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9 nmh \- new MH message system
16 is the name of a powerful message handling system. Rather than
17 being a single comprehensive program,
19 consists of a collection
20 of fairly simple single-purpose programs to send, retrieve, save,
21 and manipulate messages.
23 Unlike most mail clients in UNIX,
25 is not a closed system which
26 must be explicitly run, then exited when you wish to return to the shell.
27 You may freely intersperse
29 commands with other shell commands,
30 allowing you to read and answer your mail while you have (for example)
31 a compilation running, or search for a file or run programs as needed
32 to find the answer to someone's question before answering their mail.
34 The rest of this manual entry is a quick tutorial which will teach you
37 You should read the manual entries for the
38 individual programs for complete documentation.
48 command. If you've never used
50 before, it will create the necessary default files and directories after
51 asking you if you wish it to do so.
54 moves mail from your system maildrop into your
57 folder, breaking it up into separate files and converting it
60 format as it goes. It prints one line for each message it
61 processes, containing the from field, the subject field and as much of
62 the first line of the message as will fit. It leaves the first message
63 it processes as your current message. You'll need to run
66 time you wish to incorporate new mail into your
71 prints a list of the messages in your current folder.
79 specific messages from the current folder.
82 current message, or a specific message, which may be specified by its
83 number, which you pass as an argument to
88 display, respectively, the message numerically after or before
89 the current message. In all cases, the message displayed becomes the
90 current message. If there is no current message,
93 called with an argument, or
95 may be used to advance to the
99 (remove message) deletes the current message. It may be called
100 with message numbers passed as arguments, to delete specific messages.
103 is used to respond to the current message (by default).
104 It places you in the editor with a prototype response form. While you're
105 in the editor, you may peruse the item you're responding to by reading
108 After completing your response, type
119 allows you to compose a message by putting you in the editor
120 on a prototype message form, and then lets you send it via the
124 also supports easy\-to\-use management of MIME attachments via
127 and related responses, as described in its man page.
131 commands may be run with the single argument
133 which causes them to print a list of the arguments they may be invoked
138 commands may be run with the single argument
140 which causes them to print the version number of the
142 distribution, and then exit.
144 Commands which take a message number as an argument
148 \&...) also take one of the words \*(lqfirst\*(rq,
149 \*(lqprev\*(rq, \*(lqcur\*(rq, \*(lqnext\*(rq, or \*(lqlast\*(rq to indicate
150 (respectively) the first, previous, current, next, or last message in
151 the current folder (assuming they are defined).
152 As a shorthand, \*(lq\&.\*(rq is equivalent to \*(lqcur\*(rq.
154 Commands which take a range of message numbers
158 \&...) also take any of the abbreviations:
161 Indicates all messages in the range <num1> to <num2>, inclusive.
162 The range must be nonempty.
165 Indicates all messages, i.e.,
174 messages beginning with (or ending with) message
177 may be any of the pre-defined symbols
194 The first, previous, next or last
195 messages, if they exist.
198 Commands which take a folder name
203 \&...) accept the folder name in two formats: \*(lq+folder\*(rq or
204 \*(lq@folder\*(rq. \*(lq+folder\*(rq specifies a folder underneath
205 the Path defined in your profile; e.g., with the usual
206 .RI \*(lq "Path: Mail" \*(rq,
207 \*(lq+folder\*(rq tells nmh to use
208 \*(lqMail/folder\*(rq. \*(lq@folder\*(rq specifies a path
209 relative to the current folder specified in your \*(lqcontext\*(rq
211 .RI \*(lq "Current-Folder: inbox" \*(rq,
212 and the same profile, \*(lq@folder\*(rq tells nmh to use
213 \*(lqMail/inbox/folder\*(rq. If folder begins with \*(lq.\*(rq or
214 \*(lq/\*(rq when using \*(lq+folder\*(rq, the folder is interpreted as
215 a specific path to a directory on the filesystem rather than a
216 relative folder location.
221 scans the current directory
223 .BI "scan +" ../<dir>
224 scans the named sibling directory
227 refiles into the /tmp directory
230 There are many other possibilities such as creating multiple folders
231 for different topics, and automatically refiling messages according to
232 subject, source, destination, or content. These are beyond the scope
233 of this manual entry.
237 Following is a list of all the
239 commands, grouped loosely according to their role.
255 prompting front-end for send
260 provides much of the primary
262 user interface for sending mail, it is almost never invoked manually,
263 but rather is invoked indirectly by one of the above commands, after
264 you've composed a message in your editor, and before you've decided to
265 send it. Here you can add attachments, check the recipient
266 list, decide to quit and send it later, etc.
278 report to whom a message would go
281 redistribute a message to additional addresses
284 Advanced commands, only sometimes invoked directly:
288 translate MIME composition draft
294 send multiple files in a MIME message
307 explode digests into messages
313 asynchronously redistribute new mail
316 append message to file
319 asynchronously incorporate new mail
322 asynchronously filter and deliver new mail
330 show the next message
333 show the previous message
336 show(display) messages
339 produce a one line per message scan listing
342 select the next folder with new messages
345 select the previous folder with new messages
348 Related utilities, only sometimes invoked directly:
352 produce formatted listings of nmh messages
355 list information about content of MIME messages
358 display/list/store/cache MIME messages
361 display MIME messages
364 store contents of MIME messages into files
373 select messages by content
379 list folders with new messages
382 list new messages in a give set of folders
385 list folders with messages in given sequence(s)
388 list all folders with messages in given sequence(s)
391 set/list current folder/message
405 file messages in other folders
433 print nmh profile components
436 print full pathnames of nmh messages and folders
439 compress a folder into a single file
442 prompting editor front end
449 Indirectly Invoked Commands
453 parse addresses 822\-style
456 search for alias/password conflicts
459 parse dates 822\-style
467 initialize the nmh environment
474 Files Used by nmh Commands
478 alias file for nmh message system
481 draft folder facility
484 format file for nmh message system
487 message format for nmh message system
490 user customization for nmh message system
493 sequence specification for nmh message system
496 mail transport customization for nmh message system
517 The user's nmh profile
525 If problems are encountered with an
527 program, the problems should
528 be reported to the local maintainers of
531 name of the program should be reported, along with the version information
534 To find out what version of an
536 program is being run, invoke
542 the host it was compiled on, and the date the
545 Send bug reports and suggestions to
546 .IR nmh-workers@nongnu.org .
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