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1.1 root 1: .\" This file is automatically generated. Do not edit!
2: .if '\*(ZZ'-man' \{\
3: .TH MH 1 "April 22, 1986" MH [mh.6]
4: .UC 6
5: .SH NAME
6: mh \- Message Handler
7: .SH SYNOPSIS
8: .in +.5i
9: .ti -.5i
10: any \fIMH\fR command
11: .in -.5i
12: .SH DESCRIPTION
13: \fIMH\fR is the name of a powerful message handling system.
14: Rather then being a single comprehensive program,
15: \fIMH\fR consists of a collection of fairly simple
16: single-purpose programs to send, receive, save,
17: and retrieve messages. The user should refer
18: to the \fIMH User's Manual\fR
19: and the pages for the \fIMH\fR
20: programs in the Unix Programmers Manual.
21:
22: Unlike \fImail\fR, the standard UNIX mail user interface program,
23: \fIMH\fR is not a closed system which must be explicitly run,
24: then exited when you wish to return to the shell.
25: You may freely intersperse \fIMH\fR commands with other shell commands,
26: allowing you to read and answer your mail while you have (for example)
27: a compilation running,
28: or search for a file or run programs as needed to find the answer to
29: someone's question before answering their mail.
30:
31: The rest of this manual entry is a quick tutorial which will teach you the
32: basics of \fIMH\fR.
33: You should read the manual entries for the individual programs for complete
34: documentation.
35:
36: To get started using \fIMH\fR, put the directory
37: \fB/usr/new/mh\fR on your \fB$PATH\fR.
38: This is best done in one of the files:
39: \fB\&.profile\fR, \fB\&.login\fR, or \fB\&.cshrc\fR
40: in your home directory.
41: (Check the manual entry for the shell you use,
42: in case you don't know how to do this.)
43: Run the \fIinc\fR command.
44: If you've never used \fIMH\fR before,
45: it will create the necessary default files and directories after
46: asking you if you wish it to do so.
47:
48: \fIinc\fR moves mail from your system maildrop
49: into your \fIMH\fR `+inbox' folder,
50: breaking it up into separate files
51: and converting it to \fIMH\fR format as it goes.
52: It prints one line for each message it processes,
53: containing the from field, the subject field
54: and as much of the first line of the message as will fit.
55: It leaves the first message it processes as your current message.
56: You'll need to run \fIinc\fR each time you wish to incorporate new mail
57: into your \fIMH\fR file.
58:
59: \fIscan\fR prints a list of the messages in your current folder.
60:
61: The commands:
62: \fIshow\fR, \fInext\fR, and \fIprev\fR
63: are used to read specific messages from the current folder.
64: \fIshow\fR displays the current message,
65: or a specific message, which may be specified by its number,
66: which you pass as an argument to \fIshow\fR.
67: \fInext\fR and \fIprev\fR display, respectively,
68: the message numerically after or before the current message.
69: In all cases, the message displayed becomes the current message.
70: If there is no current message,
71: \fIshow\fR may be called with an argument,
72: or \fInext\fR may be used to advance to the first message.
73:
74: \fIrmm\fR (remove message) deletes the current message.
75: It may be called with message numbers passed as arguments,
76: to delete specific messages.
77:
78: \fIrepl\fR is used to respond to the current message (by default).
79: It places you in the editor with a prototype response form.
80: While you're in the editor,
81: you may peruse the item you're responding to by reading the file \fB@\fR.
82: After completing your response,
83: type \fBl\fR to review it,
84: or \fBs\fR to send it.
85:
86: \fIcomp\fR allows you to compose a message by putting you in the editor on
87: a prototype message form,
88: and then lets you send it.
89:
90: All the \fIMH\fR commands may be run with the single argument: `\-help',
91: which causes them to print a list of the arguments they may be invoked with.
92:
93: Commands which take a message number as an argument
94: (\fIscan\fR, \fIshow\fR, \fIrepl\fR, ...)
95: also take one of the words:
96: \fIfirst\fR, \fIprev\fR, \fIcur\fR, \fInext\fR, or \fIlast\fR
97: to indicate (respectively) the first, previous, current, next, or last
98: message in the current folder (assuming they are defined).
99:
100: Commands which take a range of message numbers
101: (\fIrmm\fR, \fIscan\fR, \fIshow\fR, ...)
102: also take any of the abbreviations:
103: .sp
104: .in +5
105: .ti -3
106: .I <num1>-<num2>
107: - Indicates all messages in the range <num1> to <num2>, inclusive. The range
108: .B must
109: be nonempty.
110: .sp
111: .ti -3
112: .I <num>:+N
113: .ti -3
114: .I <num>:-N
115: - Up to
116: .I N
117: messages beginning with (or ending with) message
118: .I num.
119: .I Num
120: may be any of the pre-defined symbols:
121: .I first, prev, cur, next
122: or
123: .I last.
124: .sp
125: .ti -3
126: .I first:N
127: .ti -3
128: .I prev:N
129: .ti -3
130: .I next:N
131: .ti -3
132: .I last:N
133: - The first, previous, next or last
134: .I N
135: messages, if they exist.
136: .in -5
137:
138: There are many other possibilities such as creating multiple folders for
139: different topics, and automatically refiling messages according to subject,
140: source, destination, or content.
141: These are beyond the scope of this manual entry.
142:
143: Following is a list of all the \fIMH\fR commands:
144: .\}
145:
146: .nf
147: .in .5i
148: .ta 1.5i
149: ^ali (1)~^\- list mail aliases
150: ^anno (1)~^\- annotate messages
151: ^burst (1)~^\- explode digests into messages
152: ^comp (1)~^\- compose a message
153: ^dist (1)~^\- redistribute a message to additional addresses
154: ^folder (1)~^\- set/list current folder/message
155: ^folders (1)~^\- list all folders
156: ^forw (1)~^\- forward messages
157: ^inc (1)~^\- incorporate new mail
158: ^mark (1)~^\- mark messages
159: ^mhl (1)~^\- produce formatted listings of MH messages
160: ^mhmail (1)~^\- send or read mail
161: ^mhook (1)~^\- MH receive\-mail hooks
162: ^mhpath (1)~^\- print full pathnames of MH messages and folders
163: ^msgchk (1)~^\- check for messages
164: ^msh (1)~^\- MH shell (and BBoard reader)
165: ^next (1)~^\- show the next message
166: ^packf (1)~^\- compress a folder into a single file
167: ^pick (1)~^\- select messages by content
168: ^prev (1)~^\- show the previous message
169: ^prompter (1)~^\- prompting editor front end
170: ^rcvstore (1)~^\- incorporate new mail asynchronously
171: ^refile (1)~^\- file messages in other folders
172: ^repl (1)~^\- reply to a message
173: ^rmf (1)~^\- remove folder
174: ^rmm (1)~^\- remove messages
175: ^scan (1)~^\- produce a one line per message scan listing
176: ^send (1)~^\- send a message
177: ^show (1)~^\- show (list) messages
178: ^sortm (1)~^\- sort messages
179: ^vmh (1)~^\- visual front\-end to MH
180: ^whatnow (1)~^\- prompting front\-end for send
181: ^whom (1)~^\- report to whom a message would go
182: .if '\*(ZZ'-man' \{\
183: .sp 1
184: ^mh\-alias (5)~^\- alias file for MH message system
185: ^mh\-format (5)~^\- format file for MH message system
186: ^mh\-mail (5)~^\- message format for MH message system
187: ^mh\-profile (5)~^\- user customization for MH message system
188: .sp 1
189: ^ap (8)~^\- parse addresses 822\-style
190: ^conflict (8)~^\- search for alias/password conflicts
191: ^dp (8)~^\- parse dates 822\-style
192: ^install\-mh (8)~^\- initialize the MH environment
193: ^post (8)~^\- deliver a message
194: .\}
195: .fi
196: .re
197:
198: .if '\*(ZZ'-man' \{\
199: .Fi
200: ^/usr/new/mh~^directory containing \fIMH\fR commands
201: ^/usr/new/lib/mh~^\fIMH\fR library
202: .Sa
203: \fIThe Rand \fIMH\fR Message Handling System: User's Manual\fR,
204: .br
205: \fIThe Rand \fIMH\fR Message Handling System: Tutorial\fR,
206: .br
207: \fIThe Rand \fIMH\fR Message Handling System: The UCI BBoards Facility\fR,
208: .br
209: \fIMH.5: How to process 200 messages a day and still get some real work
210: done\fR
211: .br
212: .En
213: .\}
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