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1.1     ! root        1: @Section(mhe -- a mail management system based on MH)
        !             2: @Index(Mail, sending and receiving)
        !             3: Mhe is an Emacs-based system that is used as a visual front end to the MH
        !             4: mail system. MH is the Rand Mail Handler, which is available under license
        !             5: from the Rand Corporation. Mhe is used as a mail program to send, receive,
        !             6: classify, move, archive, search, and edit mail using the basic MH programs
        !             7: as the underlying mechanism. While mhe can certainly be loaded from any
        !             8: instance of @value(Emacs), the customary usage is to use mhe for a login
        !             9: shell, or else to execute it immediately after login, and then to sit in it
        !            10: all day, using it as both an editor and a mail reader.
        !            11: 
        !            12: When initially run, mhe presents you with a buffer containing a listing of
        !            13: the headers of the mail messages in your current mail folder; you can then
        !            14: peruse this buffer with all of the usual @value(Emacs) motion and search
        !            15: commands. To delete a message, you position the cursor on the line
        !            16: corresponding to that message and type "D"; to reply to a message, you
        !            17: position the cursor on the line corresponding to it and type "R". All of the
        !            18: basic mail-handling commands in mhe are single-character commands, as
        !            19: follows:
        !            20: @begin(description,spread 0,spacing 1,leftMargin 1 inch,Indent -0.8 inches)
        !            21: n@\move cursor to next line
        !            22: 
        !            23: p@\move cursor to previous line
        !            24: 
        !            25: t@\type this message (the message represented by the current line). Pops up
        !            26: a window and shows the message in it. Mhe key bindings are still in effect
        !            27: while the cursor is in that window.
        !            28: 
        !            29: d@\delete this message. Marks it with a "D", and arranges for it to be
        !            30: deleted when the mhe session is terminated.
        !            31: 
        !            32: ^@\move this message to another folder. Prompts for its name. Marks it with
        !            33: a "^" and arranges for it to be moved with the mhe session is terminated.
        !            34: 
        !            35: !@\repeat previous ^ (move) command. Uses same destination folder as
        !            36: previous command, so no prompting is done.
        !            37: 
        !            38: u@\undelete/unmove: cancel delete or move command for this message. Since
        !            39: the deleting and moving are not performed until mhe exits, those commands
        !            40: can be undone.
        !            41: 
        !            42: m@\mail a message. Pops up a window whose contents are an empty mail
        !            43: message; you fill in the "To:", "Subject:", and "Cc:" fields as you wish.
        !            44: You can add "Fcc:" fields for file copies, "Bcc:" fields for blind copies,
        !            45: and any other fields that you wish (such as "Reply-to:", etc.). Your
        !            46: standard @value(Emacs) key bindings will be used in this window. When you
        !            47: exit from the recursive edit with @b[^X^C], you will be asked for
        !            48: instructions on handling the message, e.g. quit, send it, go back and edit
        !            49: it some more.
        !            50: 
        !            51: r@\reply to the current message. Splits the screen, showing the message text
        !            52: in one window and the reply in the other. Quite similar to the "mail"
        !            53: command, except that the "Subject:",  "To:", and "Cc:" fields are filled in
        !            54: for you. You can change them if you want, of course. When you send the
        !            55: reply, the original message will be annotated with a "Replied:" field and
        !            56: the date, and the letter "R" will appear in the header listing.
        !            57: 
        !            58: f@\forward the current message. Pops up a message composition window, just
        !            59: like the "m" command, except that its initial contents are the contents of
        !            60: the current message. When you send the message, the original that you
        !            61: forwarded will be marked with an annotation showing that it has been
        !            62: forwarded to someone, and the letter "R" will appear in the header listing.
        !            63: 
        !            64: e@\edit the current message. This command works just like the "type" command
        !            65: described above, except that the keyboard has its "edit" key bindings, so
        !            66: that you can change the message if you want.
        !            67: 
        !            68: i@\incorporate new mail. If the banner line shows that you have received new
        !            69: mail, you can fetch it with this command. If you are currently working in
        !            70: some folder besides +inbox, and if there is mail, then mhe will switch to
        !            71: folder +inbox before incorporating the mail.
        !            72: 
        !            73: g@\get a new mail folder. Prompts you for the name of a new folder, and then
        !            74: creates a new header buffer in the name of that folder. The old header
        !            75: buffer is not destroyed, so that you can switch back and forth between them
        !            76: as you see fit.
        !            77: 
        !            78: b@\get a bboard (bulletin board, otherwise known as newsgroup) folder. Mhe
        !            79: lets you read newsgroup directories just as if they were mail in a mail
        !            80: folder.
        !            81: 
        !            82: ^X^C@\Exit from Mhe.
        !            83: 
        !            84: ?@\Pop up a help window. Its topmost few lines give a command summary, and
        !            85: if you scroll it down, various further instructions are given.
        !            86: @end(Description)
        !            87: Whenever the cursor is positioned in a header buffer, the above-mentioned
        !            88: key bindings are in effect. In addition, all of the ^X-prefix key bindings
        !            89: from your profile are left untouched, as are various other standard
        !            90: @value(Emacs) key bindings like @b[ESC-], @b[^S], and so forth.

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