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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQS);faqs.065



  Or, you can send a note to [e-mail] with a body containing the
  following:

    send mail/mh/papers-ps/tutorial.ps.Z

  [9.92]


Subject: How should I report bugs?
From: Intro-6

  Mail them to [e-mail] and be sure to include the output of
  the -help option as well as what hardware and operating system you
  are using.


Subject: How can I convert from my mailer to MH?
From: Intro-7

  If you use one of a mail agent like 'mail', 'mailx', 'elm' or
  'mush', converting to MH is easy.  When you run the 'inc' command,
  it reads all new messages from the system mailbox into your 'inbox'
  folder.  Those mail agents also have separate files or "folders"
  that hold messages in the same format as the system mailbox.  You
  can read them with the 'inc -file' command.  For example, to read
  the messages from your 'mbox' mail file into your MH 'inbox' folder,
  you'd type:

    % cd
    % cp mbox mbox.backup
    % inc -file mbox

  If you see the usual "Incorporating new mail into inbox..." message
  and a scan listing, the messages probably were converted.  Read some
  or all of them (with the 'show' command) and be sure.  The 'inc'
  won't remove your mbox unless you use '-truncate'.

  Section D.4 (C.4) of the MH book lists two scripts to convert mail
  files to MH folders: babyl2mh to convert from rmail's babyl format;
  vmsmail2mh to convert from VMS's mail (see "What references exist
  for MH" to see where the book's examples can be ftped from).
  --Jerry Peek <[e-mail]>

  Vivek Khera <[e-mail]> rewrote this in Perl since the
  original script doesn't work for some people.

  #!/usr/gnu/bin/perl
  # incorporate an RMAIL babyl file into an MH folder
  #
  # usage: babyl2mh +folder babyl-file
  #
  # V. Khera <[e-mail]> 17-JUL-1991

  # where to find rcvstore
  $rcvstore = "/usr/local/lib/mh/rcvstore";

  #
  # pull out command line args
  #
  die "usage: babyl2mh +folder babyl-file\n" unless @ARGV == 2;

  $folder = shift;
  # make sure folder name starts with a "+"
  (substr($folder,0,1) eq "+") || (substr($folder,0,0) = "+");
  $bfname = shift;

  print "Incorporating RMAIL file $bfname into MH folder $folder\n";

  #
  # read in babyl file.
  #
  $/ = "\037";    # this separates the records in a babyl file
  $* = 1;        # records are multi-lines

  open(BABYL,$bfname) || die "Couldn't open $bfname\n";

  $_ = <BABYL>;    # discard header.

  $msgnum = 0;

  while (<BABYL>) {
    chop;        # get rid of delimeter
    s/\f(.|\n)*\*\*\* EOOH \*\*\*\n//;    # remove duplicate header information
    open(RCVSTORE,"|" . $rcvstore . " $folder");
    print RCVSTORE $_;
    $msgnum++;
    print "Message $msgnum done.\n";
  }

  Juergen Nickelsen <[e-mail]> provides yet another
  short script.  He says,

  "You can remove the second to last second line ("> $input"), so
  that the script doesn't zero out your RMAIL file.

  "Another alternative is to replace this line with "inc -file $tmpmbox
  $folder && > $input", so that the RMAIL is only zeroed if inc
  successfully incorporated the mail.  Finally one could add a switch
  -z, so that the RMAIL file is only zeroed if the switch is given.

  #!/bin/sh
  # Usage: inco [from [folder]]
  # "from" defaults to $HOME/Mail/outbound, "folder" to +inbox.

  lispfile=/tmp/inco.$$.el
  input=${1-$HOME/Mail/outbound}
  tmpmbox=/tmp/inc.$$.mbox
  folder=${2-+inbox}

  if [ $# -ge 3 ]; then
      echo Usage: `basename $0` [ from [ folder ]]
      exit 2
  fi

  trap "rm -f $lispfile $tmpmbox ; exit 1" 1 2 15

  touch $tmpmbox
  chmod 600 $tmpmbox

  echo '(rmail-input "'$input'")
  (rmail-last-message)
  (setq last (rmail-what-message))
  (rmail-show-message 1)
  (while (not (equal (rmail-what-message) last))
    (rmail-output "'$tmpmbox'")
    (rmail-delete-forward nil))
  (rmail-output "'$tmpmbox'")
  (kill-buffer (current-buffer))
  ' > $lispfile

  emacs -batch -l $lispfile
  inc -file $tmpmbox $folder

  > $input
  rm -f $lispfile $tmpmbox

  Use the following to convert a Babyl format file to Unix mail format.
  --Barry A. Warsaw <[e-mail]>.
  durer.cme.nist.gov    [129.6.32.4]    pub/gnu/rmailtovm.el

  See also MH book appendix D (appendix C).


Subject: What machines does MH run on?
From: Building MH-10

  If you have a computer running UNIX, you can probably run MH.
  --Jerry Peek <[e-mail]>


Subject: ! How do I build MH?
From: Building MH-11

  By carefully reading the READ-ME in the root of the source
  hierarchy, one should not have any trouble building MH.

  If building MH on IBM's AIX, obtain a set of patches and
  configuration file from Bill Wohler <[e-mail]>.  Version
  6.8 of MH, available soon, will compile on AIX out of
  the box. [12.92]


Subject: ! What options should I use?
From: Building MH-12

  BERK: Do NOT include the BERK option (in versions 6.7 or later)!
  BERK breaks the mh-format functions that take apart address lines,
  for example mbox, from, and friendly.  This would really put a crimp
  on my replcomps file.

  LOCKF: if you have NFS, you need to lock your mailbox with lockf()
  so the lock will be honored by all machines on the local network.
  If you have the lockf() system call, include LOCKF.

  JQ Johnson <[e-mail]> makes the point that one should
  use this option carefully since it requires a roboust lockf() call.
  For example, this option caused serious problems on his SunOS 4.1.1.
  He suggested using LOK_BELL instead, and adding "lockstyle: 1" to
  mtstailor.

  ATZ: makes your timezones print like "EST" instead of "-0500".  Much
  prettier.

  --Stephen Gildea <[e-mail]>

  However, Tony Landells <[e-mail]> replies: "Yes; very
  pretty.  How unfortunate that timezone names are so ambiguous, so
  that EST can be interpreted, at a minimum, as (American) Eastern
  Standard Time, (Australian) Eastern Standard Time, or (Australian)
  Eastern Summer Time (and yes, I think it's dumb having the same
  acronym for both normal and Summer time, but that's a different
  problem).  While the numeric timezones may not look as nice, they
  are, at least, reasonably unambiguous.  I would urge anyone who ever
  intends/hopes/expects to use e-mail outside the U.S. to NOT use ATZ
  (sorry Stephen)."

  At any rate, the conf/examples directory has been updated and
  contains many examples show you which options are required on your
  platform and which are optional (in the upcoming version MH 6.8).  At
  any rate, it is recommended that you examine the options in the
  example configuration files, and read about them in READ-ME.

  RPATHS: a side-effect is that slocal writes messages to your system
  maildrop without the MMDF C-A's that separate messages, so your BSD
  tools like from work. [12.92]


Subject: Fixing "post: problem initializing server; [BHST] no servers available"
From: Building MH-13

  The error message itself is essentially correct.  However, what this
  really means is: MH's post cannot connect to a running sendmail over
  an SMTP port (MH configured with SMTP and SENDMTS).

  The potential problems:

  1. Your local sendmail daemon is dying or not running for some
  reason.

  2. You use BIND and your local nameserver is not responding.

  3. Your mtstailor has its "servers:" pointing to a non-existant
  machine or a machine which is a) not reachable or b) not running the
  sendmail daemon.  --Peter Marvit <[e-mail]>


Subject: Where can I get POP3?
From: Building MH-14

  MH6.7 (and earlier versions too) include a server for version 3 of POP.


Subject: ! What do I do if scan shows the wrong date?
From: Building MH-15

  Try adding the following lines to "lexedit.sed" in the zotnet
  subdirectory:

  /^# define YYTYPE unsigned short/c\
  # define YYTYPE int
  /^unsigned char yymatch\[\] = {/c\
  char yymatch[] = {
  /^unsigned char yyextra\[\] = {/c\
  char yyextra[] = {

  On some systems, YYTYPE is actually just a short and so the first
  expression should be modified accordingly.  --Todd Kaehler
  <[e-mail]>

  This patch will be included in the upcoming MH 6.8 version. [12.92]


Subject: Why slocal writes messages to system maildrop that from(1) can't read.
From: Building MH-16

  Around line 500 or so of uip/slocal.c, change the #ifndef RPATHS to #ifdef
  RPATHS.  With this fix, which only works if you use RPATHS, the ^A's will
  disappear.  --Doug Acker <[e-mail]>

  This is fixed in the upcoming version MH 6.8. [12.92]


Subject: Why does repl add a "Re:" to a message that already has one?
From: Building MH-17

  I carefully reconfigured and rebuilt MH from scratch and the problem
  went away.  --Larry McVoy <[e-mail]>


Subject: Does MH support IMAP2 (RFC 1064)?
From: Building MH-18

  No.  MH only supports retrieving mail using POP3.  POP3 is on the
  "standards track"--it is now an elective Internet Draft Standard
  (see RFC1280 for more details).  At this point, IMAP[23] are
  "experimental, limited use" protocols; it is unlikely that MH will
  support them.  --John Romine <[e-mail]>


Subject: Where can I read about slocal and the format of the .maildelivery file?
From: Using MH-20

  In the distribution, this information is provided in the mhook man
  page. Wasn't this obvious?

  One can actually specify slocal or .maildelivery with IBM's AIX man.

  Here is brief example of a .maildelivery file that stores messages
  to babble in a folder and the system mailbox, stores mh-users in a
  folder but not the system mailbox, and puts the rest in the system
  mailbox.

    to  mh-users  | A "/usr/local/lib/mh/rcvstore -create +lists/mh-users"
    cc  mh-users  | A "/usr/local/lib/mh/rcvstore -create +lists/mh-users"
    to  babble    | R "/usr/local/lib/mh/rcvstore -create +lists/babble"
    cc  babble    | R "/usr/local/lib/mh/rcvstore -create +lists/babble"
    default -     > ? /usr/spool/mail/wohler

  In addition, the following may be used to automatically send
  replies while on vacation.  See vacation(1) to see how to set up
  vacation itself.  The sed script removes the ">" that slocal added
  so that vacation knows where to send the reply.

    to  wohler   | R "sed -e '1s/>From /From /' | /usr/ucb/vacation wohler"
    cc  wohler   | R "sed -e '1s/>From /From /' | /usr/ucb/vacation wohler"

  Your .forward file may look like (quotes necessary):

    "| /usr/local/lib/mh/slocal -user your_login"

  In some implentations, the "-user your_login" is not needed.  If
  not, manually running slocal with the flag will produce an error.

  See also MH book chapter 11.

  Alternatives to slocal include deliver, procmail, and mailagent.
  Archie can help you find where they are kept.


Subject: How do I include messages in repl with or without ">"?
From: Using MH-21

  When making a reply, specify a filter file on the command line:

    repl -filter repl.format

  This filter file must be in your MH mail directory (usually "Mail",
  in your home directory).  Here are a couple of example repl.format
  files:

    overflowtext="",overflowoffset=0
    message-id:nocomponent,formatfield=\
    "In message %{text}you write:"
    body:component=">",overflowtext=">",overflowoffset=0

          or

    overflowtext="",overflowoffset=0
    date:component="Your message dated",formatfield=\
    "%<(nodate{text})%{text}%|%(pretty{text})%>"
    body:component=">",overflowtext=">",overflowoffset=0

  Setting overflowoffset to 0 keeps MH from doing anything to
  extra-long lines in the headers.  In the body, however, this
  behavior is overridden so that long lines are automatically broken
  and a ">" is inserted before every line.  You could put almost
  whatever you want between those quotes, although the "standard" ">"
  makes it easier to read notes that have been included several times.
  The examples differ with the descriptive text that is inserted
  before the included body.

  It is suggested not to use the "prompter" editor in this case, since
  it is likely that you'll not want to use all of the included
  message.  Indeed, it is proper etiquette to edit out all unnecessary
  include verbiage so readers don't have to wade through the morass to
  read your pearls of wisdom.

  Also note that this might not work in versions prior to 6.7.

  --Alan Thew <[e-mail]>, Mike Schwager <[e-mail]>,
  James T Perkins <[e-mail]>

  See also MH book sections 6.7.4, 6.7.5, 9.4.1 (9.3.1).


Subject: How can I eliminate duplicate copies of letters to myself?
From: Using MH-22

  Add these two lines to your MH profile file:

    Alternate-Mailboxes: user@host1, user@host2, ...
        repl: -nocc me

  To get one copy, you can either:

  - Take out the "-nocc me"... then you'll get exactly one copy of
    your replies (assuming all your addresses are listed in
    Alternate-Mailboxes), or

  - Add an "Fcc: foldername" to the headers of messages you send.
    That will drop a copy of the message in the folder "foldername".
    You can do this for *all* MH messages you send (not just with
    repl) by putting an "Fcc:" entry in your personal copy of the
    files "components", "replcomps", and "forwcomps" in your MH
    directory.  (If you make a "distcomps" file, it needs
    "Resent-Fcc:".)  For more info, see the man pages comp(1),
    repl(1), forw(1), dist(1) and mh-mail(5). --Jerry Peek <[e-mail]>

  The Alternate-Mailboxes also tells scan which messages are really
  from you so that it can place the recipient in the scan line instead
  of the sender.  --Bill Wohler

  See also MH book sections 6.7.2, 8.6.

  This is also a convenient way to AVOID automatically cc-ing a
  mailing list when replying to a person who sent the message to the
  mailing-list, by listing the name of that mailing list in your
  alternate mailboxes.  --Alec Wolman <[e-mail]>


Subject: How would one go about reading Usenet with MH?
From: Using MH-23

  Although news readers are better, if one really wants to use
  MH, bbc will do the job.  For example, "bbc comp.mail.mh" reads this
  newsgroup.  To enable bbc, you have to specify "bboards" when you
  build MH.  --Stephen Gildea <[e-mail]>

  You can save articles in the news readers for later perusal with MH.

  First, create a symbolic link from your mail directory (ie. usenet) to
  your news directory (ie. "ln -s ~/News ~/Mail/usenet").  You can then
  treat your news directory as a mail folder.  Thus, to select a news
  group, use "folder +usenet/comp/mail/mh".

  To set the default save location correctly in rn, use:

    rn -M -/

  or in your nn presentation sequence:

    news.announce.        +$F/$N
    comp.mail.mh        +
    .
    .

  See also MH book section 8.7.


Subject: Can I append MH messages (ie. +inbox/1) to a UNIX mailbox format file?
From: Using MH-24

  #! /bin/sh
  # packmbox - pack an MH folder back into a UUCP-style mbox
  #
  # Defaults:
  #    `+folder'    defaults to current folder
  #    `msgs'     defaults to all
  #
  # Context:
  #    Current-Folder
  #
  # for simplicity (and speed) we don't parse command-line args (much)
  case $#/$1 in
     1/-h*) echo "syntax: packmbox [+folder] [msgs] [-help]" 1>&2; exit 0;;
  esac

  format="%(msg) From \
  %<{return-path}%(putstr)%|\
  %<(nonnull(mbox{from}))%(putstr)%|nobody%>@\
  %<(nonnull(host{from}))%(putstr)%|nowhere%>%> \
  %(day{date}) %(month{date}) %2(mday{date}) \
  %02(hour{date}):%02(min{date}):%02(sec{date}) \
  %(void(year{date}))%<(gt 100)%4(putnum)%|19%02(putnum)%>"

  trap 'rm -f /tmp/packm$$; exit 1' 1 2 3 15

  scan -noclear -noheader -noreverse -width 256 \
              -format "${format}" $* >/tmp/packm$$
  # tricky -- you must do this "cd" after scan has updated the context
  cd `mhpath`

  exec </tmp/packm$$
  rm -f /tmp/packm$$
  while read m f
  do
      echo "$f"
      sed -e '/^From /s/^/>/' < $m
      echo ""
  done
  exit


Subject: ! How can I include my signature?
From: Using MH-25

  There are several ways.

  1) The MH way.

  1a) In your Mail directory, create files that
      include your signature into the format of the message.

     ~/Mail/components:
    To:
    cc:
    Subject:
    --------

    --
    Eric Ziegast        [e-mail]
    UUNET Technologies    uunet!ziegast

     ~/Mail/replcomps
    body:component="> ",compwidth=2
    :--
    :Eric Ziegast          [e-mail]
    :UUNET Technologies    uunet!ziegast

     To use the replcomps file, add the following to your ~/.mh_profile:

    repl: -filter replfmt

     When comp is used, your signature is already there along with my
     headers.  When repl is used, the mhl program takes the body of
     the letter you're replying to, prepends '> ' to each line and
     then adds your signature at the end (available after version 6.7).

  1b) Create an "editor" which can be called from whatnow to add the
     signature when desired or create a frontend to post (use the
     .mh_profile line "postproc: postproc" to call it) that always
     appends the .signature file before calling post to mail the
     message.  David J. Fiander <[e-mail]>, David A.
     Truesdell <[e-mail]> and Tom Wilmore
     <[e-mail]> have sample scripts to do these.

  1c) See page 198 in the MH book.

  2) Using your editor.  If you use vi, you can use something like:

      map S :r ~/.signature

     to load your signature out of .signature every time you
     hit 'S'.

  3) Use your windowing system.  xterm, for example, can provide key
     and button mappings for the utterly lazy.

  4) And if you use Emacs with mh-e, C-c C-s will append the signature.

  --Eric W. Ziegast <[e-mail]> & Hardy Mayer
  <[e-mail]>

  Tired of the same old signature?  Want different signatures for
  different newsgroups?  Here's a program to help you out.

  The way it works is to have .signature be a named pipe, so if you
  don't have named pipes, just say 'n'.

  The sigrand program then feeds stuff down the pipe everytime someone
  wants to read it.  That way it works for more than just news, but
  for anything that wants to read your .signature, like a mailer.

  You have your choice of three kinds of signatures:

      1) random (short) fortune from "fortune -s"; you get these if
     you don't have a global sig file.
      2) random fortune from ~/News/SIGNATURES [global sig file]
      3) random fortune form ~/News/(newsgroup)/SIGNATURES [local sig files]

  Ask Tom Christiansen <[e-mail]> for more details.

  Section 13.13 of the MH book lists mysend, a sendproc script to
  process a message after "What now? send" (see "What references exist
  for MH" to see where the book's examples can be ftped from).
  --Jerry Peek <[e-mail]> [9.92]

  See also MH book sections 8.9.6, 13.2 (12.2).


Subject: What to do with "Problems with edit - draft removed" messages.
From: Using MH-26

  If your users are using an AT&T version of "vi", it's exiting with
  non-zero status (supposedly a count of the "errors" during the edit).
  Move "vi" to "broken_vi" and put it its place:

    #! /bin/sh
    /usr/ucb/broken_vi $*
    exit 0

  Then complain to your vendor that "vi" is broken, and they should
  fix it.  --John Romine <[e-mail]>


Subject: How do I call my editor with arguments?
From: Using MH-27

  Set your editor (in .mh_profile) to the following shellscript:

    #/bin/sh
    <youreditor> <yourargs> $*
    exit 0

  --John Romine <[e-mail]>

  You might find it useful to make <youreditor> $EDITOR, or to use
  different arguments depending on your EDITOR environment variable.
  --Ray Nickson


Subject: How do I debug my .maildelivery file?
From: Using MH-28

  Put a message into a file and call slocal directly on it.

    slocal -user $USER [-verbose] [-debug] < test-msg

  Use the verbose or debug flags as necessary.

  See also MH book section 11.11.


Subject: How can I digestify the messages in a folder for mail to another user?
From: Using MH-29

  How about:

    forw [-digest tmp] [-form forwcomps] [-filter mhl.digest]
         messages +folder

  These messages can be un-digestified :-) by the MH burst(1) program.
  --Jerry Peek <[e-mail]> and Bill Wohler

  See also MH book sections 6.8, 7.9.


Subject: Can I run my message through a program (ie. ispell) before sending?
From: Using MH-30

  It's pretty simple.  If your speller is called myspell, use:

    What now? edit myspell

  MH will actually execute:

    myspell /your-mail-draft-directory/draftfile

  and give the entire draft message to your speller.  The header will
  probably be "misspelled," of course, though you might be able to
  tell the speller to ignore it--or you could hack up a little shell
  script to run the speller on just the message body, then tack the
  corrected body back onto the header before sending.

  You can automate this some more.  For example, if you want your
  speller to run after your first edit with "prompter" and also after
  you leave the "vi" editor, add these lines to your MH profile:

      prompter-next: myspell
      vi-next: myspell

  Then, at the "What now?" prompt:

      What now? e

  your speller will run.  For more info, see the mh-profile(5) man
  page or section 6.2.1 of the MH book. --Jerry Peek <[e-mail]>


Subject: Can I append MH messages to a GNU Emacs rmail BABYL-format file?
From: Using MH-31

  To convert your MH folders to BABYL folders, first run the following script
  on your Mail directory.

  #!/bin/sh

  for f in Mail/*; do
    if [ -d $f ]; then
        touch msgbox
        folder=`basename $f`
        echo -n packing $folder ...
        packf +$folder
        echo done
        mv msgbox Mail-rmail/$folder
    fi
  done

  This assumes you don't have nested folders.  Your rmail folders will be
  left in $HOME/Mail-rmail in MMDF format which rmail can read.  Then run
  rmail-input for each folder, which converts each folder into BABYL format.

  Be sure not to append any messages before they are converted from MMDF
  to BABYL, since there may be really strange results.


Subject: Is there documentation for mh-e?
From: Using MH-32

  Yes, sort of.  Run "C-h m" (describe-mode) in both scan and
  letter modes to see which commands and variables are available.
  Browsing the code is also helpful.


Subject: ! How can I change my return address?
From: Using MH-33

  If you find that your mailer creates a From header that others have
  trouble replying to, you can add a Reply-To header to override the
  From header in replies.

  Copy the components and replcomps files which are normally found in
  /usr/local/lib/mh into your Mail directory and add a line like the
  following after the Subject header replacing my address with your
  address:

    Reply-To: [e-mail]

  [12.92]

Subject: + How can I change my From header?
From: Using MH-34

  If you're just interested in changing the hostname, add a line to
  $LIB/mtstailor:

    localname: desired_host_name

  --Bill Wisner <[e-mail]> [12.92]

  Just put a "From:" header in your "components", "replcomps" and
  "forwcomps" files.  MH will add a "Sender:" header with what it thinks
  is your real address, but (almost) no one cares about the "Sender:"
  header anyway.  --Jerry Peek <[e-mail]>  [12.92]


Subject: How can I get xmh to use Emacs as the editor?
From: Xmh-40

  The modifications to xmh to support an external editor, annotations,
  and an append command can be found in the these places.  --Bob
  Ellison <[e-mail]>

  export.lcs.mit.edu                R5fixes/xmh.editor/*
  ftp.sei.cmu.edu                pub/xmh

  As of R5, xmh has a new action proc called XmhShellCommand.  A
  string parameter will be executed as a shell command with the
  currently selected messages as parameters (or the current message if
  there are no selected messages).

  Using this new action, a couple of shell scripts, a window version
  of emacs (e.g. xemacs) and some elisp code, xmh can use emacs as its
  editor instead of the built in Athena text widget editor.  This
  doesn't require any source code changes to xmh.  These are included
  in the appendix "Switching xmh's editor".  --Andrew Wason
  <[e-mail]>


Subject: Does xmh support subfolders?
From: Xmh-41

  Yes. Create one by invoking "Create Folder" as usual, and enter
  something like: existing-folder/new-sub-folder. You can then access
  the subfolder by popping up a menu over the "existing-folder" button
  item.  --Steve Malowany <[e-mail]>

  But:

  The R5 version of xmh does *not* handle nested sub-folders.  If you
  create a folder as 'grab/some/bandwidth', xmh displays this
  foldername for the remainder of the session where it was created,
  BUT if you later re-run xmh, the folder is no longer visible to xmh.
  --John Cooper <[e-mail]>

  See also MH book section 15.6.2 (14.6.2).


Subject: How do I precede included messages with ">" when replying in xmh?
From: Xmh-42

  Include the following line in your ~/app-defaults/XMh file:

    Xmh*replyInsertFilter: "sed 's/^/> /'"

  --Len Makin <[e-mail]>

  or,

    Xmh.ReplyInsertFilter: /usr/local/lib/mh/mhl -form repl.filter

  Using this means that you can chose to insert the original by use of
  the "Insert" button in the Draft message pane.  See "How do I
  include messages in repl with or without ">"?" to find examples of
  repl.filter. --Andy Linton <[e-mail]>

  See also MH book sections 15.1.4 (14.1.4), 16.3.3 (15.2.3).


Subject: Glossary
From: Appendix

  MH    Mail Handler
  POP3    Post Office Protocol, RFC 1225
  MMDF
  MIME    Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions


Subject: Acknowledgements
From: Appendix

I'd like to thank the following people for providing ideas on the
layout of this article:

Joe Wells <[e-mail]>          Richard M. Stallman <[e-mail]>
David Elliott <[e-mail]>     Tom Christiansen <[e-mail]>
Eugene N. Miya <[e-mail]>


We are also grateful to the individuals mentioned below and in the
text of this document who have provided answers or other information
to make this a better document.  I regret that it is possible that
some names have been accidently omitted.  I would also like to thank
all the readers of comp.mail.mh.

Kim F. Storm <[e-mail]>          Edward Vielmetti <[e-mail]>


Subject: Warranty
From: Appendix

[The following statement epitomizes the ridiculous state of affairs in
our country (I'm an American) and can be ignored outside the US...]

No Warranty: Because this article is provided free of charge as a
service to comp.mail.mh readers, we provide absolutely no warranty, to
the extent permitted by applicable state law.  This article is
provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either expressed or
implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of
merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.  Should the
information prove defective, you assume the cost of all necessary
servicing, repair or correction.


Subject: Switching xmh's editor
From: Appendix

#! /bin/sh
# This is a shell archive.  Remove anything before this line, then unpack
# it by saving it into a file and typing "sh file".  To overwrite existing
# files, type "sh file -c".  You can also feed this as standard input via
# unshar, or by typing "sh <file", e.g..  If this archive is complete, you
# will see the following message at the end:
#        "End of shell archive."
# Contents:  README Xmh.ad xmh-command.el xmhcommand xmhemacs
# Wrapped by aw@jello on Fri Nov 15 17:10:34 1991
PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/ucb ; export PATH
if test -f 'README' -a "${1}" != "-c" ; then
  echo shar: Will not clobber existing file \"'README'\"
else
echo shar: Extracting \"'README'\" \(1269 characters\)
sed "s/^X//" >'README' <<'END_OF_FILE'
XThis is a short description of what to do with each of the enclosed files.
X
XXmh.ad
X  Merge this in with your xmh resources.  If you already have
X  user defined buttons, then you may need to renumber the
X  buttons in this resource file.
X
Xxmh-command.el
X  Byte compile this file and put it in your GNU emacs load-path.
X
Xxmhcommand
Xxmhemacs
X  Put these somewhere in your path.
X
X
XOnce you have installed these, restart the R5 xmh with the new
Xresources.  When you press the repl, forw or comp buttons
Xan xemacs window will come up with your draft message.