       comp(1mh)	 compose a message
       dist(1mh)	 redistribute a message to additional addresses
       folder(1mh)	 set/list current folder/message
       folders(1mh)	 list all folders
       forw(1mh)	 forward messages
       inc(1mh)		 incorporate new mail
       mark(1mh)	 mark messages
       mhl(1mh)		 produce formatted listings of MH messages
       mhmail(1mh)	 send or read mail
       mhpath(1mh)	 print full pathnames of MH messages and folders
       msgchk(1mh)	 check for messages
       msh(1mh)		 MH shell
       next(1mh)	 show the next message
       packf(1mh)	 compress a folder into a single file
       pick(1mh)	 select messages by content
       prev(1mh)	 show the previous message

       prompter(1mh)	 prompting editor front end
       rcvstore(1mh)	 incorporate new mail asynchronously
       refile(1mh)	 file messages in other folders
       repl(1mh)	 reply to a message
       rmf(1mh)		 remove folder
       rmm(1mh)		 remove messages
       scan(1mh)	 produce a one line per message scan listing
       send(1mh)	 send a message
       slocal(1mh)	 receive mail hooks
       show(1mh)	 show (list) messages
       sortm(1mh)	 sort messages
       whatnow(1mh)	 prompting front-end for send
       whom(1mh)	 report who will receive a message when it is sent

       mh-alias(5mh)	 alias file for MH message system
       mh-format(5mh)	 format file for MH message system
       mh-mail(5mh)	 message format for MH message system
       mh_profile(5mh)	 user customization for MH message system
       mtstailor(5mh)	 system customization for MH

       ap(8mh)		 parse addresses RFC 822-style
       conflict(8mh)	 search for alias/password conflicts
       dp(8mh)		 parse dates RFC 822-style
       install-mh(8mh)	 initialize the MH environment
       post(8mh)	 deliver a message

Files
       Directory containing commands

       MH library

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