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.TH MHMAIL %manext1% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]
.SH NAME
-mhmail \- send or read mail
+mhmail \- send mail
.SH SYNOPSIS
.HP 5
.na
.B mhmail
-.RI [ addrs
-\&...]
+.IR addrs ...
.RB [ \-body
.IR text ]
.RB [ \-cc
-.I addrs
-\&...]
+.IR addrs ...]
.RB [ \-from
.IR addr ]
.RB [ \-subject
.ad
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B mhmail
-is intended as a replacement for the standard Berkeley
+is intended as an
+.BR mmh -compatible
+replacement for the standard Berkeley
mail program
.RB ( mail
or
-.BR mailx ),
-which is compatible with
-.BR nmh .
+.BR mailx ).
This program is intended for the use of programs such as
.BR cron ,
which expect to send mail automatically to various
-users. It is also used by various
+addresses. It is also used by various
.B nmh
commands to mail various
-error notifications. Although
+error notifications.
+Although
.B mhmail
can be used interactively,
it is recommended that
.B send
be used instead to send messages.
.PP
-When invoked without arguments, it simply invokes
-.B inc
-to incorporate new messages from the user's maildrop. When one or more users
-is specified, a message is read from the standard input and spooled to
+When one or more addresses
+are specified, a message is read from the standard input and spooled to
a temporary file.
.B mhmail
then invokes
-.B post
-with the
-name of the temporary file as its argument to deliver the message to
-the specified user.
+.B spost
+to deliver the message.
+.PP
+.B mhmail
+can not be used for mal reading. Use
+.BR inc ,
+.BR scan ,
+.B show
+instead.
.PP
The
.B \-subject
field. If the
.B \-cc
switch is used, all addresses following it are
-placed in the \*(lqcc:\*(rq field.
+placed in the \*(lqCc:\*(rq field.
.PP
By using
.B \-from
.SH FILES
.fc ^ ~
.nf
-.ta \w'%etcdir%/ExtraBigFileName 'u
-^%bindir%/inc~^Program to incorporate maildrop into folder
-^%libdir%/post~^Program to deliver a message
+.ta \w'%etcdir%/BigFileName 'u
^/tmp/mhmail*~^Temporary copy of message
.fi
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-inc(1), post(8)
+inc(1), scan(1), show(1), post(8)
.SH DEFAULTS
None
.SH CONTEXT
-If
-.B inc
-is invoked, then
-.BR inc 's
-context changes occur.
+None