MH(1)                  BSD Reference Manual                 MH(1)NNAAMMEE       mh - Message HandlerSSYYNNOOPPSSIISS       any _M_H commandDDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN       _M_H  is  the  name  of  a powerful message handling system.       Rather then being a single comprehensive program, _M_H  con-       sists of a collection of fairly simple single-purpose pro-       grams to send, receive, save, and retrieve messages.   The       user  should  refer  to the _M_H _U_s_e_r_'_s _M_a_n_u_a_l and the pages       for the _M_H programs in the Unix Programmers Manual.       Unlike _m_a_i_l, the standard UNIX mail  user  interface  pro-       gram,  _M_H  is not a closed system which must be explicitly       run, then exited when you wish to  return  to  the  shell.       You  may  freely  intersperse _M_H commands with other shell       commands, allowing you to read and answer your mail  while       you  have  (for  example) a compilation running, or search       for a file or run programs as needed to find the answer to       someone's question before answering their mail.       The  rest  of  this manual entry is a quick tutorial which       will teach you the basics of _M_H.  You should read the man-       ual entries for the individual programs for complete docu-       mentation.       To   get   started   using   _M_H,   put    the    directory       //uussrr//ccoonnttrriibb//mmhh--66..88//bbiinn  on your $$PPAATTHH.  This is best done       in one of the files: ..pprrooffiillee, ..llooggiinn, or ..ccsshhrrcc  in  your       home directory.  (Check the manual entry for the shell you       use, in case you don't know how to do this.)  Run the  _i_n_c       command.   If  you've never used _M_H before, it will create       the necessary default files and directories  after  asking       you if you wish it to do so.       _i_n_c  moves  mail  from  your  system maildrop into your _M_H       `+inbox' folder, breaking it up into  separate  files  and       converting it to _M_H format as it goes.  It prints one line       for each message it processes, containing the from  field,       the  subject  field  and  as much of the first line of the       message as will fit.  It leaves the first message it  pro-       cesses  as  your  current message.  You'll need to run _i_n_c       each time you wish to incorporate new mail  into  your  _M_H       file.       _s_c_a_n prints a list of the messages in your current folder.       The commands: _s_h_o_w, _n_e_x_t, and _p_r_e_v are used to  read  spe-       cific messages from the current folder.  _s_h_o_w displays the[mh.6]                        MH.6.8                            1MH(1)                  BSD Reference Manual                 MH(1)       current message, or a specific message, which may be spec-       ified  by  its  number,  which  you pass as an argument to       _s_h_o_w.  _n_e_x_t and _p_r_e_v display,  respectively,  the  message       numerically  after  or before the current message.  In all       cases, the message displayed becomes the current  message.       If there is no current message, _s_h_o_w may be called with an       argument, or _n_e_x_t may be used to advance to the first mes-       sage.       _r_m_m  (remove message) deletes the current message.  It may       be called with message numbers  passed  as  arguments,  to       delete specific messages.       _r_e_p_l  is  used  to  respond  to  the  current  message (by       default).  It places you in the editor  with  a  prototype       response form.  While you're in the editor, you may peruse       the item you're responding  to  by  reading  the  file  @@.       After  completing your response, type ll to review it, or ss       to send it.       _c_o_m_p allows you to compose a message by putting you in the       editor on a prototype message form, and then lets you send       it.       All the _M_H commands may be run with the  single  argument:       `-help',  which  causes  them to print a list of the argu-       ments they may be invoked with.       Commands which take a message number as an argument (_s_c_a_n,       _s_h_o_w, _r_e_p_l, ...)  also take one of the words: _f_i_r_s_t, _p_r_e_v,       _c_u_r, _n_e_x_t, or _l_a_s_t to indicate (respectively)  the  first,       previous,  current,  next,  or last message in the current       folder (assuming they are defined).       Commands which take a range of message numbers (_r_m_m, _s_c_a_n,       _s_h_o_w, ...)  also take any of the abbreviations:         _<_n_u_m_1_>_-_<_n_u_m_2_>  -  Indicates  all  messages  in the range            <num1>  to  <num2>,  inclusive.  The  range  mmuusstt  be            nonempty.         _<_n_u_m_>_:_+_N         _<_n_u_m_>_:_-_N  -  Up  to _N messages beginning with (or ending            with) message _n_u_m_.  _N_u_m may be any of the pre-defined            symbols: _f_i_r_s_t_, _p_r_e_v_, _c_u_r_, _n_e_x_t or _l_a_s_t_.         _f_i_r_s_t_:_N         _p_r_e_v_:_N         _n_e_x_t_:_N         _l_a_s_t_:_N  -  The first, previous, next or last _N messages,            if they exist.[mh.6]                        MH.6.8                            2MH(1)                  BSD Reference Manual                 MH(1)       There are many other possibilities such as creating multi-       ple folders for different topics, and automatically refil-       ing messages according to subject, source, destination, or       content.  These are beyond the scope of this manual entry.       Following is a list of all the _M_H commands:     ali (1)        - list mail aliases     anno (1)       - annotate messages     bbc (1)        - check on BBoards     bboards (1)    - the UCI BBoards facility     burst (1)      - explode digests into messages     comp (1)       - compose a message     dist (1)       - redistribute a message to additional addresses     folder (1)     - set/list current folder/message     folders (1)    - list all folders     forw (1)       - forward messages     inc (1)        - incorporate new mail     mark (1)       - mark messages     mhl (1)        - produce formatted listings of MH messages     mhmail (1)     - send or read mail     mhook (1)      - MH receive-mail hooks     mhparam (1)    - print MH profile components     mhpath (1)     - print full pathnames of MH messages and folders     msgchk (1)     - check for messages     msh (1)        - MH shell (and BBoard reader)     next (1)       - show the next message     packf (1)      - compress a folder into a single file     pick (1)       - select messages by content     prev (1)       - show the previous message     prompter (1)   - prompting editor front end     rcvstore (1)   - incorporate new mail asynchronously     refile (1)     - file messages in other folders     repl (1)       - reply to a message     rmf (1)        - remove folder     rmm (1)        - remove messages     scan (1)       - produce a one line per message scan listing     send (1)       - send a message     show (1)       - show (list) messages     slocal (1)     - special local mail delivery     sortm (1)      - sort messages     vmh (1)        - visual front-end to MH     whatnow (1)    - prompting front-end for send     whom (1)       - report to whom a message would go     mh-alias (5)   - alias file for MH message system     mh-format (5)  - format file for MH message system     mh-mail (5)    - message format for MH message system     mh-profile (5) - user customization for MH message system     mh-sequence (5)- sequence specification for MH message system[mh.6]                        MH.6.8                            3MH(1)                  BSD Reference Manual                 MH(1)     ap (8)         - parse addresses 822-style     conflict (8)   - search for alias/password conflicts     dp (8)         - parse dates 822-style     fmtdump (8)    - decode _M_H format files     install-mh (8) - initialize the MH environment     post (8)       - deliver a messageFFIILLEESS       /usr/contrib/mh-6.8/bin                   directory containing _M_H commands       /usr/contrib/mh-6.8/lib                   _M_H librarySSEEEE AALLSSOO       _T_h_e _R_A_N_D _M_H Message Handling System: User's Manual,       _T_h_e _R_A_N_D _M_H Message Handling System: Tutorial,       _T_h_e _R_A_N_D _M_H  Message  Handling  System:  The  UCI  BBoards       Facility,       _M_H_._5_: _H_o_w _t_o _p_r_o_c_e_s_s _2_0_0 _m_e_s_s_a_g_e_s _a _d_a_y _a_n_d _s_t_i_l_l _g_e_t _s_o_m_e       _r_e_a_l _w_o_r_k _d_o_n_eBBUUGGSS       If problems are encountered with an _M_H program, the  prob-       lems  should  be  reported to the local maintainers of _M_H.       When doing  this,  the  name  of  the  program  should  be       reported,  along with the version information for the pro-       gram.       To find out what version of an _M_H program  is  being  run,       invoke  the  program with the `-help' switch.  In addition       to listing the syntax of the  command,  the  program  will       list information pertaining to its version.  This informa-       tion includes the version of _M_H, the host it was generated       on, and the date the program was loaded.  A second line of       information, found on versions of _M_H after #5.380  include       _M_H configuration options.  For example,            version: MH 6.1 #1[UCI] (glacier) of Wed Nov  6 01:13:53 PST 1985            options: [BSD42] [MHE] [NETWORK] [SENDMTS] [MMDFII] [SMTP] [POP]       The  `6.1  #1[UCI]' indicates that the program is from the       UCI _M_H_._6_._1 version of _M_H.  The program  was  generated  on       the  host  `glacier'  on  `Wed  Nov  6 01:13:53 PST 1985'.       It's usually a good idea to send the output of the `-help'       switch along with your report.       If  there  is no local _M_H maintainer, try the address BBuugg--       MMHH.   If  that  fails,  use  the  Internet  mailbox   BBuugg--       MMHH@@IICCSS..UUCCII..EEDDUU.FFIILLEESS       $HOME/.mh_profile                         The user profile[mh.6]                        MH.6.8                            4MH(1)                  BSD Reference Manual                 MH(1)PPRROOFFIILLEE CCOOMMPPOONNEENNTTSS       Path:                To determine the user's MH directory[mh.6]                        MH.6.8                            5