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Bill Wohler |
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[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/man/mh-e.texi |
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Tue, 07 Mar 2006 00:34:25 +0000 |
Index: emacs/man/mh-e.texi
diff -u emacs/man/mh-e.texi:1.22 emacs/man/mh-e.texi:1.23
--- emacs/man/mh-e.texi:1.22 Sun Feb 5 22:41:31 2006
+++ emacs/man/mh-e.texi Tue Mar 7 00:34:25 2006
@@ -1,3553 +1,8681 @@
\input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*-
address@hidden
address@hidden Note: This document requires makeinfo version 4.6 or greater to
build.
address@hidden
@c %**start of header
@setfilename ../info/mh-e
address@hidden mh-e
address@hidden The MH-E Manual
@c %**end of header
address@hidden Version variables.
address@hidden EDITION 1.3
address@hidden VERSION 5.0.2
address@hidden UPDATED 18 February 2001
address@hidden UPDATE-MONTH February 2001
address@hidden Version of the software and manual.
address@hidden VERSION 7.93
address@hidden EDITION of the manual. It is either empty for the first edition
or
address@hidden has the form ", nth Edition" (without the quotes).
address@hidden EDITION
address@hidden UPDATED 2006-03-05
address@hidden UPDATE-MONTH March, 2006
+
address@hidden Other variables.
address@hidden MH-BOOK-HOME http://www.ics.uci.edu/~mh/book/mh
address@hidden MH-E-HOME http://mh-e.sourceforge.net/
address@hidden Copyright
@copying
-This is Edition @value{EDITION}, last updated @value{UPDATED}, of
address@hidden, The Emacs Interface to MH}, for mh-e, Version
address@hidden
+This is version @address@hidden of @cite{The MH-E
+Manual}, last updated @value{UPDATED}
-Copyright (C) 1995, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
- 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1995,
+ 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@quotation
-Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
-under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or
-any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
-Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover texts being ``A GNU
-Manual'', and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. A copy of the
-license is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation
-License'' in the Emacs manual.
-
-(a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You have freedom to copy and modify
-this GNU Manual, like GNU software. Copies published by the Free
-Software Foundation raise funds for GNU development.''
-
-This document is part of a collection distributed under the GNU Free
-Documentation License. If you want to distribute this document
-separately from the collection, you can do so by adding a copy of the
-license to the document, as described in section 6 of the license.
+The MH-E manual is free documentation; you can redistribute it and/or
+modify it under the terms of either:
+
address@hidden a
address@hidden
+the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version
+published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections,
+no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.
+
address@hidden
+the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.
address@hidden enumerate
+
+The MH-E manual is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+General Public License or GNU Free Documentation License for more
+details.
+
+The GNU General Public License and the GNU Free Documentation License
+appear as appendices to this document. You may also request copies by
+writing to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street,
+Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
@end quotation
@end copying
address@hidden odd
-
address@hidden Info Directory Entry
@dircategory Emacs
@direntry
* MH-E: (mh-e). Emacs interface to the MH mail system.
@end direntry
address@hidden Title Page
address@hidden odd
@titlepage
address@hidden 10
address@hidden @titlefont{mh-e}
address@hidden 2
address@hidden The Emacs Interface to MH
address@hidden 2
address@hidden by Bill Wohler
address@hidden 2
address@hidden Edition @value{EDITION} for mh-e Version @value{VERSION}
address@hidden 2
address@hidden @value{UPDATE-MONTH}
address@hidden The MH-E Manual
address@hidden Version @address@hidden
address@hidden @value{UPDATE-MONTH}
address@hidden Bill Wohler
address@hidden Copyright Page
@page
@vskip 0pt plus 1filll
-Copyright @copyright{} 1995, 2001, 2002, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@insertcopying
@end titlepage
@ifnottex
address@hidden
+<!--
address@hidden html
@node Top, Preface, (dir), (dir)
address@hidden MH and Emacs
-This is Edition @value{EDITION} of @cite{mh-e, The Emacs Interface to
-MH}, last updated @value{UPDATED} for mh-e Version @value{VERSION}.
address@hidden The MH-E Manual
address@hidden
+-->
address@hidden html
address@hidden
address@hidden ifnottex
+
address@hidden Table of Contents
address@hidden
+
address@hidden
+<!--
address@hidden html
@menu
-* Preface:: Introduction to mh-e.
-* Tour Through mh-e:: Use mh-e quickly!
-* Using mh-e:: Documentation for all commands.
-* Customizing mh-e:: Documentation for all variables.
-* Odds and Ends:: Getting mh-e, reporting bugs, mailing
- list and FAQ.
-* History:: The authors speak up!
-* Copying:: The GNU General Public License
-* Command Index::
-* Variable Index::
-* Concept Index::
+* Preface:: Preface
+* Conventions:: GNU Emacs Terms and Conventions
+* Getting Started:: Getting Started
+* Tour Through MH-E:: Tour Through MH-E
+* Using This Manual:: Using This Manual
+* Incorporating Mail:: Incorporating Mail
+* Reading Mail:: Reading Mail
+* Folders:: Organizing Your Mail with Folders
+* Sending Mail:: Sending Mail
+* Editing Drafts:: Editing a Draft
+* Aliases:: Aliases
+* Identities:: Identities
+* Speedbar:: The Speedbar
+* Menu Bar:: The Menu Bar
+* Tool Bar:: The Tool Bar
+* Searching:: Searching Through Messages
+* Threading:: Viewing Message Threads
+* Limits:: Limiting Display
+* Sequences:: Using Sequences
+* Junk:: Dealing With Junk Mail
+* Miscellaneous:: Miscellaneous Commands, Variables, and Buffers
+* Scan Line Formats:: Scan Line Formats
+* Procmail:: Reading Mailing Lists Effectively
+* Odds and Ends:: Odds and Ends
+* History:: History of MH-E
+* GFDL:: GNU Free Documentation License
+* GPL:: GNU Public License
+* Key Index:: Key (Character) Index
+* Command Index:: Command Index
+* Option Index:: Option (Variable) Index
+* Concept Index:: Concept Index
+
address@hidden
+ --- The Detailed Node Listing ---
+
+Tour Through MH-E
+
+* Sending Mail Tour::
+* Reading Mail Tour::
+* Processing Mail Tour::
+* Leaving MH-E::
+* More About MH-E::
+
+Using This Manual
+
+* Options::
+* Ranges::
+* Folder Selection::
+
+Reading Your Mail
+
+* Viewing::
+* Viewing Attachments::
+* HTML::
+* Digests::
+* Reading PGP::
+* Printing::
+* Files and Pipes::
+* Navigating::
+* Miscellaneous Commands and Options::
+
+Sending Mail
+
+* Composing::
+* Replying::
+* Forwarding::
+* Redistributing::
+* Editing Again::
+
+Editing a Draft
+
+* Editing Message::
+* Inserting Letter::
+* Inserting Messages::
+* Signature::
+* Picture::
+* Adding Attachments::
+* Sending PGP::
+* Checking Recipients::
+* Sending Message::
+* Killing Draft::
+
+Odds and Ends
+
+* Bug Reports::
+* Mailing Lists::
+* MH FAQ and Support::
+* Getting MH-E::
+
+History of MH-E
+
+* From Brian Reid::
+* From Jim Larus::
+* From Stephen Gildea::
+* From Bill Wohler::
+
address@hidden detailmenu
@end menu
address@hidden ifnottex
address@hidden Preface, Tour Through mh-e, Top, Top
address@hidden
+-->
address@hidden html
+
address@hidden Preface, Conventions, Top, Top
@unnumbered Preface
@cindex Emacs
@cindex Unix commands, Emacs
-These chapters introduce another interface to MH that is accessible
-through the GNU Emacs editor, namely, @emph{mh-e}. mh-e is easy to use.
-I don't assume that you know GNU Emacs or even MH at this point, since I
-didn't know either of them when I discovered mh-e. However, mh-e was
-the tip of the iceberg, and I discovered more and more niceties about
-GNU Emacs and address@hidden Now I'm fully hooked on both of them.
-
address@hidden history
-
-The mh-e package is distributed with GNU Emacs, @footnote{Note that
-mh-e is supported with MH 6 and @w{Emacs 18} and up.
-Reportedly, large parts of it work with @w{MH 5} and also with
-Lucid/XEmacs and Epoch, but there are no guarantees. It is also
-distributed with Lucid/XEmacs, as well as with MH itself.} so you
-shouldn't have to do anything special to use it. But it's important to
-note a brief history of mh-e. @w{Version 3} was prevalent through the
address@hidden 18} and early @w{Emacs 19} years. Then @w{Version 4} came out
-(@w{Emacs 19.23}), which introduced several new and changed commands.
-Finally, @w{Version 5.0} was released, which fixed some bugs and
-incompatibilities, and was incorporated into @w{Emacs 19.29}. This is
-the version covered by this manual. @ref{Getting Started} will help
-you decide which version you have.
-
-If you don't already use GNU Emacs but want to learn more, you can read
-an online tutorial by starting GNU Emacs and typing @kbd{C-h t}
-(@code{help-with-tutorial}). (This notation is described in
address@hidden) If you want to take the plunge, consult the
+This manual introduces another interface to the MH mail system that is
+accessible through the GNU Emacs editor, namely, @emph{MH-E}. MH-E is
+easy to use. I don't assume that you know GNU Emacs or even MH at this
+point, since I didn't know either of them when I discovered MH-E.
+However, MH-E was the tip of the iceberg, and I discovered more and
+more niceties about GNU Emacs and address@hidden Now I'm fully hooked on both
of
+them.
+
+The MH-E package is distributed with GNU address@hidden
address@hidden of MH-E will appear in GNU Emacs 22.1. It is supported
+in GNU Emacs 21, as well as XEmacs 21 (except for versions
+21.5.9-21.5.16). It is compatible with MH versions 6.8.4 and higher,
+all versions of nmh, and GNU mailutils 0.4 and higher.}, so you
+shouldn't have to do anything special to use it. This manual covers
+MH-E version @value{VERSION}. @ref{Getting Started} will help you
+decide which version you have.
+
+If you don't already use GNU Emacs but want to learn more, you can
+read an online tutorial by starting GNU Emacs and typing @kbd{C-h t}
+(@code{help-with-tutorial}). (To learn about this notation, see
address@hidden) If you want to take the plunge, consult the
@iftex
@cite{GNU Emacs Manual},
@end iftex
@ifinfo
address@hidden, , GNU Emacs Manual, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual},
address@hidden, , GNU Emacs Manual, emacs, GNU Emacs Manual},
@end ifinfo
address@hidden
address@hidden://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/,
address@hidden Emacs Manual}},
address@hidden ifhtml
from the Free Software Foundation.
If more information is needed, you can go to the Unix manual pages of
-the individual MH commands. When the name is not obvious, I'll guide
+the individual MH commands. When the name is not obvious, I'll guide
you to a relevant MH manual page that describes the action more fully.
-I hope you enjoy these chapters! If you have any comments, or
-suggestions for this document, please let me know.
-
address@hidden
-Bill Wohler <@i{wohler@@newt.com}>@*
-8 February 1995
-
address@hidden Tour Through mh-e, Using mh-e, Preface, Top
address@hidden Tour Through mh-e
+This manual is available in both Info and online formats. The Info
+version is distributed with Emacs and can be accessed with the
address@hidden command (@samp{info mh-e}) or within Emacs (@kbd{M-x
+info @key{RET} m mh-e @key{RET}}). The online version is available at
address@hidden://mh-e.sourceforge.net/manual/, SourceForge}. Another great
+online resource is the book @uref{http://www.ics.uci.edu/~mh/book/,
address@hidden & nmh: Email for Users & Programmers}} (also known as
address@hidden MH book}).
-This chapter introduces some of the terms you'll need to know and then
-takes you on a tour of mh-e. @footnote{The keys mentioned in these
-chapters refer to the default key bindings. If you've changed the
-bindings, refer to the command summaries at the beginning of each major
-section in @ref{Using mh-e}, for a mapping between default key bindings
-and function names.} When you're done, you'll be able to send, read,
-and file mail, which is all that a lot of people ever do. But if you're
-the curious type, you'll read @ref{Using mh-e} to be able to use all
-the features of mh-e. If you're the adventurous type, you'll read
address@hidden mh-e} to make mh-e do what you want. I suggest you
-read this chapter first to get the big picture, and then you can read
-the other two as you wish.
+I hope you enjoy this manual! If you have any comments, or suggestions
+for this document, please let me know.
address@hidden
-* Conventions:: GNU Emacs Terms and Conventions
-* Getting Started::
-* Sending Mail Tour::
-* Reading Mail Tour::
-* Processing Mail Tour::
-* Leaving mh-e::
-* More About mh-e::
address@hidden menu
address@hidden Bill Wohler
address@hidden Wohler, Bill
address@hidden Conventions, Getting Started, Tour Through mh-e, Tour Through
mh-e
address@hidden GNU Emacs Terms and Conventions
address@hidden
+Bill Wohler <@i{wohler at newt.com}>@*
+8 February address@hidden
+24 February 2006
address@hidden Emacs, terms and conventions
address@hidden Conventions, Getting Started, Preface, Top
address@hidden GNU Emacs Terms and Conventions
@cindex Emacs
address@hidden Emacs, terms and conventions
@cindex Unix commands, Emacs
If you're an experienced Emacs user, you can skip the following
-conventions and definition of terms and go directly to @ref{Getting
-Started} below. The conventions are as follows:
+conventions and definition of terms and go directly to the next
+section (@pxref{Getting Started}).
+
address@hidden Emacs commands
address@hidden MH commands
address@hidden Unix commands
address@hidden commands
address@hidden commands, MH
address@hidden commands, Unix
address@hidden commands, shell
address@hidden functions
address@hidden shell commands
+
+In general, @dfn{functions} in this text refer to Emacs Lisp functions
+that one would call from within Emacs Lisp programs (for example,
address@hidden(mh-inc-folder)}). On the other hand, @dfn{commands} are those
+things that are run by the user, such as @kbd{i} or @kbd{M-x
+mh-inc-folder}. Programs outside of Emacs are specifically called MH
+commands, shell commands, or Unix commands.
+
address@hidden conventions, key names
address@hidden key names
+
+The conventions for key names are as follows:
@table @kbd
@item C-x
Hold down the @key{CTRL} (Control) key and press the @kbd{x} key.
address@hidden -------------------------
@item M-x
Hold down the @key{META} or @key{ALT} key and press the @kbd{x} key.
Since some keyboards don't have a @key{META} key, you can generate
address@hidden, for example, by pressing @key{ESC} (Escape), @emph{releasing
-it}, @footnote{This is emphasized because pressing ESC twice or holding
-it down a second too long so that it repeats gives you an error message.}
-and then pressing the @kbd{x} key.
address@hidden RET
-Press the @key{RETURN} or @key{ENTER} key. This is normally used to
address@hidden, for example, by pressing @key{ESC} (Escape),
address@hidden it}, and then pressing the @kbd{x} key.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @key{RET}
+Press the @key{RETURN} or @key{ENTER} key. This is normally used to
complete a command.
address@hidden SPC
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @key{SPC}
Press the space bar.
address@hidden TAB
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @key{TAB}
Press the @key{TAB} key.
address@hidden DEL
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @key{DEL}
Press the @key{DELETE} key.
address@hidden BS
-Press the @key{BACKSPACE} key. @footnote{If you are using Version 20
-or earlier of Emacs, you will need to use the @key{DEL} key.}
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @key{BS}
+Press the @key{BACKSPACE} address@hidden you are using Version 20 or
+earlier of Emacs, you will need to use the @key{DEL} key.}.
@end table
@cindex Emacs, prefix argument
@cindex prefix argument
A @dfn{prefix argument} allows you to pass an argument to any Emacs
-function. To pass an argument, type @kbd{C-u} before the Emacs command
-or keystroke. Numeric arguments can be passed as well. For example, to
-insert five f's, use @kbd{C-u 5 f}. There is a default of four when
+function. To pass an argument, type @kbd{C-u} before the Emacs command
+or keystroke. Numeric arguments can be passed as well. For example, to
+insert five f's, use @kbd{C-u 5 f}. There is a default of four when
using @kbd{C-u}, and you can use multiple prefix arguments to provide
-arguments of powers of four. To continue our example, you could insert
+arguments of powers of four. To continue our example, you could insert
four f's with @kbd{C-u f}, 16 f's with @kbd{C-u C-u f}, 64 f's with
address@hidden C-u C-u f}, and so on. Numeric and valueless negative
-arguments can also be inserted with the @key{META} key. Examples
address@hidden C-u C-u f}, and so on. Numeric and valueless negative
+arguments can also be inserted with the @key{META} key. Examples
include @kbd{M-5} to specify an argument of 5, or @kbd{M--} which
specifies a negative argument with no particular value.
address@hidden 2
address@hidden 1000
address@hidden 1
@center @strong{NOTE}
@quotation
-The prefix @kbd{C-u} or @kbd{M-} is not necessary in mh-e's MH-Folder
-modes (@pxref{Reading Mail Tour}). In these modes, simply enter the
+The prefix @kbd{C-u} or @kbd{M-} is not necessary in MH-E's MH-Folder
+mode (@pxref{Reading Mail Tour}). In this mode, simply enter the
numerical argument before entering the command.
@end quotation
address@hidden 1
+
address@hidden Emacs, variables
address@hidden variables
+
+Emacs uses @dfn{variables} to hold values. These can be changed via
+calls to the function @code{setq} in @file{~/.emacs}.
+
address@hidden Emacs, options
address@hidden options
address@hidden customize-group
address@hidden customize-option
+
+Variables in MH-E that are normally modified by the user are called
address@hidden and are modified through the customize functions (such
+as @kbd{M-x customize-option} or @kbd{M-x customize-group}).
address@hidden
address@hidden Customization,,,emacs,The GNU Emacs Manual}, in @cite{The
+GNU Emacs Manual}.
address@hidden ifnothtml
address@hidden
+See section
address@hidden://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/Easy-Customization.html,
+Easy Customization} in @cite{The GNU Emacs Manual}.
address@hidden ifhtml
address@hidden
+
address@hidden Emacs, faces
address@hidden faces
address@hidden highlighting
address@hidden customize-face
+
+You can specify various styles for displaying text using @dfn{faces}.
+MH-E provides a set of faces that you can use to personalize the look
+of your MH-E buffers. Use the command @kbd{M-x customize-face} to do
+this.
address@hidden
address@hidden Customization,,,emacs,The GNU Emacs Manual}, in @cite{The
+GNU Emacs Manual}.
address@hidden ifnothtml
address@hidden
+See section
address@hidden://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/Face-Customization.html,
+Face Customization} in @cite{The GNU Emacs Manual}.
address@hidden ifhtml
+
address@hidden hooks
address@hidden normal hooks
address@hidden abnormal hooks
+
+Commands often offer @dfn{hooks} which enable you to extend or modify
+the way a command works.
address@hidden
address@hidden, , Hooks, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}, in @cite{The GNU
+Emacs Manual}
address@hidden ifnothtml
address@hidden
+See section
address@hidden://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/Hooks.html,
+Hooks} in @cite{The GNU Emacs Manual}
address@hidden ifhtml
+for a description about @dfn{normal hooks} and @dfn{abnormal hooks}.
+MH-E uses normal hooks in nearly all cases, so you can assume that we
+are talking about normal hooks unless we explicitly mention that a hook
+is abnormal. We also follow the conventions described in that section:
+the name of the abnormal hooks end in @code{-hooks} and all the rest
+of the MH-E hooks end in @code{-hook}.
address@hidden point
address@hidden Emacs, mark
@cindex Emacs, point
address@hidden Emacs, region
@cindex mark
address@hidden Emacs, mark
address@hidden point
@cindex region
address@hidden Emacs, region
There are several other terms that are used in Emacs that you should
-know. The @dfn{point} is where the cursor currently is. You can save
-your current place in the file by setting a @dfn{mark}. This operation
-is useful in several ways. The mark can be later used when defining a
address@hidden, which is the text between the point and mark. Many
-commands operate on regions, such as those for deleting text or filling
-paragraphs. A mark can be set with @kbd{C-@@} (or @kbd{C-SPC}).
+know. The @dfn{point} is where the cursor currently is. You can save
+your current place in the file by setting a @dfn{mark}. This operation
+is useful in several ways. The mark can be later used when defining a
address@hidden, which is the text between the point and mark. Many
+commands operate on regions, such as those for deleting text or
+filling paragraphs. A mark can be set with @kbd{C-@@} (or
address@hidden@key{SPC}}).
address@hidden minibuffer
address@hidden Emacs, completion
address@hidden Emacs, file completion
address@hidden Emacs, folder completion
@cindex Emacs, minibuffer
address@hidden completion
@cindex file completion
address@hidden Emacs, file completion
address@hidden folder completion
address@hidden minibuffer
The @dfn{minibuffer} is the bottom line of the Emacs window, where all
-prompting and multiple-character input is directed. If you are prompted
-for information in the minibuffer, such as a filename, Emacs can help
-you complete your answer if you type @key{SPC} or @key{TAB}. A second
address@hidden or @key{TAB} will list all possibilities at that point. The
-minibuffer is also where you enter Emacs function names after typing
address@hidden For example, in the first paragraph, I mentioned that you
-could obtain help with @kbd{C-h t} (@code{help-with-tutorial}). What
+prompting and multiple-character input is directed. You can use
address@hidden to enter values such as folders. Completion means
+that Emacs fills in text for you when you type @key{SPC} or @key{TAB}.
+A second @key{SPC} or @key{TAB} will list all possibilities at that
+point.
address@hidden
address@hidden, , Completion, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}.
address@hidden ifnothtml
address@hidden
+See the section
address@hidden://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/Completion.html,
+Completion} in @cite{The GNU Emacs Manual}.
address@hidden ifhtml
+Note that @key{SPC} cannot be used for completing filenames and
+folders.
+
+The minibuffer is also where you enter Emacs function names after
+typing @kbd{M-x}. For example, in the preface, I mentioned that you
+could obtain help with @kbd{C-h t} (@code{help-with-tutorial}). What
this means is that you can get a tutorial by typing either @kbd{C-h t}
-or @kbd{M-x help-with-tutorial}. In the latter case, you are prompted
-for @samp{help-with-tutorial} in the minibuffer after typing @kbd{M-x}.
+or @kbd{M-x help-with-tutorial}. In the latter case, you are prompted
+for @samp{help-with-tutorial} in the minibuffer after typing
address@hidden
+
address@hidden ~
+
+The @samp{~} notation in filenames represents your home directory.
+This notation is used by many shells including @command{bash},
address@hidden, and @command{csh}. It is analogous to the environment
+variable @samp{$HOME}. For example, @file{~/.emacs} can be written
address@hidden/.emacs} or using the absolute path as in
address@hidden/home/wohler/.emacs} instead.
address@hidden interrupting
@cindex Emacs, interrupting
address@hidden quitting
@cindex Emacs, quitting
address@hidden interrupting
address@hidden quitting
@i{In case of trouble:} Emacs can be interrupted at any time with
address@hidden For example, if you've started a command that requests that
address@hidden For example, if you've started a command that requests that
you enter something in the minibuffer, but then you change your mind,
-type @kbd{C-g} and you'll be back where you started. If you want to
+type @kbd{C-g} and you'll be back where you started. If you want to
exit Emacs entirely, use @kbd{C-x C-c}.
address@hidden Getting Started, Sending Mail Tour, Conventions, Tour Through
mh-e
address@hidden Getting Started
address@hidden Getting Started, Tour Through MH-E, Conventions, Top
address@hidden Getting Started
-Because there are many old versions of mh-e out there, it is important to
-know which version you have. I'll be talking about @w{Version 5} which
-is similar to @w{Version 4} and vastly different from @w{Version 3}.
-
-First, enter @kbd{M-x load-library @key{RET} mh-e
address@hidden @footnote{You wouldn't ordinarily do this.} The message,
address@hidden mh-e...done}, should be displayed in the minibuffer. If
-you get @samp{Cannot open load file: mh-e}, then your Emacs is very
-badly configured, or mh-e is missing. You may wish to have your system
-administrator install a new Emacs or at least the latest mh-e files.
-
-Having loaded mh-e successfully, enter @kbd{M-x mh-version @key{RET}}.
-The version of mh-e should be displayed. Hopefully it says that you're
-running @w{Version @value{VERSION}} which is the latest version as of
-this printing. If instead Emacs beeps and says @samp{[No match]}, then
-you're running an old version of mh-e.
-
-If these tests reveal a non-existent or old version of mh-e, please
-consider obtaining a new version. You can have your system
-administrator upgrade the system-wide version, or you can install your
-own personal version. It's really quite easy; instructions for getting
-and installing mh-e are in @ref{Getting mh-e}.
-
address@hidden @code{install-mh}
address@hidden MH commands, @code{install-mh}
-
-Also, older versions of mh-e assumed that you had already set up your MH
-environment. Newer versions set up a new MH environment for you by
-running @code{install-mh} and notifying you of this fact with the
-message in a temporary buffer:
-
address@hidden
-I'm going to create the standard MH path for you.
address@hidden example
address@hidden MH-E, versions
address@hidden history
address@hidden versions of MH-E
-Therefore, if you've never run MH before and you're using an old version
-of mh-e, you need to run @code{install-mh} from the shell before you
-continue the tour. If you don't, you'll be greeted with the error
-message: @samp{Can't find MH profile}.
+Because there are many old versions of MH-E out there, it is important
+to know which version you have. I'll be talking about @w{Version 8}
+which is pretty close to @w{Version 6} and @w{Version 7}. It differs
+from @w{Version 4} and @w{Version 5} and is vastly different from
address@hidden 3}. @xref{History}.
+
address@hidden mh-version
+
+To determine which version of MH-E that you have, enter @kbd{M-x
+mh-version @key{RET}}. Hopefully it says that you're running
address@hidden @value{VERSION}} which is the latest version as of this
+printing.
+
+If your version is much older than this, please consider upgrading.
+You can have your system administrator upgrade the system-wide
+version, or you can install your own personal version. It's really
+quite easy. @xref{Getting MH-E}, for instructions for getting and
+installing MH-E.
+
+If the @code{mh-version} command displays @samp{No MH variant
+detected}, then you need to install MH or tell MH-E where to find
address@hidden very old versions of MH-E, you may get the error
+message, @samp{Cannot find the commands `inc' and `mhl' and the file
+`components'} if MH-E can't find MH. In this case, you need to update
+MH-E, and you may need to install MH too. However, newer versions of
+MH-E are better at finding MH if it is on your system.}.
+
+The option @code{mh-variant} specifies the variant used by MH-E
+(@pxref{Options}). The default setting of this option is
address@hidden which means that MH-E will automatically choose the
+first of nmh, MH, or GNU mailutils that it finds in the directories
+listed in @code{mh-path} (which you can customize),
address@hidden, and @code{exec-path}. If MH-E can't find MH at
+all, you may have to customize @code{mh-path} and add the directory in
+which the command @code{mhparam} is located. If, on the other hand,
+you have both nmh and mailutils installed (for example) and
address@hidden was initialized to nmh but you want to use
+mailutils, then you can set @code{mh-variant} to @samp{mailutils}.
+
+When @code{mh-variant} is changed, MH-E resets @code{mh-progs},
address@hidden, @code{mh-lib-progs}, @code{mh-flists-present-flag}, and
address@hidden accordingly.
address@hidden @file{.emacs}
address@hidden files, @file{.emacs}
address@hidden 1
address@hidden @strong{NOTE}
-If, during the tour described in this chapter, you see a message like:
address@hidden for program: no such file or directory,
-/usr/local/bin/mhpath}, it means that the MH programs and files are kept
-in a nonstandard directory. In this case, simply add the following to
address@hidden/.emacs} and restart @code{emacs}.
address@hidden
+Prior to version 8, it was often necessary to set some of these
+variables in @file{~/.emacs}; now it is no longer necessary and can
+actually cause problems.
address@hidden quotation
address@hidden 1
address@hidden @code{mh-progs}, example
address@hidden @code{mh-lib}, example
address@hidden @command{install-mh}
address@hidden MH commands, @command{install-mh}
address@hidden XXX Real example for really naive user?
address@hidden
address@hidden
-(setq mh-progs "@var{/path/to/MH/binary/directory/}")
-(setq mh-lib "@var{/path/to/MH/library/directory/}")
address@hidden group
address@hidden example
+If you've never run MH before, you need to run @command{install-mh}
+from the shell before you continue. This sets up your personal MH
address@hidden the section
address@hidden@value{MH-BOOK-HOME}/setup.htm, Setting Up MH} in the MH book.}.
+If you don't, you'll be greeted with the error message: @samp{Install
+MH and run install-mh before running MH-E}.
+
address@hidden @samp{Draft-Folder:} MH profile component
address@hidden @samp{Path:} MH profile component
address@hidden @samp{Previous-Sequence:} MH profile component
address@hidden @samp{Unseen-Sequence:} MH profile component
address@hidden MH profile component, @samp{Draft-Folder:}
address@hidden MH profile component, @samp{Path:}
address@hidden MH profile component, @samp{Previous-Sequence:}
address@hidden MH profile component, @samp{Unseen-Sequence:}
address@hidden mh-find-path
address@hidden mh-draft-folder
address@hidden mh-find-path-hook
address@hidden mh-inbox
address@hidden mh-previous-seq
address@hidden mh-unseen-seq
address@hidden mh-user-path
+
+In addition to setting variables that point to MH itself, MH-E also
+sets a handful of variables that point to where you keep your mail.
+During initialization, the function @code{mh-find-path} sets
address@hidden from your @samp{Path:} MH profile component (but
+defaults to @samp{Mail} if one isn't present), @code{mh-draft-folder}
+from @samp{Draft-Folder:}, @code{mh-unseen-seq} from
address@hidden:}, @code{mh-previous-seq} from
address@hidden:}, and @code{mh-inbox} from @samp{Inbox:}
+(defaults to @samp{+inbox}). The hook @code{mh-find-path-hook} is run
+after these variables have been set. This hook can be used the change
+the value of these variables if you need to run with different values
+between MH and MH-E.
address@hidden ~
address@hidden Tour Through MH-E, Using This Manual, Getting Started, Top
address@hidden Tour Through MH-E
-The @samp{~} notation used by @file{~/.emacs} above represents your home
-directory. This is used by the @code{bash} and @code{csh} shells. If
-your shell does not support this feature, you could use the environment
-variable @samp{$HOME} (such as @file{$HOME/.emacs}) or the absolute path
-(as in @file{/home/wohler/.emacs}) instead.
+This chapter introduces some of the terms you'll need to know and then
+takes you on a tour of address@hidden keys mentioned in these
+chapters refer to the default key bindings. If you've changed the
+bindings, refer to the command summaries at the beginning of each
+chapter for a mapping between default key bindings and function
+names.}. When you're done, you'll be able to send, read, and file
+mail, which is all that a lot of people ever do. But if you're the
+curious or adventurous type, read the rest of the manual to be able to
+use all the features of MH-E. I suggest you read this chapter first to
+get the big picture, and then you can read the manual as you wish.
-At this point, you should see something like the screen in the
-figure in @ref{Reading Mail Tour}. We're now ready to move on.
address@hidden
+* Sending Mail Tour::
+* Reading Mail Tour::
+* Processing Mail Tour::
+* Leaving MH-E::
+* More About MH-E::
address@hidden menu
address@hidden Sending Mail Tour, Reading Mail Tour, Getting Started, Tour
Through mh-e
address@hidden Sending Mail Tour, Reading Mail Tour, Tour Through MH-E, Tour
Through MH-E
@section Sending Mail
@cindex sending mail
address@hidden @code{mh-smail}
address@hidden mh-smail
Let's start our tour by sending ourselves a message which we can later
-read and process. Enter @kbd{M-x mh-smail} to invoke the mh-e program
-to send messages. You will be prompted in the minibuffer by @samp{To:}.
-Enter your login name. The next prompt is @samp{cc:}. Hit @key{RET} to
-indicate that no carbon copies are to be sent. At the @samp{Subject:}
-prompt, enter @kbd{Test} or anything else that comes to mind.
+read and process. Enter @kbd{M-x mh-smail} to invoke the MH-E program
+to send messages. You will be prompted in the minibuffer by
address@hidden:}. Enter your login name. The next prompt is @samp{Cc:}. Hit
address@hidden to indicate that no carbon copies are to be sent. At the
address@hidden:} prompt, enter @kbd{Test} or anything else that comes
+to mind.
@cindex MH-Letter mode
@cindex modes, MH-Letter
@cindex mode
Once you've specified the recipients and subject, your message appears
-in an Emacs buffer whose mode @footnote{A @dfn{mode} changes Emacs to
-make it easier to edit a particular type of text.} is MH-Letter.
-Enter some text in the body of the message, using normal Emacs commands.
-You should now have something like this: @footnote{If you're running Emacs
-under the X Window System, then you would also see a menubar. I've left
-out the menubar in all of the example screens.}
+in an Emacs buffer whose address@hidden @dfn{mode} changes Emacs to
+make it easier to edit a particular type of text.} is MH-Letter. Enter
+some text in the body of the message, using normal Emacs commands. You
+should now have something like address@hidden you're running Emacs
+under the X Window System, then you would also see a menu bar. Under
+Emacs 21, you would also see a tool bar. I've left out the menu bar and
+tool bar in all of the example screens.}:
address@hidden
address@hidden
@cartouche
address@hidden
------Emacs: *scratch* (Lisp Interaction)--All-------------------
+--:-- *scratch* (Lisp Interaction)--L1--All-------------------------
To: wohler
cc:
Subject: Test
--------
- This is a test message to get the wheels churning...#
+This is a test message to get the wheels churning...#
address@hidden@} (MH-Letter)--All-------------------------------------
+--:** @address@hidden (MH-Letter)--L5--All-----------------------------------
address@hidden smallexample
@end cartouche
address@hidden message composition window}
address@hidden group
address@hidden example
-
address@hidden MH-Letter mode
address@hidden modes, MH-Letter
address@hidden message composition window}
Note the line of dashes that separates the header and the body of the
-message. It is essential that these dashes (or a blank line) are
+message. It is essential that these dashes (or a blank line) are
present or the body of your message will be considered to be part of
the header.
-There are several commands specific to MH-Letter mode, but at
-this time we'll only use @kbd{C-c C-c} to send your message. Type
address@hidden C-c} now. That's all there is to it!
address@hidden help
address@hidden C-c C-c
address@hidden Reading Mail Tour, Processing Mail Tour, Sending Mail Tour, Tour
Through mh-e
+There are several commands specific to MH-Letter address@hidden can
+get quick help for the commands used most often with @kbd{C-c ?} or
+more complete help with the @kbd{C-h m} (@code{describe-mode})
+command.}, but at this time we'll only use @kbd{C-c C-c} to send your
+message. Type @kbd{C-c C-c} now. That's all there is to it!
+
address@hidden Reading Mail Tour, Processing Mail Tour, Sending Mail Tour, Tour
Through MH-E
@section Receiving Mail
address@hidden reading mail
address@hidden @code{mh-rmail}
address@hidden @code{inc}
address@hidden MH commands, @code{inc}
address@hidden @code{scan}
address@hidden MH commands, @code{scan}
address@hidden @command{inc}
address@hidden @command{scan}
address@hidden MH commands, @command{inc}
address@hidden MH commands, @command{scan}
@cindex MH-Folder mode
@cindex modes, MH-Folder
address@hidden reading mail
address@hidden mh-rmail
To read the mail you've just sent yourself, enter @kbd{M-x mh-rmail}.
-This incorporates the new mail and put the output from @code{inc}
-(called @dfn{scan lines} after the MH program @code{scan} which prints a
-one-line summary of each message) into a buffer called @samp{+inbox}
-whose major mode is MH-Folder.
+This incorporates the new mail and puts the output from
address@hidden@footnote{See the section
address@hidden@value{MH-BOOK-HOME}/reapre.htm, Reading Mail: inc show next
+prev} in the MH book.} (called @dfn{scan lines} after the MH program
address@hidden@footnote{See the section
address@hidden@value{MH-BOOK-HOME}/faswsprs.htm, Find and Specify with scan
+pick Ranges Sequences} in the MH book.} which prints a one-line
+summary of each message) into a buffer called @samp{+inbox} whose
+major mode is MH-Folder.
address@hidden 2
address@hidden 1000
address@hidden 1
@center @strong{NOTE}
@quotation
-The @kbd{M-x mh-rmail} command will show you only new mail, not old
-mail. If you were to run this tour again, you would use @kbd{M-r} to
-pull all your messages into mh-e.
+The @kbd{M-x mh-rmail} command will show you only new mail, not mail
+you have already read. If you were to run this tour again, you would
+use @kbd{F r} to pull all your messages into MH-E.
@end quotation
address@hidden 1
+
address@hidden @key{RET}
address@hidden n
address@hidden p
-You should see the scan line for your message, and perhaps others. Use
+You should see the scan line for your message, and perhaps others. Use
@kbd{n} or @kbd{p} to move the cursor to your test message and type
address@hidden to read your message. You should see something like:
address@hidden to read your message. You should see something like:
address@hidden
address@hidden
@cartouche
- 3 24Aug root received fax files on Wed Aug 24 11:00:13 PDT 1994
-# 4+ 24Aug To:wohler Test<<This is a test message to get the wheels chu
address@hidden
+ 3 t08/24 root received fax files on Wed Aug 24 11:00:13 PDT 1
+# 4+t08/24 To:wohler Test<<This is a test message to get the wheels
address@hidden@} 4 msgs (1-4) (MH-Folder Show)--Bot------------------
+-:%% @address@hidden 4 msgs (1-4) (MH-Folder Show)--L4--Bot--------------
To: wohler
Subject: Test
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 1994 13:01:13 -0700
-From: Bill Wohler <wohler@@newt.com>
+From: Bill Wohler <wohler@@stop.mail-abuse.org>
- This is a test message to get the wheels churning...
+This is a test message to get the wheels churning...
address@hidden@} 4 (MH-Show)--Bot-------------------------------
+--:-- @address@hidden 4 (MH-Show)--L1--All---------------------------
address@hidden smallexample
@end cartouche
@i{After incorporating new messages}
address@hidden group
address@hidden example
-If you typed a long message, you can view subsequent pages with @key{SPC}
-and previous pages with @key{DEL}.
address@hidden @key{DEL}
address@hidden @key{SPC}
address@hidden Processing Mail Tour, Leaving mh-e, Reading Mail Tour, Tour
Through mh-e
+If you typed a long message, you can view subsequent pages with
address@hidden and previous pages with @key{DEL}.
+
address@hidden Processing Mail Tour, Leaving MH-E, Reading Mail Tour, Tour
Through MH-E
@section Processing Mail
@cindex processing mail
address@hidden r
The first thing we want to do is reply to the message that we sent
-ourselves. Ensure that the cursor is still on the same line as your
-test message and type @kbd{r}. You are prompted in the minibuffer with
address@hidden to whom:}. Here mh-e is asking whether you'd like to reply
-to the original sender only, to the sender and primary recipients, or to
-the sender and all recipients. If you simply hit @key{RET}, you'll
-reply only to the sender. Hit @key{RET} now.
+ourselves. Ensure that the cursor is still on the same line as your
+test message and type @kbd{r}. You are prompted in the minibuffer with
address@hidden to whom:}. Here MH-E is asking whether you'd like to reply
+to the original sender only, to the sender and primary recipients, or
+to the sender and all recipients. If you simply hit @key{RET}, you'll
+reply only to the sender. Hit @key{RET} now.
You'll find yourself in an Emacs buffer similar to that when you were
sending the original message, like this:
address@hidden
address@hidden
@cartouche
address@hidden
To: wohler
Subject: Re: Test
In-reply-to: Bill Wohler's message of Wed, 24 Aug 1994 13:01:13 -0700
- <199408242001.NAA00505@@newt.com>
+ <199408242001.NAA00505@@stop.mail-abuse.org>
--------
#
address@hidden@} (MH-Letter)--All-------------------------------------
+--:-- @address@hidden (MH-Letter)--L11--Bot---------------------------------
To: wohler
Subject: Test
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 1994 13:01:13 -0700
-From: Bill Wohler <wohler@@newt.com>
+From: Bill Wohler <wohler@@stop.mail-abuse.org>
- This is a test message to get the wheels churning...
+This is a test message to get the wheels churning...
address@hidden@} 4 (MH-Show)--Bot-------------------------------
+--:-- @address@hidden 4 (MH-Show)--L1--All----------------------------
Composing a reply...done
address@hidden smallexample
@end cartouche
@i{Composition window during reply}
address@hidden group
address@hidden example
-By default, MH will not add you to the address list of your replies, so
-if you find that the @samp{To:} header field is missing, don't worry.
-In this case, type @kbd{C-c C-f C-t} to create and go to the @samp{To:}
-field, where you can type your login name again. You can move around
-with the arrow keys or with @kbd{C-p} (@code{previous-line}), @kbd{C-n}
-(@code{next-line}), @kbd{C-b} (@code{backward-char}), and @kbd{C-f}
-(@code{forward-char}) and can delete the previous character with
address@hidden When you're finished editing your message, send it with
address@hidden C-c} as before.
-
address@hidden folder
-
-You'll often want to save messages that were sent to you in an organized
-fashion. This is done with @dfn{folders}. You can use folders to keep
-messages from your friends, or messages related to a particular topic.
-With your cursor in the MH-Folder buffer and positioned on the message
-you sent to yourself, type @kbd{o} to output (@code{refile} in MH
-parlance) that message to a folder. Enter @kbd{test} at the
address@hidden:} prompt and type @kbd{y} (or @key{SPC}) when mh-e
-asks to create the folder @samp{+test}. Note that a @samp{^} (caret)
-appears next to the message number, which means that the message has
-been marked for refiling but has not yet been refiled. We'll talk about
-how the refile is actually carried out in a moment.
address@hidden C-c C-c
address@hidden C-c C-f C-t
+
+By default, MH will not add you to the address list of your replies,
+so if you find that the @samp{To:} header field is missing, don't
+worry. In this case, type @kbd{C-c C-f C-t} to create and go to the
address@hidden:} field, where you can type your login name again. You can
+move around with the arrow keys or with @kbd{C-p}
+(@code{previous-line}), @kbd{C-n} (@code{next-line}), @kbd{C-b}
+(@code{backward-char}), and @kbd{C-f} (@code{forward-char}) and can
+delete the previous character with @key{BS}. When you're finished
+editing your message, send it with @kbd{C-c C-c} as before.
+
address@hidden folders
address@hidden o
+
+You'll often want to save messages that were sent to you in an
+organized fashion. This is done with @dfn{folders}. You can use
+folders to keep messages from your friends, or messages related to a
+particular topic. With your cursor in the MH-Folder buffer and
+positioned on the message you sent to yourself, type @kbd{o} to output
+(@command{refile} in MH parlance) that message to a folder. Enter
address@hidden at the @samp{Destination folder:} prompt and type @kbd{y}
+(or @key{SPC}) when MH-E asks to create the folder @samp{+test}. Note
+that a @samp{^} (caret) appears next to the message number, which
+means that the message has been marked for refiling but has not yet
+been refiled. We'll talk about how the refile is actually carried out
+in a moment.
@cindex MH-Folder mode
@cindex modes, MH-Folder
address@hidden @key{RET}
address@hidden d
address@hidden i
address@hidden x
-Your previous reply is now waiting in the system mailbox. You
+Your previous reply is now waiting in the system mailbox. You
incorporate this mail into your MH-Folder buffer named @samp{+inbox}
-with the @kbd{i} command. Do this now. After the mail is incorporated,
+with the @kbd{i} command. Do this now. After the mail is incorporated,
use @kbd{n} or @kbd{p} to move the cursor to the new message, and read
-it with @key{RET}. Let's delete this message by typing @kbd{d}. Note
-that a @samp{D} appears next to the message number. This means that the
-message is marked for deletion but is not yet deleted. To perform the
-deletion (and the refile we did previously), use the @kbd{x} command.
+it with @key{RET}. Let's delete this message by typing @kbd{d}. Note
+that a @samp{D} appears next to the message number. This means that
+the message is marked for deletion but is not yet deleted. To perform
+the deletion (and the refile we did previously), use the @kbd{x}
+command.
address@hidden @code{mh-smail}
address@hidden mh-smail
address@hidden m
If you want to send another message you can use @kbd{m} instead of
address@hidden mh-smail}. So go ahead, send some mail to your friends!
address@hidden mh-smail}. So go ahead, send some mail to your friends!
+
address@hidden help
address@hidden prefix characters
address@hidden describe-mode
address@hidden ?
address@hidden C-h m
+
+You can get a quick reminder about these commands by typing @kbd{?}.
+This lists several @dfn{prefix characters}. To list the commands
+available via the prefix characters, type the prefix character
+followed by a @kbd{?}, for example, @kbd{F ?}. More complete help is
+available with the @kbd{C-h m} (@code{describe-mode}) command.
address@hidden Leaving mh-e, More About mh-e, Processing Mail Tour, Tour
Through mh-e
address@hidden Leaving mh-e
address@hidden Leaving MH-E, More About MH-E, Processing Mail Tour, Tour
Through MH-E
address@hidden Leaving MH-E
@cindex Emacs, quitting
@cindex quitting
-You may now wish to exit @code{emacs} entirely. Use @kbd{C-x C-c} to
-exit @code{emacs}. If you exited without running @kbd{x} in the
address@hidden buffer, Emacs will offer to save it for you. Type @kbd{y}
-or @key{SPC} to save @samp{+inbox} changes, which means to perform any refiles
-and deletes that you did there.
+You may now wish to exit @command{emacs} entirely. Use @kbd{C-x C-c}
+to exit @command{emacs}. If you exited without running @kbd{x} in the
address@hidden buffer, Emacs will offer to save it for you. Type
address@hidden or @key{SPC} to save @samp{+inbox} changes, which means to
+perform any refiles and deletes that you did there.
+
address@hidden mh-rmail
address@hidden q
If you don't want to leave Emacs, you can type @kbd{q} to bury (hide)
-the mh-e folder or delete them entirely with @kbd{C-x k}. You can then
-later recall them with @kbd{C-x b} or @kbd{M-x mh-rmail}.
+the MH-E folder or delete it entirely with @kbd{C-x k}. You can then
+later recall it with @kbd{C-x b} or @kbd{M-x mh-rmail}.
+
address@hidden @command{packf}
address@hidden MH commands, @command{packf}
address@hidden exporting folders
address@hidden folders, exporting
address@hidden mbox-style folder
+
+On the other hand, if you no longer want to use MH and MH-E, you can
+take your mail with you. You can copy all of your mail into a single
+file, mbox-style, by using the MH command @command{packf}. For
+example, to create a file called @file{msgbox} with the messages in
+your @samp{+inbox} folder, use @samp{packf +inbox}. The
address@hidden command will append the messages to the file if it
+already exists, so you can use @samp{folders -recurse -fast} in a
+script to copy all of your messages into a single file, or using the
address@hidden argument, a file for each folder.
address@hidden More About mh-e, , Leaving mh-e, Tour Through mh-e
address@hidden More About mh-e
address@hidden More About MH-E, , Leaving MH-E, Tour Through MH-E
address@hidden More About MH-E
These are the basic commands to get you going, but there are plenty
-more. If you think that mh-e is for you, read @ref{Using mh-e} and
address@hidden mh-e} to find out how you can:
+more. If you think that MH-E is for you, read the rest of the manual
+to find out how you can:
@itemize @bullet
@item
-Print your messages. (@ref{Printing} and @ref{Customizing Printing}.)
+Print your messages (@ref{Printing}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden
+Edit messages and include your signature (@ref{Editing Drafts}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden
+Forward messages (@ref{Forwarding}).
address@hidden -------------------------
@item
-Edit messages and include your signature. (@ref{Draft Editing}
-and @ref{Customizing Draft Editing}.)
+Read digests (@ref{Digests}).
address@hidden -------------------------
@item
-Forward messages. (@ref{Forwarding} and @ref{Customizing Forwarding}.)
+Edit bounced messages (@ref{Editing Again}).
address@hidden -------------------------
@item
-Read digests. (@ref{Viewing}.)
+Send multimedia messages (@ref{Adding Attachments}).
address@hidden -------------------------
@item
-Edit bounced messages. (@ref{Old Drafts} and @ref{Customizing Old Drafts}.)
+Read HTML messages (@ref{HTML}).
address@hidden -------------------------
@item
-Send multimedia messages. (@ref{Editing MIME} and @ref{Customizing Editing
MIME}.)
+Use @ref{Aliases} and @ref{Identities}.
address@hidden -------------------------
@item
-Process mail that was sent with @code{shar} or @code{uuencode}.
-(@ref{Files and Pipes}.)
+Create different views of your mail (@ref{Threading} and @ref{Limits}).
address@hidden -------------------------
@item
-Use sequences conveniently. (@ref{Sequences}.)
+Deal with junk mail (@ref{Junk}).
address@hidden -------------------------
@item
-Show header fields in different fonts. (@ref{Customizing Viewing}.)
+Handle signed and encrypted messages (@ref{Reading PGP} and
address@hidden PGP}).
address@hidden -------------------------
@item
-Find previously refiled messages. (@ref{Searching}.)
+Process mail that was sent with @command{shar} or @command{uuencode}
+(@ref{Files and Pipes}).
address@hidden -------------------------
@item
-Place messages in a file. (@ref{Files and Pipes}.)
+Use sequences conveniently (@ref{Sequences}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden
+Use the @ref{Speedbar}, @ref{Tool Bar}, and @ref{Menu Bar}.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden
+Show header fields in different fonts (@ref{Reading Mail}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden
+Find previously refiled messages (@ref{Searching}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden
+Place messages in a file (@ref{Files and Pipes}).
@end itemize
-Remember that you can also use MH commands when you're not running mh-e
-(and when you are!).
+Remember that you can also use MH commands when you're not running
+MH-E (and when you are!).
address@hidden Using mh-e, Customizing mh-e, Tour Through mh-e, Top
address@hidden Using mh-e
address@hidden Using This Manual, Incorporating Mail, Tour Through MH-E, Top
address@hidden Using This Manual
-This chapter leaves the tutorial style and goes into more detail about
-every mh-e command. The default, or "out of the box," behavior is
-documented. If this is not to your liking (for instance, you print with
-something other than @code{lpr)}, see the associated section in
address@hidden mh-e} which is organized exactly like this chapter.
+This chapter begins the meat of the manual which goes into more detail
+about every MH-E command and option.
address@hidden Emacs, functions; describe-mode
address@hidden Emacs, info
@cindex Emacs, online help
address@hidden info
@cindex online help
address@hidden describe-mode
address@hidden mh-help
address@hidden ?
address@hidden C-c ?
+
+There are many commands, but don't get intimidated. There are command
+summaries at the beginning of each chapter. In case you have or would
+like to rebind the keys, the command summaries also list the
+associated Emacs Lisp function. Furthermore, even if you're stranded
+on a desert island with a laptop and are without your manuals, you can
+get a summary of all these commands with GNU Emacs online help: use
address@hidden m} (@code{describe-mode}) for a brief summary of commands,
address@hidden (@code{mh-help}) for an even briefer address@hidden
+help appears in a buffer called @samp{*MH-E Help*}
+(@pxref{Miscellaneous}).} (@kbd{C-c ?} in MH-Letter mode), or @kbd{C-h
+i} to read this manual via Info. The online help is quite good; try
+running @kbd{C-h C-h}. This brings up a list of available help topics,
+one of which displays the documentation for a given key (like @kbd{C-h
+k C-n}). Another useful help feature is to view the manual section
+that describes a given key (such as @kbd{C-h C-k i}). In addition,
+review @ref{Conventions}, if any of the GNU Emacs conventions are
+strange to you.
+
+In addition to all of the commands, it is also possible to reconfigure
+MH-E to fit the needs of even the most demanding user. The following
+chapters also describe all of the options, show the defaults, and make
+recommendations for customization.
+
+However, when customizing your mail environment, first try to change
+what you want in MH, and only change MH-E if changing MH is not
+possible. That way you will get the same behavior inside and outside
+GNU Emacs. Note that MH-E does not provide hooks for customizations
+that can be done in MH; this omission is intentional.
-There are many commands, but don't get intimidated. There are command
-summaries at the beginning of each section. In case you have or would
-like to rebind the keys, the command summaries also list the associated
-Emacs Lisp function. Furthermore, even if you're stranded on a desert
-island with a laptop and are without your manuals, you can get a summary
-of all these commands with GNU Emacs online help: use @kbd{C-h m}
-(@code{describe-mode}) for a brief summary of commands or @kbd{C-h i} to
-read this manual via Info. The online help is quite good; try running
address@hidden C-h C-h}. This brings up a list of available help topics, one
-of which displays the documentation for a given key (like @kbd{C-h k
-C-n}). In addition, review @ref{Conventions}, if any of the GNU Emacs
-conventions are strange to you.
address@hidden Emacs, Emacs Lisp manual
address@hidden Emacs, info
address@hidden Emacs, online help
address@hidden info
address@hidden online help
-Let's get started!
+I hope I've included enough examples here to get you well on your way.
+If you want to explore Emacs Lisp further, a programming manual does
+exist,
address@hidden Yes, some of the stuff in the following sections is redundant,
but
address@hidden TeX barfs if the @ifs are inside the @footnote.
address@hidden
address@hidden @cite{GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual} may be available
+online in the Info system by typing @kbd{C-h i m Emacs Lisp
address@hidden It is also available online at @*
address@hidden://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/elisp-manual/html_node/}. You
+can also order a printed manual, which has the desirable side-effect
+of helping to support the Free Software Foundation which made all this
+great software available. You can find an order form by running
address@hidden C-d}, or you can request an order form from @i{gnu at
+gnu.org}.}
address@hidden iftex
address@hidden
address@hidden@xref{Top, The GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual, , elisp, GNU
+Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}, which may be available online in the
+Info system. It is also available online at
address@hidden://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/elisp-manual/html_node/}. You
+can also order a printed manual, which has the desirable side-effect
+of helping to support the Free Software Foundation which made all this
+great software available. You can find an order form by running
address@hidden C-d}, or you can request an order form from @i{gnu at
+gnu.org}.}
address@hidden ifinfo
address@hidden
address@hidden
address@hidden://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/elisp-manual/html_node/,
+The GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual} may also be available online in
+the Info system by typing @kbd{C-h i m Emacs Lisp @key{RET}}. You can
+also order a printed manual, which has the desirable side-effect of
+helping to support the Free Software Foundation which made all this
+great software available. You can find an order form by running
address@hidden C-d}, or you can request an order form from @i{gnu at
+gnu.org}.}
address@hidden ifhtml
+and you can look at the code itself for examples. Look in the Emacs
+Lisp directory on your system (such as
address@hidden/usr/local/lib/emacs/lisp/mh-e}) and find all the @file{mh-*.el}
+files there. When calling MH-E and other Emacs Lisp functions directly
+from Emacs Lisp code, you'll need to know the correct arguments. Use
+the online help for this. For example, try @kbd{C-h f
+mh-execute-commands @key{RET}}. If you write your own functions,
+please do not prefix your symbols (variables and functions) with
address@hidden This prefix is reserved for the MH-E package. To avoid
+conflicts with existing MH-E symbols, use a prefix like @samp{my-} or
+your initials.
@menu
-* Reading Mail::
-* Sending Mail::
-* Draft Editing::
-* Moving Mail::
-* Searching::
-* Sequences::
-* Miscellaneous::
+* Options::
+* Ranges::
+* Folder Selection::
@end menu
address@hidden Reading Mail, Sending Mail, Using mh-e, Using mh-e
address@hidden Reading Your Mail
address@hidden Options, Ranges, Using This Manual, Using This Manual
address@hidden Options
address@hidden reading mail
address@hidden @code{mh-rmail}
address@hidden MH-Folder mode
address@hidden modes, MH-Folder
address@hidden Emacs, customizing
address@hidden Emacs, setting options
address@hidden customizing MH-E
address@hidden setting options
address@hidden customize-option
address@hidden mh-lpr-command-format, example
+
+Many string or integer options are easy to modify using @kbd{M-x
+customize-option}. For example, to modify the option that controls
+printing, you would run @kbd{M-x customize-option @key{RET}
+mh-lpr-command-format @key{RET}}. In the buffer that appears, modify
+the string to the right of the variable. For example, you may change
+the @command{lpr} command with @samp{nenscript -G -r -2 -i'%s'}. Then
+use the @samp{State} combo box and select @samp{Save for Future
+Sessions}. @ref{Printing} talks more about this option.
+
address@hidden mh-bury-show-buffer-flag, example
+
+Options can also hold boolean values. In Emacs Lisp, the boolean
+values are @code{nil}, which means false, and @code{t}, which means
+true. The @code{customize-option} function makes it easy to change
+boolean values; simply click on the toggle button in the customize
+buffer to switch between @samp{on} (@code{t}) and @samp{off}
+(@code{nil}). For example, try setting @code{mh-bury-show-buffer-flag}
+to @samp{off} to keep the MH-Show buffer at the top of the buffer
+stack. Use the @samp{State} combo box and choose @samp{Set for Current
+Session} to see how the option affects the show buffer. Then choose
+the @samp{Erase Customization} menu item to reset the option to the
+default, which places the MH-Show buffer at the bottom of the buffer
+stack.
+
+The text usually says to turn on an option by setting it to a
address@hidden@code{nil}} value, because sometimes values other than
address@hidden are meaningful (for example, see @code{mh-mhl-format-file},
+described in @ref{Viewing}). Other options, such as hooks, involve a
+little more Emacs Lisp programming expertise.
-The mh-e entry point for reading mail is @kbd{M-x mh-rmail}. This
-command incorporates your mail and creates a buffer called @samp{+inbox}
-in MH-Folder mode. The @kbd{M-x mh-rmail} command shows you only new
-mail, not old mail. @footnote{If you want to see your old mail as well,
-use @kbd{M-r} to pull all your messages into mh-e. Or, give a prefix
-argument to @code{mh-rmail} so it will prompt you for folder to visit
-like @kbd{M-f} (for example, @kbd{C-u M-x mh-rmail @key{RET} bob
address@hidden). Both @kbd{M-r} and @kbd{M-f} are described in
address@hidden The @samp{+inbox} buffer contains @dfn{scan lines},
-which are one-line summaries of each incorporated message. You can
-perform most MH commands on these messages via one-letter commands
-discussed in this chapter. See @code{scan}(1) for a description of the
-contents of the scan lines, and see the Figure in @ref{Reading Mail
-Tour}, for an example.
address@hidden @samp{mh} customization group
address@hidden customization group, @samp{mh}
address@hidden customize-group
address@hidden mh-customize
+
+You can browse all of the MH-E options with the @code{customize-group}
+function. Try entering @kbd{M-x customize-group @key{RET} mh
address@hidden to view the top-level options as well as buttons for all of
+the MH-E customization groups. Another way to view the MH-E
+customization group is to use @kbd{M-x mh-customize @key{RET}}.
+
address@hidden Ranges, Folder Selection, Options, Using This Manual
address@hidden Ranges
+
address@hidden Sync with mh-folder-mode docstring.
+
address@hidden ranges
address@hidden message abbreviations
address@hidden message ranges
+
+Many commands that operate on individual messages, such as
address@hidden or @code{mh-refile-msg} take a @code{RANGE}
+argument. This argument can be used in several ways.
+
+If you provide the prefix argument @kbd{C-u} to these commands, then
+you will be prompted for the message range. This can be any valid MH
+range which can include messages, sequences (@pxref{Sequences}), and
+the abbreviations (described in the @command{mh}(1) man page):
+
address@hidden @samp
address@hidden <num1>-<num2>
+Indicates all messages in the range <num1> to <num2>, inclusive. The
+range must be nonempty.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden <num>:N
address@hidden <num>:+N
address@hidden <num>:-N
+Up to N messages beginning with (or ending with) message num. Num may
+be any of the predefined symbols: first, prev, cur, next or last.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden first:N
address@hidden prev:N
address@hidden next:N
address@hidden last:N
+The first, previous, next or last messages, if they exist.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden all
+All of the messages.
address@hidden table
address@hidden @kbd
address@hidden RET
-Display a message (@code{mh-show}).
+For example, a range that shows all of these things is @samp{1 2 3
+5-10 last:5 unseen}.
address@hidden SPC
-Go to next page in message (@code{mh-page-msg}).
address@hidden transient-mark-mode
address@hidden BS
-Go to previous page in message (@code{mh-previous-page}).
+If the option @code{transient-mark-mode} is set to @code{t} and you
+set a region in the MH-Folder buffer, then the MH-E command will
+perform the operation on all messages in that region.
+
address@hidden @samp{mh-range} customization group
address@hidden customization group, @samp{mh-range}
+
+The @samp{mh-range} customization group contains a single option which
+affects how ranges are interpreted.
+
address@hidden @code
address@hidden mh-interpret-number-as-range-flag
+On means interpret a number as a range (default: @samp{on}).
address@hidden vtable
+
+Since one of the most frequent ranges used is @samp{last:N}, MH-E will
+interpret input such as @samp{200} as @samp{last:200} if the
address@hidden option is on (which is the
+default). If you need to scan just the message 200, then use the range
address@hidden:1} or @samp{200-200}.
+
address@hidden Folder Selection, , Ranges, Using This Manual
address@hidden Folder Selection
+
address@hidden folders, selecting
+
+When you choose a folder in MH-E via a command such as @kbd{o}
+(@code{mh-refile-msg}), completion is used to enter the folder
address@hidden
+(@pxref{Completion, , , emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}).
address@hidden ifnothtml
address@hidden
+(see the section
address@hidden://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/Completion.html,
+Completion} in @cite{The GNU Emacs Manual}).
address@hidden ifhtml
+In addition, MH-E has several ways of choosing a suitable default so
+that the folder can often be selected with a single @key{RET} key.
address@hidden , (comma)
-Display a message with all header fields (@code{mh-header-display}).
address@hidden @samp{mh-folder-selection} customization group
address@hidden customization group, @samp{mh-folder-selection}
address@hidden M-SPC
-Go to next message in digest (@code{mh-page-digest}).
+The @samp{mh-folder-selection} customization group contains some
+options which are used to help with this.
address@hidden M-BS
-Go to previous message in digest (@code{mh-page-digest-backwards}).
address@hidden @code
address@hidden mh-default-folder-for-message-function
+Function to select a default folder for refiling or @samp{Fcc:}
+(default: @code{nil}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-default-folder-list
+List of addresses and folders (default: @code{nil}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-default-folder-must-exist-flag
+On means guessed folder name must exist to be used (default:
address@hidden).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-default-folder-prefix
+Prefix used for folder names generated from aliases (default: @code{""}).
address@hidden vtable
+
+You can set the option @code{mh-default-folder-for-message-function}
+to a function that provides a default folder for the message to be
+refiled. When this function is called, the current buffer contains the
+message being refiled and point is at the start of the message. This
+function should return the default folder as a string with a leading
address@hidden sign. It can also return @code{nil} so that the last folder
+name is used as the default, or an empty string to suppress the
+default entirely.
address@hidden M-b
-Break up digest into separate messages (@code{mh-burst-digest}).
+Otherwise, the name of the destination folder is derived from the
+sender as follows:
address@hidden n
-Display next message (@code{mh-next-undeleted-msg}).
address@hidden
address@hidden
+The folder name associated with the first address found in the list
address@hidden is used. Each element in this list
+contains a @samp{Check Recipient} item. If this item is turned on,
+then the address is checked against the recipient instead of the
+sender. This is useful for mailing lists.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden
+An alias prefixed by @code{mh-default-folder-prefix} corresponding to
+the address is used. The prefix is used to prevent clutter in your
+mail directory. @xref{Aliases}.
address@hidden enumerate
address@hidden p
-Display previous message (@code{mh-previous-undeleted-msg}).
+If the derived folder does not exist, and
address@hidden is @code{t}, then the last
+folder name used is suggested. This is useful if you get mail from
+various people for whom you have an alias, but file them all in the
+same project folder.
address@hidden g
-Go to a message (@code{mh-goto-msg}).
address@hidden Incorporating Mail, Reading Mail, Using This Manual, Top
address@hidden Incorporating Your Mail
address@hidden M-<
-Go to first message (@code{mh-first-msg}).
address@hidden incorporating
address@hidden M->
-Go to last message (@code{mh-last-msg}).
+This chapter talks about getting mail from your system mailbox into
+your MH @samp{+inbox} folder. The following command accomplishes that
+and is found in the @samp{Folder} menu.
address@hidden t
-Toggle between MH-Folder and MH-Folder Show modes (@code{mh-toggle-showing}).
address@hidden @kbd
address@hidden @samp{Folder > Incorporate New Mail} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Folder > Incorporate New Mail}
address@hidden mh-inc-folder
address@hidden i
address@hidden i
+Incorporate new mail into a folder (@code{mh-inc-folder}).
@end table
address@hidden
-* Viewing::
-* Moving Around::
address@hidden menu
address@hidden @samp{mh-inc} customization group
address@hidden customization group, @samp{mh-inc}
address@hidden Viewing, Moving Around, Reading Mail, Reading Mail
address@hidden Viewing Your Mail
+The following options in the @samp{mh-inc} customization group are
+used.
address@hidden @code{mh-show}
address@hidden @code{mh-page-msg}
address@hidden @code{mh-previous-page}
address@hidden @code{mh-header-display}
-
-The @kbd{RET} (@code{mh-show}) command displays the message that the
-cursor is on. If the message is already displayed, it scrolls to the
-beginning of the message. Use @key{SPC} (@code{mh-page-msg}) and
address@hidden (@code{mh-previous-page}) to move forwards and backwards one
-page at a time through the message. You can give either of these
-commands a prefix argument that specifies the number of lines to scroll
-(such as @kbd{10 SPC}). mh-e normally hides a lot of the
-superfluous header fields that mailers add to a message, but if you wish
-to see all of them, use the @kbd{,} (comma; @code{mh-header-display})
-command.
address@hidden @code
address@hidden mh-inc-prog
+Program to incorporate mail (default: @samp{"inc"}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-inc-spool-list
+Alternate spool files (default: @code{nil}).
address@hidden vtable
address@hidden
-* Reading Digests::
-* Reading MIME::
address@hidden menu
+The following hook is available.
address@hidden Reading Digests, Reading MIME, Viewing, Viewing
address@hidden Reading Digests
address@hidden @code
address@hidden mh-inc-folder-hook
+Hook run by @samp{mh-inc-folder} after incorporating mail into a
+folder (default: @code{nil}).
address@hidden vtable
+
+If at any time you receive new mail, incorporate the new mail into
+your @samp{+inbox} buffer with @kbd{i} (@code{mh-inc-folder}). Note
+that @kbd{i} will display the @samp{+inbox} buffer, even if there
+isn't any new mail. You can incorporate mail from any file into the
+current folder by specifying a prefix argument; you'll be prompted for
+the name of the file to use as well as the destination folder (for
+example, @kbd{C-u i ~/mbox @key{RET} +tmp @key{RET}}).
address@hidden digests
address@hidden @code{mh-page-digest}
address@hidden @code{mh-page-digest-backwards}
address@hidden @file{.emacs}
address@hidden Emacs, notification of new mail
address@hidden files, @file{.emacs}
address@hidden new mail
address@hidden notification of new mail
-A digest is a message that contains other messages. Special mh-e
-commands let you read digests conveniently. You can use @key{SPC} and
address@hidden to page through the digest as if it were a normal message, but
-if you wish to skip to the next message in the digest, use @kbd{M-SPC}
-(@code{mh-page-digest}). To return to a previous message, use
address@hidden (@code{mh-page-digest-backwards}).
+Emacs can notify you when you have new mail by displaying @samp{Mail}
+in the mode line. To enable this behavior, and to have a clock in the
+mode line besides, add the following to @file{~/.emacs}:
address@hidden @code{burst}
address@hidden MH commands, @code{burst}
address@hidden MH-Folder Show mode
address@hidden modes, MH-Folder Show
address@hidden @code{mh-burst-digest}
address@hidden display-time
address@hidden There was a page break at the colon in the following paragraph
which
address@hidden broke the transition to the example.
address@hidden 2000
-
-Another handy command is @kbd{M-b} (@code{mh-burst-digest}). This
-command uses the MH command @code{burst} to break out each message in
-the digest into its own message. Using this command, you can quickly
-delete unwanted messages, like this: Once the digest is split up, toggle
-out of MH-Folder Show mode with @kbd{t} (@pxref{Moving Around}) so that
-the scan lines fill the screen and messages aren't displayed. Then use
address@hidden (@pxref{Deleting}) to quickly delete messages that you don't
-want to read (based on the @samp{Subject:} header field). You can also
-burst the digest to reply directly to the people who posted the messages
-in the digest. One problem you may encounter is that the @samp{From:}
-header fields are preceded with a @samp{>} so that your reply can't
-create the @samp{To:} field correctly. In this case, you must correct
-the @samp{To:} field yourself. This is described later in @ref{Editing
-Textual}.
address@hidden
+(display-time)
address@hidden lisp
address@hidden Reading MIME, , Reading Digests, Viewing
address@hidden Reading Multimedia Mail
address@hidden @command{inc}
address@hidden MH commands, @command{inc}
address@hidden incorporating
address@hidden mh-progs
address@hidden multimedia mail
address@hidden MIME
address@hidden @code{show}
address@hidden MH commands, @code{show}
address@hidden @code{mhshow}
address@hidden MH commands, @code{mhshow}
-
-MH has the ability to read @address@hidden (Multipurpose Internet Mail
-Extensions) messages. Unfortunately, mh-e does not yet have this
-ability, so you have to use the MH commands @code{show} or @code{mhshow}
-from the shell to read @sc{mime} messages. @footnote{You can call them
-directly from Emacs if you're running the X Window System: type @kbd{M-!
-xterm -e mhshow @var{message-number}}. You can leave out the @code{xterm
--e} if you use @code{mhlist} or @code{mhstore}.}
+The name of the program that incorporates new mail is stored in
address@hidden; it is @samp{"inc"} by default. This program
+generates a one-line summary for each of the new messages. Unless it
+is an absolute pathname, the file is assumed to be in the
address@hidden directory (@pxref{Getting Started}). You may also link
+a file to @command{inc} that uses a different format (see
address@hidden(5), and sections
address@hidden@value{MH-BOOK-HOME}/reapre.htm, Reading Mail: inc show next
+prev} and @address@hidden/mhstr.htm, MH Format Strings} in
+the MH book). You'll then need to modify several variables
+appropriately (@pxref{Scan Line Formats}).
+
+You can use the @code{mh-inc-spool-list} variable to direct MH-E to
+retrieve mail from arbitrary spool files other than your system
+mailbox, file it in folders other than your @samp{+inbox}, and assign
+key bindings to incorporate this mail.
+
address@hidden @command{procmail}
address@hidden @file{.procmailrc}
address@hidden Unix commands, @command{procmail}
address@hidden files, @file{.procmailrc}
+
+Suppose you are subscribed to the @i{mh-e-devel} mailing list and you
+use @command{procmail} to filter this mail into @file{~/mail/mh-e}
+with the following recipe in @file{.procmailrc}:
address@hidden Moving Around, , Viewing, Reading Mail
address@hidden Moving Around
address@hidden
+MAILDIR=$HOME/mail
+:0:
+* ^From mh-e-devel-admin@@stop.mail-abuse.org
+mh-e
address@hidden smallexample
address@hidden moving between messages
address@hidden @code{mh-next-undeleted-msg}
address@hidden @code{mh-previous-undeleted-msg}
address@hidden @code{mh-goto-msg}
address@hidden @code{mh-last-msg}
address@hidden @code{mh-first-msg}
-
-To move on to the next message, use the @kbd{n}
-(@code{mh-next-undeleted-msg}) command; use the @kbd{p}
-(@code{mh-previous-undeleted-msg}) command to read the previous message.
-Both of these commands can be given a prefix argument to specify how
-many messages to skip (for example, @kbd{5 n}). You can also move to a
-specific message with @kbd{g} (@code{mh-goto-msg}). You can enter the
-message number either before or after typing @kbd{g}. In the latter
-case, Emacs prompts you. Finally, you can go to the first or last
-message with @kbd{M-<} (@code{mh-first-msg}) and @kbd{M->}
-(@code{mh-last-msg}) respectively.
+In order to incorporate @file{~/mail/mh-e} into @samp{+mh-e} with an
address@hidden m} (@code{mh-inc-spool-mh-e}) command, customize this option,
+and click on the @samp{INS} button. Enter a @samp{Spool File} of
address@hidden/mail/mh-e}, a @samp{Folder} of @samp{mh-e}, and a @samp{Key
+Binding} of @samp{m}.
+
address@hidden @command{emacsclient}
address@hidden @command{gnuclient}
address@hidden @command{xbuffy}
address@hidden @samp{gnuserv}
address@hidden Unix commands, @command{emacsclient}
address@hidden Unix commands, @command{gnuclient}
address@hidden Unix commands, @command{xbuffy}
address@hidden MH-Folder mode
address@hidden modes, MH-Folder
+You can use @command{xbuffy} to automate the incorporation of this
+mail using the Emacs 22 command @command{emacsclient} as follows:
-You can also use the Emacs commands @kbd{C-p} (@code{previous-line}) and
address@hidden (@code{next-line}) to move up and down the scan lines in the
-MH-Folder window. These commands can be used in conjunction with
address@hidden to look at deleted or refiled messages.
address@hidden
+box ~/mail/mh-e
+ title mh-e
+ origMode
+ polltime 10
+ headertime 0
+ command emacsclient --eval '(mh-inc-spool-mh-e)'
address@hidden smallexample
address@hidden MH-Folder mode
address@hidden modes, MH-Folder
address@hidden MH-Folder Show mode
address@hidden modes, MH-Folder Show
address@hidden junk mail
address@hidden @code{mh-toggle-showing}
+In XEmacs, the command @command{gnuclient} is used in a similar
+fashion.
-The command @kbd{t} (@code{mh-toggle-showing}) switches between
-MH-Folder mode and MH-Folder Show mode. @footnote{For you Emacs
-wizards, this is implemented as an Emacs minor mode.} MH-Folder mode
-turns off the associated show buffer so that you can perform operations
-on the messages quickly without reading them. This is an excellent way
-to prune out your junk mail or to refile a group of messages to another
-folder for later examination.
+You can set the hook @code{mh-inc-folder-hook}, which is called after
+new mail is incorporated by the @kbd{i} (@code{mh-inc-folder})
+command. A good use of this hook is to rescan the whole folder either
+after running @kbd{M-x mh-rmail} the first time or when you've changed
+the message numbers from outside of MH-E.
+
address@hidden mh-execute-commands
address@hidden mh-rescan-folder, example
address@hidden mh-show, example
address@hidden mh-inc-folder-hook, example
address@hidden Sending Mail, Draft Editing, Reading Mail, Using mh-e
address@hidden Sending Mail
address@hidden
address@hidden
+(defun my-mh-inc-folder-hook ()
+ "Hook to rescan folder after incorporating mail."
+ (if (buffer-modified-p) ; @r{if outstanding refiles and deletes,}
+ (mh-execute-commands)) ; @r{carry them out}
+ (mh-rescan-folder) ; @r{synchronize with +inbox}
+ (mh-show)) ; @r{show the current message}
address@hidden sending mail
address@hidden @code{mh-smail}
+(add-hook 'mh-inc-folder-hook 'my-mh-inc-folder-hook)
-You can send a mail message in several ways. You can call @kbd{M-x
-mh-smail} directly, or from the command line like this:
address@hidden folder after incorporating new mail via mh-inc-folder-hook}
address@hidden starting from command line
address@hidden group
address@hidden smalllisp
address@hidden
-% @kbd{emacs -f mh-smail}
address@hidden example
address@hidden Reading Mail, Folders, Incorporating Mail, Top
address@hidden Reading Your Mail
-From within mh-e's MH-Folder mode, other methods of sending mail
-are available as well:
address@hidden MH-Folder mode
address@hidden MH-Show mode
address@hidden modes, MH-Folder
address@hidden modes, MH-Show
address@hidden reading mail
address@hidden scan lines
address@hidden mh-rmail
address@hidden @kbd
address@hidden m
-Compose a message (@code{mh-send}).
+The MH-E entry point for reading mail is @kbd{M-x mh-rmail}. This
+command incorporates your mail and creates a buffer called
address@hidden in MH-Folder mode. The command @kbd{M-x mh-rmail} shows
+you only new mail, not mail you have already address@hidden you want
+to see your old mail as well, use @kbd{F r} to pull all your messages
+into MH-E. Or, give a prefix argument to @code{mh-rmail} so it will
+prompt you for folder to visit like @kbd{F v} (for example, @kbd{C-u
+M-x mh-rmail @key{RET} bob @key{RET}}). @xref{Folders}.}.
+
+The @samp{+inbox} buffer contains @dfn{scan lines}, which are one-line
+summaries of each incorporated message. You can perform most MH
+commands on these messages via one- or two-letter commands in either
+the MH-Folder or MH-Show buffers or by using the @samp{Message} menu.
+See @command{scan}(1) for a description of the contents of the scan
+lines, and see the Figure in @ref{Reading Mail Tour}, for an example.
address@hidden r
-Reply to a message (@code{mh-reply}).
address@hidden @kbd
address@hidden ?
address@hidden mh-help
address@hidden ?
+Display cheat sheet for the MH-E commands (@code{mh-help}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Message > Show Message} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Message > Show Message}
address@hidden @key{RET}
address@hidden mh-show
address@hidden @key{RET}
+Display message (@code{mh-show}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Message > Show Message with Header} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Message > Show Message with Header}
address@hidden , (comma)
address@hidden mh-header-display
address@hidden , (comma)
+Display message with all header fields (@code{mh-header-display}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden ; (semicolon)
address@hidden mh-toggle-mh-decode-mime-flag
address@hidden ; (semicolon)
+Toggle the value of @code{mh-decode-mime-flag}
+(@code{mh-toggle-mh-decode-mime-flag}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @key{SPC}
address@hidden mh-page-msg
address@hidden @key{SPC}
+Display next page in message (@code{mh-page-msg}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @key{BS}
address@hidden mh-previous-page
address@hidden @key{BS}
+Display previous page in message (@code{mh-previous-page}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Message > Write Message to File...} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Message > Write Message to File...}
address@hidden >
address@hidden mh-write-msg-to-file
address@hidden >
+Append message to end of file (@code{mh-write-msg-to-file}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Message > Pipe Message to Command...} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Message > Pipe Message to Command...}
address@hidden |
address@hidden mh-pipe-msg
address@hidden |
+Pipe message through shell command (@code{mh-pipe-msg}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden C-d
address@hidden mh-delete-msg-no-motion
address@hidden C-d
+Delete range, don't move to next message
+(@code{mh-delete-msg-no-motion}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Message > Delete Message} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Message > Delete Message}
address@hidden d
address@hidden mh-delete-msg
address@hidden d
+Delete range (@code{mh-delete-msg}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden D ?
address@hidden mh-prefix-help
address@hidden D ?
+Display cheat sheet for the commands of the current prefix in
+minibuffer (@code{mh-prefix-help}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden D @key{SPC}
address@hidden mh-page-digest
address@hidden D @key{SPC}
+Display next message in digest (@code{mh-page-digest}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden D @key{BS}
address@hidden mh-page-digest-backwards
address@hidden D @key{BS}
+Display previous message in digest (@code{mh-page-digest-backwards}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Message > Burst Digest Message} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Message > Burst Digest Message}
address@hidden D b
address@hidden mh-burst-digest
address@hidden D b
+Break up digest into separate messages (@code{mh-burst-digest}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Message > Go to Message by Number...} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Message > Go to Message by Number...}
address@hidden g
address@hidden mh-goto-msg
address@hidden g
+Go to a message (@code{mh-goto-msg}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden k
address@hidden mh-delete-subject-or-thread
address@hidden k
+Delete messages with same subject or thread
+(@code{mh-delete-subject-or-thread}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden K ?
address@hidden mh-prefix-help
address@hidden K ?
+Display cheat sheet for the commands of the current prefix in
+minibuffer (@code{mh-prefix-help}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden K @key{TAB}
address@hidden mh-next-button
address@hidden K @key{TAB}
+Go to the next button (@code{mh-next-button}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden K address@hidden
address@hidden mh-prev-button
address@hidden K address@hidden
+Go to the previous button (@code{mh-prev-button}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden K a
address@hidden mh-mime-save-parts
address@hidden K a
+Save attachments (@code{mh-mime-save-parts}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden K e
address@hidden mh-display-with-external-viewer
address@hidden K e
+View attachment externally (@code{mh-display-with-external-viewer}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden K i
address@hidden mh-folder-inline-mime-part
address@hidden K i
+Show attachment verbatim (@code{mh-folder-inline-mime-part}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden K o
address@hidden mh-folder-save-mime-part
address@hidden K o
+Save (output) attachment (@code{mh-folder-save-mime-part}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden K t
address@hidden mh-toggle-mime-buttons
address@hidden K t
+Toggle option @code{mh-display-buttons-for-inline-parts-flag}
+(@code{mh-toggle-mime-buttons}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden K v
address@hidden mh-folder-toggle-mime-part
address@hidden K v
+View attachment (@code{mh-folder-toggle-mime-part}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Message > Modify Message} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Message > Modify Message}
address@hidden M
address@hidden mh-modify
address@hidden M
+Edit message (@code{mh-modify}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Message > Go to First Message} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Message > Go to First Message}
address@hidden M-<
address@hidden mh-first-msg
address@hidden M-<
+Display first message (@code{mh-first-msg}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Message > Go to Last Message} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Message > Go to Last Message}
address@hidden M->
address@hidden mh-last-msg
address@hidden M->
+Display last message (@code{mh-last-msg}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden M-n
address@hidden mh-next-unread-msg
address@hidden M-n
+Display next unread message (@code{mh-next-unread-msg}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden M-p
address@hidden mh-previous-unread-msg
address@hidden M-p
+Display previous unread message (@code{mh-previous-unread-msg}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Message > Next Message} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Message > Next Message}
address@hidden n
address@hidden mh-next-undeleted-msg
address@hidden n
+Display next message (@code{mh-next-undeleted-msg}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Message > Previous Message} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Message > Previous Message}
address@hidden p
address@hidden mh-previous-undeleted-msg
address@hidden p
+Display previous message (@code{mh-previous-undeleted-msg}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden P ?
address@hidden mh-prefix-help
address@hidden P ?
+Display cheat sheet for the commands of the current prefix in
+minibuffer (@code{mh-prefix-help}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden P C
address@hidden mh-ps-print-toggle-color
address@hidden P C
+Toggle whether color is used in printing messages
+(@code{mh-ps-print-toggle-color}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden P F
address@hidden mh-ps-print-toggle-faces
address@hidden P F
+Toggle whether printing is done with faces or not
+(@code{mh-ps-print-toggle-faces}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden P f
address@hidden mh-ps-print-msg-file
address@hidden P f
+Print range to file (@code{mh-ps-print-msg-file}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Message > Print Message} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Message > Print Message}
address@hidden P l
address@hidden mh-print-msg
address@hidden P l
+Print range the old fashioned way
+(@code{mh-print-msg}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden P p
address@hidden mh-ps-print-msg
address@hidden P p
+Print range (@code{mh-ps-print-msg}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden X ?
address@hidden mh-prefix-help
address@hidden X ?
+Display cheat sheet for the commands of the current prefix in
+minibuffer (@code{mh-prefix-help}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Message > Unpack Uuencoded Message...} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Message > Unpack Uuencoded Message...}
address@hidden X s
address@hidden X u
address@hidden mh-store-msg
address@hidden X s
address@hidden X u
+Unpack message created with @command{uudecode} or @command{shar}
+(@code{mh-store-msg}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden Mouse-2
address@hidden mh-show-mouse
address@hidden Mouse-2
+Move point to mouse event and show message (@code{mh-show-mouse}).
address@hidden table
address@hidden f
-Forward message(s) (@code{mh-forward}).
+Within the MH-Show buffer, the following command is defined.
address@hidden M-d
-Redistribute a message (@code{mh-redistribute}).
address@hidden @kbd
address@hidden @key{RET}
address@hidden Mouse-1
address@hidden Mouse-2
address@hidden mh-press-button
address@hidden @key{RET}
address@hidden Mouse-1
address@hidden Mouse-2
+View contents of button (@code{mh-press-button}).
address@hidden table
address@hidden M-e
-Edit a message that was bounced by mailer (@code{mh-extract-rejected-mail}).
address@hidden @samp{mh-show} customization group
address@hidden customization group, @samp{mh-show}
address@hidden M-a
-Edit a message to send it again (@code{mh-edit-again}).
address@hidden table
+The following table lists options in the @samp{mh-show} customization
+group that are used while reading mail.
address@hidden MH-Folder mode
address@hidden modes, MH-Folder
address@hidden MH-Letter mode
address@hidden modes, MH-Letter
address@hidden @code{mh-send}
address@hidden @code
address@hidden mh-bury-show-buffer-flag
+On means show buffer is buried (default: @samp{on}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-clean-message-header-flag
+On means remove extraneous header fields (default: @samp{on}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-decode-mime-flag
+On means attachments are handled (default: @samp{on} if the Gnus
address@hidden package is present).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-display-buttons-for-alternatives-flag
+On means display buttons for all alternative attachments (default:
address@hidden).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-display-buttons-for-inline-parts-flag
+On means display buttons for all inline attachments (default:
address@hidden).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-do-not-confirm-flag
+On means non-reversible commands do not prompt for confirmation
+(default: @samp{off}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-fetch-x-image-url
+Control fetching of @samp{X-Image-URL:} header field image (default:
address@hidden Fetch}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-graphical-smileys-flag
+On means graphical smileys are displayed (default: @samp{on}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-graphical-emphasis-flag
+On means graphical emphasis is displayed (default: @samp{on}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-highlight-citation-style
+Style for highlighting citations (default: @samp{Multicolor}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-invisible-header-fields-default
+List of hidden header fields (default: a checklist too long to list
+here).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-invisible-header-fields
+Additional header fields to hide (default: @code{nil}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-lpr-command-format
+Command used to print (default: @samp{"lpr -J '%s'"}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-max-inline-image-height
+Maximum inline image height if \"Content-Disposition:\" is not
+present (default: 0).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-max-inline-image-width
+Maximum inline image width if \"Content-Disposition:\" is not
+present(default: 0).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-mhl-format-file
+Specifies the format file to pass to the @command{mhl} program
+(default: @samp{Use Default mhl Format (Printing Only)}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-mime-save-parts-default-directory
+Default directory to use for @kbd{K a}.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-print-background-flag
+On means messages should be printed in the background (default:
address@hidden).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-show-maximum-size
+Maximum size of message (in bytes) to display automatically (default:
+0).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-show-use-xface-flag
+On means display face images in MH-Show buffers (default: @code{on}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-store-default-directory
+Default directory for @kbd{X s} (default: @samp{Current}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-summary-height
+Number of lines in MH-Folder buffer (including the mode line)
+(default: depends on size of frame).
address@hidden vtable
-From within a MH-Folder buffer, you can simply use the command @kbd{m}
-(@code{mh-send}). However you invoke @code{mh-send}, you are prompted
-for the @samp{To:}, @samp{cc:}, and @samp{Subject:} header fields. Once
-you've specified the recipients and subject, your message appears in an
-Emacs buffer whose mode is MH-Letter (see the Figure in @ref{Sending
-Mail} to see what the buffer looks like). MH-Letter mode allows you to
-edit your message, to check the validity of the recipients, to insert
-other messages into your message, and to send the message. We'll go
-more into depth about editing a @dfn{draft} @footnote{I highly recommend
-that you use a @dfn{draft folder} so that you can edit several drafts in
-parallel. To do so, create a folder (e.g., @file{+drafts}), and add a
-profile component called @samp{Draft-Folder:} which contains
address@hidden (see @code{mh-profile}(5)).} (a message you're composing)
-in just a moment.
-
address@hidden @code{mh-smail}
address@hidden @code{mh-smail-other-window}
-
address@hidden always creates a two-window layout with the current
-buffer on top and the draft on the bottom. If you would rather preserve
-the window layout, use @kbd{M-x mh-smail-other-window}.
+The following hooks are available.
address@hidden
-* Replying::
-* Forwarding::
-* Redistributing::
-* Old Drafts::
address@hidden @code
address@hidden mh-delete-msg-hook
+Hook run after marking each message for deletion (default: @code{nil}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-show-hook
+Hook run after @key{RET} shows a message (default: @code{nil}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-show-mode-hook
+Hook run upon entry to @code{mh-show-mode} (default: @code{nil}).
address@hidden vtable
+
+The following faces are available.
+
address@hidden @code
address@hidden mh-show-cc
+Face used to highlight @samp{cc:} header fields.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-show-date
+Face used to highlight @samp{Date:} header fields.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-show-from
+Face used to highlight @samp{From:} header fields.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-show-header
+Face used to deemphasize less interesting header fields.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-show-pgg-bad
+Bad PGG signature face.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-show-pgg-good
+Good PGG signature face.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-show-pgg-unknown
+Unknown or untrusted PGG signature face.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-show-signature
+Signature face.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-show-subject
+Face used to highlight @samp{Subject:} header fields.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-show-to
+Face used to highlight @samp{To:} header fields.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-show-xface
+X-Face image face.
address@hidden vtable
+
+The functions and variables introduced here are explained in more
+detail in the following sections.
+
address@hidden
+* Viewing::
+* Viewing Attachments::
+* HTML::
+* Digests::
+* Reading PGP::
+* Printing::
+* Files and Pipes::
+* Navigating::
+* Miscellaneous Commands and Options::
@end menu
address@hidden Replying, Forwarding, Sending Mail, Sending Mail
address@hidden Replying to Mail
address@hidden Viewing, Viewing Attachments, Reading Mail, Reading Mail
address@hidden Viewing Your Mail
address@hidden replying
address@hidden @code{mhl}
address@hidden MH commands, @code{mhl}
address@hidden @file{mhl.reply}
address@hidden files, @file{mhl.reply}
address@hidden @code{mh-reply}
address@hidden mh-header-display
address@hidden mh-page-msg
address@hidden mh-previous-page
address@hidden mh-show
address@hidden mh-show-mouse
address@hidden , (comma)
address@hidden . (period)
address@hidden @key{BS}
address@hidden @key{RET}
address@hidden @key{SPC}
address@hidden Mouse-2
+
+The command @key{RET} (@code{mh-show}) displays the message that the
+cursor is on while @kbd{Mouse-2} (@code{mh-show-mouse}) displays the
+message that the mouse cursor is on. If the message is already
+displayed, it scrolls to the beginning of the message. Use @key{SPC}
+(@code{mh-page-msg}) and @key{BS} (@code{mh-previous-page}) to move
+forwards and backwards one page at a time through the message. You can
+give either of these commands a prefix argument that specifies the
+number of lines to scroll (such as @kbd{10 @key{SPC}}). The @key{SPC}
+command will also show the next undeleted message if it is used at the
+bottom of a message. MH-E normally hides a lot of the superfluous
+header fields that mailers add to a message, but if you wish to see
+all of them, use the command @kbd{,} (comma;
address@hidden).
+
+The option @code{mh-show-maximum-size} provides an opportunity to skip
+over large messages which may be slow to load. The default value of 0
+means that all message are shown regardless of size.
+
+A litany of options control what displayed messages look like.
+
address@hidden mh-show-cc
address@hidden mh-show-date
address@hidden mh-show-from
address@hidden mh-show-header
address@hidden mh-show-subject
address@hidden mh-show-to
+
+First, the appearance of the header fields can be modified by
+customizing the associated face: @code{mh-show-to}, @code{mh-show-cc},
address@hidden, @code{mh-show-date}, and @code{mh-show-subject}.
+The face @code{mh-show-header} is used to deemphasize the other, less
+interesting, header fields.
+
address@hidden regular expressions, @code{mh-invisible-header-fields}
address@hidden mh-clean-message-header-flag
address@hidden mh-invisible-header-fields-default
address@hidden mh-invisible-header-fields
+
+Normally messages are delivered with a handful of uninteresting header
+fields. These are hidden by turning on the option
address@hidden (which it is by default). The
+header fields listed in the option
address@hidden are hidden, although you can
+check off any field that you would like to see. Header fields that you
+would like to hide that aren't listed can be added to the option
address@hidden with a couple of caveats. Regular
+expressions are not allowed. Unique fields should have a @samp{:}
+suffix; otherwise, the element can be used to render invisible an
+entire class of fields that start with the same prefix. If you think a
+header field should be generally ignored, report a bug (@pxref{Bug
+Reports}).
+
address@hidden @samp{Face:} header field
address@hidden @samp{X-Face:} header field
address@hidden @samp{X-Image-URL:} header field
address@hidden header field, @samp{Face:}
address@hidden header field, @samp{X-Face:}
address@hidden header field, @samp{X-Image-URL:}
address@hidden mh-show-use-xface-flag
+
+MH-E can display the content of @samp{Face:}, @samp{X-Face:}, and
address@hidden:} header fields. If any of these fields occur in the
+header of your message, the sender's face will appear in the
address@hidden:} header field. If more than one of these fields appear,
+then the first field found in the order @samp{Face:}, @samp{X-Face:},
+and @samp{X-Image-URL:} will be used. The option
address@hidden is used to turn this feature on and off.
+This feature will be turned on by default if your system supports it.
+
+The first header field used, if present, is the Gnus-specific
address@hidden:} address@hidden @samp{Face:} field appeared in GNU
+Emacs 21 and XEmacs. For more information, see
address@hidden://quimby.gnus.org/circus/face/}.}.
+
address@hidden @command{uncompface}
address@hidden Emacs, packages, x-face
address@hidden Unix commands, @command{uncompface}
address@hidden x-face package
address@hidden mh-show-xface
+
+Next is the traditional @samp{X-Face:} header address@hidden
+display of this field requires the
address@hidden://ftp.cs.indiana.edu/pub/faces/compface/compface.tar.Z,
address@hidden program}. Recent versions of XEmacs have internal
+support for @samp{X-Face:} images. If your version of XEmacs does not,
+then you'll need both @command{uncompface} and the
address@hidden://ftp.jpl.org/pub/elisp/, @samp{x-face} package}.}. MH-E
+renders the foreground and background of the image using the
+associated attributes of the face @code{mh-show-xface}.
+
address@hidden @command{convert}
address@hidden @command{wget}
address@hidden ImageMagick
address@hidden Unix commands, @command{convert}
address@hidden Unix commands, @command{wget}
address@hidden mh-fetch-x-image-url
+
+Finally, MH-E will display images referenced by the
address@hidden:} header field if neither the @samp{Face:} nor the
address@hidden:} fields are address@hidden display of the images
+requires the @uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/wget.html,
address@hidden program} to fetch the image and the @command{convert}
+program from the @uref{http://www.imagemagick.org/, ImageMagick
+suite}.}. Of the three header fields this is the most efficient in
+terms of network usage since the image doesn't need to be transmitted
+with every single mail. The option @code{mh-fetch-x-image-url}
+controls the fetching of the @samp{X-Image-URL:} header field image
+with the following values:
+
address@hidden @samp
address@hidden Ask Before Fetching
+You are prompted before the image is fetched. MH-E will remember your
+reply and will either use the already fetched image the next time the
+same URL is encountered or silently skip it if you didn't fetch it the
+first time. This is a good setting.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden Never Fetch
+Images are never fetched and only displayed if they are already
+present in the cache. This is the default.
address@hidden table
-To compose a reply to a message, use the @kbd{r} (@code{mh-reply})
-command. If you supply a prefix argument (as in @kbd{C-u r}), the
-message you are replying to is inserted in your reply after having first
-been run through @code{mhl} with the format file @file{mhl.reply}. See
address@hidden(1) to see how you can modify the default @file{mhl.reply}
+There isn't a value of @samp{Always Fetch} for privacy and DOS (denial
+of service) reasons. For example, fetching a URL can tip off a spammer
+that you've read his email (which is why you shouldn't blindly answer
+yes if you've set this option to @samp{Ask Before Fetching}). Someone
+may also flood your network and fill your disk drive by sending a
+torrent of messages, each specifying a unique URL to a very large
file.
-When you reply to a message, you are first prompted with @samp{Reply to
-whom?}. You have several choices here.
address@hidden @file{.mhe-x-image-cache}
address@hidden files, @file{.mhe-x-image-cache}
+
+The cache of images is found in the directory
address@hidden within your MH directory. You can add your
+own face to the @samp{From:} field too. @xref{Picture}.
+
address@hidden @command{mhl}
address@hidden MH commands, @command{mhl}
address@hidden mh-mhl-format-file
+
+Normally MH-E takes care of displaying messages itself (rather than
+calling an MH program to do the work). If you'd rather have
address@hidden display the message (within MH-E), change the option
address@hidden from its default value of @samp{Use Default
+mhl Format (Printing Only)}. You can set this option to @samp{Use
+Default mhl Format} to get the same output as you would get if you ran
address@hidden from the shell. If you have a format file that you want
+MH-E to use, you can set this option to @samp{Specify an mhl Format
+File} and enter the name of your format file (@command{mhl}(1) or
+section @address@hidden/shomes.htm#Usisho, Using mhl} in
+the MH book tells you how to write one). Your format file should
+specify a non-zero value for @samp{overflowoffset} to allow MH-E to
+parse the header. Note that @command{mhl} is always used for printing
+and forwarding; in this case, the value of @code{mh-mhl-format-file}
+is consulted if you have specified a format file.
+
address@hidden mh-highlight-citation-style
address@hidden citations, highlighting
address@hidden highlighting citations
+
+If the sender of the message has cited other messages in his message,
+then MH-E will highlight these citations to emphasize the sender's
+actual response. The option @code{mh-highlight-citation-style} can be
+customized to change the highlighting style. The @samp{Multicolor}
+method uses a different color for each indentation while the
address@hidden method highlights all citations in red. To disable
+highlighting of citations entirely, choose @samp{None}.
+
address@hidden URLs, highlighting
address@hidden email addresses, highlighting
address@hidden highlighting URLs
address@hidden highlighting email addresses
address@hidden links, following
address@hidden goto-address-at-point
address@hidden C-c @key{RET}
address@hidden Mouse-2
address@hidden goto-address-highlight-p
+
+Email addresses and URLs in the message are highlighted if the option
address@hidden is on, which it is by default. To view
+the web page for a highlighted URL or to send a message using a
+highlighted email address, use @kbd{Mouse-2} or @kbd{C-c @key{RET}}.
+See @ref{Sending Mail}, to see how to configure Emacs to send the
+message using MH-E.
+
address@hidden boldface, showing
address@hidden emphasis
address@hidden italics, showing
address@hidden smileys
address@hidden typesetting
address@hidden underline, showing
address@hidden gnus-emphasis-alist
address@hidden mh-decode-mime-flag
address@hidden mh-graphical-emphasis-flag
address@hidden mh-graphical-smileys-flag
+
+It is a long standing custom to inject body language using a
+cornucopia of punctuation, also known as the @dfn{smileys}. MH-E can
+render these as graphical widgets if the option
address@hidden is turned on, which it is by default.
+Smileys include patterns such as :-) and ;-). Similarly, a few
+typesetting features are indicated in ASCII text with certain
+characters. If your terminal supports it, MH-E can render these
+typesetting directives naturally if the option
address@hidden is turned on, which it is by
+default. For example, _underline_ will be
address@hidden
address@hidden
+<u>underlined</u>,
address@hidden html
address@hidden ifhtml
address@hidden
+underlined,
address@hidden ifnothtml
+*bold* will appear in @b{bold}, /italics/ will appear in @i{italics},
+and so on. See the option @code{gnus-emphasis-alist} for the whole
+list. Both of these options are disabled if the option
address@hidden is turned off. @xref{Viewing Attachments}.
+
address@hidden signature separator
address@hidden vCard
address@hidden mh-show-signature
+
+MH-E normally renders signatures and vCards in italics so that the
+body of the message stands out more. MH-E depends on the presence of
+the @dfn{signature separator} (@samp{"-- "}) to do this. You can also
+customize the face @code{mh-show-signature} so the appearance of the
+signature block is more to your liking.
+
address@hidden mh-show-hook
address@hidden mh-show-mode-hook
+
+Two hooks can be used to control how messages are displayed. The first
+hook, @code{mh-show-mode-hook}, is called early on in the process of
+the message display. It is usually used to perform some action on the
+message's content. The second hook, @code{mh-show-hook}, is the last
+thing called after messages are displayed. It's used to affect the
+behavior of MH-E in general or when @code{mh-show-mode-hook} is too
+early.
+
address@hidden mh-show-buffer-mode-line-buffer-id
address@hidden MH-Show mode
address@hidden modes, MH-Show
+
+For those who like to modify their mode lines, use
address@hidden to modify the mode line in
+the MH-Show buffers. Place the two escape strings @samp{%s} and
address@hidden, which will display the folder name and the message number,
+respectively, somewhere in the string in that order. The default value
+of @samp{"@address@hidden %d"} yields a mode line of
+
address@hidden
address@hidden@} 4 (MH-Show)--Bot--------------------------------
address@hidden smallexample
+
address@hidden Viewing Attachments, HTML, Viewing, Reading Mail
address@hidden Viewing Attachments
+
address@hidden @command{mhshow}
address@hidden @command{show}
address@hidden MH commands, @command{mhshow}
address@hidden MH commands, @command{show}
address@hidden MIME
address@hidden attachments
address@hidden body parts
address@hidden multimedia mail
+
+MH has the ability to display @address@hidden (Multipurpose Internet
+Mail Extensions) messages which are simply messages with additional
address@hidden parts} or @dfn{attachments}. You can use the MH commands
address@hidden@footnote{See the section
address@hidden@value{MH-BOOK-HOME}/reapre.htm, Reading Mail: inc show next
+prev} in the MH book.} or @address@hidden the section
address@hidden@value{MH-BOOK-HOME}/usimim.htm#ReMIMa, Reading MIME Mail} in
+the MH book.} from the shell to read @sc{mime} address@hidden
+can call them directly from Emacs if you're running the X Window
+System: type @kbd{M-! xterm -e mhshow @var{message-number}}. You can
+leave out the @samp{xterm -e} if you use @command{mhlist} or
address@hidden
+
address@hidden Emacs, packages, mm-decode
address@hidden mm-decode package
address@hidden mh-toggle-mh-decode-mime-flag
address@hidden ; (semicolon)
address@hidden mh-decode-mime-flag
+
+MH-E can handle attachments as well if the Gnus @samp{mm-decode}
+package is present. If so, the option @code{mh-decode-mime-flag} will
+be on. Otherwise, you'll see the @sc{mime} body parts rather than text
+or attachments. There isn't much point in turning off the option
address@hidden; however, you can inspect it if it appears
+that the body parts are not being interpreted correctly or toggle it
+with the command @kbd{;} (semicolon;
address@hidden) to view the raw message. This
+option also controls the display of quoted-printable messages and
+other graphical widgets. @xref{Viewing}.
+
address@hidden buttons
address@hidden Mouse-1
address@hidden Mouse-2
address@hidden @key{RET}
address@hidden mh-press-button
address@hidden mh-next-button
address@hidden mh-prev-button
address@hidden K @key{TAB}
address@hidden K address@hidden
+
+Attachments in MH-E are indicated by buttons like this:
+
address@hidden
+[1. image/jpeg; foo.jpg]...
address@hidden example
+
+To view the contents of the button, use either @kbd{Mouse-1} or
address@hidden on the button or @key{RET} (@code{mh-press-button}) when
+the cursor is over the button. This command is a toggle so if you use
+it again on the same attachment, it is hidden. If Emacs does not know
+how to display the attachment, then Emacs offers to save the
+attachment in a file. To move the cursor to the next button, use the
+command @kbd{K @key{TAB}} (@code{mh-next-button}). If the end of the
+buffer is reached then the search wraps over to the start of the
+buffer. To move the cursor to the previous button, use the command
address@hidden address@hidden (@code{mh-prev-button}). If the beginning of the
+buffer is reached then the search wraps over to the end of the buffer.
+
address@hidden attachments, viewing
address@hidden viewing attachments
address@hidden mh-folder-toggle-mime-part
address@hidden K v
+
+Another way to view the contents of a button is to use the command
address@hidden v} (@code{mh-folder-toggle-mime-part}). This command displays
+(or hides) the attachment associated with the button under the cursor.
+If the cursor is not located over a button, then the cursor first
+moves to the next button, wrapping to the beginning of the message if
+necessary. This command has the advantage over the previous commands
+of working from the MH-Folder buffer. You can also provide a numeric
+prefix argument (as in @kbd{4 K v}) to view the attachment labeled
+with that number. If Emacs does not know how to display the
+attachment, then Emacs offers to save the attachment in a file.
+
address@hidden @file{/etc/mailcap}
address@hidden files, @file{/etc/mailcap}
address@hidden mailcap-mime-info
address@hidden mh-display-with-external-viewer
address@hidden K e
+
+If Emacs does not know how to view an attachment, you could save it
+into a file and then run some program to open it. It is easier,
+however, to launch the program directly from MH-E with the command
address@hidden e} (@code{mh-display-with-external-viewer}). While you'll most
+likely use this to view spreadsheets and documents, it is also useful
+to use your browser to view HTML attachments with higher fidelity than
+what Emacs can provide. This command displays the attachment
+associated with the button under the cursor. If the cursor is not
+located over a button, then the cursor first moves to the next button,
+wrapping to the beginning of the message if necessary. You can provide
+a numeric prefix argument (as in @kbd{4 K e}) to view the attachment
+labeled with that number. This command tries to provide a reasonable
+default for the viewer by calling the Emacs function
address@hidden This function usually reads the file
address@hidden/etc/mailcap}.
+
address@hidden attachments, saving
address@hidden saving attachments
+
address@hidden mh-folder-save-mime-part
address@hidden K o
+
+Use the command @kbd{K o} (@code{mh-folder-save-mime-part}) to save
+attachments (the mnemonic is ``output''). This command saves the
+attachment associated with the button under the cursor. If the cursor
+is not located over a button, then the cursor first moves to the next
+button, wrapping to the beginning of the message if necessary. You can
+also provide a numeric prefix argument (as in @kbd{3 K o}) to save the
+attachment labeled with that number. This command prompts you for a
+filename and suggests a specific name if it is available.
+
address@hidden @command{mhn}
address@hidden @command{mhstore}
address@hidden MH commands, @command{mhn}
address@hidden MH commands, @command{mhstore}
address@hidden mh-mime-save-parts
address@hidden K a
address@hidden mh-mime-save-parts-default-directory
+
+You can save all of the attachments at once with the command @kbd{K a}
+(@code{mh-mime-save-parts}). The attachments are saved in the
+directory specified by the option
address@hidden unless you use a prefix
+argument (as in @kbd{C-u K a}) in which case you are prompted for the
+directory. These directories may be superseded by MH profile
+components, since this function calls on @command{mhstore}
+(@command{mhn}) to do the work.
+
+The default value for the option
address@hidden is @samp{Prompt Always} so
+that you are always prompted for the directory in which to save the
+attachments. However, if you usually use the same directory within a
+session, then you can set this option to @samp{Prompt the First Time}
+to avoid the prompt each time. you can make this directory permanent
+by choosing @samp{Directory} and entering the directory's name.
+
address@hidden attachments, inline
address@hidden inline attachments
address@hidden mh-toggle-mime-buttons
address@hidden K t
address@hidden mh-display-buttons-for-inline-parts-flag
+
+The sender can request that attachments should be viewed inline so
+that they do not really appear like an attachment at all to the
+reader. Most of the time, this is desirable, so by default MH-E
+suppresses the buttons for inline attachments. On the other hand, you
+may receive code or HTML which the sender has added to his message as
+inline attachments so that you can read them in MH-E. In this case, it
+is useful to see the buttons so that you know you don't have to cut
+and paste the code into a file; you can simply save the attachment. If
+you want to make the buttons visible for inline attachments, you can
+use the command @kbd{K t} (@code{mh-toggle-mime-buttons}) to toggle
+the visibility of these buttons. You can turn on these buttons
+permanently by turning on the option
address@hidden
+
+MH-E cannot display all attachments inline however. It can display
+text (including @sc{html}) and images.
+
address@hidden @samp{Content-Disposition:} header field
address@hidden header field, @samp{Content-Disposition:}
address@hidden inline images
address@hidden mh-max-inline-image-height
address@hidden mh-max-inline-image-width
+
+Some older mail programs do not insert the needed
address@hidden plumbing is the @samp{Content-Disposition:}
+header field.} to tell MH-E whether to display the attachments inline
+or not. If this is the case, MH-E will display these images inline if
+they are smaller than the window. However, you might want to allow
+larger images to be displayed inline. To do this, you can change the
+options @code{mh-max-inline-image-width} and
address@hidden from their default value of zero to
+a large number. The size of your screen is a good choice for these
+numbers.
+
address@hidden alternatives
address@hidden attachments, alternatives
address@hidden mh-display-buttons-for-alternatives-flag
+
+Sometimes, a mail program will produce multiple alternatives of an
+attachment in increasing degree of faithfulness to the original
+content. By default, only the preferred alternative is displayed. If
+the option @code{mh-display-buttons-for-alternatives-flag} is on, then
+the preferred part is shown inline and buttons are shown for each of
+the other alternatives.
+
address@hidden K i
address@hidden mh-folder-inline-mime-part
+
+You can view the raw contents of an attachment with the command @kbd{K
+i} (@code{mh-folder-inline-mime-part}). This command displays (or
+hides) the contents of the attachment associated with the button under
+the cursor verbatim. If the cursor is not located over a button, then
+the cursor first moves to the next button, wrapping to the beginning
+of the message if necessary. You can also provide a numeric prefix
+argument (as in @kbd{4 K i}) to view the attachment labeled with that
+number.
+
+For additional information on buttons, see
address@hidden
address@hidden Buttons,,,gnus}, and @ref{MIME Commands,,,gnus}.
address@hidden ifinfo
address@hidden
+the chapters @uref{http://www.gnus.org/manual/gnus_101.html#SEC101,
+Article Buttons} and
address@hidden://www.gnus.org/manual/gnus_108.html#SEC108, MIME Commands}
+in the @cite{The Gnus Manual}.
address@hidden ifnotinfo
+
address@hidden HTML, Digests, Viewing Attachments, Reading Mail
address@hidden HTML
+
address@hidden HTML
address@hidden Gnus
address@hidden mm-text-html-renderer
+
+MH-E can display messages that have been sent in address@hidden
+feature depends on a version of Gnus that is at least 5.10.}. The
+content of the message will appear in the MH-Show buffer as you would
+expect if the entire message is HTML, or there is an inline HTML body
+part. However, if there is an HTML body part that is an attachment,
+then you'll see a button like this:
@example
+[1. text/html; foo.html]...
address@hidden example
+
+See @ref{Viewing Attachments} to see how to read the contents of this
+body part.
+
+The browser that MH-E uses is determined by the option
address@hidden The default setting is set automatically
+based upon the presence of a known browser on your system. If you wish
+to use a different browser, then set this option accordingly. See the
+documentation for the browser you use for additional information on
+how to use it. In particular, find and disable the option to render
+images as this can tip off spammers that the email address they have
+used is valid.
+
+If you're confused about which @code{mm-text-html-renderer} to use,
+here's a brief description of each, sorted by popularity, that
+includes the results of a quick poll of MH-E users from 2005-12-23.
+
address@hidden @asis
+
address@hidden @samp{w3m} 7
+The @samp{w3m} browser requires an external program. It's quick,
+produces pretty nice output, and best of all, it's the only browser
+that highlights links. These can be clicked with @kbd{Mouse-2} to view
+the content of the link in @samp{w3m} or with @kbd{S-Mouse-2} to view
+the content of the link in an external browser. The @samp{w3m} browser
+handles tables well and actually respects the table's width parameter
+(which can cause text to wrap if the author didn't anticipate that the
+page would be viewed in Emacs).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{w3m-standalone} 3
+This browser, along with @samp{nil} for the external browser, are the
+only choices that work without having to download a separate lisp
+package or external program. This browser is quick, but does not show
+links. It handles simple tables but some tables get rendered much
+wider than the Emacs frame. This browser was the only one not to
+handle the escape @samp{–} (it printed a @samp{?}), but it did
+render @samp{®}.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{links} 1
+The @samp{links} browser requires an external program. It's quick, and
+produces nicer output than @samp{lynx} on single column mails in
+tables. However, it doesn't show links and it doesn't do as nice a job
+on multi-column tables as some lines wrap. At least it fits in 80
+columns and thus seems better than @samp{w3} and
address@hidden Converts escapes such as @samp{®} to (R).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{lynx} 1
+The @samp{lynx} browser requires an external program. It's quick and
+produces pretty decent output but it doesn't show links. It doesn't
+seem to do multi-column tables which makes output much cleaner. It
+centers the output and wraps long lines more than most. Handles
address@hidden®}.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{nil} 1
+This choice obviously requires an external browser. Like
address@hidden, it works out of the box. With this setting,
+HTML messages have a button for the body part which you can view with
address@hidden v} (@code{mh-folder-toggle-mime-part}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{w3} 0
+This choice does not require an external program as all of the
+rendering is done in lisp. You do need to get the package separately.
+This browser is @strong{slow}, and doesn't appear to have been updated
+since 2001 and the author hasn't responded to my emails. It displays
+unknown tags instead of hiding them, so you get to see all the
+Microsoft crap in certain messages. Tends to make multi-column tables
+wider than even a full-screen Emacs can handle. Like @samp{w3m}, you
+can follow links, but you have to find them first as they are not
+highlighted. Performs well on single-column tables and handles escapes
+such as @samp{®}.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{html2text} 0
+The @samp{html2text} browser requires an external program. I noticed
+that it can do some nasty things with simple HTML mails (like filling
+the entire message as if it were one paragraph, including signature).
+On another message, it displayed half of the HTML tags for some
+reason.
address@hidden table
+
+For a couple more sources of information about
address@hidden,
address@hidden
address@hidden Customization,,,emacs-mime}, and the documentation for
+the Gnus command @kbd{W h} (@pxref{Article Washing,,,gnus},).
address@hidden ifinfo
address@hidden
+see section @uref{http://www.gnus.org/manual/emacs-mime_6.html,
+Display Customization} in the @cite{The Emacs MIME Manual} and the the
+documentation for the Gnus command @kbd{W h} (see section
address@hidden://www.gnus.org/manual/gnus_99.html, Article Washing} in the
address@hidden Gnus Manual}).
address@hidden ifnotinfo
+
address@hidden Digests, Reading PGP, HTML, Reading Mail
address@hidden Digests
+
address@hidden digests
address@hidden mh-page-digest
address@hidden mh-page-digest-backwards
address@hidden @key{BS}
address@hidden @key{SPC}
address@hidden D @key{BS}
address@hidden D @key{SPC}
+
+A digest is a message that contains other messages. Special MH-E
+commands let you read digests conveniently. You can use @key{SPC} and
address@hidden to page through the digest as if it were a normal message,
+but if you wish to skip to the next message in the digest, use
address@hidden @key{SPC}} (@code{mh-page-digest}). To return to a previous
message,
+use @kbd{D @key{BS}} (@code{mh-page-digest-backwards}).
+
address@hidden @command{burst}
address@hidden MH commands, @command{burst}
address@hidden MH-Folder Show mode
address@hidden modes, MH-Folder Show
address@hidden mh-burst-digest
address@hidden D b
address@hidden d
address@hidden t
+
+Another handy command is @kbd{D b} (@code{mh-burst-digest}). This
+command uses the MH command @address@hidden the section
address@hidden@value{MH-BOOK-HOME}/burdig.htm, Bursting Messages} in the MH
+book.} to break out each message in the digest into its own message.
+Using this command, you can quickly delete unwanted messages, like
+this: Once the digest is split up, toggle out of MH-Folder Show mode
+with @kbd{t} (@pxref{Folders}) so that the scan lines fill the screen
+and messages aren't displayed. Then use @kbd{d} (@pxref{Reading Mail})
+to quickly delete messages that you don't want to read (based on the
address@hidden:} header field). You can also burst the digest to reply
+directly to the people who posted the messages in the digest. One
+problem you may encounter is that the @samp{From:} header fields are
+preceded with a @samp{>} so that your reply can't create the
address@hidden:} field correctly. In this case, you must correct the
address@hidden:} field yourself. This is described later (@pxref{Editing
+Drafts}).
+
address@hidden Reading PGP, Printing, Digests, Reading Mail
address@hidden Signed and Encrypted Messages
+
address@hidden GPG
address@hidden GnuPG
address@hidden Gnus
address@hidden OpenPGP
address@hidden PGP
address@hidden RFC 3156
address@hidden encrypted messages
address@hidden security
address@hidden signed messages
+
+You can read encrypted or signed PGP or GPG messages with
address@hidden feature depends on post-5.10 versions of Gnus.
address@hidden Security with OpenPGP} is documented in
address@hidden://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3156.txt, RFC 3156}. However,
+MH-E can also decrypt old-style PGP messages that are not in MIME
+format.}. This section assumes that you already have a good
+understanding of GPG and have set up your keys appropriately.
+
+If someone sends you a signed message, here is what you'll see:
+
address@hidden
@group
address@hidden @b{Reply Goes To}
+[[PGP Signed Part:Bill Wohler <wohler@@stop.mail-abuse.org>]]
+This is a signed message.
address@hidden @r{The person who sent the message. This is the
default,}
- @r{so @key{RET} is sufficient.}
+[[End of PGP Signed Part]]
address@hidden group
address@hidden smallexample
address@hidden @r{Replies to the sender, plus all recipients in the}
- @address@hidden:} header field.}
address@hidden keychain
address@hidden key server
address@hidden signed messages
+
+If the key for the given signature is not in your keychain, you'll be
+given the opportunity to fetch the key from a key server and verify
+the key. If the message is really large, the verification process can
+take a long time. You can press @kbd{C-g} at any time to
address@hidden in the current version, the validation
+process doesn't display a message so it appears that MH-E has hung. We
+hope that this will be fixed in the future.}.
address@hidden
address@hidden @r{Forms a reply to the sender, plus all recipients.}
+If the signature doesn't check out, you might see something like this:
+
address@hidden
address@hidden
+[[PGP Signed Part:Failed]]
+This is a signed message.
+This is garbage added after the signature was made.
+
+[[End of PGP Signed Part]]
@end group
address@hidden example
address@hidden smallexample
address@hidden @code{repl}
address@hidden MH commands, @code{repl}
address@hidden decrypting messages
-Depending on your answer, @code{repl} is given a different argument to
-form your reply. Specifically, a choice of @kbd{from} or none at all
-runs @code{repl -nocc all}, and a choice of @kbd{to} runs @code{repl -cc
-to}. Finally, either @kbd{cc} or @kbd{all} runs @code{repl -cc all
--nocc me}.
+If someone sends you an encrypted message, MH-E will ask for your
+passphrase to decrypt the message. You should see something like this:
address@hidden MH-Letter mode
address@hidden modes, MH-Letter
address@hidden
address@hidden
+[[PGP Encrypted Part:OK]]
-Two windows are then created. One window contains the message to which
-you are replying. Your draft, in MH-Letter mode (described in
address@hidden Editing}), is in the other window.
+[[PGP Signed Part:Bill Wohler <wohler@@stop.mail-abuse.org>]]
+This is the secret message.
-If you wish to customize the header or other parts of the reply draft,
-please see @code{repl}(1) and @code{mh-format}(5).
+[[End of PGP Signed Part]]
address@hidden Forwarding, Redistributing, Replying, Sending Mail
address@hidden Forwarding Mail
+[[End of PGP Encrypted Part]]
address@hidden group
address@hidden smallexample
address@hidden forwarding
address@hidden @code{forw}
address@hidden MH commands, @code{forw}
address@hidden @code{mh-forward}
-
-To forward a message, use the @kbd{f} (@code{mh-forward}) command. You
-are given a draft to edit that looks like it would if you had run the MH
-command @code{forw}. You are given a chance to add some text (see
address@hidden Editing}).
-
-You can forward several messages by using a prefix argument; in this
-case, you are prompted for the name of a @dfn{sequence}, a symbolic name
-that represents a list or range of message numbers (for example,
address@hidden f forbob @key{RET}}). All of the messages in the sequence are
-inserted into your draft. By the way, although sequences are often
-mentioned in this chapter, you don't have to worry about them for now;
-the full description of sequences in mh-e is at the end in
address@hidden To learn more about sequences in general, please see
address@hidden(5).
+If there is a problem decrypting the message, the button will say:
address@hidden Redistributing, Old Drafts, Forwarding, Sending Mail
address@hidden Redistributing Your Mail
address@hidden
+[[PGP Encrypted Part:Failed]]
address@hidden smallexample
address@hidden redistributing
address@hidden @code{mh-redistribute}
+You can read the contents of this button using the methods described in
address@hidden Attachments}. If the message were corrupted, you'd see
+this:
-The command @kbd{M-d} (@code{mh-redistribute}) is similar in function to
-forwarding mail, but it does not allow you to edit the message, nor does
-it add your name to the @samp{From:} header field. It appears to the
-recipient as if the message had come from the original sender. For more
-information on redistributing messages, see @code{dist}(1). Also
-investigate the @kbd{M-a} (@code{mh-edit-again}) command in @ref{Old
-Drafts}, for another way to redistribute messages.
address@hidden
+[[PGP Encrypted Part:Failed]
+Invalid base64 data]
address@hidden smallexample
address@hidden Old Drafts, , Redistributing, Sending Mail
address@hidden Editing Old Drafts and Bounced Messages
+If your passphrase were incorrect, you'd see something like this:
address@hidden re-editing drafts
address@hidden @file{draft}
address@hidden files, @file{draft}
address@hidden @code{mh-edit-again}
address@hidden
+[GNUPG:] ENC_TO CD9C88BB610BD9AD 1 0
+[GNUPG:] USERID_HINT CD9C88BB610BD9AD Bill Wohler <wohler@@stop.mail-abuse.org>
+[GNUPG:] NEED_PASSPHRASE CD9C88BB610BD9AD CD9C88BB610BD9AD 1 0
+[GNUPG:] BAD_PASSPHRASE CD9C88BB610BD9AD
+gpg: encrypted with 1024-bit RSA key, ID 610BD9AD, created 1997-09-09
+ "Bill Wohler <wohler@@stop.mail-abuse.org>"
+gpg: public key decryption failed: bad passphrase
+[GNUPG:] BEGIN_DECRYPTION
+[GNUPG:] DECRYPTION_FAILED
+gpg: decryption failed: secret key not available
+[GNUPG:] END_DECRYPTION
-If you don't complete a draft for one reason or another, and if the
-draft buffer is no longer available, you can pick your draft up again
-with @kbd{M-a} (@code{mh-edit-again}). If you don't use a draft folder,
-your last @file{draft} file will be used. If you use draft folders,
-you'll need to visit the draft folder with @kbd{M-f drafts @key{RET}},
-use @kbd{n} to move to the appropriate message, and then use @kbd{M-a}
-to prepare the message for editing.
+gpg exited abnormally: '2'
address@hidden smallexample
-The @kbd{M-a} command can also be used to take messages that were sent
-to you and to send them to more people.
address@hidden mh-show-pgg-bad
address@hidden mh-show-pgg-good
address@hidden mh-show-pgg-unknown
+
+The appearance of the buttons is controlled by the faces
address@hidden, @code{mh-show-pgg-bad}, and
address@hidden depending on the validity of the signature.
+The latter is used whether the signature is unknown or untrusted.
+
address@hidden @samp{pgg} customization group
address@hidden PGG
address@hidden customization group, @samp{pgg}
address@hidden Mailer-Daemon
address@hidden @code{mh-extract-rejected-mail}
+The @samp{pgg} customization group may have some settings which may
+interest you.
address@hidden
+See @cite{The PGG Manual}.
address@hidden iftex
address@hidden
address@hidden, , The PGG Manual, pgg, The PGG Manual}.
address@hidden ifinfo
address@hidden
+See
address@hidden://www.dk.xemacs.org/Documentation/packages/html/pgg.html,
address@hidden PGG Manual}}.
address@hidden ifhtml
-Don't use @kbd{M-a} to re-edit a message from a @i{Mailer-Daemon} who
-complained that your mail wasn't posted for some reason or another. In
-this case, use @kbd{M-e} (@code{mh-extract-rejected-mail}) to prepare
-the message for editing by removing the @i{Mailer-Daemon} envelope and
-unneeded header fields. Fix whatever addressing problem you had, and
-send the message again with @kbd{C-c C-c}.
address@hidden Printing, Files and Pipes, Reading PGP, Reading Mail
address@hidden Printing Your Mail
address@hidden Draft Editing, Moving Mail, Sending Mail, Using mh-e
address@hidden Editing a Draft
address@hidden printing
address@hidden mh-ps-print-msg
address@hidden mh-ps-print-msg-file
address@hidden P f
address@hidden P p
+
+To print messages in MH-E, use the command @kbd{P p}
+(@code{mh-ps-print-msg}). You can print all the messages in a range
+(as in @kbd{C-u P p 1 3 5-7 last:5 frombob @key{RET}},
address@hidden). You can also send the output to a file with @kbd{P f}
+(@code{mh-ps-print-msg-file}). This command will print inline text
+attachments but will not decrypt messages. However, when a message is
+displayed in an MH-Show buffer, then that buffer is used verbatim for
+printing with the caveat that only text attachments, if opened inline,
+are printed. Therefore, encrypted messages can be printed by showing
+and decrypting them first. The commands @kbd{P p} and @kbd{P f} do not
+use the options @code{mh-lpr-command-format} or
address@hidden, described below.
+
address@hidden mh-ps-print-toggle-color
address@hidden P C
address@hidden ps-print-color-p
+
+Colors are emulated on black-and-white printers with shades of gray.
+This might produce illegible output, even if your screen colors only
+use shades of gray. If this is the case, try using the command @kbd{P
+C} (@code{mh-ps-print-toggle-color}) to toggle between color, no
+color, and a black and white representation of the colors and see
+which works best. You change this setting permanently by customizing
+the option @code{ps-print-color-p}.
+
address@hidden mh-ps-print-toggle-faces
address@hidden P F
+
+Another related function is the command @kbd{P F}
+(@code{mh-ps-print-toggle-faces}). This command toggles between using
+faces and not. When faces are enabled, the printed message will look
+very similar to the message in the MH-Show buffer.
+
address@hidden ps-print package
address@hidden Emacs, packages, ps-print
+
+MH-E uses the @samp{ps-print} package to do the printing, so you can
+customize the printing further by going to the @samp{ps-print}
+customization group.
+
address@hidden @command{lpr}
address@hidden @command{mhl}
address@hidden MH commands, @command{mhl}
address@hidden Unix commands, @command{lpr}
address@hidden mh-print-msg
address@hidden P l
+
+An alternative to using the @samp{ps-print} package is the command
address@hidden l} (@code{mh-print-msg}) (the @i{l} is for @i{l}ine printer or
address@hidden). You can print all the messages in a range. The message is
+formatted with @address@hidden the section
address@hidden@value{MH-BOOK-HOME}/shomes.htm#Usisho, Using mhl} in the MH
+book.} and printed with the @command{lpr} command.
+
address@hidden mh-lpr-command-format
address@hidden mh-print-background-flag
+
+The command @kbd{P l} uses two options. The option
address@hidden contains the Unix command line which
+performs the actual printing. The string can contain one escape,
address@hidden, which is replaced by the name of the folder and the message
+number and is useful for print job names. The default setting is
address@hidden"lpr -J '%s'"}. I use @samp{"mpage -h'%s' -b Letter -H1of -mlrtb
+-P"} which produces a nice header and adds a bit of margin so the text
+fits within my printer's margins. Normally messages are printed in the
+foreground. If this is slow on your system, you may elect to turn on
+the option @code{mh-print-background-flag} to print in the background.
+If you do this, do not delete the message until it is printed or else
+the output may be truncated. These options are not used by the
+commands @kbd{P p} or @kbd{P f}.
+
address@hidden Files and Pipes, Navigating, Printing, Reading Mail
address@hidden Files and Pipes
+
address@hidden files
address@hidden pipes
+
address@hidden mh-refile-or-write-again
address@hidden mh-write-msg-to-file
address@hidden !
address@hidden >
+
+MH-E does offer a couple of commands that are not a part of address@hidden The
+first one, @kbd{>} (@code{mh-write-msg-to-file}), writes a message to
+a file. You are prompted for the filename. If the file already exists,
+the message is appended to it. You can also write the message to the
+file without the header by specifying a prefix argument (such as
address@hidden > /tmp/foobar @key{RET}}). Subsequent writes to the same file
+can be made with the command @kbd{!}
+(@code{mh-refile-or-write-again}).
address@hidden editing draft
address@hidden MH-Letter mode
address@hidden modes, MH-Letter
address@hidden mh-pipe-msg
address@hidden |
-When you edit a message that you want to send (called a @dfn{draft} in
-this case), the mode used is MH-Letter. This mode provides
-several commands in addition to the normal Emacs editing commands to
-help you edit your draft.
+You can also pipe the message through a Unix shell command with the
+command @kbd{|} (@code{mh-pipe-msg}). You are prompted for the Unix
+command through which you wish to run your message. If you give a
+prefix argument to this command, the message header is included in the
+text passed to the command (the contrived example @kbd{C-u | lpr}
+would be done with the @kbd{l} command instead).
address@hidden @kbd
address@hidden C-c C-y
-Insert contents of message to which you're replying (@code{mh-yank-cur-msg}).
address@hidden @command{shar}
address@hidden @command{uuencode}
address@hidden Unix commands, @command{shar}
address@hidden Unix commands, @command{uuencode}
address@hidden mh-store-msg
address@hidden X s
address@hidden mh-store-default-directory
+
+If the message is a shell archive @command{shar} or has been run
+through @command{uuencode} use @kbd{X s} (@code{mh-store-msg}) to
+extract the body of the message. The default directory for extraction
+is the current directory; however, you have a chance to specify a
+different extraction directory. The next time you use this command,
+the default directory is the last directory you used. If you would
+like to change the initial default directory, customize the option
address@hidden, change the value from
address@hidden to @samp{Directory}, and then enter the name of the
+directory for storing the content of these messages.
+
address@hidden mh-store-buffer
+
+By the way, @kbd{X s} calls the Emacs Lisp function
address@hidden I mention this because you can use it directly
+if you're editing a buffer that contains a file that has been run
+through @command{uuencode} or @command{shar}. For example, you can
+extract the contents of the current buffer in your home directory by
+typing @kbd{M-x mh-store-buffer @key{RET} ~ @key{RET}}.
address@hidden C-c C-i
-Insert a message from a folder (@code{mh-insert-letter}).
address@hidden Navigating, Miscellaneous Commands and Options, Files and Pipes,
Reading Mail
address@hidden Navigating
address@hidden C-c C-f C-t
-Move to @samp{To:} header field (@code{mh-to-field}).
address@hidden moving between messages
address@hidden navigation
address@hidden mh-first-msg
address@hidden mh-goto-msg
address@hidden mh-last-msg
address@hidden mh-next-undeleted-msg
address@hidden mh-next-unread-msg
address@hidden mh-previous-undeleted-msg
address@hidden mh-previous-unread-msg
address@hidden M-<
address@hidden M->
address@hidden M-n
address@hidden M-p
address@hidden g
address@hidden n
address@hidden p
+
+To move on to the next message, use the command @kbd{n}
+(@code{mh-next-undeleted-msg}); use @kbd{p}
+(@code{mh-previous-undeleted-msg}) to read the previous message. To
+move to the next unread message, use @kbd{M-n}
+(@code{mh-next-unread-msg}); use @kbd{M-p}
+(@code{mh-previous-unread-msg}) to move to the previous unread
+message. These commands can be given a prefix argument to specify how
+many messages to skip (for example, @kbd{5 n}). You can also move to a
+specific message with @kbd{g} (@code{mh-goto-msg}). You can enter the
+message number either before or after typing @kbd{g}. In the latter
+case, Emacs prompts you. Finally, you can go to the first or last
+message with @kbd{M-<} (@code{mh-first-msg}) and @kbd{M->}
+(@code{mh-last-msg}) respectively.
address@hidden C-c C-f C-c
-Move to @samp{cc:} header field (@code{mh-to-field}).
address@hidden MH-Folder mode
address@hidden modes, MH-Folder
address@hidden next-line
address@hidden previous-line
address@hidden C-n
address@hidden C-p
+
+You can also use the Emacs commands @kbd{C-p} (@code{previous-line})
+and @kbd{C-n} (@code{next-line}) to move up and down the scan lines in
+the MH-Folder window. These commands can be used in conjunction with
address@hidden to look at deleted or refiled messages.
+
address@hidden deleting messages
address@hidden mh-delete-msg
address@hidden d
+
+To mark a message for deletion, use the command @kbd{d}
+(@code{mh-delete-msg}). A @samp{D} is placed by the message in the
+scan window, and the next undeleted message is displayed. If the
+previous command had been @kbd{p}, then the next message displayed is
+the first undeleted message previous to the message just deleted. Use
address@hidden to force subsequent @kbd{d} commands to move forward to the
+next undeleted message after deleting the message under the cursor.
+You may also specify a range (for example, @kbd{C-u d 1 3 5-7 last:5
+frombob @key{RET}}, @pxref{Ranges}).
+
address@hidden mh-delete-msg-no-motion
address@hidden C-d
+
+The command @kbd{C-d} (@code{mh-delete-msg-no-motion}) marks the
+message (or messages in range) for deletion but leaves the cursor at
+the current message in case you wish to perform other operations on
+the message.
+
address@hidden mh-delete-subject
address@hidden mh-delete-subject-or-thread
address@hidden k
+
+And to delete more messages faster, you can use @kbd{k}
+(@code{mh-delete-subject-or-thread}) to delete all the messages with
+the same subject as the current message. This command puts these
+messages in a sequence named @samp{subject}. You can undo this action
+by using @kbd{u} (@code{mh-undo}) with a prefix argument and then
+specifying the @samp{subject} sequence. However, if the buffer is
+displaying a threaded view of the folder then @kbd{k} behaves like
address@hidden d} (@code{mh-thread-delete}). @xref{Threading}.
+
address@hidden mh-execute-commands
address@hidden x
+
+However you mark a message for deletion, the command @kbd{x}
+(@code{mh-execute-commands}) actually carries out the deletion
+(@pxref{Folders}).
address@hidden C-c C-f C-s
-Move to @samp{Subject:} header field (@code{mh-to-field}).
address@hidden mh-delete-msg-hook
address@hidden C-c C-f C-f
-Move to @samp{From:} header field (@code{mh-to-field}).
+The hook @code{mh-delete-msg-hook} is called after you mark a message
+for deletion. For example, a past maintainer of MH-E used this once
+when he kept statistics on his mail usage.
address@hidden C-c C-f C-b
-Move to @samp{Bcc:} header field (@code{mh-to-field}).
address@hidden Miscellaneous Commands and Options, , Navigating, Reading Mail
address@hidden Miscellaneous Commands and Options
address@hidden C-c C-f C-f
-Move to @samp{Fcc:} header field (@code{mh-to-fcc}).
+This section contains a few more miscellaneous commands and options.
address@hidden C-c C-f C-d
-Move to @samp{Dcc:} header field (@code{mh-to-field}).
address@hidden editing message
address@hidden mh-modify
address@hidden M
+
+There are times when you need to edit a message. For example, you may
+need to fix a broken Content-Type header field. You can do this with
+the command @kbd{M} (@code{mh-modify}). It displays the raw message in
+an editable buffer. When you are done editing, save and kill the
+buffer as you would any other.
+
address@hidden mh-do-not-confirm-flag
+
+Commands such as @code{mh-pack-folder} prompt to confirm whether to
+process outstanding moves and deletes or not before continuing.
+Turning on the option @code{mh-do-not-confirm-flag} means that these
+actions will be performed---which is usually desired but cannot be
+retracted---without address@hidden previous versions of MH-E,
+this option suppressed the confirmation in @code{mh-kill-folder}.
+Since this kept most users from setting this option,
address@hidden was modified in version 6.0 to always ask for
+confirmation subject to @code{mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hook}.
address@hidden
address@hidden C-c C-w
-Display expanded recipient list (@code{mh-check-whom}).
address@hidden MH-Folder mode
address@hidden modes, MH-Folder
address@hidden mh-summary-height
address@hidden C-c C-s
-Insert signature in message (@code{mh-insert-signature}).
+The option @code{mh-summary-height} controls the number of scan lines
+displayed in the MH-Folder window, including the mode line. The
+default value of this option is @samp{Automatic} which means that the
+MH-Folder buffer will maintain the same proportional size if the frame
+is resized. If you'd prefer a fixed height, then choose the
address@hidden Size} option and enter the number of lines you'd like to
+see.
address@hidden C-c C-m C-f
-Include forwarded message (@sc{mime}) (@code{mh-mhn-compose-forw}).
address@hidden mh-bury-show-buffer-flag
address@hidden C-c C-m C-e
-Include anonymous ftp reference (@sc{mime}) (@code{mh-mhn-compose-anon-ftp}).
+Normally the buffer for displaying messages is buried at the bottom at
+the buffer stack. You may wish to disable this feature by turning off
+the option @code{mh-bury-show-buffer-flag}. One advantage of not
+burying the show buffer is that one can delete the show buffer more
+easily in an electric buffer list because of its proximity to its
+associated MH-Folder buffer. Try running @kbd{M-x
+electric-buffer-list} to see what I mean.
address@hidden C-c C-m C-t
-Include anonymous ftp reference to compressed tar file (@sc{mime})
-(@code{mh-mhn-compose-external-compressed-tar}).
address@hidden @file{.emacs}
address@hidden files, @file{.emacs}
address@hidden reading mail
address@hidden C-c C-m C-i
-Include binary, image, sound, etc. (@sc{mime})
-(@code{mh-mhn-compose-insertion}).
+Before we leave this section, I'll include a function that I use as a
+front end to address@hidden Gildea's favorite binding is
address@hidden(global-set-key "\C-cr" 'mh-rmail)}.}. It toggles between your
+working window configuration, which may be quite involved---windows
+filled with source, compilation output, man pages, and other
+documentation---and your MH-E window configuration. Like the rest of
+the customization described in this section, simply add the following
+code to @file{~/.emacs}.
address@hidden C-c C-e
-Run through @code{mhn} before sending (@code{mh-edit-mhn}).
address@hidden
address@hidden
address@hidden iftex
address@hidden C-c C-m C-u
-Undo effects of @code{mhn} (@code{mh-revert-mhn-edit}).
address@hidden mh-rmail, example
address@hidden C-c C-c
-Save draft and send message (@code{mh-send-letter}).
address@hidden
address@hidden
+(defvar my-mh-screen-saved nil
+ "Set to address@hidden when MH-E window configuration shown.")
+(defvar my-normal-screen nil "Normal window configuration.")
+(defvar my-mh-screen nil "MH-E window configuration.")
address@hidden C-c C-q
-Quit editing and delete draft message (@code{mh-fully-kill-draft}).
address@hidden table
+(defun my-mh-rmail (&optional arg)
+ "Toggle between MH-E and normal screen configurations.
+With address@hidden or prefix argument, @i{inc} mailbox as well
+when going into mail."
+ (interactive "P") ; @r{user callable function, P=prefix arg}
+ (setq my-mh-screen-saved ; @r{save state}
+ (cond
+ ;; @r{Bring up MH-E screen if arg or normal window configuration.}
+ ;; @r{If arg or +inbox buffer doesn't exist, run mh-rmail.}
+ ((or arg (null my-mh-screen-saved))
+ (setq my-normal-screen (current-window-configuration))
+ (if (or arg (null (get-buffer "+inbox")))
+ (mh-rmail)
+ (set-window-configuration my-mh-screen))
+ t) ; @r{set my-mh-screen-saved to @code{t}}
+ ;; @r{Otherwise, save MH-E screen and restore normal screen.}
+ (t
+ (setq my-mh-screen (current-window-configuration))
+ (set-window-configuration my-normal-screen)
+ nil)))) ; @r{set my-mh-screen-saved to nil}
address@hidden
-* Editing Textual::
-* Editing MIME::
-* Sending Message::
-* Killing Draft::
address@hidden menu
+(global-set-key "\C-x\r" 'my-mh-rmail) ;@r{ call with C-x @key{RET}}
address@hidden Editing Textual, Editing MIME, Draft Editing, Draft Editing
address@hidden Editing Textual Messages
address@hidden MH-E}
-The following sections show you how to edit a draft.
-The commands described here are also applicable to messages that have
-multimedia components.
address@hidden group
address@hidden smalllisp
address@hidden
-* Inserting Letter::
-* Inserting Messages::
-* Header::
-* Recipients::
-* Signature::
address@hidden menu
+If you type an argument (@kbd{C-u}) or if @code{my-mh-screen-saved} is
address@hidden (meaning a non-MH-E window configuration), the current
+window configuration is saved, either the @samp{+inbox} buffer is
+displayed or @code{mh-rmail} is run, and the MH-E window configuration
+is shown. Otherwise, the MH-E window configuration is saved and the
+original configuration is displayed.
address@hidden Inserting Letter, Inserting Messages, Editing Textual, Editing
Textual
address@hidden Inserting letter to which you're replying
address@hidden Folders, Sending Mail, Reading Mail, Top
address@hidden Organizing Your Mail with Folders
address@hidden inserting messages
address@hidden @code{mh-yank-cur-msg}
address@hidden folders
address@hidden using folders
-It is often useful to insert a snippet of text from a letter that
-someone mailed to provide some context for your reply. The command
address@hidden C-y} (@code{mh-yank-cur-msg}) does this by yanking a portion of
-text from the message to which you're replying and inserting @samp{> }
-before each line.
+This chapter discusses the things you can do with folders within MH-E.
+The commands in this chapter are also found in the @samp{Folder} and
address@hidden menus.
address@hidden mark
address@hidden Emacs, mark
address@hidden point
address@hidden Emacs, point
address@hidden region
address@hidden Emacs, region
address@hidden @kbd
address@hidden ?
address@hidden mh-help
address@hidden ?
+Display cheat sheet for the MH-E commands (@code{mh-help}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden !
address@hidden mh-refile-or-write-again
address@hidden !
+Repeat last output command (@code{mh-refile-or-write-again}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Message > Copy Message to Folder...} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Message > Copy Message to Folder...}
address@hidden c
address@hidden mh-copy-msg
address@hidden c
+Copy range to folder (@code{mh-copy-msg}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden F ?
address@hidden mh-prefix-help
address@hidden F ?
+Display cheat sheet for the commands of the current prefix in
+minibuffer (@code{mh-prefix-help}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden F '
address@hidden mh-index-ticked-messages
address@hidden F '
+Display ticked messages (@code{mh-index-ticked-messages}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden F c
address@hidden mh-catchup
address@hidden F c
+Delete range from the @samp{unseen} sequence (@code{mh-catchup}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden F k
address@hidden mh-kill-folder
address@hidden F k
+Remove folder (@code{mh-kill-folder}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Folder > List Folders} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Folder > List Folders}
address@hidden F l
address@hidden mh-list-folders
address@hidden F l
+List all folders (@code{mh-list-folders}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Folder > View New Messages} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Folder > View New Messages}
address@hidden F n
address@hidden mh-index-new-messages
address@hidden F n
+Display unseen messages (@code{mh-index-new-messages}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Folder > Pack Folder} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Folder > Pack Folder}
address@hidden F p
address@hidden mh-pack-folder
address@hidden F p
+Pack folder (@code{mh-pack-folder}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden F q
address@hidden mh-index-sequenced-messages
address@hidden F q
+Display messages in any sequence (@code{mh-index-sequenced-messages}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Folder > Rescan Folder} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Folder > Rescan Folder}
address@hidden F r
address@hidden mh-rescan-folder
address@hidden F r
+Rescan folder (@code{mh-rescan-folder}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Folder > Search...} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Folder > Search...}
address@hidden F s
address@hidden mh-search
address@hidden F s
+Search your MH mail (@code{mh-search}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Folder > Sort Folder} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Folder > Sort Folder}
address@hidden F S
address@hidden mh-sort-folder
address@hidden F S
+Sort folder (@code{mh-sort-folder}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden F u
address@hidden mh-undo-folder
address@hidden F u
+Undo all refiles and deletes in the current folder (@code{mh-undo-folder}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Folder > Visit a Folder...} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Folder > Visit a Folder...}
address@hidden F v
address@hidden mh-visit-folder
address@hidden F v
+Visit folder (@code{mh-visit-folder}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Message > Refile Message} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Message > Refile Message}
address@hidden o
address@hidden mh-refile-msg
address@hidden o
+Refile (output) range into folder (@code{mh-refile-msg}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Folder > Quit MH-E} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Folder > Quit MH-E}
address@hidden q
address@hidden mh-quit
address@hidden q
+Quit the current MH-E folder (@code{mh-quit}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Folder > Toggle Show/Folder} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Folder > Toggle Show/Folder}
address@hidden t
address@hidden mh-toggle-showing
address@hidden t
+Toggle between MH-Folder and MH-Folder Show modes
+(@code{mh-toggle-showing}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Message > Undo Delete/Refile} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Message > Undo Delete/Refile}
address@hidden u
address@hidden mh-undo
address@hidden u
+Undo pending deletes or refiles in range (@code{mh-undo}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Message > Execute Delete/Refile} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Message > Execute Delete/Refile}
address@hidden x
address@hidden mh-execute-commands
address@hidden x
+Process outstanding delete and refile requests
+(@code{mh-execute-commands}).
address@hidden table
-You can control how much text is included when you run this command. If
-you run this command right away, without entering the buffer containing
-the message to you, this command will yank the entire message, as is,
-into your reply. @footnote{If you'd rather have the header cleaned up,
-use @kbd{C-u r} instead of @kbd{r} when replying (see @ref{Replying}).}
-If you enter the buffer containing the message sent to you and move the
-cursor to a certain point and return to your reply and run @kbd{C-c
-C-y}, then the text yanked will range from that point to the end of the
-message. Finally, the most common action you'll perform is to enter the
-message sent to you, move the cursor to the beginning of a paragraph or
-phrase, set the @dfn{mark} with @kbd{C-SPC} or @kbd{C-@@}, and move the
-cursor to the end of the paragraph or phrase. The cursor position is
-called the @dfn{point}, and the space between the mark and point is
-called the @dfn{region}. Having done that, @kbd{C-c C-y} will insert
-the region you selected.
address@hidden @samp{mh-folder} customization group
address@hidden customization group, @samp{mh-folder}
address@hidden Inserting Messages, Header, Inserting Letter, Editing Textual
address@hidden Inserting messages
+The @samp{mh-folder} customization group is used to tune these
+commands.
address@hidden inserting messages
address@hidden @code{mh-insert-letter}
address@hidden @code
address@hidden mh-new-messages-folders
+Folders searched for the @samp{unseen} sequence (default:
address@hidden).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-ticked-messages-folders
+Folders searched for @code{mh-tick-seq} (default: @code{t}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-large-folder
+The number of messages that indicates a large folder (default: 200).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-recenter-summary-flag
+On means to recenter the summary window (default: @samp{off}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-recursive-folders-flag
+On means that commands which operate on folders do so recursively
+(default: @samp{off}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-sortm-args
+Additional arguments for @command{sortm} (default: @code{nil}).
address@hidden vtable
-Messages can be inserted with @kbd{C-c C-i} (@code{mh-insert-letter}).
-This command prompts you for the folder and message number and inserts
-the message, indented by @samp{> }. Certain undesirable header fields
-are removed before insertion. If given a prefix argument (like @kbd{C-u
-C-c C-i}), the header is left intact, the message is not indented, and
address@hidden> } is not inserted before each line.
+The following hooks are available.
address@hidden Header, Recipients, Inserting Messages, Editing Textual
address@hidden Editing the header
address@hidden @code
address@hidden mh-after-commands-processed-hook
+Hook run by @kbd{x} after performing outstanding refile and delete
+requests (default: @code{nil}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-before-commands-processed-hook
+Hook run by @kbd{x} before performing outstanding refile and delete
+requests (default: @code{nil}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-before-quit-hook
+Hook run by q before quitting MH-E (default: @code{nil}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-folder-mode-hook
+Hook run by @code{mh-folder-mode} when visiting a new folder (default:
address@hidden).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hook
+Abnormal hook run at the beginning of @code{mh-kill-folder} (default:
address@hidden'mh-search-p}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-quit-hook
+Hook run by q after quitting MH-E (default: @code{nil}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-refile-msg-hook
+Hook run by o after marking each message for refiling (default:
address@hidden).
address@hidden vtable
+
+The following faces are available for customizing the appearance of
+the MH-Folder buffer. @xref{Scan Line Formats}.
+
address@hidden @code
address@hidden mh-folder-address
+Recipient face.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-folder-body
+Body text face.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-folder-cur-msg-number
+Current message number face.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-folder-date
+Date face.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-folder-deleted
+Deleted message face.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-folder-followup
address@hidden:} face.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-folder-msg-number
+Message number face.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-folder-refiled
+Refiled message face.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-scan-format-nmh
address@hidden mh-scan-sent-to-me-sender-regexp
address@hidden mh-folder-sent-to-me-hint
+Fontification hint face in messages sent directly to us. The detection
+of messages sent to us is governed by the scan format
address@hidden and regular expression
address@hidden
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-scan-format-nmh
address@hidden mh-scan-sent-to-me-sender-regexp
address@hidden mh-folder-scan-format
+Sender face in messages sent directly to us. The detection of messages
+sent to us is governed by the scan format @code{mh-scan-format-nmh}
+and regular expression @code{mh-scan-sent-to-me-sender-regexp}.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-folder-subject
+Subject face.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-folder-tick
+Ticked message face.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-folder-to
address@hidden:} face.
address@hidden vtable
+
+The hook @code{mh-folder-mode-hook} is called when visiting a new
+folder in MH-Folder mode. This could be used to set your own key
+bindings, for example:
address@hidden editing header
address@hidden @code{mh-to-field}
address@hidden mh-folder-mode-hook, example
-Because the header is part of the message, you can edit the header
-fields as you wish. However, several convenience functions exist to
-help you create and edit them. For example, the command @kbd{C-c C-f
-C-t} (@code{mh-to-field}; alternatively, @kbd{C-c C-f t}) moves the
-cursor to the @samp{To:} header field, creating it if necessary. The
-functions to move to the @samp{cc:}, @samp{Subject:}, @samp{From:},
address@hidden:}, and @samp{Dcc:} header fields are similar.
address@hidden
address@hidden
+(defvar my-mh-init-done nil
+ "address@hidden when one-time MH-E settings made.")
address@hidden @code{mh-to-fcc}
+(defun my-mh-folder-mode-hook ()
+ "Hook to set key bindings in MH-Folder mode."
+ (if (not my-mh-init-done) ; @r{only need to bind the keys once }
+ (progn
+ (local-set-key "//" 'my-search-msg)
+ (local-set-key "b" 'mh-burst-digest) ; @r{better use of @kbd{b}}
+ (setq my-mh-init-done t))))
-One function behaves differently from the others, namely, @kbd{C-c C-f
-C-f} (@code{mh-to-fcc}; alternatively, @kbd{C-c C-f f}). This function
-will prompt you for the folder name in which to file a copy of the draft.
+(add-hook 'mh-folder-mode-hook 'my-mh-folder-mode-hook)
-Be sure to leave a row of dashes or a blank line between the header and
-the body of the message.
+(defun my-search-msg ()
+ "Search for a regexp in the current message."
+ (interactive) ; @r{user function}
+ (save-window-excursion
+ (other-window 1) ; @r{go to next window}
+ (isearch-forward-regexp))) ; @r{string search; hit return}
+ ; @r{ when done}
address@hidden Recipients, Signature, Header, Editing Textual
address@hidden Checking recipients
address@hidden additional key bindings via mh-folder-mode-hook}
address@hidden checking recipients
address@hidden @code{whom}
address@hidden MH commands, @code{whom}
address@hidden @code{mh-check-whom}
-
-The @kbd{C-c C-w} (@code{mh-check-whom}) command expands aliases so you
-can check the actual address(es) in the alias. A new buffer is created
-with the output of @code{whom}.
address@hidden group
address@hidden smalllisp
address@hidden Signature, , Recipients, Editing Textual
address@hidden Inserting your signature
address@hidden @command{folder}
address@hidden @command{refile}
address@hidden MH commands, @command{folder}
address@hidden MH commands, @command{refile}
address@hidden mh-refile-msg
address@hidden o
address@hidden mh-refile-msg-hook
+
+MH-E has analogies for each of the MH @command{folder} and
address@hidden address@hidden the sections
address@hidden@value{MH-BOOK-HOME}/fol.htm#Youfol, Your Current Folder:
+folder} and @address@hidden/fol.htm#Movref, Moving and
+Linking Messages: refile} in the MH book.}. To refile a message in
+another folder, use the command @kbd{o} (@code{mh-refile-msg})
+(mnemonic: ``output''). You are prompted for the folder name
+(@pxref{Folder Selection}). Note that this command can also be used to
+create folders. If you specify a folder that does not exist, you will
+be prompted to create it. The hook @code{mh-refile-msg-hook} is called
+after a message is marked to be refiled.
address@hidden inserting signature
address@hidden signature
address@hidden @file{.signature}
address@hidden files, @file{.signature}
address@hidden @code{mh-insert-signature}
+If you are refiling several messages into the same folder, you can use
+the command @kbd{!} (@code{mh-refile-or-write-again}) to repeat the
+last refile or write (see the description of @kbd{>}
+(@code{mh-write-msg-to-file} in @ref{Files and Pipes}). You can use a
+range in either case (for example, @kbd{C-u o 1 3 5-7 last:5 frombob
address@hidden, @pxref{Ranges}).
-You can insert your signature at the current cursor location with the
address@hidden C-s} (@code{mh-insert-signature}) command. The text of your
-signature is taken from the file @file{~/.signature}.
address@hidden expunging refiles and deletes
address@hidden undoing refiles and deletes
address@hidden Editing MIME, Sending Message, Editing Textual, Draft Editing
address@hidden Editing Multimedia Messages
+If you've deleted a message or refiled it, but changed your mind, you
+can cancel the action before you've executed it. Use @kbd{u}
+(@code{mh-undo}) to undo a refile on or deletion of a single message.
+You can also undo refiles and deletes for messages that are found in a
+given range (@pxref{Ranges}).
address@hidden MIME
address@hidden multimedia mail
address@hidden @code{mhn}
address@hidden MH commands, @code{mhn}
+Alternatively, you can use @kbd{F u} (@code{mh-undo-folder}) to undo
+all refiles and deletes in the current folder.
-mh-e has the capability to create multimedia messages. It uses the
address@hidden (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) protocol. The
address@hidden protocol allows you to incorporate images, sound, video,
-binary files, and even commands that fetch a file with @samp{ftp} when
-your recipient reads the message! If you were to create a multimedia
-message with plain MH commands, you would use @code{mhn}. Indeed, the
-mh-e @sc{mime} commands merely insert @code{mhn} directives which are
-later expanded by @code{mhn}.
-
-Each of the mh-e commands for editing multimedia messages or for
-incorporating multimedia objects is prefixed with @kbd{C-c C-m} .
-
address@hidden content types
address@hidden MIME, content types
-
-Several @sc{mime} objects are defined. They are called @dfn{content
-types}. The table in @ref{Customizing Draft Editing} contains a list of
-the content types that mh-e currently knows about. Several of the mh-e
-commands fill in the content type for you, whereas others require you to
-enter one. Most of the time, it should be obvious which one to use
-(e.g., use @kbd{image/jpeg} to include a @sc{jpeg} image). If not, you
-can refer to @sc{rfc} 1521,
address@hidden Footnotes are very fragile. Hence the duplication.
address@hidden The line break in the footnote was necessary since TeX wasn't
creating one.
address@hidden html
address@hidden @sc{rfc} (Request For Comments) is
-available via the @sc{url} @*
address@hidden://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1521.txt}.}
address@hidden ifclear
address@hidden html
address@hidden @sc{rfc} (Request For Comments) is
-available via the @sc{url} @*
address@hidden<A
HREF="ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1521.txt";>ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1521.txt</A>}.}
address@hidden ifset
-which defines the @sc{mime} protocol, for a list of valid content types.
+If you've marked messages to be deleted or refiled and you want to go
+ahead and delete or refile the messages, use @kbd{x}
+(@code{mh-execute-commands}). Many MH-E commands that may affect the
+numbering of the messages (such as @kbd{F r} or @kbd{F p}) will ask if
+you want to process refiles or deletes first and then either run
address@hidden for you or undo the pending refiles and deletes, which are
+lost.
+
+The command @kbd{x} runs @code{mh-before-commands-processed-hook}
+before the commands are processed and
address@hidden after the commands are
+processed. Variables that are useful with the former hook include
address@hidden and @code{mh-refile-list} which can be used to
+see which changes will be made to the current folder,
address@hidden Variables that are useful with the latter
+hook include @code{mh-folders-changed}, which lists which folders were
+affected by deletes and refiles. This list will always include the
+current folder @code{mh-current-folder}.
+
+If you wish to copy a message to another folder, you can use the
+command @kbd{c} (@code{mh-copy-msg}) (see the @option{-link} argument
+to @command{refile}(1)). Like the command @kbd{o}, this command
+prompts you for the name of the target folder and you can specify a
+range (@pxref{Ranges}). Note that unlike the command @kbd{o}, the copy
+takes place immediately. The original copy remains in the current
+folder.
address@hidden content description
address@hidden MIME, content description
address@hidden MH-Folder Show mode
address@hidden MH-Folder mode
address@hidden junk mail
address@hidden modes, MH-Folder
address@hidden modes, MH-Folder Show
address@hidden spam
-You are also sometimes asked for a @dfn{content description}. This is
-simply an optional brief phrase, in your own words, that describes the
-object. If you don't care to enter a content description, just press
-return and none will be included; however, a reader may skip over
-multimedia fields unless the content description is compelling.
+The command @kbd{t} (@code{mh-toggle-showing}) switches between
+MH-Folder mode and MH-Folder Show address@hidden you Emacs wizards,
+this is implemented as an Emacs minor mode.}. MH-Folder mode turns off
+the associated show buffer so that you can perform operations on the
+messages quickly without reading them. This is an excellent way to
+prune out your junk mail or to refile a group of messages to another
+folder for later examination.
-Remember: you can always add @code{mhn} directives by hand.
address@hidden MH-Folder mode
address@hidden MH-Show mode
address@hidden modes, MH-Folder
address@hidden modes, MH-Show
address@hidden moving between messages
address@hidden mh-recenter-summary-flag
address@hidden
-* Forwarding MIME::
-* FTP::
-* Tar::
-* Other MIME Objects::
-* Sending MIME::
address@hidden menu
+When you use @kbd{t} to toggle between show mode and scan mode, the
+MH-Show buffer is hidden and the MH-Folder buffer is left alone.
+Setting @code{mh-recenter-summary-flag} to a address@hidden value
+causes the toggle to display as many scan lines as possible, with the
+cursor at the middle. The effect of @code{mh-recenter-summary-flag} is
+rather useful, but it can be annoying on a slow network connection.
address@hidden Forwarding MIME, FTP, Editing MIME, Editing MIME
address@hidden Forwarding multimedia messages
+When you want to read the messages that you have refiled into folders,
+use the command @kbd{F v} (@code{mh-visit-folder}) to visit the
+folder. You are prompted for the folder name. The folder buffer will
+show just unseen messages if there are any; otherwise, it will show
+all the messages in the buffer as long there are fewer than
address@hidden messages. If there are more, then you are
+prompted for a range of messages to scan. You can provide a prefix
+argument in order to specify a range of messages to show when you
+visit the folder (@pxref{Ranges}). In this case, regions are not used
+to specify the range and @code{mh-large-folder} is ignored. Note that
+this command can also be used to create folders. If you specify a
+folder that does not exist, you will be prompted to create it.
+
+If you forget where you've refiled your messages, you can find them
+using @kbd{F s} (@code{mh-search}). @xref{Searching}.
+
address@hidden @command{procmail}
address@hidden @command{rcvstore}
address@hidden @samp{unseen} sequence
address@hidden MH commands, @command{rcvstore}
address@hidden Unix commands, @command{procmail}
address@hidden sequence, @samp{unseen}
address@hidden unseen messages, viewing
address@hidden mh-index-new-messages
address@hidden F n
address@hidden mh-new-messages-folders
+
+If you use a program such as @command{procmail} to use
address@hidden to file your incoming mail automatically, you can
+display new, unseen, messages using the command @kbd{F n}
+(@code{mh-index-new-messages}). All messages in the @samp{unseen}
+sequence from the folders in @code{mh-new-messages-folders} are
+listed. However, this list of folders can be overridden with a prefix
+argument: with a prefix argument, enter a space-separated list of
+folders, or nothing to search all folders.
+
address@hidden @samp{tick} sequence
address@hidden sequence, @samp{tick}
address@hidden ticked messages, viewing
+
+If you have ticked messages (@pxref{Sequences}), you can display them
+using the command @kbd{F '} (@code{mh-index-ticked-messages}). All
+messages in the @samp{tick} sequence from the folders in
address@hidden are listed. With a prefix argument,
+enter a space-separated list of folders, or nothing to search all
+folders.
+
address@hidden mh-index-sequenced-messages
address@hidden F q
address@hidden mh-new-messages-folders
+
+You can display messages in any sequence with the command @kbd{F q}
+(@code{mh-index-sequenced-messages}). All messages from the folders in
address@hidden in the sequence you provide are listed.
+With a prefix argument, enter a space-separated list of folders at the
+prompt, or nothing to search all folders.
+
+Set the options @code{mh-new-messages-folders} and
address@hidden to @samp{Inbox} to search the
address@hidden folder or @samp{All} to search all of the top level
+folders. Otherwise, list the folders that should be searched with the
address@hidden Folders} menu item. See @code{mh-recursive-folders-flag}.
+
address@hidden @samp{*MH-E Folders*}
address@hidden buffers, @samp{*MH-E Folders*}
+
+Other commands you can perform on folders include: @kbd{F l}
+(@code{mh-list-folders}), to place a listing of all the folders in
+your mail directory in a buffer called @samp{*MH-E Folders*}
+(@pxref{Miscellaneous}); @kbd{F k} (@code{mh-kill-folder}), to remove
+a folder; @kbd{F S} (@code{mh-sort-folder}), to sort the messages by
+date (see @command{sortm}(1) to see how to sort by other criteria);
address@hidden p} (@code{mh-pack-folder}), to pack a folder, removing gaps
+from the numbering sequence; and @kbd{F r} (@code{mh-rescan-folder}),
+to rescan the folder, which is useful to grab all messages in your
address@hidden after processing your new mail for the first time. If
+you don't want to rescan the entire folder, the commands @kbd{F r} or
address@hidden p} will accept a range (@pxref{Ranges}).
+
+By default, operations on folders work only one level at a time. Set
address@hidden to address@hidden to operate on all
+folders. This mostly means that you'll be able to see all your folders
+when you press @key{TAB} when prompted for a folder name.
+
address@hidden mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hooks
+
+The hook @code{mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hooks} is an abnormal
+hook run at the beginning of the command @kbd{k}. The hook functions
+are called with no arguments and should return a non-nil value to
+suppress the normal prompt when you remove a folder. This is useful
+for folders that are easily regenerated. The default value of
address@hidden suppresses the prompt on folders generated by
+searching.
address@hidden @code{mh-mhn-compose-forw}
address@hidden 1
address@hidden @strong{NOTE}
-Mail may be forwarded with @sc{mime} using the command @kbd{C-c C-m C-f}
-(@code{mh-mhn-compose-forw}). You are prompted for a content
-description, the name of the folder in which the messages to forward are
-located, and the messages' numbers.
-
address@hidden FTP, Tar, Forwarding MIME, Editing MIME
address@hidden Including an ftp reference
-
address@hidden @code{ftp}
address@hidden Unix commands, @code{ftp}
address@hidden MIME, @code{ftp}
address@hidden @code{mh-mhn-compose-anon-ftp}
-
-You can even have your message initiate an @code{ftp} transfer when the
-recipient reads the message. To do this, use the @kbd{C-c C-m C-e}
-(@code{mh-mhn-compose-anon-ftp}) command. You are prompted for the
-remote host and pathname, the content type, and the content description.
-
address@hidden Tar, Other MIME Objects, FTP, Editing MIME
address@hidden Including tar files
-
address@hidden @code{tar}
address@hidden Unix commands, @code{tar}
address@hidden MIME, @code{tar}
address@hidden @code{ftp}
address@hidden Unix commands, @code{ftp}
address@hidden MIME, @code{ftp}
address@hidden @code{mh-mhn-compose-external-compressed-tar}
-
-If the remote file (@pxref{FTP}) is a compressed tar file, you can use
address@hidden C-m C-t} (@code{mh-mhn-compose-external-compressed-tar}).
-Then, in addition to retrieving the file via anonymous @emph{ftp}, the
-file will also be uncompressed and untarred. You are prompted for the
-remote host and pathname and the content description. The pathname
-should contain at least one @samp{/} (slash), because the pathname is
-broken up into directory and name components.
address@hidden
+Use this hook with care. If there is a bug in your hook which returns
address@hidden on @samp{+inbox} and you hit @kbd{k} by accident in the
address@hidden folder, you will not be happy.
address@hidden quotation
address@hidden 1
address@hidden Other MIME Objects, Sending MIME, Tar, Editing MIME
address@hidden Including other multimedia objects
address@hidden @command{sortm}
address@hidden @file{.mh_profile}
address@hidden @samp{sortm:} MH profile component
address@hidden MH commands, @command{sortm}
address@hidden MH profile component, @samp{sortm:}
address@hidden files, @file{.mh_profile}
address@hidden images
address@hidden MIME, images
address@hidden sound
address@hidden MIME, sound
address@hidden video
address@hidden MIME, video
address@hidden @code{mh-mhn-compose-insertion}
+The option @code{mh-sortm-args} holds extra arguments to pass on to
+the command @address@hidden the section
address@hidden@value{MH-BOOK-HOME}/sorsor.htm, Sorting Messages: sortm} in the
+MH book.} when a prefix argument is used with @kbd{F S}. Normally
+default arguments to @command{sortm} are specified in the MH profile.
+This option may be used to provide an alternate view. For example,
address@hidden'(\"-nolimit\" \"-textfield\" \"subject\")} is a useful setting.
-Images, sound, and video can be inserted in your message with the
address@hidden C-m C-i} (@code{mh-mhn-compose-insertion}) command. You are
-prompted for the filename containing the object, the content type, and a
-content description of the object.
address@hidden exiting
address@hidden quitting
address@hidden mh-rmail
address@hidden Sending MIME, , Other MIME Objects, Editing MIME
address@hidden Readying multimedia messages for sending
+When you want to quit using MH-E and go back to editing, you can use
+the @kbd{q} (@code{mh-quit}) command. This buries the buffers of the
+current MH-E folder and restores the buffers that were present when
+you first ran @kbd{M-x mh-rmail}. It also removes any MH-E working
+buffers whose name begins with @samp{ *mh-} or @samp{*MH-E }
+(@pxref{Miscellaneous}). You can later restore your MH-E session by
+selecting the @samp{+inbox} buffer or by running @kbd{M-x mh-rmail}
+again.
-When you are finished editing a @sc{mime} message, it might look like this:
address@hidden mh-before-quit-hook
address@hidden mh-quit-hook
address@hidden
+The two hooks @code{mh-before-quit-hook} and @code{mh-quit-hook} are
+called by @kbd{q} (@code{mh-quit}). The former one is called before
+the quit occurs, so you might use it to perform any MH-E operations;
+you could perform some query and abort the quit or call
address@hidden, for example. The latter is not run in an
+MH-E context, so you might use it to modify the window setup. For
+example, if the window configuration was saved as in the example in
address@hidden Commands and Options}, you would also want to set
address@hidden to the following:
+
address@hidden XXX Replace this with my example for killing the mail buffers.
+
address@hidden mh-quit-hook, example
+
address@hidden
@group
address@hidden
- 3 24Aug root received fax files on Wed Aug 24 11:00:13
- 4+ 24Aug To:wohler Test<<This is a test message to get the wh
+(defun my-mh-quit-hook ()
+ "Clear window configuration variables as the MH window is gone."
+ (setq my-mh-screen-saved nil)
+ (setq my-mh-screen nil)
+ (if my-normal-screen
+ (set-window-configuration my-normal-screen))
+ (setq my-normal-screen nil))
address@hidden up window setup in mh-quit-hook}
address@hidden group
address@hidden smalllisp
address@hidden folders, renaming
address@hidden renaming folders
address@hidden dired-do-rename
address@hidden R
+
+You can use dired to manipulate the folders themselves. For example, I
+renamed my @samp{+out} folder to the more common @samp{+outbox} by
+running dired on my mail directory (@kbd{M-x dired RET ~/Mail RET}),
+moving my cursor to @samp{out} and using the command @kbd{R}
+(@code{dired-do-rename}).
address@hidden Sending Mail, Editing Drafts, Folders, Top
address@hidden Sending Mail
address@hidden sending mail
address@hidden mh-smail
address@hidden@} 4 msgs (1-4) (MH-Folder Show)--Bot-------------------
-To: wohler
-cc:
-Subject: Test of MIME
---------
-#@@application/octet-stream [Nonexistent ftp test file] \
-access-type=anon-ftp; site=berzerk.com; name=panacea.tar.gz; \
-directory="/pub/"
-#audio/basic [Test sound bite] /tmp/noise.au
address@hidden@} (MH-Letter)--All--------------------------------------
+You can send a mail message in several ways. You can call @kbd{M-x
+mh-smail} directly, or from the command line like this:
address@hidden cartouche
address@hidden @sc{mime} draft}
address@hidden group
address@hidden starting from command line
+
address@hidden
+$ @kbd{emacs -f mh-smail}
@end example
address@hidden @code{mhn}
address@hidden MH commands, @code{mhn}
address@hidden @code{mh-edit-mhn}
-
-The lines added by the previous commands are @code{mhn} directives and
-need to be converted to @sc{mime} directives before sending. This is
-accomplished by the command @kbd{C-c C-e} (@code{mh-edit-mhn}), which
-runs @code{mhn} on the message. The following screen shows what those
-commands look like in full @sc{mime} format. You can see why mail user
-agents are usually built to hide these details from the user.
address@hidden goto-address-at-point
address@hidden mail-user-agent
address@hidden
address@hidden
address@hidden
-To: wohler
-cc:
-Subject: Test of MIME
-MIME-Version: 1.0
-Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----- =_aaaaaaaaaa0"
-Content-ID: <1623.777796162.0@@newt.com>
+There are some commands that need to send a mail message, such as
address@hidden You can configure Emacs to have these
+commands use MH-E by setting the option @code{mail-user-agent} to
address@hidden interface to MH}.
-------- =_aaaaaaaaaa0
-Content-Type: message/external-body; access-type="anon-ftp";
- site="berzerk.com"; name="panacea.tar.gz"; directory="/pub/"
-
-Content-Type: application/octet-stream
-Content-ID: <1623.777796162.1@@newt.com>
-Content-Description: Nonexistent ftp test file
-
-------- =_aaaaaaaaaa0
-Content-Type: audio/basic
-Content-ID: <1623.777796162.2@@newt.com>
-Content-Description: Test sound bite
-Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
+From within MH-E's MH-Folder mode, other methods of sending mail are
+available as well. These can also be found in the @samp{Message} menu.
-Q3JlYXRpdmUgVm9pY2UgRmlsZRoaAAoBKREBQh8AgwCAgH9/f35+fn59fX5+fn5+f39/f39/f3
-f4B/f39/f39/f39/f39/f39+f39+f39/f39/f4B/f39/fn5/f39/f3+Af39/f39/gH9/f39/fn
address@hidden@} (MH-Letter)--Top--------------------------------------
address@hidden @kbd
address@hidden @samp{Message > Edit Message Again} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Message > Edit Message Again}
address@hidden e
address@hidden mh-edit-again
address@hidden e
+Edit a message to send it again (@code{mh-edit-again}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Message > Re-edit a Bounced Message} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Message > Re-edit a Bounced Message}
address@hidden E
address@hidden mh-extract-rejected-mail
address@hidden E
+Edit a message that was returned by the mail system
+(@code{mh-extract-rejected-mail}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Message > Forward Message...} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Message > Forward Message...}
address@hidden f
address@hidden mh-forward
address@hidden f
+Forward message (@code{mh-forward}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Message > Reply to Message...} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Message > Reply to Message...}
address@hidden r
address@hidden mh-reply
address@hidden r
+Reply to a message (@code{mh-reply}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Message > Compose a New Message} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Message > Compose a New Message}
address@hidden s
address@hidden mh-send
address@hidden s
+Compose a message (@code{mh-send}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Message > Redistribute Message...} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Message > Redistribute Message...}
address@hidden M-d
address@hidden mh-redistribute
address@hidden M-d
+Redistribute a message (@code{mh-redistribute}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-smail
address@hidden M-x mh-smail
+Compose a message with the MH mail system.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-smail-other-window
address@hidden M-x mh-smail-other-window
+Compose a message with the MH mail system in other window.
address@hidden table
address@hidden cartouche
address@hidden @sc{mime} draft ready to send}
address@hidden group
address@hidden example
address@hidden @samp{mh-sending-mail} customization group
address@hidden customization group, @samp{mh-sending-mail}
address@hidden @code{mh-revert-mhn-edit}
+In addition, several options from the @samp{mh-sending-mail}
+customization group are useful when sending mail or replying to mail.
+They are summarized in the following table.
+
address@hidden @code
address@hidden mh-compose-forward-as-mime-flag
+On means that messages are forwarded as attachments (default:
address@hidden).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-compose-letter-function
+Hook run when starting a new draft (default: @code{nil}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-compose-prompt-flag
+On means prompt for header fields when composing a new draft (default:
address@hidden).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-forward-subject-format
+Format string for forwarded message subject (default: @samp{"%s:
+%s"}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-insert-x-mailer-flag
+On means append an @samp{X-Mailer:} header field to the header
+(default: @samp{on}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-redist-full-contents-flag
+On means the @command{dist} command needs entire letter for
+redistribution (default: @samp{off}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-reply-default-reply-to
+Sets the person or persons to whom a reply will be sent (default:
address@hidden).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-reply-show-message-flag
+On means the MH-Show buffer is displayed using @kbd{r}
+(@code{mh-reply}) (default: @samp{on}).
address@hidden vtable
+
+The following hooks are available.
+
address@hidden @code
address@hidden mh-forward-hook
+Hook run by @code{mh-forward} on a forwarded letter (default:
address@hidden).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-letter-mode-hook
+Hook run by @code{mh-letter-mode} on a new letter (default:
address@hidden).
address@hidden vtable
+
+The functions and options introduced here are explained in more detail
+in the following sections.
-This action can be undone by running @kbd{C-c C-m C-u}
-(@code{mh-revert-mhn-edit}). It does this by reverting to a backup
-file. You are prompted to confirm this action, but you can avoid the
-confirmation by adding an argument (for example, @kbd{C-u C-c C-m C-u}).
address@hidden
+* Composing::
+* Replying::
+* Forwarding::
+* Redistributing::
+* Editing Again::
address@hidden menu
address@hidden Sending Message, Killing Draft, Editing MIME, Draft Editing
address@hidden Sending a Message
address@hidden Composing, Replying, Sending Mail, Sending Mail
address@hidden Composing
address@hidden @file{.emacs}
address@hidden MH-Folder mode
address@hidden composing mail
address@hidden draft
address@hidden files, @file{.emacs}
address@hidden modes, MH-Folder
@cindex sending mail
address@hidden @code{mh-send-letter}
address@hidden mh-smail
address@hidden mh-smail-other-window
-When you are all through editing a message, you send it with the
address@hidden C-c} (@code{mh-send-letter}) command. You can give an argument
-(as in @kbd{C-u C-c C-c}) to monitor the first stage of the delivery.
+Outside of an MH-Folder buffer, you must call either @kbd{M-x
+mh-smail} or @kbd{M-x mh-smail-other-window} to compose a new message.
+The former command always creates a two-window layout with the current
+buffer on top and the draft on the bottom. Use the latter command if
+you would rather preserve the window layout. You may find adding the
+following key bindings to @file{~/.emacs} useful:
+
address@hidden
+(global-set-key "\C-xm" 'mh-smail)
+(global-set-key "\C-x4m" 'mh-smail-other-window)
address@hidden smalllisp
address@hidden Killing Draft, , Sending Message, Draft Editing
address@hidden Killing the Draft
address@hidden MH-Letter mode
address@hidden draft folder
address@hidden modes, MH-Letter
address@hidden mh-send
address@hidden m
address@hidden killing draft
address@hidden @code{mh-fully-kill-draft}
+From within a MH-Folder buffer, you can simply use the command @kbd{m}
+(@code{mh-send}). However you invoke @code{mh-send}, your letter
+appears in an Emacs buffer whose mode is MH-Letter (see the Figure in
address@hidden Mail Tour} to see what the buffer looks like). MH-Letter
+mode allows you to edit your message, to check the validity of the
+recipients, to insert attachments and other messages into your
+message, and to send the message. We'll go more into depth about
+editing a @address@hidden highly recommend that you use a
address@hidden folder} so that you can edit several drafts in parallel. To
+do so, create a folder named @samp{+drafts} for example, and add the
+profile component @samp{Draft-Folder: drafts} (see
address@hidden(5)).} (a message you're composing) in just a moment
+(@pxref{Editing Drafts}).
+
address@hidden mh-compose-prompt-flag
+
+If you prefer to be prompted for the recipient and subject fields
+before the MH-Letter buffer appears, turn on the option
address@hidden
+
address@hidden @samp{X-Mailer:} header field
address@hidden header field, @samp{X-Mailer:}
address@hidden mh-insert-x-mailer-flag
+
+MH-E adds an @samp{X-Mailer:} header field to the header that includes
+the version of MH-E and Emacs that you are using. If you don't want to
+participate in our marketing, you can turn off the option
address@hidden
-If for some reason you are not happy with the draft, you can kill it
-instead with @kbd{C-c C-q} (@code{mh-fully-kill-draft}). Emacs then
-kills the draft buffer and deletes the draft message.
address@hidden @command{repl}
address@hidden @file{components}
address@hidden MH commands, @command{repl}
address@hidden Mail mode
address@hidden files, @file{components}
address@hidden modes, Mail
address@hidden mail-mode-hook
address@hidden mh-letter-mode-hook
address@hidden text-mode-hook
address@hidden Moving Mail, Searching, Draft Editing, Using mh-e
address@hidden Moving Your Mail Around
+Two hooks are provided to run commands on your freshly created draft.
+The first hook, @code{mh-letter-mode-hook}, allows you to do some
+processing before editing a address@hidden, because
+MH-Letter mode inherits from Mail mode, the hooks
address@hidden and @code{mail-mode-hook} are run (in that
+order) before @code{mh-letter-mode-hook}.}. For example, you may wish
+to modify the header after @command{repl} has done its work, or you
+may have a complicated @file{components} file and need to tell MH-E
+where the cursor should go. Here's an example of how you would use
+this hook. You can add the hook using @code{add-hook} or by running
address@hidden customize-option @key{RET} mh-letter-mode-hook
address@hidden of the other hooks are set in a similar fashion.
address@hidden processing mail
address@hidden mh-insert-signature, example
-This section covers how messages and folders can be moved about or
-manipulated. Messages may be incorporated into your @file{+inbox},
-deleted, and refiled. Messages containing @code{shar} or
address@hidden output can be stored. Folders can be visited, sorted,
-packed, or deleted. Here's a list of the available commands to do these
-things:
address@hidden
address@hidden
+(defvar letter-mode-init-done-flag nil
+ "Non-nil means one-time MH-E settings have been made.")
address@hidden Stephen thinks that ? should be documented here, since it also
shows
address@hidden which folders a message will be refiled to. XXX
+(defun my-mh-letter-mode-hook ()
+ "Prepare letter for editing."
+ (when (not letter-mode-init-done) ; @r{only need to bind the keys once}
+ (local-set-key "\C-ctb" 'add-enriched-text)
+ (local-set-key "\C-cti" 'add-enriched-text)
+ (local-set-key "\C-ctf" 'add-enriched-text)
+ (local-set-key "\C-cts" 'add-enriched-text)
+ (local-set-key "\C-ctB" 'add-enriched-text)
+ (local-set-key "\C-ctu" 'add-enriched-text)
+ (local-set-key "\C-ctc" 'add-enriched-text)
+ (setq letter-mode-init-done t))
+ (save-excursion
+ (goto-char (point-max)) ; @r{go to end of message to}
+ (mh-insert-signature))) ; @r{insert signature}
address@hidden @kbd
address@hidden i
-Incorporate new mail into folder (@code{mh-inc-folder}).
+(add-hook 'mh-letter-mode-hook 'my-mh-letter-mode-hook)
address@hidden d
-Delete message (@code{mh-delete-msg}).
address@hidden draft for editing via mh-letter-mode-hook}
address@hidden C-d
-Delete message, don't move to next message (@code{mh-delete-msg-no-motion}).
address@hidden group
address@hidden smalllisp
address@hidden M-s
-Find messages that meet search criteria (@code{mh-search-folder}).
+The function, @code{add-enriched-text} is defined in the example in
address@hidden Attachments}.
address@hidden o
-Output (refile) message to folder (@code{mh-refile-msg}).
address@hidden mh-compose-letter-function
address@hidden c
-Copy message to folder (@code{mh-copy-msg}).
+The second hook, a function really, is
address@hidden Like @code{mh-letter-mode-hook}, it
+is called just before editing a new message; however, it is the last
+function called before you edit your message. The consequence of this
+is that you can write a function to write and send the message for
+you. This function is passed three arguments: the contents of the
address@hidden:}, @samp{Subject:}, and @samp{Cc:} header fields.
address@hidden C-o
-Output (write) message to file (@code{mh-write-msg-to-file}).
address@hidden Replying, Forwarding, Composing, Sending Mail
address@hidden Replying to Mail
address@hidden !
-Repeat last output command (@code{mh-refile-or-write-again}).
address@hidden @command{mhl}
address@hidden @file{mhl.reply}
address@hidden MH commands, @command{mhl}
address@hidden files, @file{mhl.reply}
address@hidden replying
address@hidden mh-reply
address@hidden r
address@hidden l
-Print message with @code{lpr} (@code{mh-print-msg}).
+To compose a reply to a message, use the @kbd{r} (@code{mh-reply})
+command.
address@hidden |
-Pipe message through shell command (@code{mh-pipe-msg}).
+When you reply to a message, you are first prompted with @samp{Reply
+to whom?}. You have several choices here.
+
address@hidden
address@hidden
address@hidden @b{Reply Goes To}
+
address@hidden @r{The person who sent the message. This is the
default,}
+ @r{so @key{RET} is sufficient.}
+
address@hidden @r{Replies to the sender, plus all recipients in the}
+ @address@hidden:} header field.}
+
address@hidden
address@hidden @r{Forms a reply to the sender, plus all recipients.}
address@hidden group
address@hidden smallexample
address@hidden M-n
-Unpack message created with @code{uudecode} or @code{shar}
-(@code{mh-store-msg}).
address@hidden @command{repl}
address@hidden MH commands, @command{repl}
address@hidden M-l
-List all folders (@code{mh-list-folders}).
+Depending on your answer, @address@hidden the section
address@hidden@value{MH-BOOK-HOME}/reprep.htm, Replying to Messages: repl} in
+the MH book.} is given a different argument to form your reply.
+Specifically, a choice of @kbd{from} or none at all runs @samp{repl
+-nocc all}, and a choice of @kbd{to} runs @samp{repl -cc to}. Finally,
+either @kbd{cc} or @kbd{all} runs @samp{repl -cc all -nocc me}.
address@hidden M-f
-Visit folder (@code{mh-visit-folder}).
address@hidden MH-Letter mode
address@hidden MH-Show mode
address@hidden draft
address@hidden modes, MH-Letter
address@hidden modes, MH-Show
address@hidden M-r
-Regenerate scan lines (@code{mh-rescan-folder}).
+Two windows are then created. One window contains the message to which
+you are replying in an MH-Show buffer. Your draft, in MH-Letter mode
+(@pxref{Editing Drafts}), is in the other window.
+
+If you supply a prefix argument (as in @kbd{C-u r}), the message you
+are replying to is inserted in your reply after having first been run
+through @command{mhl} with the format file @file{mhl.reply}. See
address@hidden(1) or the section
address@hidden@value{MH-BOOK-HOME}/shomes.htm#Usisho, Using mhl} in the MH
+book to see how you can modify the default @file{mhl.reply} file.
+
address@hidden mh-yank-behavior
+
+Alternatively, you can customize the option @code{mh-yank-behavior}
+and choose one of its @samp{Automatically} variants to do the same
+thing. @xref{Inserting Letter}. If you do so, the prefix argument has
+no effect.
address@hidden M-x mh-sort-folder
-Sort folder.
+Another way to include the message automatically in your draft is to
+use @samp{repl: -filter repl.filter} in your MH profile.
address@hidden M-p
-Pack folder (@code{mh-pack-folder}).
+If you include the message automatically, you can hide the MH-Show
+buffer by turning off the option @code{mh-reply-show-message-flag}.
address@hidden M-k
-Remove folder (@code{mh-kill-folder}).
+If you wish to customize the header or other parts of the reply draft,
+please see @command{repl}(1) and @code{mh-format}(5).
address@hidden x
-Execute pending refiles and deletes (@code{mh-execute-commands}).
address@hidden mh-reply-default-reply-to
address@hidden u
-Undo pending refile or delete (@code{mh-undo}).
+The @code{mh-reply-default-reply-to} option is set to @samp{Prompt} by
+default so that you are prompted for the recipient of a reply. If you
+find that most of the time that you specify @kbd{cc} when you reply to
+a message, set this option to @samp{cc}. Other choices include
address@hidden, @samp{to}, or @samp{all}. You can always edit the
+recipients in the draft.
address@hidden M-u
-Undo all pending refiles and deletes (@code{mh-undo-folder}).
address@hidden Forwarding, Redistributing, Replying, Sending Mail
address@hidden Forwarding Mail
address@hidden q
-Quit (@code{mh-quit}).
address@hidden table
address@hidden @command{forw}
address@hidden MH commands, @command{forw}
address@hidden draft
address@hidden forwarding
address@hidden mh-forward
address@hidden f
address@hidden mh-forward-hook
+
+To forward a message, use the @kbd{f} (@code{mh-forward}) command. You
+are prompted for the @samp{To:} and @samp{cc:} recipients. You are
+given a draft to edit that looks like it would if you had run the MH
+command @address@hidden the section
address@hidden@value{MH-BOOK-HOME}/forfor.htm, Forwarding Messages: forw} in
+the MH book.}. You can then add some text (@pxref{Editing Drafts}).
+You can forward several messages by using a range (@pxref{Ranges}).
+All of the messages in the range are inserted into your draft. The
+hook @code{mh-forward-hook} is called on the draft.
address@hidden
-* Incorporating::
-* Deleting::
-* Organizing::
-* Printing::
-* Files and Pipes::
-* Finishing Up::
address@hidden menu
address@hidden @file{.mh_profile}
address@hidden @samp{forw:} MH profile component
address@hidden MH profile component, @samp{forw:}
address@hidden files, @file{.mh_profile}
address@hidden mh-compose-forward-as-mime-flag
address@hidden Incorporating, Deleting, Moving Mail, Moving Mail
address@hidden Incorporating Your Mail
+By default, the option @code{mh-compose-forward-as-mime-flag} is on
+which means that the forwarded messages are included as attachments.
+If you would prefer to forward your messages verbatim (as text,
+inline), then turn off this option. Forwarding messages verbatim works
+well for short, textual messages, but your recipient won't be able to
+view any non-textual attachments that were in the forwarded message.
+Be aware that if you have @samp{forw: -mime} in your MH profile, then
+forwarded messages will always be included as attachments regardless
+of the settings of @code{mh-compose-forward-as-mime-flag}.
+
address@hidden mh-forward-subject-format
+
+The format of the @samp{Subject:} header field for forwarded messages
+is controlled by the option @code{mh-forward-subject-format}. This
+option is a string which includes two escapes (@samp{%s}). The first
address@hidden is replaced with the sender of the original message, and the
+second one is replaced with the original @samp{Subject:}. The default
+value of @samp{"%s: %s"} takes a message with the header:
address@hidden incorporating
address@hidden @code{mh-inc-folder}
address@hidden
address@hidden
+To: Bill Wohler <wohler@@stop.mail-abuse.org>
+Subject: Re: 49er football
+From: Greg DesBrisay <gd@@stop.mail-abuse.org>
address@hidden group
address@hidden smallexample
-If at any time you receive new mail, incorporate the new mail into your
address@hidden buffer with @kbd{i} (@code{mh-inc-folder}). Note that
address@hidden will display the @samp{+inbox} buffer, even if there isn't any
-new mail. You can incorporate mail from any file into the current
-folder by specifying a prefix argument; you'll be prompted for the name
-of the file to use (for example, @kbd{C-u i ~/mbox @key{RET}}).
+and creates a subject header field of:
address@hidden Emacs, notification of new mail
address@hidden notification of new mail
address@hidden new mail
address@hidden @file{.emacs}
address@hidden files, @file{.emacs}
address@hidden
+Subject: Greg DesBrisay: Re: 49er football
address@hidden smallexample
-Emacs can notify you when you have new mail by displaying @samp{Mail} in
-the mode line. To enable this behavior, and to have a clock in the mode
-line besides, add the following to @file{~/.emacs}:
address@hidden Redistributing, Editing Again, Forwarding, Sending Mail
address@hidden Redistributing Your Mail
address@hidden @code{display-time}
address@hidden @command{dist}
address@hidden MH commands, @command{dist}
address@hidden redistributing
address@hidden mh-redistribute
address@hidden M-d
address@hidden
-(display-time)
address@hidden lisp
+The command @kbd{M-d} (@code{mh-redistribute}) is similar in function
+to forwarding mail, but it does not allow you to edit the message, nor
+does it add your name to the @samp{From:} header field. It appears to
+the recipient as if the message had come from the original sender.
+When you run this command, you are prompted for the recipients.
+
+For more information on redistributing messages, see
address@hidden(1). Also investigate the command @kbd{e}
+(@code{mh-edit-again}) for another way to redistribute messages
+(@pxref{Editing Again}).
+
address@hidden @command{send}
address@hidden MH commands, @command{send}
address@hidden mh-redist-full-contents-flag
+
+The option @code{mh-redist-full-contents-flag} must be turned on if
address@hidden@footnote{See the section
address@hidden@value{MH-BOOK-HOME}/disdis.htm, Distributing Messages with
+dist} in the MH book.} requires the whole letter for redistribution,
+which is the case if @address@hidden the section
address@hidden@value{MH-BOOK-HOME}/sensen.htm, Sending Some Mail: comp send}
+in the MH book.} is compiled with the @sc{berk} option (which many
+people abhor). If you find that MH will not allow you to redistribute
+a message that has been redistributed before, turn off this option.
address@hidden Deleting, Organizing, Incorporating, Moving Mail
address@hidden Deleting Your Mail
address@hidden Editing Again, , Redistributing, Sending Mail
address@hidden Editing Old Drafts and Bounced Messages
address@hidden deleting
address@hidden @code{mh-delete-msg}
address@hidden @code{mh-delete-msg-no-motion}
-
-To mark a message for deletion, use the @kbd{d} (@code{mh-delete-msg})
-command. A @samp{D} is placed by the message in the scan window, and
-the next message is displayed. If the previous command had been
address@hidden, then the next message displayed is the message previous to the
-message just deleted. If you specify a prefix argument, you will be
-prompted for a sequence (@pxref{Sequences}) to delete (for example,
address@hidden d frombob RET}). The @kbd{x} command actually carries out the
-deletion (@pxref{Finishing Up}). @kbd{C-d}
-(@code{mh-delete-msg-no-motion}) marks the message for deletion but
-leaves the cursor at the current message in case you wish to perform
-other operations on the message.
address@hidden @file{draft}
address@hidden files, @file{draft}
address@hidden re-editing drafts
address@hidden mh-edit-again
address@hidden e
address@hidden Organizing, Printing, Deleting, Moving Mail
address@hidden Organizing Your Mail with Folders
+If you don't complete a draft for one reason or another, and if the
+draft buffer is no longer available, you can pick your draft up again
+with @kbd{e} (@code{mh-edit-again}). If you don't use a draft
+folder, your last @file{draft} file will be used. If you use draft
+folders, you'll need to visit the draft folder with @kbd{F v drafts
address@hidden, use @kbd{n} to move to the appropriate message, and then
+use @kbd{e} to prepare the message for editing.
address@hidden using folders
address@hidden @code{folder}
address@hidden MH commands, @code{folder}
address@hidden @code{refile}
address@hidden MH commands, @code{refile}
address@hidden @code{mh-refile-msg}
-
-mh-e has analogies for each of the MH @code{folder} and @code{refile}
-commands. To refile a message in another folder, use the @kbd{o}
-(@code{mh-refile-msg}) (mnemonic: ``output'') command. You are prompted
-for the folder name.
+The @kbd{e} command can also be used to take messages that were sent
+to you and to send them to more people.
address@hidden @code{mh-refile-or-write-again}
address@hidden Mailer-Daemon
address@hidden mh-extract-rejected-mail
address@hidden E
-If you are refiling several messages into the same folder, you can use
-the @kbd{!} (@code{mh-refile-or-write-again}) command to repeat the last
-refile or write (see the description of @kbd{C-o} in @ref{Files and
-Pipes}). Or, place the messages into a sequence (@ref{Sequences}) and
-specify a prefix argument to @kbd{o}, in which case you'll be prompted
-for the name of the sequence (for example, @kbd{C-u o search RET}).
-
address@hidden @code{mh-copy-msg}
-
-If you wish to copy a message to another folder, you can use the @kbd{c}
-(@code{mh-copy-msg}) command (see the @code{-link} argument to
address@hidden(1)). You are prompted for a folder, and you can specify a
-prefix argument if you want to copy a sequence into another folder. In
-this case, you are then prompted for the sequence. Note that unlike the
address@hidden command, the copy takes place immediately. The original copy
-remains in the current folder.
+Don't use @kbd{e} to re-edit a message from a @i{Mailer-Daemon} who
+complained that your mail wasn't posted for some reason or another. In
+this case, use @kbd{E} (@code{mh-extract-rejected-mail}) to prepare
+the message for editing by removing the @i{Mailer-Daemon} envelope and
+unneeded header fields. Fix whatever addressing problem you had, and
+send the message again with @kbd{C-c C-c}.
address@hidden @code{mh-visit-folder}
address@hidden Editing Drafts, Aliases, Sending Mail, Top
address@hidden Editing a Draft
-When you want to read the messages that you have refiled into folders,
-use the @kbd{M-f} (@code{mh-visit-folder}) command to visit the folder.
-You are prompted for the folder name.
address@hidden MH-Letter mode
address@hidden draft
address@hidden editing draft
address@hidden modes, MH-Letter
address@hidden @code{mh-list-folders}
address@hidden @code{mh-kill-folder}
address@hidden @code{mh-visit-folder}
address@hidden @code{mh-sort-folder}
address@hidden @code{mh-pack-folder}
address@hidden @code{mh-rescan-folder}
-
-Other commands you can perform on folders include: @kbd{M-l}
-(@code{mh-list-folders}), to list all the folders in your mail
-directory; @kbd{M-k} (@code{mh-kill-folder}), to remove a folder;
address@hidden mh-sort-folder}, to sort the messages by date (see
address@hidden(1) to see how to sort by other criteria); @kbd{M-p}
-(@code{mh-pack-folder}), to pack a folder, removing gaps from the
-numbering sequence; and @kbd{M-r} (@code{mh-rescan-folder}), to rescan
-the folder, which is useful to grab all messages in your @file{+inbox}
-after processing your new mail for the first time. If you don't want to
-rescan the entire folder, give @kbd{M-r} or @kbd{M-p} a prefix argument
-and you'll be prompted for a range of messages to display (for instance,
address@hidden M-r last:50 RET}).
+When you edit a message that you want to send (called a @dfn{draft} in
+this case), the mode used is MH-Letter. This mode provides several
+commands in addition to the normal Emacs editing commands to help you
+edit your draft. These can also be found in the @samp{Letter} menu.
address@hidden Printing, Files and Pipes, Organizing, Moving Mail
address@hidden Printing Your Mail
address@hidden @kbd
address@hidden @key{SPC}
address@hidden mh-letter-complete-or-space
address@hidden @key{SPC}
+Perform completion or insert space (@code{mh-letter-complete-or-space}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden address@hidden
address@hidden mh-letter-complete
address@hidden address@hidden
+Perform completion on header field or word preceding point
+(@code{mh-letter-complete}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden , (comma)
address@hidden mh-letter-confirm-address
address@hidden , (comma)
+Flash alias expansion (@code{mh-letter-confirm-address}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @key{TAB}
address@hidden mh-letter-next-header-field-or-indent
address@hidden @key{TAB}
+Cycle to next field (@code{mh-letter-next-header-field-or-indent}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden address@hidden
address@hidden mh-letter-previous-header-field
address@hidden address@hidden
+Cycle to the previous header field
+(@code{mh-letter-previous-header-field}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden C-c ?
address@hidden mh-help
address@hidden C-c ?
+Display cheat sheet for the MH-E commands (@code{mh-help}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Letter > Send This Draft} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Letter > Send This Draft}
address@hidden C-c C-c
address@hidden mh-send-letter
address@hidden C-c C-c
+Save draft and send message (@code{mh-send-letter}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden C-c C-d
address@hidden mh-insert-identity
address@hidden C-c C-d
+Insert fields specified by the given identity
+(@code{mh-insert-identity}). @xref{Identities}.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Letter > Pull in All Compositions (MH)} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Letter > Pull in All Compositions (MH)}
address@hidden C-c C-e
address@hidden mh-mh-to-mime
address@hidden C-c C-e
+Compose @sc{mime} message from MH-style directives
+(@code{mh-mh-to-mime}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden C-c C-f C-a
address@hidden C-c C-f a
address@hidden mh-to-field
address@hidden C-c C-f C-a
address@hidden C-c C-f a
+Move to @samp{Mail-Reply-To:} header field (@code{mh-to-field}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden C-c C-f C-b
address@hidden C-c C-f b
address@hidden C-c C-f C-b
address@hidden C-c C-f b
+Move to @samp{Bcc:} header field (@code{mh-to-field}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden C-c C-f C-c
address@hidden C-c C-f c
address@hidden C-c C-f C-c
address@hidden C-c C-f c
+Move to @samp{Cc:} header field (@code{mh-to-field}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden C-c C-f C-d
address@hidden C-c C-f d
address@hidden C-c C-f C-d
address@hidden C-c C-f d
+Move to @samp{Dcc:} header field (@code{mh-to-field}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden C-c C-f C-f
address@hidden C-c C-f f
address@hidden mh-to-fcc
address@hidden C-c C-f C-f
address@hidden C-c C-f f
+Move to @samp{Fcc:} header field (@code{mh-to-fcc}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden C-c C-f C-l
address@hidden C-c C-f l
address@hidden C-c C-f C-l
address@hidden C-c C-f l
+Move to @samp{Mail-Followup-To:} header field (@code{mh-to-field}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden C-c C-f C-m
address@hidden C-c C-f m
address@hidden C-c C-f C-m
address@hidden C-c C-f m
+Move to @samp{From:} header field (@code{mh-to-field}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden C-c C-f C-r
address@hidden C-c C-f r
address@hidden C-c C-f C-r
address@hidden C-c C-f r
+Move to @samp{Reply-To:} header field (@code{mh-to-field}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden C-c C-f C-s
address@hidden C-c C-f s
address@hidden C-c C-f C-s
address@hidden C-c C-f s
+Move to @samp{Subject:} header field (@code{mh-to-field}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden C-c C-f C-t
address@hidden C-c C-f t
address@hidden C-c C-f C-t
address@hidden C-c C-f t
+Move to @samp{To:} header field (@code{mh-to-field}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Letter > Insert a Message...} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Letter > Insert a Message...}
address@hidden C-c C-i
address@hidden mh-insert-letter
address@hidden C-c C-i
+Insert a message (@code{mh-insert-letter}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden C-c C-m C-e
address@hidden mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt
address@hidden C-c C-m C-e
+Add tag to encrypt the message (@code{mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Letter > Compose Forward...} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Letter > Compose Forward...}
address@hidden C-c C-m C-f
address@hidden C-c C-m f
address@hidden mh-compose-forward
address@hidden C-c C-m C-f
address@hidden C-c C-m f
+Add tag to forward a message (@code{mh-compose-forward}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Letter > Compose Get File (MH)...} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Letter > Compose Get File (MH)...}
address@hidden C-c C-m C-g
address@hidden C-c C-m g
address@hidden mh-mh-compose-anon-ftp
address@hidden C-c C-m C-g
address@hidden C-c C-m g
+Add tag to include anonymous ftp reference to a file
+(@code{mh-mh-compose-anon-ftp}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Letter > Compose Insertion...} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Letter > Compose Insertion...}
address@hidden C-c C-m C-i
address@hidden C-c C-m i
address@hidden mh-compose-insertion
address@hidden C-c C-m C-i
address@hidden C-c C-m i
+Add tag to include a file such as an image or sound
+(@code{mh-compose-insertion}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Letter > Pull in All Compositions (MML)} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Letter > Pull in All Compositions (MML)}
address@hidden C-c C-m C-m
address@hidden C-c C-m m
address@hidden mh-mml-to-mime
address@hidden C-c C-m C-m
address@hidden C-c C-m m
+Compose @sc{mime} message from MML tags (@code{mh-mml-to-mime}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden C-c C-m C-n
address@hidden C-c C-m n
address@hidden mh-mml-unsecure-message
address@hidden C-c C-m C-n
address@hidden C-c C-m n
+Remove any secure message tags (@code{mh-mml-unsecure-message}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden C-c C-m C-s
address@hidden mh-mml-secure-message-sign
address@hidden C-c C-m C-s
+Add tag to sign the message (@code{mh-mml-secure-message-sign}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Letter > Compose Compressed tar (MH)...} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Letter > Compose Compressed tar (MH)...}
address@hidden C-c C-m C-t
address@hidden C-c C-m t
address@hidden mh-mh-compose-external-compressed-tar
address@hidden C-c C-m C-t
address@hidden C-c C-m t
+Add tag to include anonymous ftp reference to a compressed tar file
+(@code{mh-mh-compose-external-compressed-tar}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Letter > Revert to Non-MIME Edit (MH)} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Letter > Revert to Non-MIME Edit (MH)}
address@hidden C-c C-m C-u
address@hidden C-c C-m u
address@hidden mh-mh-to-mime-undo
address@hidden C-c C-m C-u
address@hidden C-c C-m u
+Undo effects of @kbd{C-c C-e} (@code{mh-mh-to-mime-undo}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden C-c C-m C-x
address@hidden C-c C-m x
address@hidden mh-mh-compose-external-type
address@hidden C-c C-m C-x
address@hidden C-c C-m x
+Add tag to refer to a remote file
+(@code{mh-mh-compose-external-type}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden C-c C-m e e
address@hidden mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt
address@hidden C-c C-m e e
+Add tag to encrypt the message (@code{mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden C-c C-m e s
address@hidden mh-mml-secure-message-signencrypt
address@hidden C-c C-m e s
+Add tag to encrypt and sign the address@hidden
+(@code{mh-mml-secure-message-signencrypt}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden C-c C-m s e
address@hidden mh-mml-secure-message-signencrypt
address@hidden C-c C-m s e
+Add tag to encrypt and sign the address@hidden
+(@code{mh-mml-secure-message-signencrypt}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden C-c C-m s s
address@hidden mh-mml-secure-message-sign
address@hidden C-c C-m s s
+Add tag to sign the message (@code{mh-mml-secure-message-sign}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Letter > Split Current Line} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Letter > Split Current Line}
address@hidden C-c C-o
address@hidden mh-open-line
address@hidden C-c C-o
+Insert a newline and leave point before it (@code{mh-open-line}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Letter > Kill This Draft} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Letter > Kill This Draft}
address@hidden C-c C-q
address@hidden mh-fully-kill-draft
address@hidden C-c C-q
+Quit editing and delete draft message (@code{mh-fully-kill-draft}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Letter > Insert Signature} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Letter > Insert Signature}
address@hidden C-c C-s
address@hidden mh-insert-signature
address@hidden C-c C-s
+Insert signature in message (@code{mh-insert-signature}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden C-c C-t
address@hidden mh-letter-toggle-header-field-display
address@hidden C-c C-t
+Toggle display of header field at point
+(@code{mh-letter-toggle-header-field-display}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Letter > Check Recipient} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Letter > Check Recipient}
address@hidden C-c C-w
address@hidden mh-check-whom
address@hidden C-c C-w
+Verify recipients, showing expansion of any aliases
+(@code{mh-check-whom}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Letter > Yank Current Message} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Letter > Yank Current Message}
address@hidden C-c C-y
address@hidden mh-yank-cur-msg
address@hidden C-c C-y
+Insert the current message into the draft buffer
+(@code{mh-yank-cur-msg}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden C-c M-d
address@hidden mh-insert-auto-fields
address@hidden C-c M-d
+Insert custom fields if recipient is found in
address@hidden (@code{mh-insert-auto-fields}).
address@hidden
address@hidden table
address@hidden printing
address@hidden @code{mhl}
address@hidden MH commands, @code{mhl}
address@hidden @code{lpr}
address@hidden Unix commands, @code{lpr}
address@hidden @code{mh-print-msg}
-
-Printing mail is simple. Enter @kbd{l} (@code{mh-print-msg}) (for
address@hidden printer or @i{l}pr). The message is formatted with @code{mhl}
-and printed with the @code{lpr} command. You can print all the messages
-in a sequence by specifying a prefix argument, in which case you are
-prompted for the name of the sequence (as in @kbd{C-u l frombob RET}).
-
address@hidden Files and Pipes, Finishing Up, Printing, Moving Mail
address@hidden Files and Pipes
-
address@hidden using files
address@hidden using pipes
address@hidden @code{mh-write-msg-to-file}
-
-mh-e does offer a couple of commands that are not a part of address@hidden The
-first one, @kbd{C-o} (@code{mh-write-msg-to-file}), writes a message to
-a file (think of the @kbd{o} as in "output"). You are prompted for the
-filename. If the file already exists, the message is appended to it.
-You can also write the message to the file without the header by
-specifying a prefix argument (such as @kbd{C-u C-o /tmp/foobar RET}).
-Subsequent writes to the same file can be made with the @kbd{!}
-command.
address@hidden @samp{mh-letter} customization group
address@hidden customization group, @samp{mh-letter}
address@hidden @code{mh-pipe-msg}
+Several options from the @samp{mh-letter} customization group are used
+while editing a draft.
-You can also pipe the message through a Unix shell command with the
address@hidden|} (@code{mh-pipe-msg}) command. You are prompted for the
-Unix command through which you wish to run your message. If you
-give an argument to this command, the message header is included in the
-text passed to the command (the contrived example @kbd{C-u | lpr}
-would be done with the @kbd{l} command instead).
address@hidden @code
address@hidden mh-compose-insertion
+Type of @sc{mime} message tags in messages (default: @samp{MML} if
+available; otherwise @samp{MH}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-compose-skipped-header-fields
+List of header fields to skip over when navigating in draft (default:
address@hidden'("From"} @code{"Organization"} @code{"References"}
address@hidden"In-Reply-To"} @code{"X-Face"} @code{"Face"}
address@hidden"X-Image-URL"} @code{"X-Mailer")}.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-compose-space-does-completion-flag
+On means @key{SPC} does completion in message header (default:
address@hidden).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-delete-yanked-msg-window-flag
+On means delete any window displaying the message (default: @samp{off}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-extract-from-attribution-verb
+Verb to use for attribution when a message is yanked by @kbd{C-c C-y}
+(default: @samp{"wrote:"}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-ins-buf-prefix
+String to put before each line of a yanked or inserted message
+(default: @samp{"> "}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-letter-complete-function
+Function to call when completing outside of address or folder fields
+(default: @code{ispell-complete-word}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-letter-fill-column
+Fill column to use in MH-Letter mode (default: 72).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-mml-method-default
+Default method to use in security tags (default: @samp{PGP (MIME)} if
+support for it is available; otherwise @samp{None}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-signature-file-name
+Source of user's signature (default: @samp{"~/.signature"}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-signature-separator-flag
+On means a signature separator should be inserted (default:
address@hidden).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-x-face-file
+File containing X-Face or Face header field to insert in outgoing mail.
+(default: @samp{"~/.face"}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-yank-behavior
+Controls which part of a message is yanked by @kbd{C-c C-y} (default:
address@hidden With Attribution}).
address@hidden vtable
address@hidden @code{shar}
address@hidden Unix commands, @code{shar}
address@hidden @code{uuencode}
address@hidden Unix commands, @code{uuencode}
address@hidden @code{mh-store-msg}
-
-If the message is a shell archive @code{shar} or has been run through
address@hidden use @kbd{M-n} (@code{mh-store-msg}) to extract the body
-of the message. The default directory for extraction is the current
-directory, and you have a chance to specify a different extraction
-directory. The next time you use this command, the default directory is
-the last directory you used.
+The following hooks are available.
address@hidden Finishing Up, , Files and Pipes, Moving Mail
address@hidden Finishing Up
address@hidden @code
address@hidden mail-citation-hook
+Hook for modifying a citation just inserted in the mail buffer
+(default: @code{nil}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-before-send-letter-hook
+Hook run at the beginning of the @kbd{C-c C-c} command (default:
address@hidden).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-mh-to-mime-hook
+Hook run on the formatted letter by @kbd{C-c C-e} (default:
address@hidden).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-insert-signature-hook
+Hook run by @kbd{C-c C-s} after signature has been inserted (default:
address@hidden).
address@hidden vtable
+
+The following face is available.
+
address@hidden @code
address@hidden mh-letter-header-field
+Editable header field value face in draft buffers.
address@hidden vtable
address@hidden expunging refiles and deletes
address@hidden @code{mh-undo}
address@hidden @code{mh-undo-folder}
+The commands and options introduced here are explained in more
+detail in the following sections.
-If you've deleted a message or refiled it, but changed your mind, you
-can cancel the action before you've executed it. Use @kbd{u}
-(@code{mh-undo}) to undo a refile on or deletion of a single message.
-You can also undo refiles and deletes for messages that belong to a
-given sequence by specifying a prefix argument. You'll be prompted for
-the name of the sequence (as in @kbd{C-u u frombob RET}).
-Alternatively, you can use @kbd{M-u} (@code{mh-undo-folder}) to undo all
-refiles or deletes in the current folder.
address@hidden
+* Editing Message::
+* Inserting Letter::
+* Inserting Messages::
+* Signature::
+* Picture::
+* Adding Attachments::
+* Sending PGP::
+* Checking Recipients::
+* Sending Message::
+* Killing Draft::
address@hidden menu
address@hidden @code{mh-execute-commands}
address@hidden Editing Message, Inserting Letter, Editing Drafts, Editing Drafts
address@hidden Editing the Message
-If you've marked messages to be deleted or refiled and you want to go
-ahead and delete or refile the messages, use @kbd{x}
-(@code{mh-execute-commands}). Many mh-e commands that may affect the
-numbering of the messages (such as @kbd{M-r} or @kbd{M-p}) will ask if you
-want to process refiles or deletes first and then either run @kbd{x} for
-you or undo the pending refiles and deletes, which are lost.
-
address@hidden @code{mh-rmail}
address@hidden @code{mh-quit}
-
-When you want to quit using mh-e and go back to editing, you can use the
address@hidden (@code{mh-quit}) command. This buries the buffers of the
-current mh-e folder and restores the buffers that were present when you
-first ran @kbd{M-x mh-rmail}. You can later restore your mh-e session
-by selecting the @samp{+inbox} buffer or by running @kbd{M-x mh-rmail}
-again.
address@hidden @samp{Bcc:} header field
address@hidden @samp{Cc:} header field
address@hidden @samp{Dcc:} header field
address@hidden @samp{From:} header field
address@hidden @samp{Mail-Followup-To:} header field
address@hidden @samp{Mail-Reply-To:} header field
address@hidden @samp{Reply-To:} header field
address@hidden @samp{Subject:} header field
address@hidden @samp{To:} header field
address@hidden editing header
address@hidden header field, @samp{Bcc:}
address@hidden header field, @samp{Cc:}
address@hidden header field, @samp{Dcc:}
address@hidden header field, @samp{From:}
address@hidden header field, @samp{Mail-Followup-To:}
address@hidden header field, @samp{Mail-Reply-To:}
address@hidden header field, @samp{Reply-To:}
address@hidden header field, @samp{Subject:}
address@hidden header field, @samp{To:}
address@hidden mh-to-field
address@hidden C-c C-f C-t
address@hidden C-c C-f t
address@hidden Searching, Sequences, Moving Mail, Using mh-e
address@hidden Searching Through Messages
+Because the header is part of the message, you can edit the header
+fields as you wish. However, several convenience commands exist to
+help you create and edit them. For example, the command @kbd{C-c C-f
+C-t} (@code{mh-to-field}; alternatively, @kbd{C-c C-f t}) moves the
+cursor to the @samp{To:} header field, creating it if necessary. The
+commands for moving to the @samp{Cc:}, @samp{Subject:}, @samp{From:},
address@hidden:}, @samp{Mail-Reply-To:}, @samp{Mail-Followup-To},
address@hidden:}, and @samp{Dcc:} header fields are similar.
address@hidden searching
address@hidden @code{mh-search-folder}
address@hidden mh-to-fcc
address@hidden C-c C-f C-f
address@hidden C-c C-f f
+
+One command behaves differently from the others, namely, @kbd{C-c C-f
+C-f} (@code{mh-to-fcc}; alternatively, @kbd{C-c C-f f}). This command
+will prompt you for the folder name in which to file a copy of the
+draft. @xref{Folder Selection}.
+
address@hidden indent-relative
address@hidden mh-letter-next-header-field-or-indent
address@hidden mh-letter-previous-header-field
address@hidden address@hidden
address@hidden @key{TAB}
address@hidden mh-compose-skipped-header-fields
address@hidden mh-letter-header-field
+
+Within the header of the message, the address@hidden @key{TAB}
+(@code{mh-letter-next-header-field-or-indent}) moves between fields
+that are highlighted with the face @code{mh-letter-header-field},
+skipping those fields listed in
address@hidden After the last field, this
+command then moves point to the message body before cycling back to
+the first field. If point is already past the first line of the
+message body, then this command indents by calling
address@hidden with the given prefix argument. The command
address@hidden@key{TAB}} (@code{mh-letter-previous-header-field}) moves
+backwards between the fields and cycles to the body of the message
+after the first field. Unlike the command @key{TAB}, it will always
+take point to the last field from anywhere in the body.
-You can search a folder for messages to or from a particular person or
-about a particular subject. In fact, you can also search for messages
-containing selected strings in any arbitrary header field or any string
-found within the messages. Use the @kbd{M-s} (@code{mh-search-folder})
-command. You are first prompted for the name of the folder to search
-and then placed in the following buffer in MH-Pick mode:
address@hidden alias completion
address@hidden completion
address@hidden spell check
address@hidden ispell-complete-word
address@hidden mh-letter-complete
address@hidden mh-letter-complete-or-space
address@hidden mh-letter-confirm-address
address@hidden , (comma)
address@hidden address@hidden
address@hidden @key{SPC}
address@hidden mh-letter-complete-function
+
+If the field contains addresses (for example, @samp{To:} or
address@hidden:}) or folders (for example, @samp{Fcc:}) then the command
address@hidden@key{TAB}} (@code{mh-letter-complete}) will provide alias
+completion (@pxref{Aliases}). In the body of the message,
address@hidden@key{TAB}} runs @code{mh-letter-complete-function} instead,
+which is set to @samp{'ispell-complete-word} by default. The command
address@hidden@key{TAB}} (@code{mh-letter-complete}) takes a prefix argument
+that is passed to the @code{mh-letter-complete-function}. In addition,
+turn on the option @code{mh-compose-space-does-completion-flag} to use
+the command @key{SPC} (@code{mh-letter-complete-or-space}) to perform
+completion in the header as well; use a prefix argument to specify
+more than one space. Addresses are separated by a comma; when you
+press the comma, the command @code{mh-letter-confirm-address} flashes
+the alias expansion in the minibuffer if
address@hidden is turned on.
+
address@hidden C-c C-t
address@hidden mh-letter-toggle-header-field-display
address@hidden XXX Document the replacement for the inaccessible 'long argument.
+
+Use the command @kbd{C-c C-t}
address@hidden to display truncated
+header fields. This command is a toggle so entering it again will hide
+the field. This command takes a prefix argument: if negative then the
+field is hidden, if positive then the field is displayed (for example,
address@hidden C-c C-t}).
+
+Be sure to leave a row of dashes or a blank line between the header
+and the body of the message.
+
address@hidden mh-letter-fill-column
+
+The body of the message is edited as you would edit any Emacs buffer
+although there are a few commands and options to assist you. You can
+change the fill column in MH-Letter mode with the option
address@hidden By default, this option is 72 to allow
+others to quote your message without line wrapping.
+
address@hidden filling paragraphs
address@hidden paragraphs, filling
address@hidden fill-paragraph
address@hidden M-q
address@hidden mh-ins-buf-prefix
+
+You'll often include messages that were sent from user agents that
+haven't yet realized that paragraphs consist of more than a single
+line. This makes for long lines that wrap in an ugly fashion. You'll
+find that @kbd{M-q} (@code{fill-paragraph}) works well even on these
+quoted messages, even if they are nested, just as long as all of the
+quotes match the value of @code{mh-ins-buf-prefix} (@pxref{Inserting
+Letter}). For example, let's assume you have the following in your
+draft:
@example
@group
address@hidden
-From: #
-To:
-Cc:
-Date:
-Subject:
---------
+> Hopefully this gives you an idea of what I'm currently doing. I'm \
+not sure yet whether I'm completely satisfied with my setup, but \
+it's worked okay for me so far.
address@hidden group
address@hidden example
+Running @kbd{M-q} on this paragraph produces:
address@hidden
address@hidden
+> Hopefully this gives you an idea of what I'm currently doing. I'm not
+> sure yet whether I'm completely satisfied with my setup, but it's
+> worked okay for me so far.
address@hidden group
address@hidden example
address@hidden mh-open-line
address@hidden open-line
address@hidden C-c C-o
address@hidden C-o
+
+The command @kbd{C-c C-o} (@code{mh-open-line}) is similar to the
+command @kbd{C-o} (@code{open-line}) in that it inserts a newline
+after point. It differs in that it also inserts the right number of
+quoting characters and spaces so that the next line begins in the same
+column as it was. This is useful when breaking up paragraphs in
+replies. For example, if this command was used when point was after
+the first period in the paragraph above, the result would be this:
address@hidden
address@hidden
+> Hopefully this gives you an idea of what I'm currently doing.
+> I'm not
+> sure yet whether I'm completely satisfied with my setup, but it's
+> worked okay for me so far.
address@hidden group
address@hidden example
address@hidden Inserting Letter, Inserting Messages, Editing Message, Editing
Drafts
address@hidden Inserting Letter to Which You're Replying
address@hidden inserting messages
address@hidden replying to messages
address@hidden yanking messages
address@hidden mh-yank-cur-msg
address@hidden C-c C-y
+It is often useful to insert a snippet of text from a letter that
+someone mailed to provide some context for your reply. The command
address@hidden C-y} (@code{mh-yank-cur-msg}) does this by adding an
+attribution, yanking a portion of text from the message to which
+you're replying, and inserting @code{mh-ins-buf-prefix} (@samp{> })
+before each line.
---**-Emacs: pick-pattern (MH-Pick)------All--------------------------
address@hidden
address@hidden
+Michael W Thelen <thelenm@@stop.mail-abuse.org> wrote:
address@hidden cartouche
address@hidden window}
+> Hopefully this gives you an idea of what I'm currently doing. I'm not
+> sure yet whether I'm completely satisfied with my setup, but it's
+> worked okay for me so far.
@end group
@end example
address@hidden @code{pick}
address@hidden MH commands, @code{pick}
address@hidden mh-extract-from-attribution-verb
-Edit this template by entering your search criteria in an appropriate
-header field that is already there, or create a new field yourself. If
-the string you're looking for could be anywhere in a message, then place
-the string underneath the row of dashes. The @kbd{M-s} command uses the
-MH command @code{pick} to do the real work, so read @code{pick}(1) to
-find out more about how to enter the criteria.
-
-There are no semantics associated with the search criteria---they are
-simply treated as strings. Case is ignored when all lowercase is used,
-and regular expressions (a la @code{ed}) are available. It is all right
-to specify several search criteria. What happens then is that a logical
address@hidden of the various fields is performed. If you prefer a logical
address@hidden operation, run @kbd{M-s} multiple times.
+The attribution consists of the sender's name and email address
+followed by the content of the option
address@hidden This option can be set to
address@hidden:}, @samp{a écrit:}, and @samp{schrieb:}. You can also use
+the @samp{Custom String} menu item to enter your own verb.
+
address@hidden mh-ins-buf-prefix
+
+The prefix @samp{"> "} is the default setting for the option
address@hidden I suggest that you not modify this option
+since it is used by many mailers and news readers: messages are far
+easier to read if several included messages have all been indented by
+the same string. This prefix is not inserted if you use one of the
+supercite flavors of @code{mh-yank-behavior} or you have added a
address@hidden as described below.
+
address@hidden mh-delete-yanked-msg-window-flag
+
+You can also turn on the @code{mh-delete-yanked-msg-window-flag}
+option to delete the window containing the original message after
+yanking it to make more room on your screen for your reply.
-As an example, let's say that we want to find messages from Ginnean
-about horseback riding in the Kosciusko National Park (Australia) during
-January, 1994. Normally we would start with a broad search and narrow
-it down if necessary to produce a manageable amount of data, but we'll
-cut to the chase and create a fairly restrictive set of criteria as
-follows:
address@hidden mh-yank-behavior
address@hidden Emacs, packages, supercite
address@hidden supercite package
address@hidden
address@hidden
-From: ginnean
-To:
-Cc:
-Date: Jan 1994
-Subject: horse.*kosciusko
---------
address@hidden group
address@hidden example
+You can control how the message to which you are replying is yanked
+into your reply using @code{mh-yank-behavior}. To include the entire
+message, including the entire header, use @samp{Body and
address@hidden you'd rather have the header cleaned up, use
address@hidden r} instead of @kbd{r} when replying
+(@pxref{Replying})address@hidden the past you would use this setting
+and set @code{mail-citation-hook} to @samp{supercite}, but this usage
+is now deprecated in favor of the @samp{Invoke supercite} setting.}.
+Use @samp{Body} to yank just the body without the header. To yank only
+the portion of the message following the point, set this option to
address@hidden Point}.
+
+Choose @samp{Invoke address@hidden@emph{Supercite} is a
+full-bodied, full-featured, citation package that comes standard with
+Emacs.} to pass the entire message and header through supercite.
+
+If the @samp{Body With Attribution} setting is used, then the message
+minus the header is yanked and a simple attribution line is added at
+the top using the value of the option
address@hidden This is the default.
+
+If the @samp{Invoke supercite} or @samp{Body With Attribution}
+settings are used, the @samp{-noformat} argument is passed to the
address@hidden program to override a @samp{-filter} or @samp{-format}
+argument. These settings also have @samp{Automatically} variants that
+perform the action automatically when you reply so that you don't need
+to use @kbd{C-c C-y} at all. Note that this automatic action is only
+performed if the show buffer matches the message being replied to.
+People who use the automatic variants tend to turn on the option
address@hidden as well so that the show
+window is never displayed.
+
+If the show buffer has a region, the option @code{mh-yank-behavior} is
+ignored unless its value is one of @samp{Attribution} variants in
+which case the attribution is added to the yanked region.
+
address@hidden trivial-cite
address@hidden mail-citation-hook
+
+If this isn't enough, you can gain full control over the appearance of
+the included text by setting @code{mail-citation-hook} to a function
+that modifies it. This hook is ignored if the option
address@hidden is set to one of the supercite flavors.
+Otherwise, this option controls how much of the message is passed to
+the hook. The function can find the citation between point and mark
+and it should leave point and mark around the modified citation text
+for the next hook function. The standard prefix
address@hidden is not added if this hook is set.
+
+For example, if you use the hook function
address@hidden://shasta.cs.uiuc.edu/~lrclause/tc.html,
address@hidden (which is NOT part of Emacs), set
address@hidden to @samp{Body and Header}.
address@hidden @code{mh-to-field}
address@hidden Inserting Messages, Signature, Inserting Letter, Editing Drafts
address@hidden Inserting Messages
-As with MH-Letter mode, MH-Pick provides commands like
address@hidden C-f C-t} to help you fill in the blanks.
address@hidden inserting messages
address@hidden mh-insert-letter
address@hidden mh-yank-behavior
address@hidden C-c C-i
address@hidden mh-ins-buf-prefix
address@hidden mh-invisible-header-fields-compiled
address@hidden @kbd
address@hidden C-c C-f C-t
-Move to @samp{To:} header field (@code{mh-to-field}).
+Messages can be inserted with @kbd{C-c C-i} (@code{mh-insert-letter}).
+This command prompts you for the folder and message number, which
+defaults to the current message in that folder. It then inserts the
+messages, indented by @code{mh-ins-buf-prefix} (@samp{> }) unless
address@hidden is set to one of the supercite flavors in
+which case supercite is used to format the message. Certain
+undesirable header fields (see
address@hidden) are removed before
+insertion.
+
+If given a prefix argument (like @kbd{C-u C-c C-i}), the header is
+left intact, the message is not indented, and @samp{> } is not
+inserted before each line. This command leaves the mark before the
+letter and point after it.
address@hidden C-c C-f C-c
-Move to @samp{cc:} header field (@code{mh-to-field}).
address@hidden Signature, Picture, Inserting Messages, Editing Drafts
address@hidden Inserting Your Signature
address@hidden C-c C-f C-s
-Move to @samp{Subject:} header field (@code{mh-to-field}).
address@hidden signature
address@hidden mh-insert-signature
address@hidden C-c C-s
address@hidden C-c C-f C-f
-Move to @samp{From:} header field (@code{mh-to-field}).
+You can insert your signature at the current cursor location with the
+command @kbd{C-c C-s} (@code{mh-insert-signature}).
address@hidden C-c C-f C-b
-Move to @samp{Bcc:} header field (@code{mh-to-field}).
address@hidden @file{.signature}
address@hidden files, @file{.signature}
address@hidden vCard
address@hidden mh-signature-file-name
address@hidden C-c C-f C-f
-Move to @samp{Fcc:} header field (@code{mh-to-field}).
+By default, the text of your signature is taken from the file
address@hidden/.signature}. You can read from other sources by changing the
+option @code{mh-signature-file-name}. This file may contain a
address@hidden in which case an attachment is added with the vCard.
+
address@hidden mh-signature-separator-p
address@hidden mh-signature-separator
address@hidden mh-signature-separator-regexp
+
+The option @code{mh-signature-file-name} may also be a symbol, in
+which case that function is called. You may not want a signature
+separator to be added for you; instead you may want to insert one
+yourself. Options that you may find useful to do this include
address@hidden (when inserting a signature separator)
+and @code{mh-signature-separator-regexp} (for finding said separator).
+The function @code{mh-signature-separator-p}, which reports @code{t}
+if the buffer contains a separator, may be useful as well.
+
address@hidden signature separator
address@hidden mh-signature-separator-flag
+
+A signature separator (@samp{"-- "}) will be added if the signature
+block does not contain one and @code{mh-signature-separator-flag} is
+on. It is not recommended that you change this option since various
+mail user agents, including MH-E, use the separator to present the
+signature differently, and to suppress the signature when replying or
+yanking a letter into a draft.
+
address@hidden mh-insert-signature-hook
+
+The hook @code{mh-insert-signature-hook} is run after the signature is
+inserted. Hook functions may access the actual name of the file or the
+function used to insert the signature with
address@hidden
+
+The signature can also be inserted using Identities.
address@hidden
+
address@hidden Picture, Adding Attachments, Signature, Editing Drafts
address@hidden Inserting Your Picture
+
address@hidden @file{.face}
address@hidden files, @file{.face}
address@hidden mh-x-face-file
+
+You can insert your picture in the header of your mail message so that
+recipients see your face in the @samp{From:} header field if their
+mail user agent is sophisticated enough. In MH-E, this is done by
+placing your image in the file named by the option
address@hidden which is @file{~/.face} by default.
+
address@hidden @samp{Face:} header field
address@hidden @samp{X-Face:} header field
address@hidden @samp{X-Image-URL:} header field
address@hidden header field, @samp{Face:}
address@hidden header field, @samp{X-Face:}
address@hidden header field, @samp{X-Image-URL:}
+
+If the file starts with either of the strings @samp{X-Face:},
address@hidden:} or @samp{X-Image-URL:} then the contents are added to the
+message header verbatim. Otherwise it is assumed that the file
+contains the value of the @samp{X-Face:} header field.
+
address@hidden @command{compface}
address@hidden Unix commands, @command{compface}
+
+The @samp{X-Face:} header field, which is a low-resolution, black and
+white image, can be generated using the
address@hidden://ftp.cs.indiana.edu/pub/faces/compface/compface.tar.Z,
address@hidden command. The @uref{http://www.dairiki.org/xface/,
address@hidden X-Face Converter}} is a useful resource for quick
+conversion of images into @samp{X-Face:} header fields.
+
+Use the @uref{http://quimby.gnus.org/circus/face/make-face,
address@hidden script to convert a JPEG image to the higher
+resolution, color, @samp{Face:} header field.
+
+The URL of any image can be used for the @samp{X-Image-URL:} field and
+no processing of the image is required.
+
+To prevent the setting of any of these header fields, either set
address@hidden to @code{nil}, or simply ensure that the file
+defined by this option doesn't exist.
+
address@hidden, to see how these header fields are displayed in MH-E.
+
address@hidden Adding Attachments, Sending PGP, Picture, Editing Drafts
address@hidden Adding Attachments
+
address@hidden @command{mhbuild}
address@hidden @command{mhn}
address@hidden MH commands, @command{mhbuild}
address@hidden MH commands, @command{mhn}
address@hidden MIME
address@hidden multimedia mail
address@hidden C-c C-f C-d
-Move to @samp{Dcc:} header field (@code{mh-to-field}).
+MH-E has the capability to create multimedia messages. It uses the
address@hidden (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)
address@hidden@sc{mime} is defined in
address@hidden://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2045.txt, RFC 2045}.} The
address@hidden protocol allows you to incorporate images, sound, video,
+binary files, and even commands that fetch a file with @samp{ftp} when
+your recipient reads the message!
address@hidden C-c C-c
-Execute the search (@code{mh-do-pick-search}).
address@hidden table
+If you were to create a multimedia message with plain MH commands, you
+would insert @command{mhbuild} or @command{mhn} directives (henceforth
+called @dfn{MH-style directives} into your draft and use the
address@hidden command in nmh or @command{mhn} command in MH and
+GNU mailutils to expand them. MH-E works in much the same way,
+although it provides a handful of commands prefixed with @kbd{C-c C-m}
+to insert the directives so you don't need to remember the syntax of
+them. Remember: you can always add MH-style directives by
address@hidden the section
address@hidden@value{MH-BOOK-HOME}/usimim.htm#SeMIMa, Sending MIME Mail} in
+the MH book.}.
+
address@hidden MIME Meta Language (MML)
address@hidden MML
address@hidden mh-compose-insertion
address@hidden @code{mh-do-pick-search}
+In addition to MH-style directives, MH-E also supports MML (@sc{mime}
+Meta Language) address@hidden
address@hidden
address@hidden Although the third argument should default to the
address@hidden first, makeinfo goes to the wrong Info file without it being
address@hidden different--it seems to be getting our own Composing node.
address@hidden,,Composing with MML,emacs-mime}.
address@hidden ifinfo
address@hidden
+See the section Composing in
address@hidden://www.gnus.org/manual/emacs-mime.html, @cite{The Emacs MIME
+Manual}}.
address@hidden ifnotinfo
+}. The option @code{mh-compose-insertion} can be used to choose
+between them. By default, this option is set to @samp{MML} if it is
+supported since it provides a lot more functionality. This option can
+also be set to @samp{MH} if MH-style directives are preferred.
+
address@hidden media types
address@hidden MIME, media types
+
+The MH-E @sc{mime} commands require a @dfn{media type} for each body
+part or attachment. For example, a PDF document is of type
address@hidden/pdf} and an HTML document is of type
address@hidden/html}. Some commands fill in the media type for you,
+whereas others require you to enter one.
+
address@hidden @command{file}
address@hidden @file{/etc/mime.types}
address@hidden Unix commands, @command{file}
address@hidden files, @file{/etc/mime.types}
address@hidden mailcap-mime-types
+
+In the cases where MH-E can do so, it will determine the media type
+automatically. It uses the @command{file} command to do this. Failing
+that, the Emacs function @code{mailcap-mime-types} is used to provide
+a list from which to choose. This function usually reads the file
address@hidden/etc/mime.types}.
+
+Whether the media type is chosen automatically, or you choose it from
+a list, use the type that seems to match best the file that you are
+including. In the case of binaries, the media type
address@hidden/x-executable} can be useful. If you can't find an
+appropriate media type, use @samp{text/plain} for text messages and
address@hidden/octet-stream} for everything else.
-To perform the search, type @kbd{C-c C-c} (@code{mh-do-pick-search}).
-The selected messages are placed in the @i{search} sequence, which you
-can use later in forwarding (@pxref{Forwarding}), printing
-(@pxref{Printing}), or narrowing your field of view (@pxref{Sequences}).
-Subsequent searches are appended to the @i{search} sequence. If,
-however, you wish to start with a clean slate, first delete the
address@hidden sequence (how to do this is discussed in @ref{Sequences}).
address@hidden content description
address@hidden MIME, content description
address@hidden MH-Folder mode
address@hidden modes, MH-Folder
+You are also sometimes asked for a @dfn{content description}. This is
+simply an optional brief phrase, in your own words, that describes the
+object. If you don't care to enter a content description, just press
+return and none will be included; however, a reader may skip over
+multimedia fields unless the content description is compelling.
-If you're searching in a folder that is already displayed in a
-MH-Folder buffer, only those messages contained in the buffer are
-used for the search. Therefore, if you want to search in all messages,
-first kill the folder's buffer with @kbd{C-x k} or scan the entire
-folder with @kbd{M-r}.
+You can also create your own @sc{mime} body parts. In the following
+example, I describe how you can create and edit a @samp{text/enriched}
+body part to liven up your plain text messages with boldface,
+underlining, and italics. I include an Emacs function which inserts
+enriched text tags.
address@hidden Sequences, Miscellaneous, Searching, Using mh-e
address@hidden Using Sequences
address@hidden
address@hidden
+(defvar enriched-text-types '(("b" . "bold") ("i" . "italic")
+ ("u" . "underline")
+ ("s" . "smaller") ("B" . "bigger")
+ ("f" . "fixed")
+ ("c" . "center"))
+ "Alist of (final-character . tag) choices for add-enriched-text.
+Additional types can be found in RFC 1563.")
address@hidden sequences
+(defun add-enriched-text (begin end)
+ "Add enriched text tags around region.
+The tag used comes from the list enriched-text-types and is
+specified by the last keystroke of the command. When called from Lisp,
+arguments are BEGIN and address@hidden"
+ (interactive "r")
+ ;; @r{Set type to the tag indicated by the last keystroke.}
+ (let ((type (cdr (assoc (char-to-string (logior last-input-char
address@hidden))
+ enriched-text-types))))
+ (save-restriction ; @r{restores state from narrow-to-region}
+ (narrow-to-region begin end) ; @r{narrow view to region}
+ (goto-char (point-min)) ; @r{move to beginning of text}
+ (insert "<" type ">") ; @r{insert beginning tag}
+ (goto-char (point-max)) ; @r{move to end of text}
+ (insert "</" type ">")))) ; @r{insert terminating tag}
address@hidden function for entering enriched text}
-For the whole scoop on MH sequences, refer to @code{mh-sequence}(5). As
-you've read, several of the mh-e commands can operate on a sequence,
-which is a shorthand for a range or group of messages. For example, you
-might want to forward several messages to a friend or colleague. Here's
-how to manipulate sequences.
address@hidden group
address@hidden smalllisp
address@hidden @kbd
address@hidden %
-Put message in a sequence (@code{mh-put-msg-in-seq}).
+To use the function @code{add-enriched-text}, first add it to
address@hidden/.emacs} and create key bindings for it (@pxref{Composing}).
address@hidden ?
-Display sequences that message belongs to (@code{mh-msg-is-in-seq}).
+Then, in your plain text message, set the mark with @kbd{C-@@} or
address@hidden@key{SPC}}, type in the text to be highlighted, and type @kbd{C-c
t
+b}. This adds @samp{<bold>} where you set the mark and adds
address@hidden</bold>} at the location of your cursor, giving you something
+like: @samp{You should be <bold>very</bold>}.
+
+Before sending this message, use @kbd{C-c C-m C-m}
+(@code{mh-mml-to-mime})@footnote{Use @kbd{C-c C-e}
+(@code{mh-mh-to-mime}) if you're using MH-style directives.} to add
+MIME header fields. Then replace @samp{text/plain} with
address@hidden/enriched} in the @samp{Content-Type:} header field.
address@hidden M-q
-List all sequences in folder (@code{mh-list-sequences}).
+You may also be interested in investigating @code{sgml-mode}.
address@hidden M-%
-Remove message from sequence (@code{mh-delete-msg-from-seq}).
address@hidden Including Files
address@hidden M-#
-Delete sequence (@code{mh-delete-seq}).
address@hidden MIME, images
address@hidden MIME, sound
address@hidden MIME, video
address@hidden attachments, inserting
address@hidden images
address@hidden sound
address@hidden video
address@hidden mh-compose-insertion
address@hidden C-c C-m C-i
address@hidden C-c C-m i
+
+Binaries, images, sound, and video can be inserted in your message
+with the command @kbd{C-c C-m C-i} (@code{mh-compose-insertion}). You
+are prompted for the filename containing the object, the media type if
+it cannot be determined automatically, and a content description. If
+you're using MH-style directives, you will also be prompted for
+additional attributes.
+
address@hidden Forwarding Multimedia Messages
+
address@hidden mh-compose-forward
address@hidden C-c C-m C-f
address@hidden C-c C-m f
+
+Mail may be forwarded with @sc{mime} using the command @kbd{C-c C-m
+C-f} (@code{mh-compose-forward}). You are prompted for a content
+description, the name of the folder in which the messages to forward
+are located, and a range of messages, which defaults to the current
+message in that folder. @xref{Ranges}.
+
address@hidden Including an FTP Reference
+
address@hidden @command{ftp}
address@hidden MIME, @command{ftp}
address@hidden Unix commands, @command{ftp}
address@hidden mh-mh-compose-anon-ftp
address@hidden C-c C-m C-g
address@hidden C-c C-m g
+
+You can have your message initiate an @command{ftp} transfer when the
+recipient reads the message. To do this, use the command @kbd{C-c C-m
+C-g} (@code{mh-mh-compose-anon-ftp}). You are prompted for the remote
+host and filename, the media type, and the content description.
+
address@hidden Including tar Files
+
address@hidden @command{ftp}
address@hidden @command{tar}
address@hidden MIME, @command{ftp}
address@hidden MIME, @command{tar}
address@hidden Unix commands, @command{ftp}
address@hidden Unix commands, @command{tar}
address@hidden mh-mh-compose-external-compressed-tar
address@hidden C-c C-m C-t
address@hidden C-c C-m t
+
+If the remote file is a compressed tar file, you can use @kbd{C-c C-m
+C-t} (@code{mh-mh-compose-external-compressed-tar}). Then, in addition
+to retrieving the file via anonymous @emph{ftp} as per the command
address@hidden C-m C-g} (@code{mh-mh-compose-anon-ftp}), the file will also
+be uncompressed and untarred. You are prompted for the remote host and
+filename and the content description.
+
address@hidden Including Other External Files
+
address@hidden mh-mh-compose-external-type
address@hidden C-c C-m C-x
address@hidden C-c C-m x
+
+The command @kbd{C-c C-m C-x} (@code{mh-mh-compose-external-type}) is
+a general utility for referencing external files. In fact, all of the
+other commands that insert tags to access external files call this
+command. You are prompted for the access type, remote host and
+filename, and content type. If you provide a prefix argument, you are
+also prompted for a content description, attributes, parameters, and a
+comment.
address@hidden C-x n
-Restrict display to messages in sequence (@code{mh-narrow-to-seq}).
address@hidden Previewing Multimedia Messages
address@hidden C-x w
-Remove restriction; display all messages (@code{mh-widen}).
+When you are finished editing a @sc{mime} message, it might look like this:
address@hidden M-x mh-update-sequences
-Push mh-e's state out to address@hidden
address@hidden table
address@hidden
address@hidden
+3 t08/24 root received fax files on Wed Aug 24 11:00:
+4+t08/24 To:wohler Test<<This is a test message to get the
address@hidden @code{pick}
address@hidden MH commands, @code{pick}
address@hidden @code{mh-put-msg-in-seq}
-
-To place a message in a sequence, use @kbd{%} (@code{mh-put-msg-in-seq})
-to do it manually, or use the MH command @code{pick} or the mh-e version
-of @code{pick} (@ref{Searching}) which create a sequence automatically.
-Give @kbd{%} a prefix argument and you can add all the messages in one
-sequence to another sequence (for example, @kbd{C-u % SourceSequence
-RET}).
address@hidden MH-Folder mode
address@hidden modes, MH-Folder
address@hidden @code{mh-narrow-to-seq}
address@hidden @code{mh-widen}
-Once you've placed some messages in a sequence, you may wish to narrow
-the field of view to just those messages in the sequence you've created.
-To do this, use @kbd{C-x n} (@code{mh-narrow-to-seq}). You are prompted
-for the name of the sequence. What this does is show only those
-messages that are in the selected sequence in the MH-Folder buffer. In
-addition, it limits further mh-e searches to just those messages. When
-you want to widen the view to all your messages again, use @kbd{C-x w}
-(@code{mh-widen}).
address@hidden @code{mh-msg-is-in-seq}
address@hidden @code{mh-list-sequences}
-You can see which sequences a message is in with the @kbd{?}
-(@code{mh-msg-is-in-seq}) command.
address@hidden Doesn't work:
address@hidden use a prefix argument to query a
address@hidden message other than the current one (as in @kbd{C-u ? 42 RET}).
XXX
-Or, you can list all sequences in a selected folder (default is current
-folder) with @kbd{M-q} (@code{mh-list-sequences}).
-
address@hidden @code{mh-delete-msg-from-seq}
address@hidden @code{mh-delete-seq}
-
-If you want to remove a message from a sequence, use @kbd{M-%}
-(@code{mh-delete-msg-from-seq}), and if you want to delete an entire
-sequence, use @kbd{M-#} (@code{mh-delete-seq}). In the latter case you
-are prompted for the sequence to delete. Note that this deletes only
-the sequence, not the messages in the sequence. If you want to delete
-the messages, use @kbd{C-u d} (see @ref{Deleting} above).
-
address@hidden @code{mark}
address@hidden MH commands, @code{mark}
-
address@hidden @code{mh-update-sequences}
-
-Two sequences are maintained internally by mh-e and pushed out to MH
-when you type either the @kbd{x} or @kbd{q} command. They are the
-sequence specified by your @samp{Unseen-Sequence:} profile entry and
address@hidden However, you can also just update MH's state with the command
address@hidden mh-update-sequences}. See @ref{Customizing Viewing} for an
-example of how this command might be used.
-
-With the exceptions of @kbd{C-x n} and @kbd{C-x w}, the underlying MH
-command dealing with sequences is @code{mark}.
-
address@hidden Miscellaneous, , Sequences, Using mh-e
address@hidden Miscellaneous Commands
-
address@hidden @code{mh-version}
-
-One other command worth noting is @kbd{M-x mh-version}. You can
-compare the version this command prints to the latest release
-(@pxref{Getting mh-e}). The output of @kbd{M-x mh-version} should
-always be included with any bug report you submit (@pxref{Bug Reports}).
-
address@hidden Customizing mh-e, Odds and Ends, Using mh-e, Top
address@hidden Customizing mh-e
-
-Until now, we've talked about the mh-e commands as they work ``out of the
-box.'' Of course, it is also possible to reconfigure mh-e
-to fit the needs of even the most demanding user.
-The following sections describe all of the
-customization variables, show the defaults, and make recommendations for
-customization. The outline of this chapter is identical to that of
address@hidden mh-e}, to make it easier to find the variables you'd need to
-modify to affect a particular command.
+--:%% @address@hidden 4 msgs (1-4) (MH-Folder Show)--L4--Bot---------------
+To: wohler
+cc:
+Subject: Test of MIME
+--------
+Here is the SETI@@Home logo:
-However, when customizing your mail environment, first try to change
-what you want in MH, and only change mh-e if changing MH is not
-possible. That way you will get the same behavior inside and outside
-GNU Emacs. Note that mh-e does not provide hooks for customizations
-that can be done in MH; this omission is intentional.
+<#part type="image/x-xpm" filename="~/lib/images/setiathome.xpm"
+disposition=inline description="SETI@@home logo">
+<#/part>
+--:** @address@hidden (MH-Letter)--L8--All----------------------------------
address@hidden @file{.emacs}
address@hidden files, @file{.emacs}
address@hidden smallexample
address@hidden cartouche
address@hidden @sc{mime} draft}
-Many string or integer variables are easy enough to modify using Emacs
-Lisp. Any such modifications should be placed in a file called
address@hidden in your home directory (that is, @file{~/.emacs}). For
-example, to modify the variable that controls printing, you could add:
address@hidden mh-mml-to-mime
address@hidden C-c C-m C-m
address@hidden C-c C-m m
+
+Typically, you send a message with attachments just like any other
+message (@pxref{Sending Message}).
+
+However, you may take a sneak preview of the @sc{mime} encoding if you
+wish by running the command @kbd{C-c C-m C-m} (@code{mh-mml-to-mime}).
+The following screen shows the @sc{mime} encoding specified by the
+tags. You can see why mail user agents are usually built to hide these
+details from the user.
address@hidden @code{mh-lpr-command-format}, example
address@hidden
address@hidden
+To: wohler
+cc:
+Subject: Test of MIME
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=-=-="
+--------
+--=-=-=
address@hidden
-(setq mh-lpr-command-format "nenscript -G -r -2 -i'%s'")
address@hidden lisp
+Here is the SETI@@Home logo:
address@hidden Printing} talks more about this variable.
address@hidden setting variables
address@hidden Emacs, setting variables
+--=-=-=
+Content-Type: image/x-xpm
+Content-Disposition: inline; filename=setiathome.xpm
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
+Content-Description: SETI@@home logo
-Variables can also hold Boolean values. In Emacs Lisp, the Boolean
-values are @code{nil}, which means false, and @code{t}, which means true.
-Usually, variables are turned off by setting their value to @code{nil}, as
-in
+LyogWFBNICovCnN0YXRpYyBjaGFyICogc2V0aWF0aG9tZV94cG1bXSA9IHsKIjQ1IDQ1IDc2NCAy
+--:-- @address@hidden (MH-Letter)--L2--Top----------------------------------
address@hidden @code{mh-bury-show-buffer}, example
address@hidden smallexample
address@hidden cartouche
address@hidden @sc{mime} draft ready to send}
address@hidden
-(setq mh-bury-show-buffer nil)
address@hidden lisp
+This action can be undone by running @kbd{C-_} (@code{undo}).
-which keeps the MH-Show buffer at the top of the buffer stack.
-To turn a variable on, you use
address@hidden @command{mhbuild}
address@hidden @command{mhn}
address@hidden MH commands, @command{mhbuild}
address@hidden MH commands, @command{mhn}
address@hidden mh-mh-to-mime
address@hidden mh-mh-to-mime-undo
address@hidden C-c C-e
address@hidden C-c C-m C-u
address@hidden C-c C-m u
+
+If you're using MH-style directives, use @kbd{C-c C-e}
+(@code{mh-mh-to-mime}) instead of @kbd{C-c C-m C-m}. This runs the
+command @command{mhbuild} (@command{mhn}) on the message which expands
+the address@hidden the section
address@hidden@value{MH-BOOK-HOME}/usimim.htm#SeMIMa, Sending MIME Mail} in
+the MH book.}. This action can be undone by running @kbd{C-c C-m C-u}
+(@code{mh-mh-to-mime-undo}), which works by reverting to a backup
+file. You are prompted to confirm this action, but you can avoid the
+confirmation by adding an argument (for example, @kbd{C-u C-c C-m
+C-u}).
+
address@hidden mh-mh-to-mime-args
+
+If you wish to pass additional arguments to @command{mhbuild}
+(@command{mhn}) to affect how it builds your message, use the option
address@hidden For example, you can build a consistency
+check into the message by setting @code{mh-mh-to-mime-args} to
address@hidden The recipient of your message can then run
address@hidden -check} on the address@hidden
+(@command{mhn}) will complain if the message has been corrupted on the
+way. The command @kbd{C-c C-e} (@code{mh-mh-to-mime}) only consults
+this option when given a prefix argument (as in @kbd{C-u C-c C-e}).
+
address@hidden mh-mh-to-mime-hook
+
+The hook @code{mh-mh-to-mime-hook} is called after the message has
+been formatted by @kbd{C-c C-e} (@code{mh-mh-to-mime})
+
address@hidden Sending PGP, Checking Recipients, Adding Attachments, Editing
Drafts
address@hidden Signing and Encrypting Messages
+
address@hidden signing messages
address@hidden encrypting messages
address@hidden RFC 3156
+
+MH-E can sign and encrypt messages as defined in
address@hidden://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3156.txt, RFC 3156}. If you
+should choose to sign or encrypt your message, use one of the
+following commands to do so any time before sending your message.
+
address@hidden mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt
address@hidden mh-mml-secure-message-sign
address@hidden mh-mml-secure-message-signencrypt
address@hidden C-c C-m C-e
address@hidden C-c C-m C-s
address@hidden C-c C-m e e
address@hidden C-c C-m e s
address@hidden C-c C-m s e
address@hidden C-c C-m s s
address@hidden
-(setq mh-bury-show-buffer t)
address@hidden lisp
+The command @kbd{C-c C-m C-s} (@code{mh-mml-secure-message-sign})
+inserts the following tag:
-which places the MH-Show buffer at the bottom of the buffer
-stack. However, the text says to turn on a variable by setting it to a
address@hidden@code{nil}} value, because sometimes values other than @code{t}
are
-meaningful (for example, see @code{mhl-formfile}, described in
address@hidden Viewing}). Other variables, such as hooks, involve a
-little more Emacs Lisp programming expertise.
address@hidden
+<#secure method=pgpmime mode=sign>
address@hidden example
-You can also ``preview'' the effects of changing variables before
-committing the changes to @file{~/.emacs}. Variables can be changed in
-the current Emacs session by using @kbd{M-x set-variable}.
-
address@hidden XXX Stephen says: would be easier to just call them functions,
which
address@hidden you mostly do.
-In general, @dfn{commands} in this text refer to Emacs Lisp functions.
-Programs outside of Emacs are specifically called MH commands, shell
-commands, or Unix commands.
+This is used to sign your message digitally. Likewise, the command
address@hidden C-m C-e} (@code{mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt}) inserts the
+following tag:
address@hidden Emacs, Emacs Lisp manual
address@hidden Emacs, online help
address@hidden online help
address@hidden Emacs, info
address@hidden info
address@hidden
+<#secure method=pgpmime mode=encrypt>
address@hidden example
+
+This is used to encrypt your message. Finally, the command @kbd{C-c
+C-m s e} (@code{mh-mml-secure-message-signencrypt}) inserts the
+following tag:
+
address@hidden
+<#secure method=pgpmime mode=signencrypt>
address@hidden example
+
address@hidden mh-mml-unsecure-message
address@hidden C-c C-m C-n
address@hidden C-c C-m n
+
+This is used to sign and encrypt your message. In each of these cases,
+a proper multipart message is created for you when you send the
+message. Use the command @kbd{C-c C-m C-n}
+(@code{mh-mml-unsecure-message}) to remove these tags. Use a prefix
+argument (as in @kbd{C-u C-c C-m s e}) to be prompted for one of the
+possible security methods (see @code{mh-mml-method-default}).
+
address@hidden mh-mml-method-default
+
+The option @code{mh-mml-method-default} is used to select between a
+variety of mail security mechanisms. The default is @samp{PGP (MIME)}
+if it is supported; otherwise, the default is @samp{None}. Other
+mechanisms include vanilla @samp{PGP} and @samp{S/MIME}.
+
address@hidden @samp{pgg} customization group
address@hidden PGG
address@hidden customization group, @samp{pgg}
-I hope I've included enough examples here to get you well on your way.
-If you want to explore Emacs Lisp further, a programming manual does
-exist,
address@hidden Yes, some of the stuff in the following sections is redundant,
but
address@hidden TeX barfs if the @ifs are inside the @footnote.
+The @samp{pgg} customization group may have some settings which may
+interest you.
@iftex
address@hidden @cite{GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual} may be available
-online in the Info system by typing @kbd{C-h i m Emacs Lisp RET}. If
-not, you can order a printed manual, which has the desirable side-effect
-of helping to support the Free Software Foundation which made all this
-great software available. You can find an order form by running
address@hidden C-d}, or you can request an order form from
address@hidden@@gnu.org}.}
+See @cite{The PGG Manual}.
@end iftex
@ifinfo
address@hidden you can find the online version of @ref{Top, The GNU
-Emacs Lisp Reference Manual, , elisp, GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}.
-If not, you can order a printed manual, which has the desirable
-side-effect of helping to support the Free Software Foundation which
-made all this great software available. You can find an order form by
-running @kbd{C-h C-d}, or you can request an order form from
address@hidden@@gnu.org}.}
address@hidden, , The PGG Manual, pgg, The PGG Manual}.
@end ifinfo
-and you can look at the code itself for examples. Look in the Emacs
-Lisp directory on your system (such as @file{/usr/local/lib/emacs/lisp})
-and find all the @file{mh-*.el} files there. When calling mh-e and
-other Emacs Lisp functions directly from Emacs Lisp code, you'll need to
-know the correct arguments. Use the online help for this. For example,
-try @kbd{C-h f mh-execute-commands RET}. If you write your own
-functions, please do not prefix your symbols (variables and functions)
-with @code{mh-}. This prefix is reserved for the mh-e package. To
-avoid conflicts with existing mh-e symbols, use a prefix like @code{my-}
-or your initials.
address@hidden
+See
address@hidden://www.dk.xemacs.org/Documentation/packages/html/pgg.html,
address@hidden PGG Manual}}.
address@hidden ifhtml
+
address@hidden @samp{Fcc:} header field
address@hidden header field, @samp{Fcc:}
address@hidden pgg-encrypt-for-me
+
+In particular, I turn on the option @code{pgg-encrypt-for-me} so that
+all messages I encrypt are encrypted with my public key as well. If
+you keep a copy of all of your outgoing mail with a @samp{Fcc:} header
+field, this setting is vital so that you can read the mail you write!
+
address@hidden Checking Recipients, Sending Message, Sending PGP, Editing Drafts
address@hidden Checking Recipients
+
address@hidden @samp{*MH-E Recipients*}
address@hidden @command{whom}
address@hidden MH commands, @command{whom}
address@hidden buffers, @samp{*MH-E Recipients*}
address@hidden checking recipients
address@hidden recipients, checking
address@hidden mh-check-whom
address@hidden C-c C-w
+
+The command @kbd{C-c C-w} (@code{mh-check-whom}) expands aliases so
+you can check the actual address(es) in the alias. A new buffer named
address@hidden Recipients*} is created with the output of @command{whom}
+(@pxref{Miscellaneous})@footnote{See the section
address@hidden@value{MH-BOOK-HOME}/senove.htm#WhaPro, What now? -- and the
+whatnow Program} in the MH book.}.
address@hidden
-* Customizing Reading::
-* Customizing Sending::
-* Customizing Draft Editing::
-* Customizing Moving Mail::
-* Customizing Searching::
address@hidden menu
address@hidden Sending Message, Killing Draft, Checking Recipients, Editing
Drafts
address@hidden Sending a Message
address@hidden Customizing Reading, Customizing Sending, Customizing mh-e,
Customizing mh-e
address@hidden Reading Your Mail
address@hidden @samp{*MH-E Mail Delivery*}
address@hidden buffers, @samp{*MH-E Mail Delivery*}
address@hidden sending mail
address@hidden mh-send-letter
address@hidden C-c C-c
address@hidden reading mail
address@hidden @file{.emacs}
address@hidden files, @file{.emacs}
+When you are all through editing a message, you send it with the
+command @kbd{C-c C-c} (@code{mh-send-letter}). You can give a prefix
+argument (as in @kbd{C-u C-c C-c}) to monitor the first stage of the
+delivery; this output can be found in a buffer called @samp{*MH-E Mail
+Delivery*} (@pxref{Miscellaneous}).
-I'll start out by including a function that I use as a front end to
-mh-e. @footnote{Stephen Gildea's favorite binding is
address@hidden(global-set-key "\C-cr" 'mh-rmail)}.} It toggles between your
-working window configuration, which may be quite involved---windows
-filled with source, compilation output, man pages, and other
-documentation---and your mh-e window configuration. Like the rest of
-the customization described in this chapter, simply add the following
-code to @file{~/.emacs}. Don't be intimidated by the size of this
-example; most customizations are only one line.
address@hidden sending mail
address@hidden spell check
address@hidden mh-before-send-letter-hook
address@hidden
address@hidden
address@hidden iftex
+The hook @code{mh-before-send-letter-hook} is run at the beginning of
+the command @kbd{C-c C-c}. For example, if you want to check your
+spelling in your message before sending, add the function
address@hidden
+
address@hidden @command{send}
address@hidden MH commands, @command{send}
address@hidden mh-send-prog
+
+In case the MH @command{send} address@hidden the section
address@hidden@value{MH-BOOK-HOME}/sensen.htm, Sending Some Mail: comp send}
+in the MH book.} is installed under a different name, use
address@hidden to tell MH-E the name.
address@hidden @code{mh-rmail}, example
address@hidden Killing Draft, , Sending Message, Editing Drafts
address@hidden Killing the Draft
address@hidden
address@hidden
address@hidden mh-e}
address@hidden killing draft
address@hidden kill-buffer
address@hidden mh-fully-kill-draft
address@hidden C-c C-q
address@hidden C-x k
+
+If for some reason you are not happy with the draft, you can use the
+command @kbd{C-c C-q} (@code{mh-fully-kill-draft}) to kill the draft
+buffer and delete the draft message. Use the command @kbd{C-x k}
+(@code{kill-buffer}) if you don't want to delete the draft message.
+
address@hidden Aliases, Identities, Editing Drafts, Top
address@hidden Aliases
+
address@hidden aliases
+
+MH aliases are used in the same way in MH-E as they are in MH. Any
+alias listed as a recipient will be expanded when the message is sent.
+This chapter discusses other things you can do with aliases in MH-E.
-(defvar my-mh-screen-saved nil
- "Set to address@hidden when mh-e window configuration shown.")
-(defvar my-normal-screen nil "Normal window configuration.")
-(defvar my-mh-screen nil "mh-e window configuration.")
address@hidden MH-Letter mode
address@hidden modes, MH-Letter
-(defun my-mh-rmail (&optional arg)
- "Toggle between mh-e and normal screen configurations.
-With address@hidden or prefix argument, @i{inc} mailbox as well
-when going into mail."
- (interactive "P") ; @r{user callable function, P=prefix arg}
- (setq my-mh-screen-saved ; @r{save state}
- (cond
- ;; @r{Bring up mh-e screen if arg or normal window configuration.}
- ;; @r{If arg or +inbox buffer doesn't exist, run mh-rmail.}
- ((or arg (null my-mh-screen-saved))
- (setq my-normal-screen (current-window-configuration))
- (if (or arg (null (get-buffer "+inbox")))
- (mh-rmail)
- (set-window-configuration my-mh-screen))
- t) ; @r{set my-mh-screen-saved to @code{t}}
- ;; @r{Otherwise, save mh-e screen and restore normal screen.}
- (t
- (setq my-mh-screen (current-window-configuration))
- (set-window-configuration my-normal-screen)
- nil)))) ; @r{set my-mh-screen-saved to nil}
+The following commands are available in MH-Letter mode with the
+exception of @code{mh-alias-reload} which can be called from anywhere.
-(global-set-key "\C-x\r" 'my-mh-rmail) ;@r{ call with C-x RET}
address@hidden group
address@hidden lisp
address@hidden @kbd
address@hidden @key{SPC}
address@hidden mh-letter-complete-or-space
address@hidden @key{SPC}
+Perform completion or insert space (@code{mh-letter-complete-or-space}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden address@hidden
address@hidden mh-letter-complete
address@hidden address@hidden
+Perform completion on header field or word preceding point
+(@code{mh-letter-complete}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-alias-apropos
address@hidden mh-alias-apropos
+Show all aliases or addresses that match a regular expression.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-alias-grab-from-field
address@hidden mh-alias-grab-from-field
+Add alias for the sender of the current message
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-alias-reload
address@hidden mh-alias-reload
+Reload MH aliases.
address@hidden table
-If you type an argument (@kbd{C-u}) or if @code{my-mh-screen-saved}
-is @code{nil} (meaning a non-mh-e window configuration), the current window
-configuration is saved, either +inbox is displayed or @code{mh-rmail} is
-run, and the mh-e window configuration is shown. Otherwise, the mh-e
-window configuration is saved and the original configuration is
-displayed.
-
-Now to configure mh-e. The following table lists general mh-e variables
-and variables that are used while reading mail.
address@hidden XXX Seth wishes the descriptions to be more parallel. That is,
address@hidden some are actions, and some are objects. Hmmm.
address@hidden @samp{mh-alias} customization group
address@hidden customization group, @samp{mh-alias}
address@hidden @code
address@hidden mh-progs
-Directory containing MH programs (default: dynamic).
+The @samp{mh-alias} customization group contains options associated
+with aliases.
address@hidden mh-lib
-Directory containing MH support files and programs (default: dynamic).
address@hidden @code
address@hidden mh-alias-completion-ignore-case-flag
+On means don't consider case significant in MH alias completion
+(default: @samp{on}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-alias-expand-aliases-flag
+On means to expand aliases entered in the minibuffer (default:
address@hidden).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-alias-flash-on-comma
+Specify whether to flash address or warn on translation (default: @samp{Flash
+but Don't Warn If No Alias}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-alias-insert-file
+Filename used to store a new MH-E alias (default: @samp{Use Aliasfile
+Profile Component}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-alias-insertion-location
+Specifies where new aliases are entered in alias files (default:
address@hidden).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-alias-local-users
+If @samp{on}, local users are added to alias completion (default:
address@hidden).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-alias-local-users-prefix
+String prefixed to the real names of users from the password file
+(default: @samp{"local."}.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-alias-passwd-gecos-comma-separator-flag
+On means the GECOS field in the password file uses a comma separator
+(default: @samp{on}).
address@hidden vtable
+
+The following hook is available.
+
address@hidden @code
address@hidden mh-alias-reloaded-hook
+Hook run by @code{mh-alias-reload} after loading aliases (default:
address@hidden).
address@hidden vtable
+
address@hidden Adding Addresses to Draft
+
+You can use aliases when you are adding recipients to a message.
+
address@hidden minibuffer-complete
address@hidden @key{TAB}
+
+In order to use minibuffer prompting for recipients and the subject
+line in the minibuffer, turn on the option
address@hidden (@pxref{Composing}), and use the
address@hidden (@code{minibuffer-complete}) command to complete aliases
+(and optionally local logins) when prompted for the recipients. Turn
+on the option @code{mh-alias-expand-aliases-flag} if you want these
+aliases to be expanded to their respective addresses in the draft.
+
+Otherwise, you can complete aliases in the header of the draft with
address@hidden@key{TAB}} (@code{mh-letter-complete}) or @key{SPC}
+(@code{mh-letter-complete-or-space}).
+
+As MH ignores case in the aliases, so too does MH-E. However, you may
+turn off the option @code{mh-alias-completion-ignore-case-flag} to
+make case significant which can be used to segregate completion of
+your aliases. You might use uppercase for mailing lists and lowercase
+for people. For example, you might have:
address@hidden mh-do-not-confirm
-Don't confirm on non-reversible commands (default: @code{nil}).
address@hidden
+mark.baushke: Mark Baushke <mdb@@stop.mail-abuse.org>
+MH-E: MH-E Mailing List <mh-e-devel@@stop.mail-abuse.org>
address@hidden example
address@hidden mh-summary-height
-Number of scan lines to show (includes mode line) (default: 4).
+When this option is turned off, if you were to type @kbd{M} in the
address@hidden:} field and then @address@hidden, then you'd get the list;
+if you started with @kbd{m} and then entered @address@hidden, then
+you'd get Mark's address. Note that this option affects completion
+only. If you were to enter @kbd{Mark.Baushke}, it would still be
+identified with your @samp{mark.baushke} alias.
+
+To verify that the alias you've entered is valid, the alias will be
+displayed in the minibuffer when you type a comma
+(@code{mh-letter-confirm-address} or
address@hidden if the option
address@hidden is turned on). @xref{Composing}. This
+behavior can be controlled with the option
address@hidden which provides three choices:
address@hidden but Don't Warn If No Alias}, @samp{Flash and Warn If No
+Alias}, and @samp{Don't Flash Nor Warn If No Alias}.
+
+For another way to verify the alias expansion, see @ref{Checking
+Recipients}.
+
address@hidden Loading Aliases
+
address@hidden @command{ali}
address@hidden @file{/etc/nmh/MailAliases}
address@hidden @samp{Aliasfile:} MH profile component
address@hidden MH commands, @command{ali}
address@hidden MH profile component, @samp{Aliasfile:}
address@hidden files, @file{/etc/nmh/MailAliases}
+
+MH-E loads aliases for completion and folder name hints from various
+places. It uses the MH command @address@hidden the section
address@hidden@value{MH-BOOK-HOME}/mh.htm, MH Aliases} in the MH book.} to
+read aliases from the files listed in the profile component
address@hidden:} as well as system-wide aliases (for example,
address@hidden/etc/nmh/MailAliases}).
+
address@hidden @file{/etc/passwd}
address@hidden files, @file{/etc/passwd}
+
+In addition, aliases are created from @file{/etc/passwd} entries with
+a user ID larger than a magical number, typically 200. This can be a
+handy tool on a machine where you and co-workers exchange messages.
+These aliases have the form @address@hidden if a real
+name is present in the password file. Otherwise, the alias will have
+the form @address@hidden
+
+The prefix @samp{local.} can be modified via the option
address@hidden This option can also be set to
address@hidden Login}.
address@hidden mh-folder-mode-hook
-Functions to run in MH-Folder mode (default: @code{nil}).
+For example, consider the following password file entry:
address@hidden mh-clean-message-header
-Remove extraneous headers (default: @code{nil}).
address@hidden
+psg:x:1000:1000:Peter S Galbraith,,,:/home/psg:/bin/tcsh
address@hidden example
address@hidden mh-invisible-headers
-Headers to hide (default: @samp{"^Received: \\| ^Message-Id: \\|
-^Remailed-\\| ^Via: \\| ^Mail-from: \\| ^Return-Path: \\| ^In-Reply-To:
-\\| ^Resent-"}).
+The following settings of option @code{mh-alias-local-users-prefix}
+will produce the associated aliases:
address@hidden mh-visible-headers
-Headers to display (default: @code{nil}).
address@hidden @code
address@hidden "local."
+local.peter.galbraith
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden ""
+peter.galbraith
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden Use Login
+psg
address@hidden table
address@hidden mhl-formfile
-Format file for @code{mhl} (default: @code{nil}).
+In the example above, commas are used to separate different values
+within the so-called GECOS field. This is a fairly common usage.
+However, in the rare case that the GECOS field in your password file
+is not separated by commas and whose contents may contain commas, you
+can turn the option @code{mh-alias-passwd-gecos-comma-separator-flag}
+off.
+
address@hidden @samp{ypcat passwd}
address@hidden NIS, obtaining local aliases from
+
+If you're on a system with thousands of users you don't know, and the
+loading of local aliases slows MH-E down noticeably, then the local
+alias feature can be disabled by turning off the option
address@hidden This option also takes a string which is
+executed to generate the password file. For example, use @samp{ypcat
+passwd} to obtain the NIS password file.
+
+Since aliases are updated frequently, MH-E reloads aliases
+automatically whenever an alias lookup occurs if an alias source has
+changed. However, you can reload your aliases manually by calling the
+command @kbd{M-x mh-alias-reload} directly. This command runs
address@hidden after the aliases have been loaded.
+
address@hidden Adding Aliases
+
+In the past, you have manually added aliases to your alias file(s)
+listed in your @samp{Aliasfile:} profile component. MH-E provides
+other methods for maintaining your alias file(s).
+
+You can use the @kbd{M-x mh-alias-add-alias} command which will prompt
+you for the alias and address that you would like to add. If the alias
+exists already, you will have the choice of inserting the new alias
+before or after the old alias. In the former case, this alias will be
+used when sending mail to this alias. In the latter case, the alias
+serves as an additional folder name hint when filing messages
+(@pxref{Folder Selection}).
+
+Earlier, the alias prefix @samp{local} was presented. You can use
+other prefixes to organize your aliases or disambiguate entries. You
+might use prefixes for locales, jobs, or activities. For example, I
+have:
address@hidden mh-show-hook
-Functions to run when showing message (default: @code{nil}).
address@hidden
+; Work
+attensity.don.mitchell: Don Mitchell <dmitchell@@stop.mail-abuse.com>
+isharp.don.mitchell: Don Mitchell <donaldsmitchell@@stop.mail-abuse.com>
+...
+; Sport
+diving.ken.mayer: Ken Mayer <kmayer@@stop.mail-abuse.com>
+sailing.mike.maloney: Mike Maloney <mmaloney@@stop.mail-abuse.com>
+...
+; Personal
+ariane.kolkmann: Ariane Kolkmann <ArianeKolkmann@@stop.mail-abuse.com>
+...
address@hidden example
address@hidden mh-show-mode-hook
-Functions to run when showing message (default: @code{nil}).
+Using prefixes instead of postfixes helps you explore aliases during
+completion. If you forget the name of an old dive buddy, you can enter
address@hidden and then @key{SPC} to get a listing of all your dive buddies.
+
+An alias for the sender of the current message is added automatically
+by clicking on the @samp{Grab From alias} tool bar button or by running
+the @kbd{M-x mh-alias-grab-from-field} command. Aliases for other
+recipients of the current message are added by placing your cursor
+over the desired recipient and giving the @kbd{M-x
+mh-alias-add-address-under-point} command.
+
+The options @code{mh-alias-insert-file} and
address@hidden controls how and where these aliases
+are inserted.
+
+The default setting of this option is @samp{Use Aliasfile Profile
+Component}. This option can also hold the name of a file or a list a
+file names. If this option is set to a list of file names, or the
address@hidden:} profile component contains more than one file name,
+MH-E will prompt for one of them.
+
+The option @code{mh-alias-insertion-location} is set to
address@hidden by default. If you organize your alias file in
+other ways, then the settings @samp{Top} and @samp{Bottom} might be
+more appropriate.
+
address@hidden Querying Aliases
+
address@hidden regular expressions, @code{mh-alias-apropos}
+
+If you can't quite remember an alias, you can use @kbd{M-x
+mh-alias-apropos} to show all aliases or addresses that match a
+regular expression
address@hidden
+(@pxref{Regexps, , Syntax of Regular Expressions, emacs, The
+GNU Emacs Manual}).
address@hidden ifnothtml
address@hidden
+(see the section
address@hidden://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/Regexps.html,
+Syntax of Regular Expressions} in
address@hidden GNU Emacs Manual}).
address@hidden ifhtml
+
address@hidden Identities, Speedbar, Aliases, Top
address@hidden Identities
+
address@hidden identities
address@hidden multiple personalities
+
+MH-E supports the concept of multiple personalities or identities.
+This means that you can easily have a different header and signature
+at home and at work.
address@hidden mh-bury-show-buffer
-Leave show buffer at bottom of stack (default: @code{t}).
+A couple of commands are used to insert identities in MH-Letter mode
+which are also found in the @samp{Identity} menu.
address@hidden mh-show-buffer-mode-line-buffer-id
-Name of show buffer in mode line (default: @samp{"@address@hidden %d"}).
address@hidden @kbd
address@hidden C-c C-d
address@hidden mh-insert-identity
address@hidden C-c C-d
+Insert fields specified by given identity (@code{mh-insert-identity}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Identity > Insert Auto Fields} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Identity > Insert Auto Fields}
address@hidden C-c M-d
address@hidden mh-insert-auto-fields
address@hidden C-c M-d
+Insert custom fields if recipient found in @code{mh-auto-fields-list}
+(@code{mh-insert-auto-fields}).
@end table
address@hidden @code{mh-progs}
address@hidden @code{mh-lib}
-
-The two variables @code{mh-progs} and @code{mh-lib} are used to tell
-mh-e where the MH programs and supporting files are kept, respectively.
-mh-e does try to figure out where they are kept for itself by looking in
-common places and in the user's @samp{PATH} environment variable, but if
-it cannot find the directories, or finds the wrong ones, you should set
-these variables. The name of the directory should be placed in double
-quotes, and there should be a
-trailing slash (@samp{/}). See the example in @ref{Getting Started}.
-
address@hidden @code{mh-do-not-confirm}
address@hidden @code{mh-kill-folder}
-
-If you never make mistakes, and you do not like confirmations for your
-actions, you can set @code{mh-do-not-confirm} to a address@hidden value to
-disable confirmation for unrecoverable commands such as @kbd{M-k}
-(@code{mh-kill-folder}) and @kbd{M-u} (@code{mh-undo-folder}). Here's
-how you set boolean values:
address@hidden @samp{mh-identity} customization group
address@hidden customization group, @samp{mh-identity}
address@hidden
-(setq mh-do-not-confirm t)
address@hidden lisp
-
address@hidden @code{mh-summary-height}
address@hidden MH-Folder mode
address@hidden modes, MH-Folder
+The @samp{mh-identity} customization group contains the following
+options.
address@hidden Prevent page break between paragraph and example.
address@hidden 2000
-The variable @code{mh-summary-height} controls the number of scan lines
-displayed in the MH-Folder window, including the mode line. The
-default value of 4 means that 3 scan lines are displayed. Here's how
-you set numerical values:
address@hidden @code
address@hidden mh-auto-fields-list
+List of recipients for which header lines are automatically inserted
+(default: @code{nil}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-auto-fields-prompt-flag
+On means to prompt before sending if fields inserted (default:
address@hidden)
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-identity-default
+Default identity to use when @code{mh-letter-mode} is called (default:
address@hidden).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-identity-handlers
+Handler functions for fields in @code{mh-identity-list}.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-identity-list
+List of identities (default: @code{nil}).
address@hidden vtable
+
+Some of the common header fields that people change depending on the
+context are the @samp{From:} and @samp{Organization:} fields, as well
+as the signature.
+
+This is done by customizing the option @code{mh-identity-list}. In the
+customization buffer for this option, click on the @samp{INS} button
+and enter a label such as @samp{Home} or @samp{Work}. Then click on
+the @samp{INS} button with the label @samp{Add at least one item
+below}. The @samp{Value Menu} has the following menu items:
+
address@hidden @samp
address@hidden header field, @samp{From:}
address@hidden @samp{From:} header field
address@hidden From Field
+Specify an alternate @samp{From:} header field. You must include a
+valid email address. A standard format is @samp{First Last
+<login@@host.domain>}. If you use an initial with a period, then you
+must quote your name as in @samp{"First I. Last"
+<login@@host.domain>}.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden header field, @samp{Organization:}
address@hidden @samp{Organization:} header field
address@hidden Organization Field
+People usually list the name of the company where they work here.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden Other Field
+Set any arbitrary header field and value here. Unless the header field
+is a standard one, precede the name of your field's label with
address@hidden, as in @samp{X-Fruit-of-the-Day:}.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden Attribution Verb
+This value overrides the setting of
address@hidden @xref{Inserting Letter}.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden signature
address@hidden mh-signature-file-name
address@hidden Signature
+Set your signature with this item. You can specify the contents of
address@hidden, a file, or a function.
address@hidden
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden GPG Key ID
+Specify a different key to sign or encrypt messages.
address@hidden table
address@hidden
-(setq mh-summary-height 2) ; @r{only show the current scan line}
address@hidden lisp
address@hidden Identity menu
address@hidden menu, Identity
address@hidden @code{mh-bury-show-buffer}
address@hidden MH-Folder mode
address@hidden modes, MH-Folder
+You can select the identities you have added via the menu called
address@hidden in the MH-Letter buffer. You can also use @kbd{C-c
+C-d} (@code{mh-insert-identity}). To clear the fields and signature
+added by the identity, select the @samp{None} identity.
+
address@hidden @samp{Identity > Save as Default} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Identity > Save as Default}
address@hidden @samp{Identity > Set Default for Session} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Identity > Set Default for Session}
address@hidden @samp{Identity > Customize Identities} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Identity > Customize Identities}
+
+The @samp{Identity} menu contains two other items to save you from
+having to set the identity on every message. The menu item @samp{Set
+Default for Session} can be used to set the default identity to the
+current identity until you exit Emacs. The menu item @samp{Save as
+Default} sets the option @code{mh-identity-default} to the current
+identity setting. You can also customize the option
address@hidden in the usual fashion. If you find that you
+need to add another identity, the menu item @samp{Customize
+Identities} is available for your convenience.
+
address@hidden regular expressions, @code{mh-auto-fields-list}
+
+The option @code{mh-auto-fields-list} can also be used to set the
+identity depending on the recipient to provide even more control. To
+customize @code{mh-auto-fields-list}, click on the @samp{INS} button
+and enter a regular expression for the recipient's address
address@hidden
+(@pxref{Regexps, , Syntax of Regular Expressions, emacs, The
+GNU Emacs Manual}).
address@hidden ifnothtml
address@hidden
+(see the section
address@hidden://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/Regexps.html,
+Syntax of Regular Expressions} in
address@hidden GNU Emacs Manual}).
address@hidden ifhtml
+Click on the @samp{INS} button with the @samp{Add at least one item
+below} label. The @samp{Value Menu} contains the following menu items:
+
address@hidden @samp
address@hidden Identity
+Select an identity from those configured in @code{mh-identity-list}.
+All of the information for that identity will be added if the
+recipient matches.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Fcc:} header field
address@hidden header field, @samp{Fcc:}
address@hidden Fcc Field
+Insert an @samp{Fcc:} header field with the folder you provide. When
+you send the message, MH will put a copy of your message in this
+folder.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Mail-Followup-To:} header field
address@hidden header field, @samp{Mail-Followup-To:}
address@hidden Mail-Followup-To Field
+Insert an @samp{Mail-Followup-To:} header field with the recipients
+you provide. If the recipient's mail user agent supports this header
address@hidden@samp{Mail-Followup-To:} is supported by nmh.}, then
+their replies will go to the addresses listed. This is useful if their
+replies go both to the list and to you and you don't have a mechanism
+to suppress duplicates. If you reply to someone not on the list, you
+must either remove the @samp{Mail-Followup-To:} field, or ensure the
+recipient is also listed there so that he receives replies to your
+reply.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden Other Field
+Other header fields may be added using this menu item.
address@hidden table
-Normally the buffer for displaying messages is buried at the bottom at
-the buffer stack. You may wish to disable this feature by setting
address@hidden to @code{nil}. One advantage of not burying the
-show buffer is that one can delete the show buffer more easily in an
-electric buffer list because of its proximity to its associated
-MH-Folder buffer. Try running @kbd{M-x electric-buffer-list} to
-see what I mean.
+These fields can only be added after the recipient is known. Because
+you can continue to add recipients as you edit the draft, MH-E waits
+until the message is sent to perform the auto-insertions. This seems
+strange at first, but you'll get used to it. There are two ways to
+help you feel that the desired fields are added. The first is the
+action when the message is sent: if any fields are added
+automatically, you are given a chance to see and to confirm these
+fields before the message is actually sent. You can do away with this
+confirmation by turning off the option
address@hidden The second method is manual: once
+the header contains one or more recipients, you may run the command
address@hidden M-d} (@code{mh-insert-auto-fields}) or choose the
address@hidden -> Insert Auto Fields} menu item to insert these fields
+manually. However, if you use this command, the automatic insertion
+when the message is sent is disabled.
+
+You should avoid using the same header field in
address@hidden and @code{mh-identity-list} definitions
+that may apply to the same message as the result is undefined.
+
+The option @code{mh-identity-handlers} is used to change the way that
+fields, signatures, and attributions in @code{mh-identity-list} are
+added. To customize @code{mh-identity-handlers}, replace the name of
+an existing handler function associated with the field you want to
+change with the name of a function you have written. You can also
+click on an @samp{INS} button and insert a field of your choice and
+the name of the function you have written to handle it.
+
+The @samp{Field} field can be any field that you've used in your
address@hidden The special fields @samp{:attribution-verb},
address@hidden:signature}, or @samp{:pgg-default-user-id} are used for the
address@hidden choices @samp{Attribution Verb},
address@hidden, and @samp{GPG Key ID} respectively.
+
+The handler associated with the @samp{:default} field is used when no
+other field matches.
+
+The handler functions are passed two or three arguments: the field
+itself (for example, @samp{From}), or one of the special fields (for
+example, @samp{:signature}), and the action @samp{'remove} or
address@hidden'add}. If the action is @samp{'add}, an additional argument
+containing the value for the field is given.
+
address@hidden Speedbar, Menu Bar, Identities, Top
address@hidden The Speedbar
+
address@hidden folder navigation
address@hidden speedbar
+
+You can also use the speedbar
address@hidden
+(@pxref{Speedbar, , Speedbar Frames, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual},)
address@hidden ifnothtml
address@hidden
+(see the section
address@hidden://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/Speedbar.html,
+Speedbar Frames} in @cite{The GNU Emacs Manual})
address@hidden ifhtml
+to view your folders. To bring up the speedbar, run @kbd{M-x speedbar
address@hidden You will see a new frame appear with all of your MH
+folders. Folders with unseen messages appear in boldface. Click on a
+folder name with @kbd{Mouse-2} to visit that folder in a similar
+fashion to the command @kbd{F v} (@code{mh-visit-folder})
+(@pxref{Folders}). Click on the @samp{+} icon to expand and view the
+sub-folders of that folder.
+
+The speedbar can be manipulated with the keyboard as well. Use the
+Emacs navigational keys (like the arrow keys, or @kbd{C-n}) to move
+the cursor over the desired folder and then use the shortcuts for the
+menu items listed in the table below.
+
address@hidden @samp
address@hidden mh-speed-view
address@hidden Visit Folder (@key{RET})
+Visits the selected folder just as if you had used @kbd{F v}
+(@code{mh-speed-view}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-speed-expand-folder
address@hidden Expand Nested Folders (@kbd{+})
+Expands the selected folder in the speedbar, exposing the children
+folders inside it (@code{mh-speed-expand-folder}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-speed-contract-folder
address@hidden Contract Nested Folders (@kbd{-})
+Contracts or collapses the selected folder in the speedbar, hiding the
+children folders inside it (@code{mh-speed-contract-folder}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-speed-refresh
address@hidden Refresh Speedbar (@kbd{r})
+Regenerates the list of folders in the speedbar. Run this command if
+you've added or deleted a folder, or want to update the unseen message
+count before the next automatic update (@code{mh-speed-refresh}).
address@hidden table
address@hidden @code{mh-folder-mode-hook}
+You can click on @kbd{Mouse-3} to bring up a context menu that
+contains these items. Dismiss the speedbar with @kbd{C-x 5 0}
+(@code{delete-frame}).
+
address@hidden @command{flists}
address@hidden MH commands, @command{flists}
address@hidden @samp{mh-speedbar} customization group
address@hidden customization group, @samp{mh-speedbar}
+
+The MH-E speedbar uses the MH command @address@hidden
+the section @address@hidden/morseq.htm#flist, Searching for
+Sequences with flist} in the MH book.} to generate the list of
+folders. The @samp{mh-speedbar} customization group contains the
+following option which controls how often the speedbar calls
address@hidden
+
address@hidden @code
address@hidden mh-speed-update-interval
+Time between speedbar updates in seconds (default: 60). Set to 0 to
+disable automatic update.
address@hidden vtable
+
+You can modify the appearance of the folders in the speedbar by
+customizing the following faces.
+
address@hidden @code
address@hidden mh-speedbar-folder
+Basic folder face.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-speedbar-folder-with-unseen-messages
+Folder face when folder contains unread messages.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-speedbar-selected-folder
+Selected folder face.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-speedbar-selected-folder-with-unseen-messages
+Selected folder face when folder contains unread messages.
address@hidden vtable
+
address@hidden Menu Bar, Tool Bar, Speedbar, Top
address@hidden The Menu Bar
+
address@hidden menu bar
+
address@hidden Folder menu
address@hidden Identity menu
address@hidden Letter menu
@cindex MH-Folder mode
address@hidden MH-Letter mode
address@hidden MH-Search mode
address@hidden Message menu
address@hidden Search menu
address@hidden Sequence menu
address@hidden menu, Folder
address@hidden menu, Identity
address@hidden menu, Letter
address@hidden menu, Message
address@hidden menu, Search
address@hidden menu, Sequence
@cindex modes, MH-Folder
address@hidden modes, MH-Letter
address@hidden modes, MH-Search
-The hook @code{mh-folder-mode-hook} is called when a new folder is
-created with MH-Folder mode. This could be used to set your own
-key bindings, for example:
+For those of you who prefer to mouse and menu instead of using the
+meta-coke-bottle-bucky keys, MH-E provides menu items for most of its
+functions. The MH-Folder buffer adds the @samp{Folder},
address@hidden, and @samp{Sequence} menus. The MH-Letter buffer adds
+the @samp{Identity} and @samp{Letter} menus. The MH-Search buffer adds
+the @samp{Search} menu. There's no need to list the actual items here,
+as you can more easily see them for yourself, and the functions are
+already described elsewhere in this manual.
+
+For a description of the menu bar, please
address@hidden
address@hidden Bar, , The Menu Bar, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}.
address@hidden ifnothtml
address@hidden
+see the section
address@hidden://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/Menu-Bar.html,
+The Menu Bar} in @cite{The GNU Emacs Manual}.
address@hidden ifhtml
+
+The Emacs manual describes how to get online help for a particular
+menu item. You can also look up a menu item in the index of this
+manual in two ways: all of the menu items are listed alphabetically,
+and you can also browse all of the items under the index entry
address@hidden item}.
+
address@hidden Tool Bar, Searching, Menu Bar, Top
address@hidden The Tool Bar
+
address@hidden tool bar
address@hidden @samp{mh-tool-bar} customization group
address@hidden customization group, @samp{mh-tool-bar}
+
+Emacs also provides a graphical tool bar. For a description of the
+tool bar, please
address@hidden
address@hidden Bars, , Tool Bars, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}.
address@hidden ifnothtml
address@hidden
+see the section
address@hidden://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/Tool-Bars.html,
+Tool Bars} in @cite{The GNU Emacs Manual}.
address@hidden ifhtml
+
+MH-E adds several icons to this tool bar; you can modify the MH-E
+aspects of the tool bar via the @samp{mh-tool-bar} customization group.
+
address@hidden @code
address@hidden mh-tool-bar-folder-buttons
+List of buttons to include in MH-Folder tool bar (default: a checklist
+too long to list here).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-tool-bar-letter-buttons
+List of buttons to include in MH-Letter tool bar (default: a checklist
+too long to list here).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-tool-bar-search-function
+Function called by the tool bar search button (default:
address@hidden).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-xemacs-tool-bar-position
+Tool bar location (default: @samp{Same As Default Tool Bar}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-xemacs-use-tool-bar-flag
+If on, use tool bar (default: on, if supported).
address@hidden vtable
+
+In GNU Emacs, icons for some of MH-E's functions are added to the tool
+bar. In XEmacs, you have the opportunity to create a separate tool bar for
+the MH-E icons.
+
+In either case, you can select which of these functions you'd like to
+see by customizing the options @code{mh-tool-bar-folder-buttons} and
address@hidden As you probably guessed, the former
+customizes the tool bar in MH-Folder mode and the latter in MH-Letter
+mode. Both of these options present you with a list of functions;
+check the functions whose icons you want to see and clear the check
+boxes for those you don't.
+
+The function associated with the searching icon can be set via the
+option @code{mh-tool-bar-search-function}. By default, this is set to
address@hidden @xref{Searching}. You can also choose @samp{Other
+Function} from the @samp{Value Menu} and enter a function of your own
+choosing.
+
+XEmacs provides a couple of extra options. The first,
address@hidden, controls whether to show the MH-E
+icons at all. By default, this option is turned on if the window
+system supports tool bars. If your system doesn't support tool bars,
+then you won't be able to turn on this option.
+
+The second extra option is @code{mh-xemacs-tool-bar-position} which
+controls the placement of the tool bar along the four edges of the
+frame. You can choose from one of @samp{Same As Default Tool Bar},
address@hidden, @samp{Bottom}, @samp{Left}, or @samp{Right}. If this
+variable is set to anything other than @samp{Same As Default Tool Bar}
+and the default tool bar is in a different location, then two tool
+bars will be displayed: the MH-E tool bar and the default tool bar."
address@hidden @code{mh-folder-mode-hook}, example
address@hidden Searching, Threading, Tool Bar, Top
address@hidden Searching Through Messages
address@hidden
address@hidden
address@hidden additional key bindings via mh-folder-mode-hook}
address@hidden searching
-(defvar my-mh-init-done nil "address@hidden when one-time mh-e settings made.")
address@hidden mh-search
address@hidden F s
-(defun my-mh-folder-mode-hook ()
- "Hook to set key bindings in MH-Folder mode."
- (if (not my-mh-init-done) ; @r{only need to bind the keys once }
- (progn
- (local-set-key "/" 'search-msg)
- (local-set-key "b" 'mh-burst-digest) ; @r{better use of @kbd{b}}
- (setq my-mh-init-done t))))
+Earlier, the command @kbd{F s} (@code{mh-search}) was introduced which
+helps you find messages that lie buried in your folders
+(@pxref{Folders}). This chapter covers this command in more detail.
+Several commands are used to compose the search criteria and to start
+searching. A couple of them can be found in the @samp{Search} menu.
-;;; @r{Emacs 19}
-(add-hook 'mh-folder-mode-hook 'my-mh-folder-mode-hook)
-;;; @r{Emacs 18}
-;;; @r{(setq mh-folder-mode-hook (cons 'my-mh-folder-mode-hook}
-;;; @r{mh-folder-mode-hook))}
address@hidden @kbd
address@hidden C-c ?
address@hidden mh-help
address@hidden C-c ?
+Display cheat sheet for the MH-E commands (@code{mh-help}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Search > Perform Search} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Search > Perform Search}
address@hidden C-c C-c
address@hidden mh-index-do-search
address@hidden C-c C-c
+Find messages using @code{mh-search-program}
+(@code{mh-index-do-search}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Search > Search with pick} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Search > Search with pick}
address@hidden C-c C-p
address@hidden mh-pick-do-search
address@hidden C-c C-p
+Find messages using @command{pick} (@code{mh-pick-do-search}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden C-c ?
address@hidden mh-help
address@hidden C-c ?
+Display cheat sheet for the MH-E commands (@code{mh-help}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden C-c C-f C-a
address@hidden C-c C-f a
address@hidden mh-to-field
address@hidden C-c C-f a
address@hidden C-c C-f C-a
+Move to @samp{Mail-Reply-To:} header field (@code{mh-to-field}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden C-c C-f C-b
address@hidden C-c C-f b
address@hidden C-c C-f b
address@hidden C-c C-f C-b
+Move to @samp{Bcc:} header field (@code{mh-to-field}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden C-c C-f C-c
address@hidden C-c C-f c
address@hidden C-c C-f c
address@hidden C-c C-f C-c
+Move to @samp{Cc:} header field (@code{mh-to-field}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden C-c C-f C-d
address@hidden C-c C-f d
address@hidden C-c C-f d
address@hidden C-c C-f C-d
+Move to @samp{Dcc:} header field (@code{mh-to-field}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden C-c C-f C-f
address@hidden C-c C-f f
address@hidden C-c C-f f
address@hidden C-c C-f C-f
+Move to @samp{Fcc:} header field (@code{mh-to-field}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden C-c C-f C-l
address@hidden C-c C-f l
address@hidden C-c C-f l
address@hidden C-c C-f C-l
+Move to @samp{Mail-Followup-To:} header field (@code{mh-to-field}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden C-c C-f C-m
address@hidden C-c C-f m
address@hidden C-c C-f m
address@hidden C-c C-f C-m
+Move to @samp{From:} header field (@code{mh-to-field}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden C-c C-f C-r
address@hidden C-c C-f r
address@hidden C-c C-f r
address@hidden C-c C-f C-r
+Move to @samp{Reply-To:} header field (@code{mh-to-field}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden C-c C-f C-s
address@hidden C-c C-f s
address@hidden C-c C-f s
address@hidden C-c C-f C-s
+Move to @samp{Subject:} header field (@code{mh-to-field}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden C-c C-f C-t
address@hidden C-c C-f t
address@hidden C-c C-f t
address@hidden C-c C-f C-t
+Move to @samp{To:} header field (@code{mh-to-field}).
address@hidden table
-(defun search-msg ()
- "Search for a regexp in the current message."
- (interactive) ; @r{user function}
- (save-window-excursion
- (other-window 1) ; @r{go to next window}
- (isearch-forward-regexp))) ; @r{string search; hit return (ESC}
- ; @r{in Emacs 18) when done}
address@hidden group
address@hidden lisp
+Another few commands are available in the MH-Folder buffer resulting
+from a search.
address@hidden
-* Customizing Viewing::
-* Customizing Moving Around::
address@hidden menu
address@hidden @kbd
address@hidden @key{TAB}
address@hidden mh-index-next-folder
address@hidden @key{TAB}
+Jump to the next folder marker (@code{mh-index-next-folder}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden address@hidden
address@hidden mh-index-previous-folder
address@hidden address@hidden
+Jump to the previous folder marker (@code{mh-index-previous-folder}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden v
address@hidden mh-index-visit-folder
address@hidden v
+Visit original folder from where the message at point was found
+(@code{mh-index-visit-folder}).
address@hidden table
address@hidden Customizing Viewing, Customizing Moving Around, Customizing
Reading, Customizing Reading
address@hidden Viewing Your Mail
address@hidden @samp{mh-search} customization group
address@hidden customization group, @samp{mh-search}
address@hidden @code{mh-clean-message-header}
address@hidden @code{mh-invisible-headers}
address@hidden @code{mh-visible-headers}
-
-Several variables control what displayed messages look like. Normally
-messages are delivered with a handful of uninteresting header fields.
-You can make them go away by setting @code{mh-clean-message-header} to a
address@hidden value. The header can then be cleaned up in two ways. By
-default, the header fields in @code{mh-invisible-headers} are removed.
-On the other hand, you could set @code{mh-visible-headers} to the fields
-that you would like to see. If this variable is set,
address@hidden is ignored. I suggest that you not set
address@hidden since if you use this variable, you might miss
-a lot of header fields that you'd rather not miss. As an example of how
-to set a string variable, @code{mh-visible-headers} can be set to show a
-minimum set of header fields (see (@ref{Regexps, , Syntax of Regular
-Expressions, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}, for a description of the
-special characters in this string):
+There is one option from the @samp{mh-search} customization group used
+in searching.
address@hidden
-(setq mh-visible-headers "^From: \\|^Subject: \\|^Date: ")
address@hidden lisp
address@hidden @code
address@hidden mh-search-program
+Search program that MH-E shall use (default: @samp{Auto-detect}).
address@hidden vtable
+
+The following hook is available.
+
address@hidden @code
address@hidden mh-search-mode-hook
+Hook run upon entry to @code{mh-search-mode} (default: @code{nil}).
address@hidden vtable
+
+The following face is available.
+
address@hidden @code
address@hidden mh-search-folder
+Folder heading face in MH-Folder buffers created by searches.
address@hidden vtable
+
+The command @kbd{F s} (@code{mh-search-folder}) helps you find
+messages in your entire corpus of mail. You can search for messages to
+or from a particular person or about a particular subject. In fact,
+you can also search for messages containing selected strings in any
+arbitrary header field or any string found within the messages.
+
+Out of the box, MH-E uses @command{pick} to find messages. With a
+little extra effort, you can set an indexing program which rewards you
+with extremely quick results. The drawback is that sometimes the index
+does not contain the words you're looking for. You can still use
address@hidden in these situations.
+
+You are prompted for the folder to search. This can be @samp{all} to
+search all folders. Note that the search works recursively on the
+listed folder.
address@hidden @code{mhl}
address@hidden MH commands, @code{mhl}
address@hidden @code{mhl-formfile}
-
-Normally mh-e takes care of displaying messages itself (rather than
-calling an MH program to do the work). If you'd rather have @code{mhl}
-display the message (within mh-e), set the variable @code{mhl-formfile}
-to a address@hidden value. You can set this variable either to @code{t}
-to use the default format file or to a filename if you have your own
-format file (@code{mhl}(1) tells you how to write one). When writing
-your own format file, use a nonzero value for @code{overflowoffset} to
-ensure the header is RFC 822 compliant and parsable by mh-e.
address@hidden is always used for printing and forwarding; in this case, the
-value of @code{mhl-formfile} is consulted if it is a filename.
address@hidden MH-Search mode
address@hidden modes, MH-Search
address@hidden @code{mh-show-mode-hook}
+Next, an MH-Search buffer appears where you can enter search criteria.
-Two hooks can be used to control how messages are displayed. The first
-hook, @code{mh-show-mode-hook}, is called early on in the process of
-displaying of messages. It is used to perform some actions on the
-contents of messages, such as highlighting the header fields. If you're
-running Emacs 19 under the X Window System, the following example will
-highlight the @samp{From:} and @samp{Subject:} header fields. This is a
-very nice feature indeed.
address@hidden
address@hidden
+From: #
+To:
+Cc:
+Date:
+Subject:
+--------
address@hidden @code{mh-show-mode-hook}, example
address@hidden
address@hidden
address@hidden header fields in different fonts via mh-show-mode-hook}
-(defvar my-mh-keywords
- '(("^From: \\(.*\\)" 1 'bold t)
- ("^Subject: \\(.*\\)" 1 'highlight t))
- "mh-e additions for font-lock-keywords.")
-
-(defun my-mh-show-mode-hook ()
- "Hook to turn on and customize fonts."
- (font-lock-add-keywords nil my-mh-keywords))
-(add-hook 'mh-show-mode-hook 'my-mh-show-mode-hook))
address@hidden group
address@hidden lisp
address@hidden @code{mh-show-hook}
-The second hook, @code{mh-show-hook}, is the last thing called after
-messages are displayed. It's used to affect the behavior of mh-e in
-general or when @code{mh-show-mode-hook} is too early. For example, if
-you wanted to keep mh-e in sync with MH, you could use
address@hidden as follows:
address@hidden @code{mh-show-hook}, example
address@hidden
-(add-hook 'mh-show-hook 'mh-update-sequences)
address@hidden lisp
address@hidden @code{mh-show-buffer-mode-line-buffer-id}
address@hidden MH-Show mode
address@hidden modes, MH-Show
+--:** search-pattern (MH-Search)--L1--All-----------------------------
-The function @code{mh-update-sequences} is documented in @ref{Finishing
-Up}. For those who like to modify their mode lines, use
address@hidden to modify the mode line in the
-MH-Show buffers. Place the two escape strings @samp{%s} and @samp{%d},
-which will display the folder name and the message number, respectively,
-somewhere in the string in that order. The default value of
address@hidden"@address@hidden %d"} yields a mode line of
address@hidden smallexample
address@hidden cartouche
address@hidden window}
address@hidden
address@hidden@} 4 (MH-Show)--Bot--------------------------------
address@hidden example
address@hidden @command{pick}
address@hidden MH commands, @command{pick}
address@hidden Customizing Moving Around, , Customizing Viewing, Customizing
Reading
address@hidden Moving Around
+Edit this template by entering your search criteria in an appropriate
+header field that is already there, or create a new field yourself. If
+the string you're looking for could be anywhere in a message, then
+place the string underneath the row of dashes.
address@hidden moving between messages
address@hidden MH-Show mode
address@hidden modes, MH-Show
address@hidden MH-Folder mode
address@hidden modes, MH-Folder
address@hidden @code{mh-recenter-summary-p}
+As an example, let's say that we want to find messages from Ginnean
+about horseback riding in the Kosciusko National Park (Australia)
+during January, 1994. Normally we would start with a broad search and
+narrow it down if necessary to produce a manageable amount of data,
+but we'll cut to the chase and create a fairly restrictive set of
+criteria as follows:
-When you use @kbd{t} (@code{mh-toggle-showing}) to toggle between show
-mode and scan mode, the MH-Show buffer is hidden and the
-MH-Folder buffer is left alone. Setting
address@hidden to a address@hidden value causes the toggle to
-display as many scan lines as possible, with the cursor at the middle.
-The effect of @code{mh-recenter-summary-p} is rather useful, but it can
-be annoying on a slow network connection.
address@hidden
address@hidden
+From: ginnean
+To:
+Cc:
+Date: Jan 1994
+Subject:
+--------
+horse
+kosciusko
address@hidden group
address@hidden smallexample
address@hidden Customizing Sending, Customizing Draft Editing, Customizing
Reading, Customizing mh-e
address@hidden Sending Mail
+As with MH-Letter mode, MH-Search provides commands like @kbd{C-c C-f
+C-t} (@code{mh-to-field}) to help you fill in the blanks.
address@hidden Message}.
address@hidden sending mail
+If you find that you do the same thing over and over when editing the
+search template, you may wish to bind some shortcuts to keys. This can
+be done with the variable @code{mh-search-mode-hook}, which is called
+when @kbd{F s} is run on a new pattern.
+
address@hidden @samp{+mhe-index}
address@hidden folders, @samp{+mhe-index}
address@hidden mh-index-do-search
address@hidden mh-index-next-folder
address@hidden mh-index-previous-folder
address@hidden mh-pick-do-search
address@hidden @key{TAB}
address@hidden C-c C-c
address@hidden F s
address@hidden address@hidden
address@hidden mh-search-folder
+
+To perform the search, type @kbd{C-c C-c} (@code{mh-index-do-search}).
+Sometimes you're searching for text that is either not indexed, or
+hasn't been indexed yet. In this case you can override the default
+method with the pick method by running the command @kbd{C-c C-p}
+(@code{mh-pick-do-search}).
+
+The messages that are found are put in a temporary sub-folder of
address@hidden and are displayed in an MH-Folder buffer. This
+buffer is special because it displays messages from multiple folders;
+each set of messages from a given folder has a heading with the folder
+name. The appearance of the heading can be modified by customizing the
+face @code{mh-search-folder}. You can jump back and forth between the
+headings using the commands @address@hidden
+(@code{mh-index-next-folder}) and @address@hidden
+(@code{mh-index-previous-folder}).
+
+In addition, the command @kbd{v} (@code{mh-index-visit-folder}) can be
+used to visit the folder of the message at point. Initially, only the
+messages that matched the search criteria are displayed in the folder.
+While the temporary buffer has its own set of message numbers, the
+actual messages numbers are shown in the visited folder. Thus, the
+command @kbd{v} is useful to find the actual message number of an
+interesting message, or to view surrounding messages with the command
address@hidden r} @code{mh-rescan-folder}. @xref{Folders}.
+
+Because this folder is temporary, you'll probably get in the habit of
+killing it when you're done with @kbd{F k} (@code{mh-kill-folder}).
address@hidden
+
+You can regenerate the results by running @kbd{F s} with a prefix
+argument.
+
address@hidden @command{procmail}
address@hidden Unix commands, @command{procmail}
address@hidden @samp{X-MHE-Checksum:} header field
address@hidden header field, @samp{X-MHE-Checksum:}
+
+Note: This command uses an @samp{X-MHE-Checksum:} header field to
+cache the MD5 checksum of a message. This means that if an incoming
+message already contains an @samp{X-MHE-Checksum:} field, that message
+might not be found by this command. The following @command{procmail}
+recipe avoids this problem by renaming the existing header field:
-You may wish to start off by adding the following useful key bindings to
-your @file{.emacs} file:
address@hidden
address@hidden
+:0 wf
+| formail -R "X-MHE-Checksum" "X-Old-MHE-Checksum"
address@hidden group
address@hidden smallexample
address@hidden
-(global-set-key "\C-xm" 'mh-smail)
-(global-set-key "\C-x4m" 'mh-smail-other-window)
address@hidden lisp
address@hidden, for an alternative interface to searching.
-In addition, several variables are useful when sending mail or replying
-to mail. They are summarized in the following table.
address@hidden Configuring Indexed Searches
address@hidden @code
address@hidden mh-comp-formfile
-Format file for drafts (default: @samp{"components"}).
address@hidden @command{grep}
address@hidden @command{mairix}
address@hidden @command{namazu}
address@hidden @command{pick}
address@hidden @command{swish++}
address@hidden @command{swish-e}
address@hidden Unix commands, @command{grep}
address@hidden Unix commands, @command{mairix}
address@hidden Unix commands, @command{namazu}
address@hidden Unix commands, @command{pick}
address@hidden Unix commands, @command{swish++}
address@hidden Unix commands, @command{swish-e}
address@hidden mh-search
address@hidden F s
address@hidden mh-search-program
+
+The command @kbd{F s} (@code{mh-search}) runs the command defined by
+the option @code{mh-search-program}. The default value is
address@hidden which means that MH-E will automatically choose one
+of @command{swish++}, @command{swish-e}, @command{mairix},
address@hidden, @command{pick} and @command{grep} in that order. If,
+for example, you have both @command{swish++} and @command{mairix}
+installed and you want to use @command{mairix}, then you can set this
+option to @samp{mairix}.
+
+The following sub-sections describe how to set up the various indexing
+programs to use with MH-E.
+
address@hidden swish++
+
address@hidden @command{swish++}
address@hidden Unix commands, @command{swish++}
+
+In the examples below, replace @file{/home/user/Mail} with the path to
+your MH directory.
+
+First create the directory @file{/home/user/Mail/.swish++}. Then
+create the file @file{/home/user/Mail/.swish++/swish++.conf} with the
+following contents:
address@hidden mh-repl-formfile
-Format file for replies (default: @samp{"replcomps"}).
address@hidden
address@hidden
+IncludeMeta Bcc Cc Comments Content-Description From Keywords
+IncludeMeta Newsgroups Resent-To Subject To
+IncludeMeta Message-Id References In-Reply-To
+IncludeFile Mail *
+IndexFile /home/user/Mail/.swish++/swish++.index
address@hidden group
address@hidden smallexample
address@hidden mh-letter-mode-hook
-Functions to run in MH-Letter mode (default: @code{nil}).
+Use the following command line to generate the swish index. Run this
+daily from cron:
address@hidden mh-compose-letter-function
-Functions to run when starting a new draft (default: @code{nil}).
address@hidden
address@hidden
+find /home/user/Mail -path /home/user/Mail/mhe-index -prune \
+ -o -path /home/user/Mail/.swish++ -prune \
+ -o -name "[0-9]*" -print \
+ | index -c /home/user/Mail/.swish++/swish++.conf -
address@hidden group
address@hidden smallexample
address@hidden mh-reply-default-reply-to
-Whom reply goes to (default: @code{nil}).
+This command does not index the folders that hold the results of your
+searches in @samp{+mhe-index} since they tend to be ephemeral and the
+original messages are indexed anyway.
address@hidden mh-forward-subject-format
-Format string for forwarded message subject (default: @samp{"%s: %s"}).
address@hidden @command{index}
address@hidden Unix commands, @command{index}
address@hidden @command{index++}
address@hidden Unix commands, @command{index++}
address@hidden mh-redist-full-contents
address@hidden requires entire message (default: @code{nil}).
+On some systems (Debian GNU/Linux, for example), use @command{index++}
+instead of @command{index}.
address@hidden mh-new-draft-cleaned-headers
-Remove these header fields from re-edited draft. The default is:
address@hidden
-"^Date:\\| ^Received:\\| ^Message-Id:\\| ^From:\\|
-^Sender:\\| ^Delivery-Date:\\| ^Return-Path:".
address@hidden example
address@hidden table
address@hidden swish
address@hidden @code{comp}
address@hidden MH commands, @code{comp}
address@hidden @code{mh-comp-formfile}
address@hidden @file{components}
address@hidden files, @file{components}
address@hidden @code{repl}
address@hidden MH commands, @code{repl}
address@hidden @file{replcomps}
address@hidden files, @file{replcomps}
address@hidden @code{mh-repl-formfile}
-
-Since mh-e does not use @code{comp} to create the initial draft, you
-need to set @code{mh-comp-formfile} to the name of your components file
-if it isn't @file{components}. This is the name of the file that
-contains the form for composing messages. If it does not contain an
-absolute pathname, mh-e searches for the file first in your MH directory
-and then in the system MH library directory (such as
address@hidden/usr/local/lib/mh}). Replies, on the other hand, are built using
address@hidden You can change the location of the field file from the
-default of @file{replcomps} by modifying @code{mh-repl-formfile}.
-
address@hidden @code{mh-letter-mode-hook}
address@hidden @code{repl}
address@hidden MH commands, @code{repl}
address@hidden @file{components}
address@hidden files, @file{components}
address@hidden @command{swish-e}
address@hidden Unix commands, @command{swish-e}
-Two hooks are provided to run commands on your freshly created draft.
-The first hook, @code{mh-letter-mode-hook}, allows you to do some
-processing before editing a letter. For example, you may wish to modify
-the header after @code{repl} has done its work, or you may have a
-complicated @file{components} file and need to tell mh-e where the
-cursor should go. Here's an example of how you would use this hook---all
-of the other hooks are set in this fashion as well.
+In the examples below, replace @file{/home/user/Mail} with the path to
+your MH directory.
address@hidden @code{mh-insert-signature}, example
+First create the directory @file{/home/user/Mail/.swish}. Then create
+the file @file{/home/user/Mail/.swish/config} with the following
+contents:
address@hidden
address@hidden
@group
address@hidden draft for editing via mh-letter-mode-hook}
-
-(defvar letter-mode-init-done nil
- "address@hidden when one-time mh-e settings have made.")
-
-(defun my-mh-letter-mode-hook ()
- "Hook to prepare letter for editing."
- (if (not letter-mode-init-done) ; @r{only need to bind the keys once}
- (progn
- (local-set-key "\C-ctb" 'add-enriched-text)
- (local-set-key "\C-cti" 'add-enriched-text)
- (local-set-key "\C-ctf" 'add-enriched-text)
- (local-set-key "\C-cts" 'add-enriched-text)
- (local-set-key "\C-ctB" 'add-enriched-text)
- (local-set-key "\C-ctu" 'add-enriched-text)
- (local-set-key "\C-ctc" 'add-enriched-text)
- (setq letter-mode-init-done t)))
- (setq fill-prefix " ") ; @r{I find indented text easier to read}
- (save-excursion
- (goto-char (point-max)) ; @r{go to end of message to}
- (mh-insert-signature))) ; @r{insert signature}
-
-(add-hook 'mh-letter-mode-hook 'my-mh-letter-mode-hook)
+DefaultContents TXT*
+IndexDir /home/user/Mail
+IndexFile /home/user/Mail/.swish/index
+IndexName "Mail Index"
+IndexDescription "Mail Index"
+IndexPointer "http://nowhere";
+IndexAdmin "nobody"
+#MetaNames automatic
+IndexReport 3
+FollowSymLinks no
+UseStemming no
+IgnoreTotalWordCountWhenRanking yes
+WordCharacters abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789-
+BeginCharacters abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
+EndCharacters abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789
+IgnoreLimit 50 1000
+IndexComments 0
+FileRules filename contains \D
+FileRules pathname contains /home/user/Mail/.swish
+FileRules pathname contains /home/user/Mail/mhe-index
+FileRules filename is index
@end group
address@hidden lisp
address@hidden smallexample
-The function, @code{add-enriched-text} is defined in the example in
address@hidden Editing MIME}.
+This configuration does not index the folders that hold the results of
+your searches in @samp{+mhe-index} since they tend to be ephemeral and
+the original messages are indexed anyway.
address@hidden @code{mh-compose-letter-function}
+If there are any directories you would like to ignore, append lines
+like the following to @file{config}:
-The second hook, a function really, is
address@hidden Like @code{mh-letter-mode-hook}, it
-is called just before editing a new message; however, it is the last
-function called before you edit your message. The consequence of this
-is that you can write a function to write and send the message for you.
-This function is passed three arguments: the contents of the @samp{To:},
address@hidden:}, and @samp{cc:} header fields.
address@hidden
+FileRules pathname contains /home/user/Mail/scripts
address@hidden smallexample
address@hidden
-* Customizing Replying::
-* Customizing Forwarding::
-* Customizing Redistributing::
-* Customizing Old Drafts::
address@hidden menu
address@hidden @command{swish-e}
address@hidden Unix commands, @command{swish-e}
address@hidden Customizing Replying, Customizing Forwarding, Customizing
Sending, Customizing Sending
address@hidden Replying to Mail
+Use the following command line to generate the swish index. Run this
+daily from cron:
address@hidden replying
address@hidden @code{mh-reply-default-reply-to}
address@hidden
+ swish-e -c /home/user/Mail/.swish/config
address@hidden smallexample
-If you find that most of the time that you specify @kbd{cc} when you
-reply to a message, set @code{mh-reply-default-reply-to} to @samp{cc}.
-This variable is normally set to @code{nil} so that you are prompted for
-the recipient of a reply. It can be set to one of @samp{from},
address@hidden, or @samp{cc}; you are then no longer prompted for the
-recipient(s) of your reply.
address@hidden mairix
address@hidden Customizing Forwarding, Customizing Redistributing, Customizing
Replying, Customizing Sending
address@hidden Forwarding Mail
address@hidden @command{mairix}
address@hidden Unix commands, @command{mairix}
address@hidden forwarding
address@hidden @code{mh-forward-subject-format}
+In the examples below, replace @file{/home/user/Mail} with the path to
+your MH directory.
-When forwarding a message, the format of the @samp{Subject:} header
-field can be modified by the variable @code{mh-forward-subject-format}.
-This variable is a string which includes two escapes (@samp{%s}). The
-first @samp{%s} is replaced with the sender of the original message, and
-the second one is replaced with the original @samp{Subject:}. The
-default value of @samp{"%s: %s"} takes a message with the header:
+First create the directory @file{/home/user/Mail/.mairix}. Then create
+the file @file{/home/user/Mail/.mairix/config} with the following
+contents:
address@hidden
address@hidden
@group
-To: Bill Wohler <wohler@@newt.com>
-Subject: Re: 49er football
-From: Greg DesBrisay <gd@@cellnet.com>
+base=/home/user/Mail
+
+# List of folders that should be indexed. 3 dots at the end means there
+# are subfolders within the folder
+mh=archive...:inbox:drafts:news:sent:trash
+
+vfolder_format=raw
+database=/home/user/Mail/mairix/database
@end group
address@hidden example
address@hidden smallexample
-and creates a subject header field of:
+Use the following command line to generate the mairix index. Run this daily
+from cron:
address@hidden
-Subject: Greg DesBrisay: Re: 49er football
address@hidden example
address@hidden
+mairix -f /home/user/Mail/.mairix/config
address@hidden smallexample
address@hidden Customizing Redistributing, Customizing Old Drafts, Customizing
Forwarding, Customizing Sending
address@hidden Redistributing Your Mail
address@hidden namazu
address@hidden redistributing
address@hidden @code{mh-redist-full-contents}
address@hidden @code{dist}
address@hidden MH commands, @code{dist}
address@hidden @code{send}
address@hidden MH commands, @code{send}
-
-The variable @code{mh-redist-full-contents} must be set to address@hidden if
address@hidden requires the whole letter for redistribution, which is the
-case if @code{send} is compiled with the @sc{berk} @footnote{To see which
-options your copy of MH was compiled with, use @kbd{M-x mh-version}
-(@ref{Miscellaneous}).} option (which many people abhor). If you find
-that MH will not allow you to redistribute a message that has been
-redistributed before, this variable should be set to @code{nil}.
address@hidden @command{namazu}
address@hidden Unix commands, @command{namazu}
address@hidden Customizing Old Drafts, , Customizing Redistributing,
Customizing Sending
address@hidden Editing Old Drafts and Bounced Messages
+In the examples below, replace @file{/home/user/Mail} with the path to
+your MH directory.
address@hidden re-editing drafts
address@hidden @code{mh-new-draft-cleaned-headers}
+First create the directory @file{/home/user/Mail/.namazu}. Then create
+the file @file{/home/user/Mail/.namazu/mknmzrc} with the following
+contents:
+
address@hidden
address@hidden
+package conf; # Don't remove this line!
+$ADDRESS = 'user@@localhost';
+$ALLOW_FILE = "[0-9]*";
+$EXCLUDE_PATH = "^/home/user/Mail/(mhe-index|spam)";
address@hidden group
address@hidden smallexample
-The header fields specified by @code{mh-new-draft-cleaned-headers} are
-removed from an old draft that has been recreated with @kbd{M-e}
-(@code{mh-extract-rejected-mail}) or @kbd{M-a} (@code{mh-edit-again}).
-If when you edit an old draft with these commands you find that there
-are header fields that you don't want included, you can append them to
-this variable. For example,
+This configuration does not index the folders that hold the results of
+your searches in @samp{+mhe-index} since they tend to be ephemeral and
+the original messages are indexed anyway.
address@hidden @code{mh-new-draft-cleaned-headers}, example
+Use the following command line to generate the namazu index. Run this
+daily from cron:
address@hidden
-(setq mh-new-draft-cleaned-headers
- (concat mh-new-draft-cleaned-headers "\\|^Some-Field:"))
address@hidden lisp
address@hidden
+mknmz -f /home/user/Mail/.namazu/mknmzrc -O /home/user/Mail/.namazu \
+ /home/user/Mail
address@hidden smallexample
address@hidden regular expressions
address@hidden pick
-This appends the regular expression @samp{\\|^Some-Field:} to the
-variable (@pxref{Regexps, , Syntax of Regular Expressions, emacs, The
-GNU Emacs Manual}). The @samp{\\|} means @emph{or}, and the @samp{^}
-(caret) matches the beginning of the line. This is done to be very
-specific about which fields match. The literal @samp{:} is appended for
-the same reason.
address@hidden @command{pick}
address@hidden MH commands, @command{pick}
address@hidden Customizing Draft Editing, Customizing Moving Mail, Customizing
Sending, Customizing mh-e
address@hidden Editing a Draft
+This search method does not require any setup.
address@hidden editing draft
+Read @command{pick}(1) or the section
address@hidden@value{MH-BOOK-HOME}/finpic.htm, Finding Messages with pick} in
+the MH book to find out more about how to enter the criteria.
-There are several variables used during the draft editing phase.
-Examples include changing the name of the file that holds your signature
-or telling mh-e about new multimedia types. They are:
address@hidden grep
address@hidden @code
address@hidden mh-yank-from-start-of-msg
-How to yank when region not set (default: @code{t}).
address@hidden @command{grep}
address@hidden Unix commands, @command{grep}
address@hidden mh-ins-buf-prefix
-Indent for yanked messages (default: @samp{"> "}).
+This search method does not require any setup.
address@hidden mail-citation-hook
-Functions to run on yanked messages (default: @code{nil}).
+Unlike the other search methods, this method does not use the
+MH-Search buffer. Instead, you simply enter a regular expression in
+the minibuffer. For help in constructing regular expressions, see your
+man page for @command{grep}.
address@hidden mh-delete-yanked-msg-window
-Delete message window on yank (default: @code{nil}).
address@hidden Threading, Limits, Searching, Top
address@hidden Viewing Message Threads
address@hidden Need the @* because otherwise TeX fills it wrong and complains
address@hidden about overfull hbox.
address@hidden mh-mime-content-types
-List of valid content types (default: @samp{'(("text/plain")@*
-("text/richtext") ("multipart/mixed") ("multipart/alternative")@*
-("multipart/digest") ("multipart/parallel") ("message/rfc822")@*
-("message/partial") ("message/external-body")@*
-("application/octet-stream") ("application/postscript")@*
-("image/jpeg") ("image/gif") ("audio/basic") ("video/mpeg"))}).
address@hidden threading
address@hidden mh-mhn-args
-Additional arguments for @code{mhn} (default: @code{nil}).
+MH-E groups messages by @dfn{threads} which are messages that are part
+of the same discussion and usually all have the same @samp{Subject:}
+header field. Other ways to organize messages in a folder include
+limiting (@pxref{Limits}) or using full-text indexed searches
+(@pxref{Searching}).
address@hidden mh-signature-file-name
-File containing signature (default: @samp{"~/.signature"}).
+A thread begins with a single message called a @dfn{root}. All replies
+to the same message are @dfn{siblings} of each other. Any message that
+has replies to it is an @dfn{ancestor} of those replies.
address@hidden mh-before-send-letter-hook
-Functions to run before sending draft (default: @code{nil}).
+There are several commands that you can use to navigate and operate on
+threads.
address@hidden mh-send-prog
-MH program used to send messages (default: @samp{"send"}).
address@hidden @kbd
address@hidden T ?
address@hidden mh-prefix-help
address@hidden T ?
+Display cheat sheet for the commands of the current prefix in
+minibuffer (@code{mh-prefix-help}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden T o
address@hidden mh-thread-refile
address@hidden T o
+Refile (output) thread into folder (@code{mh-thread-refile}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden T d
address@hidden mh-thread-delete
address@hidden T d
+Delete thread (@code{mh-thread-delete}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden T t
address@hidden mh-toggle-threads
address@hidden T t
+Toggle threaded view of folder (@code{mh-toggle-threads}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden T n
address@hidden mh-thread-next-sibling
address@hidden T n
+Display next sibling (@code{mh-thread-next-sibling}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden T p
address@hidden mh-thread-previous-sibling
address@hidden T p
+Display previous sibling (@code{mh-thread-previous-sibling}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden T u
address@hidden mh-thread-ancestor
address@hidden T u
+Display ancestor of current message (@code{mh-thread-ancestor}).
@end table
address@hidden
-* Customizing Editing Textual::
-* Customizing Editing MIME::
-* Customizing Sending Message::
address@hidden menu
+The @samp{mh-thread} customization group contains one option.
address@hidden Customizing Editing Textual, Customizing Editing MIME,
Customizing Draft Editing, Customizing Draft Editing
address@hidden Editing Textual Messages
address@hidden @code
address@hidden mh-show-threads-flag
+On means new folders start in threaded mode (default: @samp{off}).
address@hidden vtable
+
+Threading large number of messages can be time consuming so the option
address@hidden is turned off by default. If you turn on
+this option, then threading will be done only if the number of
+messages being threaded is less than @code{mh-large-folder}. In any
+event, threading can be turned on (and off) with the command @kbd{T t}
+(@code{mh-toggle-threads}).
+
+There are a few commands to help you navigate threads. If you do not
+care for the way a particular thread has turned, you can move up the
+chain of messages with the command @kbd{T u}
+(@code{mh-thread-ancestor}. At any point you can use @kbd{T n}
+(@code{mh-thread-next-sibling} or @kbd{T p}
+(@code{mh-thread-previous-sibling}) to jump to the next or previous
+sibling, skipping the sub-threads. The command @kbd{T u} can also take
+a prefix argument to jump to the message that started everything.
+
+There are threaded equivalents for the commands that delete and refile
+messages. For example, @kbd{T o} (@code{mh-thread-refile}) refiles the
+current message and all its children. Similarly, the command @kbd{T d}
+(@code{mh-thread-delete}) deletes the current message and all its
+children. These commands do not refile or delete sibling messages.
address@hidden, for a description of the similar command @kbd{k}
+(@code{mh-delete-subject-or-thread}).
+
+If you find that threading is too slow, it may be that you have
address@hidden set too high. Threading is one of the few
+features of MH-E that really benefits from compiling. If you haven't
+compiled MH-E, I encourage you to do address@hidden you're not sure
+if MH-E has been byte-compiled, you could try running @samp{locate
+mh-thread.elc} or otherwise find MH-E on your system and ensure that
address@hidden exists. If you have multiple versions and you
+find that one is compiled but the other is not, then go into your
address@hidden buffer in Emacs, enter @kbd{load-path C-j}, and
+ensure that the byte-compiled version appears first in the
address@hidden If you find that MH-E is not compiled and you
+installed MH-E yourself, please refer to the installation directions
+in the file @file{README} in the distribution.}.
+
address@hidden Limits, Sequences, Threading, Top
address@hidden Limiting Display
+
address@hidden limits
address@hidden filters
+
+Another way to organize messages in a folder besides threading
+(@pxref{Threading}) or using full-text indexed searches
+(@pxref{Searching}) is by limiting the folder display to messages that
+are similar to the current message.
-The following two sections include variables that customize the way you
-edit a draft. The discussion here applies to editing multimedia
-messages as well.
address@hidden @kbd
address@hidden / ?
address@hidden mh-prefix-help
address@hidden / ?
+Display cheat sheet for the commands of the current prefix in
+minibuffer (@code{mh-prefix-help}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Sequence > Narrow to Tick Sequence} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Sequence > Narrow to Tick Sequence}
address@hidden / '
address@hidden mh-narrow-to-tick
address@hidden / '
+Limit to messages in the @samp{tick} sequence
+(@code{mh-narrow-to-tick}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden / c
address@hidden mh-narrow-to-cc
address@hidden / c
+Limit to messages with the same @samp{Cc:} field
+(@code{mh-narrow-to-cc}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden / m
address@hidden mh-narrow-to-from
address@hidden / m
+Limit to messages with the same @samp{From:} field
+(@code{mh-narrow-to-from}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden / g
address@hidden mh-narrow-to-range
address@hidden / g
+Limit to range (@code{mh-narrow-to-range}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Sequence > Narrow to Subject Sequence} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Sequence > Narrow to Subject Sequence}
address@hidden / s
address@hidden mh-narrow-to-subject
address@hidden / s
+Limit to messages with the same @samp{Subject:} field
+(@code{mh-narrow-to-subject}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden / t
address@hidden mh-narrow-to-to
address@hidden / t
+Limit to messages with the same @samp{To:} field
+(@code{mh-narrow-to-to}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Sequence > Widen from Sequence} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Sequence > Widen from Sequence}
address@hidden / w
address@hidden mh-widen
address@hidden / w
+Remove last restriction (@code{mh-widen}).
address@hidden table
address@hidden
-* Customizing Inserting Letter::
-* Customizing Signature::
address@hidden menu
+All of the limiting commands above refine the display in some way.
address@hidden Customizing Inserting Letter, Customizing Signature, Customizing
Editing Textual, Customizing Editing Textual
address@hidden Inserting letter to which you're replying
address@hidden @command{pick}
address@hidden MH commands, @command{pick}
address@hidden inserting messages
address@hidden @code{mh-yank-from-start-of-msg}
address@hidden @code{mh-ins-buf-prefix}
address@hidden @code{mail-citation-hook}
address@hidden @code{mh-ins-buf-prefix}
address@hidden @code{mh-delete-yanked-msg-window}
-
-To control how much of the message to which you are replying is yanked
-by @kbd{C-c C-y} (@code{mh-yank-cur-msg}) into your reply, modify
address@hidden The default value of @code{t} means
-that the entire message is copied. If it is set to @code{'body} (don't
-forget the apostrophe), then only the message body is copied. If it is
-set to @code{nil}, only the part of the message following point (the
-current cursor position in the message's buffer) is copied. In any
-case, this variable is ignored if a region is set in the message you are
-replying to. The string contained in @code{mh-ins-buf-prefix} is
-inserted before each line of a message that is inserted into a draft
-with @kbd{C-c C-y} (@code{mh-yank-cur-msg}). I suggest that you not
-modify this variable. The default value of @samp{"> "} is the default
-string for many mailers and news readers: messages are far easier to
-read if several included messages have all been indented by the same
-string. The variable @code{mail-citation-hook} is @code{nil} by
-default, which means that when a message is inserted into the letter,
-each line is prefixed by @code{mh-ins-buf-prefix}. Otherwise, it can be
-set to a function that modifies an included
address@hidden Emacs, packages, supercite
-citation.
address@hidden Footnotes are fragile; hence the redundancy.
address@hidden TeX not inserting a line break; hence the @*
address@hidden html
address@hidden@emph{Supercite} is an example of a full-bodied, full-featured
-citation package. It is in Emacs versions 19.15 and later, and can be
-found via anonymous @code{ftp} on @samp{archive.cis.ohio-state.edu} in
address@hidden @file{/pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/packages/sc3.1.tar.Z}}
address@hidden ifclear
address@hidden html
address@hidden@emph{Supercite} is an example of a full-bodied,
-full-featured citation package. It is in Emacs versions 19.15 and
-later, and its @sc{url} is @*
address@hidden<A
HREF="ftp://archive.cis.ohio-state.edu/pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/packages/sc3.1.tar.Z";>ftp://archive.cis.ohio-state.edu/pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/packages/sc3.1.tar.Z</A>}}
address@hidden ifset
-If you like to yank all the text from the message you're replying to in
-one go, set @code{mh-delete-yanked-msg-window} to address@hidden to delete
-the window containing the original message after yanking it to make more
-room on your screen for your reply.
+The commands @kbd{/ c}, @code{/ m}, @code{/ s}, and @code{/ t}
+restrict the display to messages matching the content of the
+respective field in the current message. However, you can give any of
+these a prefix argument to edit the @command{pick} expression used to
+narrow the address@hidden @command{pick}(1) or the section
address@hidden@value{MH-BOOK-HOME}/finpic.htm, Finding Messages with pick} in
+the MH book.}.
+
address@hidden @samp{tick} sequence
address@hidden sequence, @samp{tick}
address@hidden ticked messages, viewing
+
+You can also limit the display to messages in the @samp{tick} sequence
+with the command @kbd{/ '} (@code{mh-narrow-to-tick}).
address@hidden, for information on putting message into the
address@hidden sequence. Use the @kbd{/ g} (@code{mh-narrow-to-range})
+command to limit the display to messages in a range (@pxref{Ranges}).
+
+Each limit can be undone in turn with the @kbd{/ w} (@code{mh-widen})
+command. Give this command a prefix argument to remove all limits.
address@hidden Customizing Signature, , Customizing Inserting Letter,
Customizing Editing Textual
address@hidden Inserting your signature
address@hidden Sequences, Junk, Limits, Top
address@hidden Using Sequences
+
address@hidden sequences
+
+For the whole scoop on MH sequences, refer to
address@hidden(5)@footnote{See the section
address@hidden@value{MH-BOOK-HOME}/morseq.htm, More About Sequences} in the MH
+book.}. As you've read, several of the MH-E commands can operate on a
+sequence, which is a shorthand for a range or group of messages. For
+example, you might want to forward several messages to a friend or
+colleague. Here's how to manipulate sequences. These commands are also
+available in the @samp{Sequence} menu.
+
address@hidden @kbd
address@hidden @samp{Sequence > Toggle Tick Mark} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Sequence > Toggle Tick Mark}
address@hidden '
address@hidden mh-toggle-tick
address@hidden '
+Toggle tick mark of range (@code{mh-toggle-tick}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden S ?
address@hidden mh-prefix-help
address@hidden S ?
+Display cheat sheet for the commands of the current prefix in
+minibuffer (@code{mh-prefix-help}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Sequence > Narrow to Tick Sequence} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Sequence > Narrow to Tick Sequence}
address@hidden S '
address@hidden mh-narrow-to-tick
address@hidden S '
+Limit to ticked messages (@code{mh-narrow-to-tick}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Sequence > Delete Message from Sequence...} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Sequence > Delete Message from Sequence...}
address@hidden S d
address@hidden mh-delete-msg-from-seq
address@hidden S d
+Delete range from sequence (@code{mh-delete-msg-from-seq}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Sequence > Delete Sequence...} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Sequence > Delete Sequence...}
address@hidden S k
address@hidden mh-delete-seq
address@hidden S k
+Delete sequence (@code{mh-delete-seq}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Sequence > List Sequences in Folder...} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Sequence > List Sequences in Folder...}
address@hidden S l
address@hidden mh-list-sequences
address@hidden S l
+List all sequences in folder (@code{mh-list-sequences}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Sequence > Narrow to Sequence...} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Sequence > Narrow to Sequence...}
address@hidden S n
address@hidden mh-narrow-to-seq
address@hidden S n
+Restrict display to messages in sequence (@code{mh-narrow-to-seq}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Sequence > Add Message to Sequence...} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Sequence > Add Message to Sequence...}
address@hidden S p
address@hidden mh-put-msg-in-seq
address@hidden S p
+Add range to sequence (@code{mh-put-msg-in-seq}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Sequence > List Sequences for Message} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Sequence > List Sequences for Message}
address@hidden S s
address@hidden mh-msg-is-in-seq
address@hidden S s
+Display the sequences in which the current message appears
+(@code{mh-msg-is-in-seq}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{Sequence > Widen from Sequence} menu item
address@hidden menu item, @samp{Sequence > Widen from Sequence}
address@hidden S w
address@hidden mh-widen
address@hidden S w
+Remove last restriction (@code{mh-widen}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-update-sequences
address@hidden M-x mh-update-sequences
+Flush MH-E's state out to address@hidden
address@hidden table
address@hidden inserting signature
address@hidden signature
address@hidden @code{mh-signature-file-name}
address@hidden @file{.signature}
address@hidden files, @file{.signature}
address@hidden @samp{mh-sequences} customization group
address@hidden customization group, @samp{mh-sequences}
-You can change the name of the file inserted with @kbd{C-c C-s}
-(@code{mh-insert-signature}) by changing @code{mh-signature-file-name}
-(default: @file{"~/.signature"}).
+The @samp{mh-sequences} customization group contains the options
+associated with sequences.
address@hidden Customizing Editing MIME, Customizing Sending Message,
Customizing Editing Textual, Customizing Draft Editing
address@hidden Editing Multimedia Messages
address@hidden @code
address@hidden mh-refile-preserves-sequences-flag
+On means that sequences are preserved when messages are refiled
+(default: @samp{on}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-tick-seq
+The name of the MH sequence for ticked messages (default: @samp{'tick}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-update-sequences-after-mh-show-flag
+On means flush MH sequences to disk after message is shown (default:
address@hidden).
address@hidden vtable
+
+The following hook is available.
+
address@hidden @code
address@hidden mh-unseen-updated-hook
+Hook run after the unseen sequence has been updated (default: @code{nil}).
address@hidden vtable
+
address@hidden @command{pick}
address@hidden MH commands, @command{pick}
+
+To place a message in a sequence, use @kbd{S p}
+(@code{mh-put-msg-in-seq}). Give @kbd{S p} a range and you can add all
+the messages in a sequence to another sequence (for example, @kbd{C-u
+S p SourceSequence @key{RET} DestSequence @key{RET}}, @pxref{Ranges}).
+
address@hidden @samp{tick} sequence
address@hidden sequence, @samp{tick}
address@hidden ticking messages
+
+One specific use of the @kbd{S p} command is @kbd{'}
+(@code{mh-toggle-tick}) which adds messages to the @samp{tick}
+sequence. This sequence can be viewed later with the @kbd{F '} command
+(@pxref{Folders}).
+
+You can customize the option @code{mh-tick-seq} if you already use the
address@hidden sequence for your own use. You can also disable all of the
+ticking functions by choosing the @samp{Disable Ticking} item but
+there isn't much advantage to that.
address@hidden MIME
address@hidden multimedia mail
address@hidden @code{mh-mime-content-types}
address@hidden MH-Folder mode
address@hidden modes, MH-Folder
-The variable @code{mh-mime-content-types} contains a list of the
-currently valid content types. They are listed in the table in
address@hidden Draft Editing}. If you encounter a new content type,
-you can add it like this:
+Once you've placed some messages in a sequence, you may wish to narrow
+the field of view to just those messages in the sequence you've
+created. To do this, use @kbd{S n} (@code{mh-narrow-to-seq}). You are
+prompted for the name of the sequence. What this does is show only
+those messages that are in the selected sequence in the MH-Folder
+buffer. In addition, it limits further MH-E searches to just those
+messages. To narrow the view to the messages in the @samp{tick}
+sequence, use @kbd{S '} (@code{mh-narrow-to-tick}). When you want to
+widen the view to all your messages again, use @kbd{S w}
+(@code{mh-widen}).
address@hidden @code{mh-mime-content-types}, example
address@hidden @samp{*MH-E Sequences*}
address@hidden buffers, @samp{*MH-E Sequences*}
address@hidden
-(setq mh-mime-content-types (append mh-mime-content-types
- '(("@var{new/type}"))))
address@hidden lisp
+You can see which sequences in which a message appears with the
+command @kbd{S s} (@code{mh-msg-is-in-seq}). Use a prefix argument to
+display the sequences in which another message appears (as in @kbd{C-u
+42 S s @key{RET}}). Or, you can list all sequences in a selected
+folder (default is current folder) with @kbd{S l}
+(@code{mh-list-sequences}). The list appears in a buffer named
address@hidden Sequences*} (@pxref{Miscellaneous}).
+
address@hidden @samp{Previous-Sequence:} MH profile component
address@hidden @samp{cur} sequence
address@hidden MH profile component, @samp{Previous-Sequence:}
address@hidden sequence, @samp{Previous-Sequence}
address@hidden sequence, @samp{cur}
+
+If a message is in any sequence (except
address@hidden:address@hidden @samp{mh-profile}(5)).} and
address@hidden) when it is refiled, then it will still be in those
+sequences in the destination folder. If this behavior is not desired,
+then turn off the option @code{mh-refile-preserves-sequences-flag}.
+
+If you want to remove a message (or range, @pxref{Ranges}) from a
+sequence, use @kbd{S d} (@code{mh-delete-msg-from-seq}). If you want
+to delete an entire sequence, use @kbd{S k} (@code{mh-delete-seq}). In
+the latter case you are prompted for the sequence to delete. Note that
+this deletes only the sequence, not the messages in the sequence. If
+you want to delete the messages, use @kbd{C-u d} (@pxref{Reading
+Mail}).
+
address@hidden @samp{Unseen-Sequence:} MH profile component
address@hidden MH profile component, @samp{Unseen-Sequence:}
address@hidden sequence, @samp{Unseen-Sequence}
+
+Three sequences are maintained internally by MH-E and pushed out to MH
+when a message is shown. They include the sequence specified by your
address@hidden:} profile component, @samp{cur}, and the
+sequence listed by the option @code{mh-tick-seq} which is @samp{tick}
+by default. If you do not like this behavior, turn off the option
address@hidden You can then update the
+state manually with the @kbd{x}, @kbd{q}, or @kbd{M-x
+mh-update-sequences} commands.
+
address@hidden mh-seen-list
address@hidden mh-unseen-updated-hook
+
+The hook @code{mh-unseen-updated-hook} is run after the unseen
+sequence has been updated. The variable @code{mh-seen-list} can be
+used by this hook to obtain the list of messages which were removed
+from the unseen sequence.
+
address@hidden @command{mark}
address@hidden MH commands, @command{mark}
+
+With the exceptions of @kbd{S n} and @kbd{S w}, the underlying MH
+command dealing with sequences is @address@hidden the
+section @address@hidden/mmbwm.htm, Make Message Bookmarks
+with mark} in the MH book.}.
-Emacs macros can be used to insert enriched text directives like
address@hidden<bold>}. The following code will make, for example, @kbd{C-c t
-b} insert the @samp{<bold>} directive.
address@hidden Junk, Miscellaneous, Sequences, Top
address@hidden Dealing With Junk Mail
address@hidden
address@hidden
address@hidden macros for entering enriched text}
address@hidden Marshall Rose
address@hidden junk mail
address@hidden spam
-(defvar enriched-text-types '(("b" . "bold") ("i" . "italic")
- ("f" . "fixed") ("s" . "smaller")
- ("B" . "bigger") ("u" . "underline")
- ("c" . "center"))
- "Alist of (final-character . directive) choices for add-enriched-text.
-Additional types can be found in RFC 1563.")
+Marshall Rose once wrote a paper on MH entitled, @cite{How to process
+200 messages a day and still get some real work done}. This chapter
+could be entitled, @cite{How to process 1000 spams a day and still get
+some real work done}.
+
address@hidden blacklisting
address@hidden ham
address@hidden viruses
address@hidden whitelisting
address@hidden worms
+
+We use the terms @dfn{junk mail} and @dfn{spam} interchangeably for
+any unwanted message which includes spam, @dfn{viruses}, and
address@hidden The opposite of spam is @dfn{ham}. The act of classifying
+a sender as one who sends junk mail is called @dfn{blacklisting}; the
+opposite is called @dfn{whitelisting}.
-(defun add-enriched-text (begin end)
- "Add enriched text directives around region.
-The directive used comes from the list enriched-text-types and is
-specified by the last keystroke of the command. When called from Lisp,
-arguments are BEGIN and address@hidden"
- (interactive "r")
- ;; @r{Set type to the directive indicated by the last keystroke.}
- (let ((type (cdr (assoc (char-to-string (logior last-input-char
address@hidden))
- enriched-text-types))))
- (save-restriction ; @r{restores state from narrow-to-region}
- (narrow-to-region begin end) ; @r{narrow view to region}
- (goto-char (point-min)) ; @r{move to beginning of text}
- (insert "<" type ">") ; @r{insert beginning directive}
- (goto-char (point-max)) ; @r{move to end of text}
- (insert "</" type ">")))) ; @r{insert terminating directive}
address@hidden group
address@hidden smallexample
address@hidden @kbd
address@hidden J ?
address@hidden mh-prefix-help
address@hidden J ?
+Display cheat sheet for the commands of the current prefix in
+minibuffer (@code{mh-prefix-help}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden J b
address@hidden mh-junk-blacklist
address@hidden J b
+Blacklist range as spam (@code{mh-junk-blacklist}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden J w
address@hidden mh-junk-whitelist
address@hidden J w
+Whitelist range as ham (@code{mh-junk-whitelist}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @code{mh-spamassassin-identify-spammers}
+Identify spammers who are repeat offenders.
address@hidden table
-To use the function @code{add-enriched-text}, first create key bindings
-for it (@pxref{Customizing Sending}). Then, set the mark with
address@hidden@@} or @kbd{C-SPC}, type in the text to be highlighted, and type
address@hidden t b}. This adds @samp{<bold>} where you set the mark and
-adds @samp{</bold>} at the location of your cursor, giving you something
-like: @samp{You should be <bold>very</bold>}. You may also be
-interested in investigating @code{sgml-mode}.
address@hidden @samp{mh-junk} customization group
address@hidden customization group, @samp{mh-junk}
address@hidden
-* Customizing Sending MIME::
address@hidden menu
+The following table lists the options from the @samp{mh-junk}
+customization group.
address@hidden Customizing Sending MIME, , Customizing Editing MIME,
Customizing Editing MIME
address@hidden Readying multimedia messages for sending
address@hidden @code
address@hidden mh-junk-background
+If on, spam programs are run in background (default: @samp{off}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-junk-disposition
+Disposition of junk mail (default: @samp{Delete Spam}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-junk-program
+Spam program that MH-E should use (default: @samp{Auto-detect}).
address@hidden vtable
+
address@hidden SpamProbe
address@hidden Spamassassin
address@hidden bogofilter
address@hidden spam filters, SpamProbe
address@hidden spam filters, Spamassassin
address@hidden spam filters, bogofilter
+
+MH-E depends on @uref{http://www.spamassassin.org/, SpamAssassin},
address@hidden://bogofilter.sourceforge.net/, bogofilter}, or
address@hidden://spamprobe.sourceforge.net/, SpamProbe} to throw the dreck
+away. This chapter describes briefly how to configure these programs
+to work well with MH-E and how to use MH-E's interface that provides
+continuing education for these programs.
+
+The default setting of the option @code{mh-junk-program} is
address@hidden which means that MH-E will automatically choose one
+of SpamAssassin, bogofilter, or SpamProbe in that order. If, for
+example, you have both SpamAssassin and bogofilter installed and you
+want to use bogofilter, then you can set this option to
address@hidden
+
+The command @kbd{J b} (@code{mh-junk-blacklist}) trains the spam
+program in use with the content of the range (@pxref{Ranges}) and then
+handles the message(s) as specified by the option
address@hidden By default, this option is set to
address@hidden Spam} but you can also specify the name of the folder
+which is useful for building a corpus of spam for training purposes.
+
+In contrast, the command @kbd{J w} (@code{mh-junk-whitelist})
+reclassifies a range of messages (@pxref{Ranges}) as ham if it were
+incorrectly classified as spam. It then refiles the message into the
address@hidden folder.
+
+By default, the programs are run in the foreground, but this can be
+slow when junking large numbers of messages. If you have enough memory
+or don't junk that many messages at the same time, you might try
+turning on the option @code{mh-junk-background}.
+
+The following sections discuss the various counter-spam measures that
+MH-E can work with.
+
address@hidden @file{.procmailrc}
address@hidden files, @file{.procmailrc}
+
address@hidden SpamAssassin
+
+SpamAssassin is one of the more popular spam filtering programs. Get
+it from your local distribution or from the
address@hidden://spamassassin.org/, SpamAssassin web site}.
+
+To use SpamAssassin, add the following recipes to @file{~/.procmailrc}:
+
address@hidden @command{spamc}
address@hidden @samp{X-Spam-Level:} header field
address@hidden @samp{X-Spam-Status:} header field
address@hidden header field, @samp{X-Spam-Level:}
address@hidden header field, @samp{X-Spam-Status:}
address@hidden @code{mh-mhn-args}
address@hidden
+MAILDIR=$HOME/`mhparam Path`
-If you wish to pass additional arguments to @code{mhn} to affect how it
-builds your message, use the variable @code{mh-mhn-args}. For example,
-you can build a consistency check into the message by setting
address@hidden to @code{-check}. The recipient of your message can
-then run @code{mhn -check} on the address@hidden will complain if
-the message has been corrupted on the way. The @kbd{C-c C-e}
-(@code{mh-mhn-edit}) command only consults this variable when given a
-prefix argument.
+# Fight spam with SpamAssassin.
+:0fw
+| spamc
+
+# Anything with a spam level of 10 or more is junked immediately.
+:0:
+* ^X-Spam-Level: ..........
+/dev/null
+
+:0:
+* ^X-Spam-Status: Yes
+spam/.
address@hidden smallexample
address@hidden Customizing Sending Message, , Customizing Editing MIME,
Customizing Draft Editing
address@hidden Sending a Message
+If you don't use @command{spamc}, use @samp{spamassassin -P -a}.
address@hidden sending mail
address@hidden spell check
address@hidden @code{mh-before-send-letter-hook}
+Note that one of the recipes above throws away messages with a score
+greater than or equal to 10. Here's how you can determine a value that
+works best for you.
+
+First, run @samp{spamassassin -t} on every mail message in your
+archive and use @command{gnumeric} to verify that the average plus the
+standard deviation of good mail is under 5, the SpamAssassin default
+for "spam".
+
+Using @command{gnumeric}, sort the messages by score and view the
+messages with the highest score. Determine the score which encompasses
+all of your interesting messages and add a couple of points to be
+conservative. Add that many dots to the @samp{X-Spam-Level:} header
+field above to send messages with that score down the drain.
+
+In the example above, messages with a score of 5-9 are set aside in
+the @samp{+spam} folder for later review. The major weakness of
+rules-based filters is a plethora of false positives so it is
+worthwhile to check.
+
+If SpamAssassin classifies a message incorrectly, or is unsure, you can
+use the MH-E commands @kbd{J b} (@code{mh-junk-blacklist}) and
address@hidden w} (@code{mh-junk-whitelist}).
+
address@hidden @command{sa-learn}
address@hidden @file{.spamassassin/user_prefs}
address@hidden files, @file{.spamassassin/user_prefs}
+
+The command @kbd{J b} (@code{mh-junk-blacklist}) adds a
address@hidden entry to @file{~/spamassassin/user_prefs},
+deletes the message, and sends the message to the Razor, so that
+others might not see this spam. If the @command{sa-learn} command is
+available, the message is also recategorized as spam.
+
+The address@hidden w} (@code{mh-junk-whitelist}) adds a
address@hidden rule to @samp{~/.spamassassin/user_prefs}. If
+the @command{sa-learn} command is available, the message is also
+recategorized as ham.
+
+Over time, you'll observe that the same host or domain occurs
+repeatedly in the @samp{blacklist_from} entries, so you might think
+that you could avoid future spam by blacklisting all mail from a
+particular domain. The utility function
address@hidden helps you do precisely that.
+This function displays a frequency count of the hosts and domains in
+the @samp{blacklist_from} entries from the last blank line in
address@hidden/.spamassassin/user_prefs} to the end of the file. This
+information can be used so that you can replace multiple
address@hidden entries with a single wildcard entry such as:
-If you want to check your spelling in your message before sending, use
address@hidden like this:
address@hidden
+blacklist_from *@@*amazingoffersdirect2u.com
address@hidden smallexample
address@hidden message via mh-before-send-letter-hook}
+In versions of SpamAssassin (2.50 and on) that support a Bayesian
+classifier, @kbd{J b} @code{(mh-junk-blacklist}) uses the program
address@hidden to recategorize the message as spam. Neither MH-E,
+nor SpamAssassin, rebuilds the database after adding words, so you
+will need to run @samp{sa-learn --rebuild} periodically. This can be
+done by adding the following to your @file{crontab}:
address@hidden @code{mh-before-send-letter-hook}, example
address@hidden
+0 * * * * sa-learn --rebuild > /dev/null 2>&1
address@hidden smallexample
address@hidden
-(add-hook 'mh-before-send-letter-hook 'ispell-message)
address@hidden lisp
address@hidden Bogofilter
address@hidden @code{send}
address@hidden MH commands, @code{send}
address@hidden @code{mh-send-prog}
+Bogofilter is a Bayesian spam filtering program. Get it from your
+local distribution or from the
address@hidden://bogofilter.sourceforge.net/, bogofilter web site}.
-In case the MH @code{send} program is installed under a different name,
-use @code{mh-send-prog} to tell mh-e the name.
+Bogofilter is taught by running:
address@hidden Customizing Moving Mail, Customizing Searching, Customizing
Draft Editing, Customizing mh-e
address@hidden Moving Your Mail Around
address@hidden
+bogofilter -n < good-message
address@hidden smallexample
address@hidden processing mail
+on every good message, and
-If you change the name of some of the MH programs or have your own
-printing programs, the following variables can help you.
-They are described in detail in the subsequent sections.
address@hidden
+bogofilter -s < spam-message
address@hidden smallexample
address@hidden @code
address@hidden mh-inc-prog
-Program to incorporate mail (default: @samp{"inc"}).
address@hidden full training
address@hidden mh-inc-folder-hook
-Functions to run when incorporating mail (default: @code{nil}).
+on every spam message. This is called a @dfn{full training}; three
+other training methods are described in the FAQ that is distributed
+with bogofilter. Note that most Bayesian filters need 1000 to 5000 of
+each type of message to start doing a good job.
address@hidden mh-delete-msg-hook
-Functions to run when deleting messages (default: @code{nil}).
+To use bogofilter, add the following recipes to @file{~/.procmailrc}:
address@hidden mh-print-background
-Print in foreground or background (default: @code{nil}).
address@hidden @samp{X-Bogosity:} header field
address@hidden header field, @samp{X-Bogosity:}
address@hidden mh-lpr-command-format
-Command used to print (default: @samp{"lpr -J '%s'"}).
address@hidden
+MAILDIR=$HOME/`mhparam Path`
address@hidden mh-default-folder-for-message-function
-Function to generate a default folder (default: @code{nil}).
+# Fight spam with Bogofilter.
+:0fw
+| bogofilter -3 -e -p
+
+:0:
+* ^X-Bogosity: Yes, tests=bogofilter
+spam/.
+
+:0:
+* ^X-Bogosity: Unsure, tests=bogofilter
+spam/unsure/.
address@hidden smallexample
address@hidden mh-auto-folder-collect
-Collect folder names in background at startup (default: @code{t}).
+If bogofilter classifies a message incorrectly, or is unsure, you can
+use the MH-E commands @kbd{J b} (@code{mh-junk-blacklist}) and @kbd{J
+w} (@code{mh-junk-whitelist}) to update bogofilter's training.
address@hidden mh-recursive-folders
-Collect nested folders (default: @code{nil}).
+The @cite{Bogofilter FAQ} suggests that you run the following
+occasionally to shrink the database:
address@hidden mh-refile-msg-hook
-Functions to run when refiling message (default: @code{nil}).
address@hidden
+bogoutil -d wordlist.db | bogoutil -l wordlist.db.new
+mv wordlist.db wordlist.db.prv
+mv wordlist.db.new wordlist.db
address@hidden smallexample
address@hidden mh-store-default-directory
-Default directory for storing files created by @code{uuencode} or @code{shar}
-(default: @code{nil}).
+The @cite{Bogofilter tuning HOWTO} describes how you can fine-tune
+bogofilter.
address@hidden mh-sortm-args
-Additional arguments for @code{sortm} (default: @code{nil}).
address@hidden SpamProbe
address@hidden mh-scan-prog
-Program to scan messages (default: @samp{"scan"}).
+SpamProbe is a Bayesian spam filtering program. Get it from your local
+distribution or from the @uref{http://spamprobe.sourceforge.net,
+SpamProbe web site}.
address@hidden mh-before-quit-hook
-Functions to run before quitting (default: @code{nil}). See also
address@hidden
+To use SpamProbe, add the following recipes to @file{~/.procmailrc}:
address@hidden mh-quit-hook
-Functions to run after quitting (default: @code{nil}). See also
address@hidden
address@hidden table
address@hidden @command{formail}
address@hidden @samp{X-SpamProbe:} header field
address@hidden header field, @samp{X-SpamProbe:}
address@hidden
-* Customizing Incorporating::
-* Customizing Deleting::
-* Customizing Organizing::
-* Customizing Printing::
-* Customizing Files and Pipes::
-* Customizing Finishing Up::
address@hidden menu
address@hidden
+MAILDIR=$HOME/`mhparam Path`
address@hidden Customizing Incorporating, Customizing Deleting, Customizing
Moving Mail, Customizing Moving Mail
address@hidden Incorporating Your Mail
+# Fight spam with SpamProbe.
+:0
+SCORE=| spamprobe receive
+
+:0 wf
+| formail -I "X-SpamProbe: $SCORE"
+
+:0:
+*^X-SpamProbe: SPAM
+spam/.
address@hidden smallexample
address@hidden incorporating
address@hidden @code{mh-inc-prog}
address@hidden @code{inc}
address@hidden MH commands, @code{inc}
address@hidden @code{mh-progs}
address@hidden @code{mh-scan-prog}
address@hidden @code{mh-inc-folder-hook}
+If SpamProbe classifies a message incorrectly, you can use the MH-E
+commands @kbd{J b} (@code{mh-junk-blacklist}) and @kbd{J w}
+(@code{mh-junk-whitelist}) to update SpamProbe's training.
+
address@hidden Other Things You Can Do
+
+There are a couple of things that you can add to @file{~/.procmailrc}
+in order to filter out a lot of spam and viruses. The first is to
+eliminate any message with a Windows executable (which is most likely
+a virus). The second is to eliminate mail in character sets that you
+can't read.
+
address@hidden @samp{Content-Transfer-Encoding:} header field
address@hidden @samp{Content-Type:} header field
address@hidden @samp{Subject:} header field
address@hidden header field, @samp{Content-Transfer-Encoding:}
address@hidden header field, @samp{Content-Type:}
address@hidden header field, @samp{Subject:}
-The name of the program that incorporates new mail is stored in
address@hidden; it is @samp{"inc"} by default. This program
-generates a one-line summary for each of the new messages. Unless it is
-an absolute pathname, the file is assumed to be in the @code{mh-progs}
-directory. You may also link a file to @code{inc} that uses a different
-format (see @code{mh-profile}(5)). You'll then need to modify several
-variables appropriately; see @code{mh-scan-prog} below. You can set the
-hook @code{mh-inc-folder-hook}, which is called after new mail is
-incorporated by the @kbd{i} (@code{mh-inc-folder}) command. A good use
-of this hook is to rescan the whole folder either after running @kbd{M-x
-mh-rmail} the first time or when you've changed the message numbers from
-outside of mh-e.
-
address@hidden @code{mh-execute-commands}
address@hidden @code{mh-rescan-folder}, example
address@hidden @code{mh-show}, example
address@hidden @code{mh-inc-folder-hook}, example
address@hidden
+MAILDIR=$HOME/`mhparam Path`
address@hidden
address@hidden
address@hidden folder after incorporating new mail via mh-inc-folder-hook}
+#
+# Filter messages with win32 executables/virii.
+#
+# These attachments are base64 and have a TVqQAAMAAAAEAAAA//8AALg
+# pattern. The string "this program cannot be run in MS-DOS mode"
+# encoded in base64 is 4fug4AtAnNIbg and helps to avoid false
+# positives (Roland Smith via Pete from the bogofilter mailing list).
+#
+:0 B:
+* ^Content-Transfer-Encoding:.*base64
+* ^TVqQAAMAAAAEAAAA//8AALg
+* 4fug4AtAnNIbg
+spam/exe/.
-(defun my-mh-inc-folder-hook ()
- "Hook to rescan folder after incorporating mail."
- (if (buffer-modified-p) ; @r{if outstanding refiles and deletes,}
- (mh-execute-commands)) ; @r{carry them out}
- (mh-rescan-folder) ; @r{synchronize with +inbox}
- (mh-show)) ; @r{show the current message}
+#
+# Filter mail in unreadable character sets (from the Bogofilter FAQ).
+#
+UNREADABLE='[^?"]*big5|iso-2022-jp|ISO-2022-KR|euc-kr|gb2312|ks_c_5601-1987'
-(add-hook 'mh-inc-folder-hook 'my-mh-inc-folder-hook)
address@hidden group
address@hidden lisp
+:0:
+* 1^0 $ ^Subject:.*=\?($UNREADABLE)
+* 1^0 $ ^Content-Type:.*charset="?($UNREADABLE)
+spam/unreadable/.
+
+:0:
+* ^Content-Type:.*multipart
+* B ?? $ ^Content-Type:.*^?.*charset="?($UNREADABLE)
+spam/unreadable/.
address@hidden smallexample
address@hidden Customizing Deleting, Customizing Organizing, Customizing
Incorporating, Customizing Moving Mail
address@hidden Deleting Your Mail
address@hidden Miscellaneous, Scan Line Formats, Junk, Top
address@hidden Miscellaneous Commands, Variables, and Buffers
address@hidden deleting
address@hidden @code{mh-delete-msg-hook}
+This chapter covers the following command and the various MH-E
+buffers,
-The hook @code{mh-delete-msg-hook} is called after you mark a message
-for deletion. For example, the current maintainer of mh-e used this
-once when he kept statistics on his mail usage.
address@hidden @code
address@hidden mh-version
+Display version information about MH-E and the MH mail handling
+system.
address@hidden ftable
+
address@hidden @samp{*MH-E Info*}
address@hidden MH-E version
address@hidden buffers, @samp{*MH-E Info*}
address@hidden version
+
+One command worth noting is @kbd{M-x mh-version}. You can compare the
+version this command prints to the latest release (@pxref{Getting
+MH-E}). The output of @kbd{M-x mh-version}, found in a buffer named
address@hidden Info*}, should usually be included with any bug report you
+submit (@pxref{Bug Reports}).
+
address@hidden MH-E Buffers
+
+Besides the MH-Folder, MH-Show, and MH-Letter buffers, MH-E creates
+several other buffers. They are:
+
address@hidden @samp
address@hidden @samp{*MH-E Folders*}
address@hidden buffers, @samp{*MH-E Folders*}
address@hidden mh-list-folders
address@hidden *MH-E Folders*
address@hidden F l
+This buffer contains the output of @kbd{F l} (@code{mh-list-folders}).
address@hidden
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{*MH-E Help*}
address@hidden buffers, @samp{*MH-E Help*}
address@hidden mh-help
address@hidden *MH-E Help*
address@hidden ?
address@hidden C-c ?
+This buffer contains the output of @kbd{?} (@code{mh-help}) and
address@hidden ?} in MH-Letter mode. @xref{Using This Manual}.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{*MH-E Info*}
address@hidden buffers, @samp{*MH-E Info*}
address@hidden *MH-E Info*
+This buffer contains the output of @kbd{M-x mh-version @key{RET}}.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{*MH-E Log*}
address@hidden buffers, @samp{*MH-E Log*}
address@hidden *MH-E Log*
+This buffer contains the last 100 lines of the output of the various
+MH commands.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{*MH-E Mail Delivery*}
address@hidden buffers, @samp{*MH-E Mail Delivery*}
address@hidden *MH-E Mail Delivery*
+This buffer contains the transcript of a mail delivery. @xref{Sending
+Message}.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{*MH-E Recipients*}
address@hidden buffers, @samp{*MH-E Recipients*}
address@hidden mh-check-whom
address@hidden *MH-E Recipients*
address@hidden C-c C-w
+This buffer contains the output of @kbd{C-c C-w}
+(@code{mh-check-whom}) and is killed when draft is sent.
address@hidden Recipients}.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{*MH-E Sequences*}
address@hidden buffers, @samp{*MH-E Sequences*}
address@hidden *MH-E Sequences*
+This buffer contains the output of @kbd{S l}
+(@code{mh-list-sequences}). @xref{Sequences}.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden @samp{*mh-temp*}
address@hidden buffers, @samp{*mh-temp*}
address@hidden *mh-temp
+This is a scratch, ephemeral, buffer used by MH-E functions. Note that
+it is hidden because the first character in the name is a space.
+You'll generally not have any need for this buffer.
address@hidden table
address@hidden Customizing Organizing, Customizing Printing, Customizing
Deleting, Customizing Moving Mail
address@hidden Organizing Your Mail with Folders
address@hidden Scan Line Formats, Procmail, Miscellaneous, Top
address@hidden Scan Line Formats
address@hidden using folders
address@hidden @code{mh-recursive-folders}
address@hidden @code{mh-auto-folder-collect}
address@hidden scan line formats
-By default, operations on folders work only one level at a time. Set
address@hidden to address@hidden to operate on all folders.
-This mostly means that you'll be able to see all your folders when you
-press @key{TAB} when prompted for a folder name. The variable
address@hidden is normally turned on to generate a list
-of folder names in the background as soon as mh-e is loaded. Otherwise,
-the list is generated when you need a folder name the first time (as
-with @kbd{o} (@code{mh-refile-msg})). If you have a lot of folders and
-you have @code{mh-recursive-folders} set, this could take a while, which
-is why it's nice to do the folder collection in the background.
-
address@hidden @code{mh-default-folder-for-message-function}
address@hidden @code{mh-refile-msg}
address@hidden @code{mh-to-fcc}
address@hidden @file{.emacs}
address@hidden files, @file{.emacs}
+This appendix discusses how MH-E creates, parses, and manipulates scan
+lines. If you have your own MH scan or inc format files, you
address@hidden teach MH-E how to handle them, but it isn't easy as
+you'll see.
+
address@hidden @samp{mh-scan-line-formats} customization group
address@hidden customization group, @samp{mh-scan-line-formats}
+
+This table lists the options in the @samp{mh-scan-line-formats}
+customization group.
+
address@hidden @code
address@hidden mh-adaptive-cmd-note-flag
+On means that the message number width is determined dynamically
+(default: @samp{on}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-scan-format-file
+Specifies the format file to pass to the scan program (default:
address@hidden MH-E scan Format}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-scan-prog
+Program used to scan messages (default: @samp{"scan"}).
address@hidden vtable
-The function @code{mh-default-folder-for-message-function} is used by
address@hidden (@code{mh-refile-msg}) and @kbd{C-c C-f C-f} (@code{mh-to-fcc})
-to generate a default folder. The generated folder name should be a
-string with a @samp{+} before it. For each of my correspondents, I use the
-same name for both an alias and a folder. So, I wrote a function that
-takes the address in the @samp{From:} header field, finds it in my alias
-file, and returns the alias, which is used as a default folder name.
-This is the most complicated example given here, and it demonstrates
-several features of Emacs Lisp programming. You should be able to drop
-this into @file{~/.emacs}, however. If you use this to store messages
-in a subfolder of your Mail directory, you can modify the line that
-starts @samp{(format +%s...} and insert your subfolder after the folder
-symbol @samp{+}.
address@hidden Note for me: if I insert a new version, don't forget to remove
the
address@hidden "a/" from the folder name.
address@hidden mh-set-cmd-note
address@hidden mh-adaptive-cmd-note-flag
address@hidden mh-scan-format-file
+
+There are a couple of caveats when creating your own scan format file.
+First, MH-E will not work if your scan lines do not include message
+numbers. It will work poorly if you don't dedicate a column for
+showing the current message and notations. You won't be able to use
+the option @code{mh-adaptive-cmd-note-flag} or the threading features
+(@pxref{Threading}).
+
address@hidden message numbers
+
+If you've created your own format to handle long message numbers,
+you'll be pleased to know you no longer need it since MH-E adapts its
+internal format based upon the largest message number if
address@hidden is on (the default). If you prefer
+fixed-width message numbers, turn off @code{mh-adaptive-cmd-note-flag}
+and call @code{mh-set-cmd-note} with the width specified by your
+format file (see @code{mh-scan-format-file}). For example, the default
+width is 4, so you would use @samp{(mh-set-cmd-note 4)}.
+
address@hidden mh-scan-format-nmh
address@hidden mh-scan-format-mh
+
+The default setting for @code{mh-scan-format-file} is @samp{Use MH-E
+scan Format}. This means that the format string will be taken from the
+either @code{mh-scan-format-mh} or @code{mh-scan-format-nmh} depending
+on whether MH or nmh (or GNU mailutils) is in use. This setting also
+enables you to turn on the option @code{mh-adaptive-cmd-note-flag}.
+You can also set this option to @samp{Use Default scan Format} to get
+the same output as you would get if you ran @command{scan} from the
+shell. If you have a format file that you want MH-E to use but not MH,
+you can set this option to @samp{Specify a scan Format File} and enter
+the name of your format file.
+
+The scan format that MH-E uses when @code{mh-scan-format-file} is set
+to its default of @samp{Use MH-E scan Format} is held in the variables
address@hidden and @code{mh-scan-format-mh} depending on
+whether you are using nmh (or GNU mailutils) or not. Typically, you
+create your own format files rather than modifying these variables.
+The value of @code{mh-scan-format-nmh} is:
address@hidden
address@hidden
address@hidden iftex
address@hidden
+(concat
+ "%4(msg)"
+ "%<(cur)+%| %>"
+ "%<@address@hidden"
+ "%?(nonnull(address@hidden@}))%<(address@hidden@})t%>"
+ "%?(nonnull(address@hidden@}))%<(address@hidden@})c%>"
+ "%?(nonnull(address@hidden@}))%<(address@hidden@})b%>"
+ "%?(nonnull(address@hidden@}))n%>"
+ "%<(zero) %>"
+ "%02(address@hidden@})/%02(address@hidden@})%<@address@hidden %|*%>"
+ "%<(address@hidden@})%<@address@hidden:%14(decode(address@hidden@}))%>%>"
+ "%<(zero)%17(decode(address@hidden@}))%> "
+ "%(address@hidden@})%<@address@hidden<<address@hidden@}%>")
address@hidden smallexample
address@hidden @code{mh-default-folder-for-message-function}, example
address@hidden @code{mh-user-path}, example
address@hidden RFC 2047, decoding
address@hidden decoding RFC 2047
address@hidden
address@hidden
address@hidden useful default folder for refiling via
mh-default-folder-for-message-function}
+The setting for @code{mh-scan-format-mh} is similar, except that MH
+doesn't have the function @code{decode} (which is used to decode RFC
+2047 encodings).
+
address@hidden notations, scan line
address@hidden scan line notations
+
+These strings are passed to the @command{scan} program via the
address@hidden argument. The formats are identical to the defaults
+except that additional hints for fontification have been added to the
+existing notations in the fifth column (remember that in Emacs, the
+columns start at 0). The values of the fifth column, in priority
+order, are: @samp{-} if the message has been replied to, @samp{t} if
+an address in the @samp{To:} field matches one of the mailboxes of the
+current user, @samp{c} if the @samp{Cc:} field matches, @samp{b} if
+the @samp{Bcc:} field matches, and @samp{n} if a non-empty
address@hidden:} field is present.
+
address@hidden @command{scan}
address@hidden MH commands, @command{scan}
address@hidden mh-progs
address@hidden mh-scan-prog
+
+The name of the program that generates a listing of one line per
+message is held in @code{mh-scan-prog} (default: @samp{"scan"}).
+Unless this variable contains an absolute pathname, it is assumed to
+be in the @code{mh-progs} directory (@pxref{Getting Started}). You may
+link another program to @command{scan} (see @samp{mh-profile}(5)) to
+produce a different type of address@hidden the section
address@hidden@value{MH-BOOK-HOME}/faswsprs.htm, Find and Specify with scan
+pick Ranges Sequences} in the MH book.}.
+
address@hidden regular expressions, scan line formats
+
+If you change the format of the scan lines you'll need to tell MH-E
+how to parse the new format. As you will see, quite a lot of variables
+are involved to do that. Use @samp{M-x apropos @key{RET} mh-scan.*regexp'}
+to obtain a list of these variables. You will also have to call
address@hidden if your notations are not in column 4 (columns
+in Emacs start with 0). Note that unlike most of the user options
+described in this manual, these are variables and must be set with
address@hidden instead of in a customization buffer. For help with
+regular expressions, see
address@hidden
address@hidden, , Syntax of Regular Expressions, emacs, The
+GNU Emacs Manual}
address@hidden ifnothtml
address@hidden
+the section
address@hidden://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/Regexps.html,
+Syntax of Regular Expressions} in
address@hidden GNU Emacs Manual}).
address@hidden ifhtml
+
+The first variable has to do with pruning out garbage.
+
address@hidden @code
address@hidden @command{inc}
address@hidden MH commands, @command{inc}
address@hidden @command{scan}
address@hidden MH commands, @command{scan}
address@hidden mh-scan-valid-regexp
+This regular expression describes a valid scan line. This is used to
+eliminate error messages that are occasionally produced by
address@hidden@footnote{See the section
address@hidden@value{MH-BOOK-HOME}/reapre.htm, Reading Mail: inc show next
+prev} in the MH book.} or @command{scan} (default: @samp{"^ *[0-9]"}).
address@hidden vtable
+
+Next, many variables control how the scan lines are parsed.
+
address@hidden mh-folder-font-lock-keywords
+
address@hidden @code
address@hidden mh-folder-body
address@hidden mh-folder-font-lock-keywords
address@hidden mh-scan-body-regexp
+This regular expression matches the message body fragment. Note that
+the default setting of @code{mh-folder-font-lock-keywords} expects
+this expression to contain at least one parenthesized expression which
+matches the body text as in the default of
address@hidden"\\(<<\\([^\n]+\\)?\\)"}. If this regular expression is not
+correct, the body fragment will not be highlighted with the face
address@hidden
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-folder-cur-msg-number
address@hidden mh-folder-font-lock-keywords
address@hidden mh-note-cur
address@hidden mh-scan-cur-msg-number-regexp
+This regular expression matches the current message. It must match
+from the beginning of the line. Note that the default setting of
address@hidden expects this expression to contain
+at least one parenthesized expression which matches the message number
+as in the default of @address@hidden"^\\( *[0-9]+\\+\\).*"}}. This
+expression includes the leading space and current message marker
address@hidden within the parenthesis since it looks better to highlight
+these items as well. The highlighting is done with the face
address@hidden This regular expression should be
+correct as it is needed by non-fontification functions. See also
address@hidden
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-folder-date
address@hidden mh-folder-font-lock-keywords
address@hidden mh-scan-sent-to-me-sender-regexp
address@hidden mh-scan-date-regexp
+This regular expression matches a valid date. It must @strong{not} be
+anchored to the beginning or the end of the line. Note that the
+default setting of @code{mh-folder-font-lock-keywords} expects this
+expression to contain only one parenthesized expression which matches
+the date field as in the default of
address@hidden"\\([0-9][0-9]/[0-9][0-9]\\)"}. If this regular expression is
+not correct, the date will not be highlighted with the face
address@hidden
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-folder-deleted
address@hidden mh-folder-font-lock-keywords
address@hidden mh-note-deleted
address@hidden mh-scan-deleted-msg-regexp
+This regular expression matches deleted messages. It must match from
+the beginning of the line. Note that the default setting of
address@hidden expects this expression to contain
+at least one parenthesized expression which matches the message number
+as in the default of @samp{"^\\( *[0-9]+\\)D"}. This expression
+includes the leading space within the parenthesis since it looks
+better to highlight it as well. The highlighting is done with the face
address@hidden This regular expression should be correct as
+it is needed by non-fontification functions. See also
address@hidden
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-folder-font-lock-keywords
address@hidden mh-folder-msg-number
address@hidden mh-scan-good-msg-regexp
+This regular expression matches ``good'' messages. It must match from
+the beginning of the line. Note that the default setting of
address@hidden expects this expression to contain
+at least one parenthesized expression which matches the message number
+as in the default of @address@hidden"^\\( *[0-9]+\\)[^D^0-9]"}}. This
+expression includes the leading space within the parenthesis since it
+looks better to highlight it as well. The highlighting is done with
+the face @code{mh-folder-msg-number}. This regular expression should
+be correct as it is needed by non-fontification functions.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-scan-format-file
address@hidden mh-scan-msg-format-regexp
+This regular expression finds the message number width in a scan
+format. Note that the message number must be placed in a parenthesized
+expression as in the default of @samp{"%\\([0-9]*\\)(msg)"}. This
+variable is only consulted if @code{mh-scan-format-file} is set to
address@hidden MH-E scan Format}.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-scan-format-file
address@hidden mh-scan-msg-format-string
+This is a format string for the width of the message number in a scan
+format. Use @samp{0%d} for zero-filled message numbers. This variable
+is only consulted if @code{mh-scan-format-file} is set to @samp{Use
+MH-E scan Format} (default: @samp{"%d"}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-scan-msg-number-regexp
+This regular expression extracts the message number. It must match
+from the beginning of the line. Note that the message number must be
+placed in a parenthesized expression as in the default of @address@hidden"^
+*\\([0-9]+\\)"}}.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-scan-msg-overflow-regexp
+This regular expression matches overflowed message numbers (default:
address@hidden"^[?0-9][0-9]"}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-scan-msg-search-regexp
+This regular expression matches a particular message. It is a format
+string; use @samp{%d} to represent the location of the message number
+within the expression as in the default of @samp{"^[^0-9]*%d[^0-9]"}.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-folder-address
address@hidden mh-folder-font-lock-keywords
address@hidden mh-folder-to
address@hidden mh-scan-rcpt-regexp
+This regular expression specifies the recipient in messages you sent.
+Note that the default setting of @code{mh-folder-font-lock-keywords}
+expects this expression to contain two parenthesized expressions. The
+first is expected to match the @samp{To:} that the default scan format
+file generates. The second is expected to match the recipient's name
+as in the default of @samp{"\\(To:\\)\\(..............\\)"}. If this
+regular expression is not correct, the @samp{To:} string will not be
+highlighted with the face @code{mh-folder-to} and the recipient will not be
+highlighted with the face @code{mh-folder-address}.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-folder-font-lock-keywords
address@hidden mh-folder-refiled
address@hidden mh-note-refiled
address@hidden mh-scan-refiled-msg-regexp
+This regular expression matches refiled messages. It must match from
+the beginning of the line. Note that the default setting of
address@hidden expects this expression to contain
+at least one parenthesized expression which matches the message number
+as in the default of @address@hidden"^\\( *[0-9]+\\)\\^"}}. This expression
+includes the leading space within the parenthesis since it looks
+better to highlight it as well. The highlighting is done with the face
address@hidden This regular expression should be correct as
+it is needed by non-fontification functions. See also
address@hidden
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-folder-font-lock-keywords
address@hidden mh-folder-sent-to-me-sender
address@hidden mh-mh-folder-sent-to-me-hint
address@hidden mh-scan-format-nmh
address@hidden mh-scan-sent-to-me-sender-regexp
+This regular expression matches messages sent to us. Note that the
+default setting of @code{mh-folder-font-lock-keywords} expects this
+expression to contain at least two parenthesized expressions. The
+first should match the fontification hint (see
address@hidden) and the second should match the user name
+as in the default of
address@hidden@samp{"^ *[0-9]+.\\([bct]\\).....[ ]*\\(..................\\)"}}.
+If this regular expression is not correct, the notation hints will not
+be highlighted with the face @code{mh-mh-folder-sent-to-me-hint} and
+the sender will not be highlighted with the face
address@hidden
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-folder-followup
address@hidden mh-folder-font-lock-keywords
address@hidden mh-folder-subject
address@hidden mh-scan-subject-regexp
+This regular expression matches the subject. It must match from the
+beginning of the line. Note that the default setting of
address@hidden expects this expression to contain
+at least three parenthesized expressions. The first is expected to
+match the @samp{Re:} string, if any, and is highlighted with the face
address@hidden The second matches an optional bracketed
+number after @samp{Re:}, such as in @samp{Re[2]:} (and is thus a
+sub-expression of the first expression). The third is expected to
+match the subject line itself which is highlighted with the face
address@hidden For example, the default is
address@hidden@samp{"^ *[0-9]+........[ address@hidden
address@hidden@samp{\\([Rr][Ee]\\(\\[[0-9]+\\]\\)?:\\s-*\\)*\\([^<\n]*\\)"}}.
+This regular expression should be correct as it is needed by
+non-fontification functions. Note that this example is broken up on
+two lines for readability, but is actually a single string.
address@hidden vtable
-(defun my-mh-folder-from-address ()
- "Determine folder name from address.
-Takes the address in the From: header field, and returns its
-corresponding alias from the user's personal aliases file. Returns
address@hidden if the address was not found."
- (require 'rfc822) ; @r{for the rfc822 functions}
- (search-forward-regexp "^From: \\(.*\\)") ; @r{grab header field contents}
- (save-excursion ; @r{save state}
- (let ((addr (car (rfc822-addresses ; @r{get address}
- (buffer-substring (match-beginning 1)
- (match-end 1)))))
- (buffer (get-buffer-create " *temp*")) ; @r{set local variables}
- folder)
- (set-buffer buffer) ; @r{jump to temporary buffer}
- (unwind-protect ; @r{run kill-buffer when done}
- (progn ; @r{function grouping construct}
- (insert-file-contents (expand-file-name "aliases"
- mh-user-path))
- (goto-char (point-min)) ; @r{grab aliases file and go to start}
- (setq folder
- ;; @r{Search for the given address, even commented-out}
- ;; @r{addresses are found!}
- ;; @r{The function search-forward-regexp sets values that}
- ;; @r{are later used by match-beginning and match-end.}
- (if (search-forward-regexp (format "^;*\\(.*\\):.*%s"
- addr) nil t)
- ;; @r{NOTE WELL: this is what the return value looks}
- ;; @r{like. You can modify the format string to match}
- ;; @r{your own Mail hierarchy.}
- (format "+%s" (buffer-substring
- (match-beginning 1)
- (match-end 1))))))
- (kill-buffer buffer)) ; @r{get rid of our temporary buffer}
- folder))) ; @r{function's return value}
-
-(setq mh-default-folder-for-message-function 'my-mh-folder-from-address)
address@hidden group
address@hidden smallexample
+Finally, there are a slew of variables that control how MH-E annotates
+the scan lines.
address@hidden @code{mh-refile-msg-hook}
-
-The hook @code{mh-refile-msg-hook} is called after a message is marked
-to be refiled.
-
address@hidden @code{mh-sortm-args}
address@hidden @code{sortm}
address@hidden MH commands, @code{sortm}
address@hidden @code{mh-sort-folder}
address@hidden MH profile components, @code{sortm}
address@hidden @file{.mh_profile}
address@hidden files, @file{.mh_profile}
address@hidden @code
address@hidden mh-cmd-note
+Column for notations (default: 4). This variable should be set with
+the function @code{mh-set-cmd-note}. This variable may be updated
+dynamically if @code{mh-adaptive-cmd-note-flag} is on. The following
+variables contain the notational characters. Note that columns in
+Emacs start with 0.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-note-copied
+Messages that have been copied are marked by this character (default:
address@hidden).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-note-cur
+The current message (in MH, not in MH-E) is marked by this character
+(default: @samp{?+}). See also @code{mh-scan-cur-msg-number-regexp}.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-note-deleted
+Messages that have been deleted are marked by this character (default:
address@hidden). See also @code{mh-scan-deleted-msg-regexp}.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-note-dist
+Messages that have been redistributed are marked by this character
+(default: @samp{?R}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-note-forw
+Messages that have been forwarded are marked by this character
+(default: @samp{?F}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-note-printed
+Messages that have been printed are marked by this character (default:
address@hidden).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-note-refiled
+Messages that have been refiled are marked by this character (default:
address@hidden). See also @code{mh-scan-refiled-msg-regexp}.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-note-repl
+Messages that have been replied to are marked by this character
+(default: @samp{?-}).
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mh-note-seq
+Messages in a user-defined sequence are marked by this character
+(default: @samp{?%}). Messages in the @samp{search} sequence are
+marked by this character as well.
address@hidden vtable
+
+For example, let's say I have the following in @file{scan.format}
+which displays the sender, the subject, and the message number. This
+format places a @samp{+} after the message number for the current
+message according to MH; it also uses that column for notations.
-The variable @code{mh-sortm-args} holds extra arguments to pass on to
-the @code{sortm} command. Note: this variable is only consulted when a
-prefix argument is given to @kbd{M-x mh-sort-folder}. It is used to
-override any arguments given in a @code{sortm:} entry in your MH profile
-(@file{~/.mh_profile}).
address@hidden
+%20(decode(address@hidden@})) %50(address@hidden@}) %4(msg)%<(cur)+%| %>
address@hidden example
address@hidden
-* Customizing Scan Line Formats::
address@hidden menu
address@hidden mh-scan-format-file, example
address@hidden Customizing Scan Line Formats, , Customizing Organizing,
Customizing Organizing
address@hidden Scan line formatting
+The first thing you have to do is tell MH-E to use this file.
+Customize @code{mh-scan-format-file} and set its value to @samp{Use
+Default scan Format}. If you didn't get already turn off
address@hidden, you'll need to do that first.
address@hidden @code{mh-scan-prog}
address@hidden @code{scan}
address@hidden MH commands, @code{scan}
address@hidden @code{mh-progs}
-
-The name of the program that generates a listing of one line per message
-is held in @code{mh-scan-prog} (default: @samp{"scan"}). Unless this
-variable contains an absolute pathname, it is assumed to be in the
address@hidden directory. You may link another program to @code{scan}
-(see @code{mh-profile}(5)) to produce a different type of listing.
-
-If you change the format of the scan lines you'll need to tell mh-e how
-to parse the new format. As you see, quite a lot of variables are
-involved to do that. The first variable has to do with pruning out
-garbage.
+Next, tell MH-E what a valid scan line looks like so that you can at
+least display the output of scan in your MH-Folder buffer.
address@hidden @code
address@hidden mh-valid-scan-line
address@hidden @code{mh-valid-scan-line}
address@hidden @code{inc}
address@hidden MH commands, @code{inc}
address@hidden @code{scan}
address@hidden MH commands, @code{scan}
-This regular expression describes a valid scan line. This is used to
-eliminate error messages that are occasionally produced by @code{inc} or
address@hidden (default: @samp{"^ *[0-9]"}).
address@hidden table
address@hidden mh-scan-valid-regexp, example
-Next, two variables control how the message numbers are parsed.
address@hidden
+(setq mh-scan-valid-regexp "[0-9]+[+D^ ]$")
address@hidden lisp
address@hidden @code
+Now, in order to get rid of the @samp{Cursor not pointing to message}
+message, you need to tell MH-E how to access the message number. You
+should also see why MH-E requires that you include a message number in
+the first place.
address@hidden mh-msg-number-regexp
address@hidden @code{mh-msg-number-regexp}
-This regular expression is used to extract the message number from a
-scan line. Note that the message number must be placed in quoted
-parentheses, (\\(...\\)), as in the default of @address@hidden"^
-*\\([0-9]+\\)"}}.
address@hidden mh-scan-msg-number-regexp, example
address@hidden mh-scan-msg-search-regexp, example
address@hidden mh-msg-search-regexp
address@hidden @code{mh-msg-search-regexp}
-Given a message number (which is inserted in @samp{%d}), this regular
-expression will match the scan line that it represents (default:
address@hidden"^[^0-9]*%d[^0-9]"}).
address@hidden table
address@hidden
+(setq mh-scan-msg-number-regexp "^.* \\([0-9]+\\)[+D^ ]$")
+(setq mh-scan-msg-search-regexp " %d[+D^ ]$")
address@hidden lisp
-Finally, there are a slew of variables that control how mh-e marks up
-the scan lines.
+In order to get the next and previous commands working, add this.
address@hidden @code
address@hidden mh-cmd-note
address@hidden @code{mh-cmd-note}
-Number of characters to skip over before inserting notation (default:
-4). Note how it relates to the following regular expressions.
-
address@hidden mh-deleted-msg-regexp
address@hidden @code{mh-deleted-msg-regexp}
-This regular expression describes deleted messages (default:
address@hidden"^....D"}). See also @code{mh-note-deleted}.
-
address@hidden mh-refiled-msg-regexp
address@hidden @code{mh-refiled-msg-regexp}
-This regular expression describes refiled messages (default:
address@hidden"^....\\^"}). See also @code{mh-note-refiled}.
-
address@hidden mh-cur-scan-msg-regexp
address@hidden @code{mh-cur-scan-msg-regexp}
-This regular expression matches the current message (default:
address@hidden"^....\\+"}). See also @code{mh-note-cur}.
-
address@hidden mh-good-msg-regexp
address@hidden @code{mh-good-msg-regexp}
-This regular expression describes which messages should be shown when
-mh-e goes to the next or previous message. Normally, deleted or refiled
-messages are skipped over (default: @samp{"^....[^D^]"}).
address@hidden mh-scan-good-msg-regexp, example
address@hidden mh-note-deleted
address@hidden @code{mh-note-deleted}
-Messages that have been deleted to are marked by this string (default:
address@hidden"D"}). See also @code{mh-deleted-msg-regexp}.
address@hidden
+(setq mh-scan-good-msg-regexp "^.* \\([0-9]+\\)[+D^ ]$")
address@hidden lisp
address@hidden mh-note-refiled
address@hidden @code{mh-note-refiled}
-Messages that have been refiled are marked by this string (default:
address@hidden"^"}). See also @code{mh-refiled-msg-regexp}.
+Note that the current message isn't marked with a @samp{+} when moving
+between the next and previous messages. Here is the code required to
+get this working.
address@hidden mh-note-copied
address@hidden @code{mh-note-copied}
-Messages that have been copied are marked by this string (default:
address@hidden"C"}).
address@hidden set-mh-cmd-note, example
address@hidden mh-scan-cur-msg-number-regexp, example
address@hidden mh-note-cur
address@hidden @code{mh-note-cur}
-The current message (in MH, not in mh-e) is marked by this string
-(default: @samp{"+"}). See also @code{mh-cur-scan-msg-regexp}.
address@hidden
+(set-mh-cmd-note 76)
+(setq mh-scan-cur-msg-number-regexp "^.* \\([0-9]+\\)\\+$")
address@hidden lisp
address@hidden mh-note-repl
address@hidden @code{mh-note-repl}
-Messages that have been replied to are marked by this string (default:
address@hidden"-"}).
+Finally, add the following to delete and refile messages.
address@hidden mh-note-forw
address@hidden @code{mh-note-forw}
-Messages that have been forwarded are marked by this string (default:
address@hidden"F"}).
address@hidden mh-scan-deleted-msg-regexp, example
address@hidden mh-scan-refiled-msg-regexp, example
address@hidden mh-note-dist
address@hidden @code{mh-note-dist}
-Messages that have been redistributed are marked by this string
-(default: @samp{"R"}).
address@hidden
+(setq mh-scan-deleted-msg-regexp "^.* \\([0-9]+\\)D$")
+(setq mh-scan-refiled-msg-regexp "^.* \\([0-9]+\\)\\^$")
address@hidden lisp
address@hidden mh-note-printed
address@hidden @code{mh-note-printed}
-Messages that have been printed are marked by this string (default:
address@hidden"P"}).
+This is just a bare minimum; it's best to adjust all of the regular
+expressions to ensure that MH-E and highlighting perform well.
address@hidden mh-note-seq
address@hidden @code{mh-note-seq}
-Messages in a sequence are marked by this string (default: @samp{"%"}).
address@hidden table
address@hidden Procmail, Odds and Ends, Scan Line Formats, Top
address@hidden Reading Mailing Lists Effectively
address@hidden Customizing Printing, Customizing Files and Pipes, Customizing
Organizing, Customizing Moving Mail
address@hidden Printing Your Mail
address@hidden @command{procmail}
address@hidden @command{slocal}
address@hidden Gnus
address@hidden MH commands, @command{slocal}
address@hidden Unix commands, @command{procmail}
address@hidden mailing lists, reading
+
+This appendix explains how to use @uref{http://www.procmail.org/,
+procmail} to file mail from mailing lists into folders which can then
+be read easily with address@hidden MH equivalent, @command{slocal},
+can be used as well, but procmail is more flexible and more packages
+exist for procmail than for slocal.}. Some mailing lists have such
+high traffic that Gnus must be used and I discuss how to use Gnus
+side-by-side with MH-E.
+
address@hidden @file{.procmailrc}
address@hidden files, @file{.procmailrc}
+
+First, I'll describe how to put mail from your mailing lists directly
+into an MH folder using @command{procmail}. First, add the following
+to @file{~/.procmailrc}. While the logging variables aren't strictly
+necessary, they are extremely useful.
address@hidden printing
address@hidden @code{mh-print-background}
address@hidden @code{mh-lpr-command-format}
address@hidden @code{lpr}
address@hidden Unix commands, @code{lpr}
-
-Normally messages are printed in the foreground. If this is slow on
-your system, you may elect to set @code{mh-print-background} to
address@hidden to print in the background. If you do this, do not delete
-the message until it is printed or else the output may be truncated.
-The variable @code{mh-lpr-command-format} controls how the printing is
-actually done. The string can contain one escape, @samp{%s}, which is
-filled with the name of the folder and the message number and is useful
-for print job names. As an example, the default is @samp{"lpr -J
-'%s'"}.
-
address@hidden Customizing Files and Pipes, Customizing Finishing Up,
Customizing Printing, Customizing Moving Mail
address@hidden Files and Pipes
-
address@hidden using files
address@hidden using pipes
address@hidden @code{mh-store-msg}
address@hidden @code{mh-store-default-directory}
-
-The initial directory for the @code{mh-store-msg} command is held in
address@hidden Since I almost always run
address@hidden on sources, I set it to my personal source directory
-like this:
address@hidden
+[1] # Update PATH so procmail can find myrcvstore, rcvstore and mhparam.
+[2] PATH=$PATH:/usr/lib/mh:/usr/bin/mh:$HOME/bin
+[3]
+[4] # Point LOGFILE at the actual log file.
+[5] LOGFILE=$HOME/.procmail.log
+[6]
+[7] # This setting provides just the right amount of information.
+[8] LOGABSTRACT=all
+[9]
+[10] # Uncomment the following line to see how your patterns match.
+[11] #VERBOSE=yes
+[12]
+[13] # Place mail sent to any MH-E mailing list in +mh-e.
+[14] :0 w: mh-e$LOCKEXT
+[15] * address@hidden
+[16] | myrcvstore -create +mh-e
address@hidden smallexample
address@hidden @code{mh-store-default-directory}, example
address@hidden @command{rcvstore}
address@hidden MH commands, @command{rcvstore}
address@hidden
-(setq mh-store-default-directory (expand-file-name "~/src/"))
address@hidden lisp
+Line 14 creates a lock file in your mail directory based upon the name
+of the folder. This is done because @command{rcvstore} does not
+perform locking. While this lock file will prevent @command{procmail}
+from writing to a folder concurrently, there is a slight chance that
+you might lose a message if you're performing operations on a folder
+at the same time @command{rcvstore} is placing a message there. You
+have been warned. Now that that disclaimer is out of the way, note
+that I've been using this set-up for over a decade and haven't lost
+anything to my address@hidden
address@hidden://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=4361&group_id=2166,
+Savannah issue #4361} to see if @command{rcvstore} locking is still an
+issue.}.
+
address@hidden @samp{Unseen-Sequence:} MH profile component
address@hidden MH profile component, @samp{Unseen-Sequence:}
+
+Line 16 uses the following script, @code{myrcvstore}, to massage the
+message as described in the comment and file the message in the given
address@hidden @samp{-create} argument wasn't always the default
+to @command{rcvstore}.}.
address@hidden @code{mh-store-buffer}
address@hidden @code{uuencode}
address@hidden Unix commands, @code{uuencode}
address@hidden @code{shar}
address@hidden Unix commands, @code{shar}
-
-Subsequent incarnations of @code{mh-store-msg} offer the last directory
-used as the default. By the way, @code{mh-store-msg} calls the Emacs
-Lisp function @code{mh-store-buffer}. I mention this because you can use
-it directly if you're editing a buffer that contains a file that has
-been run through @code{uuencode} or @code{shar}. For example, you can
-extract the contents of the current buffer in your home directory by
-typing @kbd{M-x mh-store-buffer @key{RET} ~ @key{RET}}.
address@hidden
+#! /bin/sh
address@hidden Customizing Finishing Up, , Customizing Files and Pipes,
Customizing Moving Mail
address@hidden Finishing Up
+# Accepts a message on standard input and passes it through rcvstore
+# after first passing it through any filters. All arguments are passed
+# on to rcvstore.
+
+# Force the "From user date" to become part of header. One reason this
+# is done is because the presence of the From field confuses dist so
+# that dist adds a new header, rather than using the existing header.
+# Note that this should not be done for any message that goes into a
+# Gnus incoming file (Gnus will thrown an error) nor should it be
+# applied to any message that goes to the system mailbox because the
+# entire mailbox will be incorporated as a single message.
+formail -c -z -R 'From ' X-Envelope-From: |
+rcvstore $@@
address@hidden smallexample
address@hidden quitting
address@hidden @code{mh-before-quit-hook}
address@hidden @code{mh-quit-hook}
address@hidden @code{mh-execute-commands}
-
-The two variables @code{mh-before-quit-hook} and @code{mh-quit-hook} are
-called by @kbd{q} (@code{mh-quit}). The former one is called before the
-quit occurs, so you might use it to perform any mh-e operations; you
-could perform some query and abort the quit or call
address@hidden, for example. The latter is not run in an
-mh-e context, so you might use it to modify the window setup.
+If your version of @command{rcvstore} doesn't add messages to the
address@hidden sequence by default, add the following line to your MH
+profile:
address@hidden Customizing Searching, , Customizing Moving Mail, Customizing
mh-e
address@hidden Searching Through Messages
address@hidden
+Unseen-Sequence: unseen
address@hidden example
address@hidden searching
address@hidden @code{mh-pick-mode-hook}
address@hidden @code{mh-partial-folder-mode-line-annotation}
+Now view your new messages with the speedbar (@pxref{Speedbar}) or with
address@hidden n} (@code{mh-index-new-messages}). @xref{Folders}.
-If you find that you do the same thing over and over when editing the
-search template, you may wish to bind some shortcuts to keys. This can
-be done with the variable @code{mh-pick-mode-hook}, which is called when
address@hidden (@code{mh-search-folder}) is run on a new pattern.
-
-The string
address@hidden is used to annotate the
-mode line when only a portion of the folder is shown. For example, this
-will be displayed after running @kbd{M-s} (@code{mh-search-folder}) to
-list messages based on some search criteria (see @ref{Searching}). The
-default annotation of @samp{"select"} yields a mode line that looks
-like:
+If you're on a mailing list that is so voluminous that it is
+impossible to read every message, it usually better to read the
+mailing list like a newsgroup in a news reader. Emacs has a built-in
+newsreader called Gnus. The remainder of this appendix talks about how
+to use Gnus with an MH message store. The version of Gnus that was
+used to prepare this manual was 5.10. Versions 5.8 through 5.10 should
+work but versions prior to 5.8 use different options.
+
+This table contains a list of Gnus options that you will have to
+modify. Note that for them to become accessible, you'll have to load
address@hidden first. This can be done with @kbd{M-x load-library
address@hidden nnml @key{RET}}.
+
address@hidden @code
address@hidden gnus-secondary-select-methods
+Select the @samp{nnml} value. This select method uses directories for
+folders and individual files for messages, just like MH. You do not
+have to set an address.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden mail-sources
+Select the @samp{Several files in a directory} value, check the
address@hidden box and enter @file{~/Mail} to tell Gnus where to find
+your mail.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden message-mail-user-agent
+In order to send mail within Gnus using MH-E, set this option to
address@hidden and set the @samp{mail-user-agent} option to
address@hidden interface to MH}.
address@hidden -------------------------
address@hidden nnmail-keep-last-article
+Since Gnus keeps track of which messages you have read, it would be
+bad if Gnus expired the last message, for example, message 100, and
address@hidden gave the next new message number 1. Gnus would then
+ignore it since it thinks that you've read messages 1-100. Turning on
+this option ensures that the last message is never removed thereby
+eliminating this problem.
address@hidden vtable
+
+Next add the following to @file{~/.procmailrc}. If you don't subscribe
+to the GnuCash mailing list, substitute one to which you are
+subscribed.
@example
address@hidden/address@hidden 2 msgs (2-3)
(MH-Folder)--All-----------------
+MAILDIR=$HOME/`mhparam Path`
+# Place mail sent to the GnuCash mailing list in gnucash.spool, where
+# Gnus will pick it up.
+:0:
+* address@hidden
+gnucash.spool
@end example
address@hidden Odds and Ends, History, Customizing mh-e, Top
+Wait for some messages to appear in @file{gnucash.spool} and run Gnus
+with @kbd{M-x gnus @key{RET}}. To view the folder created in the
+example above, you would tell Gnus about it the first time only with
address@hidden m gnucash @key{RET} nnml @key{RET}}. In MH-E, this folder is
+known as @samp{+gnucash}.
+
address@hidden Odds and Ends, History, Procmail, Top
@appendix Odds and Ends
-This appendix covers a few topics that don't fit elsewhere. Here I tell
-you how to report bugs and how to get on the mh-e mailing list. I also
-point out some additional sources of information.
+This appendix covers a few topics that don't fit elsewhere. Here I
+tell you how to report bugs and how to get on the MH-E mailing lists.
+I also point out some additional sources of information.
@menu
-* Bug Reports::
-* Mailing List::
-* MH FAQ::
-* Getting mh-e::
+* Bug Reports::
+* Mailing Lists::
+* MH FAQ and Support::
+* Getting MH-E::
@end menu
address@hidden Bug Reports, Mailing List, Odds and Ends, Odds and Ends
address@hidden Bug Reports, Mailing Lists, Odds and Ends, Odds and Ends
@appendixsec Bug Reports
address@hidden bugs
address@hidden Wohler, Bill
@cindex SourceForge
address@hidden bugs
-The current maintainer of mh-e is Bill Wohler
-<@i{wohler@@newt.com}>. Bug reports should be filed at
address@hidden://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=13357, SourceForge}.
-Please include the output of
address@hidden mh-version} (@pxref{Miscellaneous}) in any bug report you send.
+Bug reports should be filed at
address@hidden://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=13357, SourceForge}. You
+need to be a SourceForge user to submit bug reports, but this is easy
+enough to do that it shouldn't be a restriction for you. Please
+include the output of @kbd{M-x mh-version} (@pxref{Miscellaneous}) in
+any bug report you send unless you're 110% positive we won't ask for
+it.
address@hidden Mailing List, MH FAQ, Bug Reports, Odds and Ends
address@hidden mh-e Mailing List
address@hidden Mailing Lists, MH FAQ and Support, Bug Reports, Odds and Ends
address@hidden MH-E Mailing Lists
address@hidden mailing list
@cindex SourceForge
address@hidden mailing lists
-There are actually several mailing lists for mh-e. They are
address@hidden@@lists.sourceforge.net},
address@hidden@@lists.sourceforge.net}, and
address@hidden@@lists.sourceforge.net}. You can subscribe or view the
-archives at @uref{https://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=13357,
+There are several mailing lists for MH-E. They are @i{mh-e-users at
+lists.sourceforge.net}, @i{mh-e-announce at lists.sourceforge.net},
+and @i{mh-e-devel at lists.sourceforge.net}. You can subscribe or view
+the archives at @uref{https://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=13357,
SourceForge}. Do not report bugs on these lists; please submit them
via SourceForge (@pxref{Bug Reports}).
address@hidden MH FAQ, Getting mh-e, Mailing List, Odds and Ends
address@hidden MH FAQ
address@hidden MH FAQ and Support, Getting MH-E, Mailing Lists, Odds and Ends
address@hidden MH FAQ and Support
address@hidden MH FAQ
@cindex FAQ
address@hidden MH FAQ
-An FAQ appears monthly in the newsgroup @samp{comp.mail.mh}. While very
-little is there that deals with mh-e specifically, there is an
-incredible wealth of material about MH itself which you will find
-useful. The subject of the FAQ is @cite{MH Frequently Asked Questions
-(FAQ) with Answers}.
-
-The FAQ is available via the World Wide Web (WWW) at
address@hidden://www.faqs.org/faqs/mail/mh-faq/part1/preamble.html, faqs.org}.
-
address@hidden Getting mh-e, , MH FAQ, Odds and Ends
address@hidden Getting mh-e
-
address@hidden obtaining mh-e
-
-The version of mh-e in the current version of Emacs should be up to
-date. It is most likely to be more up to date than the copy that comes
-with the MH distribution in @file{miscellany/mh-e}.
+The article @uref{http://www.newt.com/faq/mh.html, @cite{MH Frequently
+Asked Questions (FAQ) with Answers}} appears monthly in the newsgroup
address@hidden While very little is there that deals with MH-E
+specifically, there is an incredible wealth of material about MH
+itself which you will find useful.
+
address@hidden support
+
+You can find FAQs on MH-E at the
address@hidden://sourceforge.net/support/?group_id=13357, Support
+Requests} page on SourceForge. If you don't find the answer to your
+question, file a support request and your question will become a new
+FAQ!
+
address@hidden Getting MH-E, , MH FAQ and Support, Odds and Ends
address@hidden Getting MH-E
+
address@hidden MH-E, obtaining
address@hidden getting MH-E
address@hidden obtaining MH-E
+
+Because MH-E is undergoing a phase of sustained growth, the version of
+MH-E in your Emacs is likely to be out of date although it is most
+likely to be more up to date than the copy that comes with the MH
+distribution in @file{miscellany/mh-e}.
+
address@hidden change log
address@hidden release notes
@c intentionally wordy to avoid overfull hbox
-New mh-e releases are always available for downloading at
+New MH-E releases are always available for downloading at
@uref{https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=13357,
SourceForge} before they appear in an Emacs release. You can read the
-release notes on that page to determine if the given release of mh-e
-is already installed in your version of Emacs.
-
-If you go this route, I suggest that you extract the files from
address@hidden@var{m.n}.tgz} in the following fashion:
-
address@hidden
address@hidden
-% @kbd{cd} # @r{Start in your home directory}
-% @kbd{mkdir lib lib/emacs} # @r{Create directory for mh-e}
-% @kbd{cd lib/emacs}
-% @kbd{zcat @var{path/to/address@hidden | tar xvf -} # @r{Extract files}
address@hidden group
address@hidden smallexample
-
address@hidden @file{.emacs}
address@hidden files, @file{.emacs}
-
-To use these new files, add the following to @file{~/.emacs}:
-
address@hidden
-(setq load-path (cons (expand-file-name "~/lib/emacs") load-path))
address@hidden lisp
+release notes on that page to determine if the given release of MH-E
+is already installed in your version of Emacs. You can also read the
+change log to see if you are interested in what the given release of
+MH-E has to offer (although we have no doubt that you will be
+extremely interested in all new releases).
address@hidden news
address@hidden @samp{MH-E-NEWS}
address@hidden @samp{README}
@cindex files, @samp{MH-E-NEWS}
address@hidden files, @samp{README}
address@hidden news
-That's it! If you're already running Emacs, please quit that session
-and start again to load in the new mh-e. Check that you're running the
-new version with the command @kbd{M-x mh-version} after running any mh-e
-command. The distribution comes with a file called @file{MH-E-NEWS} so
-you can see what's new.
+After you download and extract the MH-E tarball, read the
address@hidden file and @file{MH-E-NEWS}. These correspond to the
+release notes and change log mentioned above. The file @file{README}
+contains instructions on installing MH-E. If you're already running
+Emacs, please quit that session and start again to load in the new
+MH-E. Check that you're running the new version with the command
address@hidden mh-version}.
+
address@hidden contributed software
address@hidden manual
address@hidden documentation
address@hidden History, Copying, Odds and Ends, Top
address@hidden History of mh-e
+In addition to the mh-e package, the
address@hidden://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=13357,
+SourceForge} site also contains doc and contrib packages. The former
+is the latest release of this manual, and the latter contains a few
+contributed packages you might find useful.
+
address@hidden History, GFDL, Odds and Ends, Top
address@hidden History of MH-E
address@hidden Bill Wohler
address@hidden Brian Reid
@cindex Gildea, Stephen
address@hidden Jim Larus
@cindex Larus, Jim
address@hidden MH-E, versions
@cindex Reid, Brian
@cindex SourceForge
address@hidden history of mh-e
address@hidden Stephen Gildea
address@hidden Wohler, Bill
address@hidden history of MH-E
address@hidden versions of MH-E
-mh-e was originally written by Brian Reid in 1983 and has changed
+MH-E was originally written by Brian Reid in 1983 and has changed
hands several times since then. Jim Larus wanted to do something
similar for GNU Emacs, and ended up completely rewriting it that same
-year. In 1989, Stephen Gildea picked it up and added many improvements.
-Bill Wohler then took over in 2000 and moved its development to
address@hidden://sourceforge.net/, SourceForge}.
+year. In 1989, Stephen Gildea picked it up and added many
+improvements. Bill Wohler then took over in 2000 and moved its
+development to @uref{http://sourceforge.net/, SourceForge} where it
+lives today.
@menu
-* From Brian Reid::
-* From Jim Larus::
-* From Stephen Gildea::
+* From Brian Reid::
+* From Jim Larus::
+* From Stephen Gildea::
+* From Bill Wohler::
@end menu
@node From Brian Reid, From Jim Larus, History, History
@appendixsec From Brian Reid
address@hidden Brian Reid
@cindex Reid, Brian
One day in 1983 I got the flu and had to stay home from work for three
-days with nothing to do. I used that time to write address@hidden The
-fundamental idea behind MHE was that it was a ``puppeteer'' driving the MH
-programs underneath it. MH had a model that the editor was supposed to
-run as a subprocess of the mailer, which seemed to me at the time to be
-the tail wagging the dog. So I turned it around and made the editor
-drive the MH programs. I made sure that the UCI people (who were
-maintaining MH at the time) took in my changes and made them stick.
-
-Today, I still use my own version of MHE because I don't at all like the
-way that GNU mh-e works and I've never gotten to be good enough at
-hacking Emacs Lisp to make GNU mh-e do what I want. The Gosling-emacs
-version of MHE and the GNU Emacs version of mh-e have almost nothing in
-common except similar names. They work differently, have different
-conceptual models, and have different key bindings. @footnote{After
+days with nothing to do. I used that time to write address@hidden The
+fundamental idea behind MHE was that it was a ``puppeteer'' driving
+the MH programs underneath it. MH had a model that the editor was
+supposed to run as a sub-process of the mailer, which seemed to me at
+the time to be the tail wagging the dog. So I turned it around and
+made the editor drive the MH programs. I made sure that the UCI people
+(who were maintaining MH at the time) took in my changes and made them
+stick.
+
+Today, I still use my own version of MHE because I don't at all like
+the way that GNU MH-E works and I've never gotten to be good enough at
+hacking Emacs Lisp to make GNU MH-E do what I want. The Gosling-emacs
+version of MHE and the GNU Emacs version of MH-E have almost nothing
+in common except similar names. They work differently, have different
+conceptual models, and have different key address@hidden
reading this article, I questioned Brian about his version of MHE, and
-received some great ideas for improving mh-e such as a dired-like method
-of selecting folders; and removing the prompting when sending mail,
-filling in the blanks in the draft buffer instead. I passed them on to
-Stephen Gildea, the current maintainer, and he was excited about the
-ideas as well. Perhaps one day, mh-e will again resemble MHE, although
-none of these ideas are manifest in Version 5.0.}
+received some great ideas for improving MH-E such as a dired-like
+method of selecting folders; and removing the prompting when sending
+mail, filling in the blanks in the draft buffer instead. I passed them
+on to Stephen Gildea, the current maintainer, and he was excited about
+the ideas as well. Perhaps one day, MH-E will again resemble MHE
+(draft form editing was introduced in version 7.4).}.
Brian Reid, June 1994
@node From Jim Larus, From Stephen Gildea, From Brian Reid, History
@appendixsec From Jim Larus
address@hidden Jim Larus
@cindex Larus, Jim
-Brian Reid, while at CMU or shortly after going to Stanford wrote a mail
-reading program called MHE for Gosling Emacs. It had much the same
-structure as mh-e (i.e., invoked MH programs), though it was simpler and
-the commands were slightly different. Unfortunately, I no longer have a
-copy so the differences are lost in the mists of time.
-
-In '82-83, I was working at BBN and wrote a lot of mlisp code in Gosling
-Emacs to make it look more like Tennex Emacs. One of the packages that
-I picked up and improved was Reid's mail system. In '83, I went back to
-Berkeley. About that time, Stallman's first version of GNU Emacs came
-out and people started to move to it from Gosling Emacs (as I recall,
-the transition took a year or two). I decided to port Reid's MHE and
-used the mlisp to Emacs Lisp translator that came with GNU Emacs. It
-did a lousy job and the resulting code didn't work, so I bit the bullet
-and rewrote the code by hand (it was a lot smaller and simpler then, so
-it took only a day or two).
+Brian Reid, while at CMU or shortly after going to Stanford wrote a
+mail reading program called MHE for Gosling Emacs. It had much the
+same structure as MH-E (i.e., invoked MH programs), though it was
+simpler and the commands were slightly different. Unfortunately, I no
+longer have a copy so the differences are lost in the mists of time.
+
+In '82-83, I was working at BBN and wrote a lot of mlisp code in
+Gosling Emacs to make it look more like Tennex Emacs. One of the
+packages that I picked up and improved was Reid's mail system. In '83,
+I went back to Berkeley. About that time, Stallman's first version of
+GNU Emacs came out and people started to move to it from Gosling Emacs
+(as I recall, the transition took a year or two). I decided to port
+Reid's MHE and used the mlisp to Emacs Lisp translator that came with
+GNU Emacs. It did a lousy job and the resulting code didn't work, so I
+bit the bullet and rewrote the code by hand (it was a lot smaller and
+simpler then, so it took only a day or two).
-Soon after that, mh-e became part of the standard Emacs distribution and
-suggestions kept dribbling in for improvements. mh-e soon reached
+Soon after that, MH-E became part of the standard Emacs distribution
+and suggestions kept dribbling in for improvements. MH-E soon reached
sufficient functionality to keep me happy, but I kept on improving it
-because I was a graduate student with plenty of time on my hands and it
-was more fun than my dissertation. In retrospect, the one thing that I
-regret is not writing any documentation, which seriously limited the use
-and appeal of the package.
+because I was a graduate student with plenty of time on my hands and
+it was more fun than my dissertation. In retrospect, the one thing
+that I regret is not writing any documentation, which seriously
+limited the use and appeal of the package.
address@hidden @code{xmh}, in mh-e history
address@hidden @command{xmh}, in MH-E history
In '89, I came to Wisconsin as a professor and decided not to work on
-mh-e. It was stable, except for minor bugs, and had enough
-functionality, so I let it be for a few years. Stephen Gildea of BBN
-began to pester me about the bugs, but I ignored them. In 1990, he went
-off to the X Consortium, said good bye, and said that he would now be
-using @code{xmh}. A few months later, he came back and said that he
-couldn't stand @code{xmh} and could I put a few more bug fixes into
-mh-e. At that point, I had no interest in fixing mh-e, so I gave the
-responsibility of maintenance to him and he has done a fine job since
-then.
+MH-E. It was stable, except for minor bugs, and had enough
+functionality, so I let it be for a few years. Stephen Gildea of BBN
+began to pester me about the bugs, but I ignored them. In 1990, he
+went off to the X Consortium, said good bye, and said that he would
+now be using @command{xmh}. A few months later, he came back and said
+that he couldn't stand @command{xmh} and could I put a few more bug fixes
+into MH-E. At that point, I had no interest in fixing MH-E, so I gave
+the responsibility of maintenance to him and he has done a fine job
+since then.
Jim Larus, June 1994
address@hidden From Stephen Gildea, , From Jim Larus, History
address@hidden From Stephen Gildea, From Bill Wohler, From Jim Larus, History
@appendixsec From Stephen Gildea
@cindex Gildea, Stephen
address@hidden Stephen Gildea
In 1987 I went to work for Bolt Beranek and Newman, as Jim had before
-me. In my previous job, I had been using RMAIL, but as my folders tend
-to run large, I was frustrated with the speed of address@hidden However, I
-stuck with it because I wanted the GNU Emacs interface. I am very
+me. In my previous job, I had been using RMAIL, but as my folders tend
+to run large, I was frustrated with the speed of address@hidden However, I
+stuck with it because I wanted the GNU Emacs interface. I am very
familiar and comfortable with the Emacs interface (with just a few
modifications of my own) and dislike having to use applications with
embedded editors; they never live up to Emacs.
-MH is the mail reader of choice at BBN, so I converted to it. Since I
-didn't want to give up using an Emacs interface, I started using mh-e.
-As is my wont, I started hacking on it almost immediately. I first used
-version 3.4m. One of the first features I added was to treat the folder
-buffer as a file-visiting buffer: you could lock it, save it, and be
-warned of unsaved changes when killing it. I also worked to bring its
-functionality a little closer to address@hidden Jim Larus was very cooperative
-about merging in my changes, and my efforts first appeared in version
-3.6, distributed with Emacs 18.52 in 1988. Next I decided mh-e was too
-slow and optimized it a lot. Version, 3.7, distributed with Emacs 18.56
-in 1990, was noticeably faster.
-
-When I moved to the X Consortium I became the first person there to not
-use xmh. (There is now one other engineer there using mh-e.) About
-this point I took over maintenance of mh-e from Jim and was finally able
-to add some features Jim hadn't accepted, such as the backward searching
-undo. My first release was 3.8 (Emacs 18.58) in 1992.
+MH is the mail reader of choice at BBN, so I converted to it. Since I
+didn't want to give up using an Emacs interface, I started using MH-E.
+As is my wont, I started hacking on it almost immediately. I first
+used version 3.4m. One of the first features I added was to treat the
+folder buffer as a file-visiting buffer: you could lock it, save it,
+and be warned of unsaved changes when killing it. I also worked to
+bring its functionality a little closer to address@hidden Jim Larus was very
+cooperative about merging in my changes, and my efforts first appeared
+in version 3.6, distributed with Emacs 18.52 in 1988. Next I decided
+MH-E was too slow and optimized it a lot. Version, 3.7, distributed
+with Emacs 18.56 in 1990, was noticeably faster.
+
+When I moved to the X Consortium I became the first person there to
+not use xmh. (There is now one other engineer there using MH-E.) About
+this point I took over maintenance of MH-E from Jim and was finally
+able to add some features Jim hadn't accepted, such as the backward
+searching undo. My first release was 3.8 (Emacs 18.58) in 1992.
Now, in 1994, we see a flurry of releases, with both 4.0 and 5.0.
Version 4.0 added many new features, including background folder
-collection and support for composing @sc{mime} messages. (Reading
address@hidden messages remains to be done, alas.) While writing this book,
-Bill Wohler gave mh-e its closest examination ever, uncovering bugs and
-inconsistencies that required a new major version to fix, and so version
-5 was released.
+collection and support for composing @sc{mime} messages. (Reading
address@hidden messages remains to be done, alas.) While writing this book,
+Bill Wohler gave MH-E its closest examination ever, uncovering bugs
+and inconsistencies that required a new major version to fix, and so
+version 5 was released.
Stephen Gildea, June 1994
address@hidden Copying, Command Index, History, Top
address@hidden GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
address@hidden From Bill Wohler, , From Stephen Gildea, History
address@hidden From Bill Wohler
address@hidden Wohler, Bill
address@hidden Bill Wohler
+
+The preface originally included the following text which I use to
+begin my story:
+
address@hidden
+But it's important to note a brief history of MH-E.
+
address@hidden 3} was prevalent through the @w{Emacs 18} and early
address@hidden 19} years. Then @w{Version 4} came out (@w{Emacs 19.23}),
+which introduced several new and changed commands. Next, @w{Version
+5.0} was released, which fixed some bugs and incompatibilities, and
+was incorporated into @w{Emacs 19.29}.
address@hidden quotation
+
+After a long break, Stephen handed the reins over to me in 2000. I
+moved the project to a new site called SourceForge and organized a
+great team of developers. Our first release in late 2001 was version
+6. It appeared in Emacs 21.2 and had menus and tool bar buttons.
+
+Then, indexed searches, improved MIME handling, a speedbar, multiple
+identities, alias completion, an index view of unseen messages, spam
+software support, Face and X-Image-URL header field support, Fcc
+completion, arbitrary range handling, and draft form editing were
+introduced in the version 7 series in Emacs 21.4 (2004).
+
+Version 8 development was mostly driven by the rewrite of the manual.
+It also brought mailutils support, S/MIME support, picon support, and
+an improved interface for hiding header fields. The CVS repository was
+migrated from SourceForge to Savannah (only for those files that were
+already part of Emacs) and the software was completely reorganized to
+push back two decades of entropy. It appeared in Emacs 22.1 (2006).
+
+Bill Wohler, February 2006
+
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address@hidden Preamble
address@hidden Preamble
The licenses for most software are designed to take away your
freedom to share and change it. By contrast, the GNU General Public
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modification follow.
@iftex
address@hidden TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
address@hidden TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
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@ifinfo
@center TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
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@page
address@hidden How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
address@hidden How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
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+Copyright (C) address@hidden @var{name of author}
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
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+51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
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Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
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library. If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Library General
Public License instead of this License.
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@printindex vr
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@printindex cp
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@bye
address@hidden XXX In the sections on customizing mh-e, you can add
cross-references
address@hidden to the Emacs manual and the Emacs Lisp manual wherever they are
address@hidden useful. @pxref{node, , section, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}
-
address@hidden
- arch-tag: b778477d-1a10-4a99-84de-f877a2ea6bef
address@hidden ignore
address@hidden Ispell Helpers
address@hidden
address@hidden The following are words that ispell should ignore that would not
address@hidden normally be in a dictionary (global or personal). Be careful not
to
address@hidden include words here that could potentially be typos of other words
address@hidden (such as url, elisp, or MHE).
address@hidden
address@hidden LocalWords: CTRL ESC SPC f's
address@hidden LocalWords: addr Aliasfile alist
address@hidden LocalWords: Baushke Bcc BBN Beranek bogofilter bogofilter's
address@hidden LocalWords: cmd CMU contrib cron
address@hidden LocalWords: DesBrisay Dcc devel dir dired docstring filll forw
address@hidden LocalWords: GECOS Gildea Gildea's Ginnean GnuCash goto gnuserv
htm
address@hidden LocalWords: ImageMagick inbox ispell keychain
address@hidden LocalWords: Larus licensor LocalWords lookup lpr
address@hidden LocalWords: makeinfo mairix mbox mh mhbuild mhl mhpath mlisp
address@hidden LocalWords: MML msg multipart
address@hidden LocalWords: Namazu NIS nenscript nnml num
address@hidden LocalWords: packmbox passphrase pathname prev procmail prog repl
address@hidden LocalWords: slocal sortm SpamAssassin spammers SpamProbe
SpamProbe's
address@hidden LocalWords: sublicense supercite speedbar
address@hidden LocalWords: Tennex texi texinfo Thelen thelenm
address@hidden LocalWords: UCI undeleted whatnow wohler xmh ypcat
address@hidden
address@hidden See http://www.oreilly.com/oreilly/author/stylesheet.html.
address@hidden See http://en.wikipedia.org/.
address@hidden
address@hidden Note the lowercase mh which is needed to avoid hits in the
address@hidden functions and variables. Occasionally, check for accidental
address@hidden inclusion of mh in text by uncommenting the following and
executing
address@hidden it with C-x C-e. You want to see "Search failed"
address@hidden (let ((case-fold-search nil))
address@hidden (goto-char (point-min))
address@hidden (search-forward-regexp "^mh\\( \\|$\\)"))
address@hidden
address@hidden An extremely useful setting for texinfo-mode-hook is:
address@hidden (add-to-list
address@hidden 'ispell-skip-region-alist
address@hidden (list
address@hidden (concat "\\(@\\(small\\)?\\(example\\|lisp\\)"
address@hidden "\\(@\\([irw]\\|code\\|var\\){[^}]+}\\|"
address@hidden "@address@hidden|"
address@hidden "address@hidden|"
address@hidden "@\\(end \\)?group\\|"
address@hidden "@\\(end \\)?cartouche\\)+"
address@hidden "@end \\(small\\)?\\(example\\|lisp\\)\\|"
address@hidden "@\\(code\\|command\\|file\\|kbd\\|sc\\){[^}]+}\\|"
address@hidden "address@hidden [a-z]+$\\|"
address@hidden "address@hidden([fv]\\|print\\)index .*$\\|"
address@hidden "@uref{[^,]+,\\|"
address@hidden "@[a-z]+\\|"
address@hidden "/[a-z.]+[/}]\\)")))))
address@hidden
address@hidden Cross References
address@hidden
address@hidden See existing cross-references to the Emacs manual and the Emacs
address@hidden Lisp manual (search for ``GNU Emacs Manual'' and ``GNU
address@hidden Emacs Lisp Reference Manual'' respectively).
+
address@hidden @ftable Sorting
address@hidden
address@hidden As per index (sort of): Punctuation, keyboard characters (such as
address@hidden RET and BS) upper and lowercase mixed (lower comes before
address@hidden uppercase), control characters go with uppercase C, meta
characters
address@hidden go with uppercase M.
address@hidden In some cases, the sort isn't strictly ASCII.
address@hidden For example, SPC (mh-page-msg) reads better before BS
address@hidden (mh-previous-page) and . (mh-show) is better before ,
address@hidden (mh-header-display).
+
address@hidden @vtable Sorting
address@hidden
address@hidden Alphabetical, pull hooks into their own table.
+
address@hidden Local Variables:
address@hidden sentence-end-double-space: nil
address@hidden End:
- [Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/man/mh-e.texi,
Bill Wohler <=
- [Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/man/mh-e.texi, Miles Bader, 2006/03/06
- [Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/man/mh-e.texi, Bill Wohler, 2006/03/11
- [Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/man/mh-e.texi, Bill Wohler, 2006/03/11
- [Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/man/mh-e.texi, Bill Wohler, 2006/03/14
- [Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/man/mh-e.texi, Bill Wohler, 2006/03/17
- [Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/man/mh-e.texi, Bill Wohler, 2006/03/19
- [Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/man/mh-e.texi, Bill Wohler, 2006/03/19
- [Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/man/mh-e.texi, Bill Wohler, 2006/03/19
- [Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/man/mh-e.texi, Bill Wohler, 2006/03/21
- [Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/man/mh-e.texi, Karl Berry, 2006/03/25