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 .TH MHMAIL %manext1% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]
 .SH NAME
-mhmail \- send or read mail
+mhmail \- send mail (mailx replacement)
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .HP 5
 .na
 .B mhmail
-.RI [ addrs
-\&...]
-.RB [ \-body
-.IR text ]
+.IR addrs ...
 .RB [ \-cc
-.I addrs
-\&...]
+.IR addrs ...]
 .RB [ \-from
 .IR addr ]
 .RB [ \-subject
 .IR subject ]
-.RB [ \-version ]
+.RB [ \-bodytext
+.IR text ]
+.RB [ \-Version ]
 .RB [ \-help ]
 .ad
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B mhmail
-is intended as a replacement for the standard Berkeley
-mail program
+is inspired by the standard Berkeley mail program
 .RB ( mail
 or
-.BR mailx ),
-which is compatible with
-.BR nmh .
-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
-.B nmh
-commands to mail various
-error notifications.  Although
-.B mhmail
-can be used interactively,
-it is recommended that
+.BR mailx ).
+It should not be seen as a drop-in replacement for these programs,
+but rather as a more convenient alternative to
+.B comp
+for non-interactive use.
+For interactive use,
 .B comp
 and
 .B send
-be used instead to send messages.
+are recommended over
+.BR mhmail .
 .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
 .I subject
 switch can be used to specify the
-\*(lqSubject:\*(rq field of the message.
+`Subject:' field of the message.
 .PP
 By default,
 .B mhmail
 will read the message to be sent from the
-standard input.  You can specify the text of the message at the command
+standard input.
+The message is terminated by either end-of-file or by a single period
+alone on a line. This is compatible to
+.B mail
+and
+.BR mailx .
+Alternatively, you can specify the text of the message at the command
 line with the
-.B \-body
+.B \-bodytext
 .I text
-switch.  If the standard input has zero
-length,
+switch.
+.PP
+If the standard input has zero length,
 .B mhmail
-will not send the message.  You can use the switch
-.B \-body
-\*(lq\*(rq to force an empty message.
+will not send the message.  You can use
+.B \-bodytext
+"" to force an empty message.
 .PP
-Normally, addresses appearing as arguments are put in the \*(lqTo:\*(rq
+Normally, addresses appearing as arguments are put in the `To:'
 field.  If the
 .B \-cc
 switch is used, all addresses following it are
-placed in the \*(lqCc:\*(rq field.
+placed in the `Cc:' field.
 .PP
 By using
 .B \-from
 .IR addr ,
-you can specify the \*(lqFrom:\*(rq header of
+you can specify the `From:' header of
 the draft.  Naturally,
 .B post
-will fill\-in the \*(lqSender:\*(rq
+will fill\-in the `Sender:'
 header correctly.
 
 .SH FILES
 .fc ^ ~
 .nf
-.ta \w'%etcdir%/ExtraBigFileName  'u
-^%bindir%/inc~^Program to incorporate maildrop into folder
-^%bindir%/spost~^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
+None
+
+.SH HISTORY
+.B mhmail
+was intended as a replacement for the standard Berkeley
+mail program
+.RB ( mail
+or
+.BR mailx ),
+which is compatible with
+.BR mmh .
+This program was intended for the use of programs such as
+.BR cron ,
+which expect to send mail automatically to various
+addresses.  It was also used by various
+.B mmh
+commands to mail various error notifications.
+.PP
+When invoked without arguments, it had once simply invoked
 .B inc
-is invoked, then
-.BR inc 's
-context changes occur.
+to incorporate new messages from the user's maildrop.
+It does this no longer.
+
+.SH BUGS
+.B mhmail
+should no longer try to replace
+.BR mailx ,
+but become a mail sending front-end to
+.B comp
+or
+.BR send ,
+which is more convenient in some situations.