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.TH MH-FORMAT %manext5% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]
.SH NAME
-mh-format \- format file for nmh message system
+mh-format \- format file for mh message system
.SH DESCRIPTION
Several
-.B nmh
+.B mmh
commands utilize either a
.I format
string or a
.PP
There are a few alternate scan listing formats available
in
-.IR nmh/etc/scan.time ,
-.IR nmh/etc/scan.size ,
+.IR mmh/etc/scan.time ,
+.IR mmh/etc/scan.size ,
and
-.IR nmh/etc/scan.timely .
+.IR mmh/etc/scan.timely .
Look in
-.I nmh/etc
+.I mmh/etc
for other
.B scan
and
format files which may have been written at your site.
.PP
It suffices to have your local
-.B nmh
+.B mh
expert actually write new format
commands or modify existing ones. This manual section explains how to
do that. Note: familiarity with the C
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.\".PP
One more example: Currently,
-.B nmh
+.B mmh
supports very
large message numbers, and it is not uncommon for a folder
to have far more than 10000 messages.
from older MH versions, and are generally hard-coded to 4
digits of message number before formatting problems
start to occur.
-The nmh format strings can be modified to behave more sensibly with larger
+The mh format strings can be modified to behave more sensibly with larger
message numbers:
.PP
.RS