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1 Archive-name: mh-faq
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2 Last-modified: $Date$
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3 Version: $Revision$
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5 This is a living list of frequently asked questions on the mailer
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6 user interface, Mail Handler, or MH. The point of this is to
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7 circulate existing information, and avoid rehashing old answers.
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8 Better to build on top than start again. Please read this document
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9 before ever posting to this newsgroup.
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10
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11 This article is posted monthly. If it has already expired and
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12 you're not reading this, you can hope that you saved the last bit of
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13 question 3 so that you can get a copy yourself.
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15 Please do not post an answer when someone posts a frequently asked
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16 question, as I will always e-mail a reply. This ensures that
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17 everybody gets their question answered fully and eliminates
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18 unnecessary traffic in this newsgroup.
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19
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20 Your comments, additions and fixes to this list are welcome: please
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21 send them to Bill Wohler <wohler@sap-ag.de>.
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22
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23
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24 Subject: Table of Contents
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25 From: Preface
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27 Legend: + new, - deleted, ! changed
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28
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29 Introductory
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30
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31 1. Why should I use MH?
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32 2. What is the current version/status of MH?
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33 3. Where can I get MH?
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34 4. What references exist for MH?
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35 !5. What other MH software is available?
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36 6. How can I print a MH manual?
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37 7. How should I report bugs?
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38 8. How can I convert from my mailer to MH?
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39
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40 Building MH
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41
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42 10. What machines does MH run on?
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43 11. How do I build MH?
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44 12. What options should I use?
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45 13. Fixing "post: problem initializing server; [BHST] no servers available"
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46 14. Where can I get POP3?
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47 15. What do I do if scan shows the wrong date?
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48 16. Why slocal writes messages to system maildrop that from(1) can't read.
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49 17. Why does repl add a "Re:" to a message that already has one?
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50 18. Does MH support IMAP2 (RFC 1064)?
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51 19. Why does "mailgroup mail" only affect inc and not slocal?
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52
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53 Using MH
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54
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55 30. Where can I read about slocal and the format of the .maildelivery file?
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56 31. How do I include messages in repl with or without ">"?
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57 32. How can I eliminate duplicate copies of letters to myself?
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58 33. How would one go about reading usenet with MH?
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59 34. Can I append MH messages (ie. +inbox/1) to a UNIX mailbox format file?
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60 35. How can I include my signature?
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61 36. What to do with "Problems with edit - draft removed".
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62 37. How do I call my editor with arguments?
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63 !38. How do I debug my .maildelivery file?
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64 39. How can I digestify the messages in a folder for mail to another user?
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65 40. Can I run my message through a program (ie. ispell) before sending?
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66 41. Can I append MH messages to a GNU Emacs rmail BABYL-format file?
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67 42. Is there documentation for mh-e?
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68 43. How can I change my return address?
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69 44. How can I change my From header?
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70 45. What to do with "bad address 'xxx' - no at-sign after local-part".
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71 +46. How can I search through multiple folders?
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72 +47. Why isn't slocal working?
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73 +48. Fixing "post: problem initializing server; [RPLY] 503 Sender
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74 already specified"
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76 Xmh
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78 50. How can I get xmh to use Emacs as the editor?
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79 51. Does xmh support subfolders?
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80 52. How do I precede included messages with ">" when replying in xmh?
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81
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82 Appendix
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83
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84 Glossary, Acknowledgements, Warranty
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85 Switching xmh's editor
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86 babyl2mh.pl
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87 inco
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89
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90 Subject: Viewing This Article
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91 From: Preface
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93 To skip to a particular question numbered xx, use "/^F.*xx" with most
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94 pagers. In GNU Emacs type "M-C-s ^F.*xx", (or C-r to search backwards),
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95 followed by ESC to end the search. "-xx" is often sufficient.
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96
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97 To skip to new or changed questions, use "/^S.*[!+]" with most pagers and
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98 "M-C-s ^S.*[!+]" in GNU Emacs.
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99
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100 This article is in digest format. Nn may have already broken this
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101 message into separate articles; if not, then type "G %". In rn, use
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102 ^G to skip sections.
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103
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104 This article is treated as an outline when edited by GNU Emacs.
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105 Run "M-x describe-mode" to see available outline-mode commands.
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106 Useful commands are "C-c C-s" (show-subtree) and "M-x show-all"
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108 Numbers in square brackets denote the month and year of the last
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109 update.
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111
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112 Subject: Why should I use MH?
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113 From: Intro-1
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115 The MH message handling system is a set of electronic mail programs
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116 in the public domain. If your computer runs UNIX, it can probably
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117 run MH.
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118
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119 The big difference between MH and most other "mail user agents" is
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120 that you can use MH from a UNIX shell prompt. In MH, each command
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121 is a separate program, and the shell is used as an interpreter. So,
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122 all the power of UNIX shells (pipes, redirection, history, aliases,
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123 and so on) works with MH--you don't have to learn a new interface.
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124 Other mail agents have their own command interpreter for their
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125 individual mail commands (although the mush mail agent simulates a
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126 UNIX shell).
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127
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128 Because MH commands aren't part of a monolithic mail system, you can
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129 use them at any time; you don't have to start or quit the mail
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130 agent. Because you use them from a shell prompt, you can use all
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131 the power of the shell.
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132
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133 If your shell has time-saving aliases or functions (and most do),
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134 you'll be able to use them with MH, of course. And because MH isn't
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135 a monolithic mail agent, you can use MH commands in UNIX shell
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136 scripts, or call them from programs in high-level languages like C.
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137
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138 Unlike most mail agents, MH keeps each message in a separate file.
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139 The filename is the message number. To rearrange the messages, MH
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140 just changes the filenames. MH can use standard UNIX filesystem
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141 operations such as removing, copying and linking messages. The
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142 message files are grouped into one or more folders, which are
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143 actually UNIX directories.
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144
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145 MH is free, powerful, flexible--and the basics are easy to learn.
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146 --Jerry Peek <jerry@ora.com>
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149 Subject: What is the current version/status of MH.
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150 From: Intro-2
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151
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152 The current version of MH is 6.8.
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154 This version includes MIME, a multi-media MH package that implements
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155 the new IETF work on Multi-media 822 (MIME). This allows you to
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156 include things like audio, graphics, and the like, in your mail
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157 messages. --Marshall Rose <mrose@dbc.mtview.ca.us>
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158
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159 MH now works with Kerberos as well.
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160
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161 In addition, a new program called mhparam extracts arguments from
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162 .mh_profile which is useful in shellscripts.
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164 Please see the file CHANGES in the distribution for more details. [1.93]
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165
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166
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167 Subject: Where can I get MH?
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168 From: Intro-3
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170 MH comes standard with:
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172 Control Data Corp. CDC4680-MP . . . EMH Version 1.4.2 (modified MH)
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173 DEC Ultrix 3.1 . . . . . . . . . . MH Version 6.5
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174 DEC Ultrix 4.2A . . . . . . . . . . MH Version 6.7.1
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175 Evans and Sutherland ES/OS 2.3 . . MH Version 6.6
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176 IBM PS/2 AIX 1.2.x . . . . . . . . MH Version 6.4
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177 IBM RISC System/6000 AIX 3.x . . . MH Version 6.6
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178 MIPS RISC/OS 4.52 . . . . . . . . . MH Version 6.6
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179 Tektronix UTek . . . . . . . . . . MH (version unknown)
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180 Table maintained by James R. Hamilton <jrh@jrh.gts.org> [9.92].
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181
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182 via anonymous ftp: [1.93]
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183 FTP Site: IP Address: Path/File Name: Size:
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184 -----------------------------------------------------------------
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185 ftp.ics.uci.edu [128.195.1.1] mh/mh-6.8.tar.Z 1.8MB
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186 louie.udel.edu [128.175.1.3] portal/mh-6.8.tar.Z 1.8MB
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187 ftp.uu.net [192.48.96.9] mail/mh/tar/mh-6.8.tar.Z-split/ 256K*7
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188 README, part01, ..., part08
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190 Or use archie to find a site near you. [12.92]
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192 via uucp:
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193 The following shell script is one example of how to queue jobs for
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194 downloading the files from UUNET via UUCP:
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196 #!/bin/sh
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197 SRC=uunet!~/mail/mh/tar/mh-6.8.tar.Z-split
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198 DST=/usr/spool/uucppublic/mh
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199 uucp -d -r $SRC/README $DST/README
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200 for f in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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201 do
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202 uucp -d -r $SRC/part0$f $DST/part0$f
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203 done
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205 UUNET subscribers would then call us normally using uucico. Others
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206 can use UUNET's 900 number to access UUNET via anonymous uucp. The
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207 number is 1-900-468-7727. The login name is "uucp" and there is no
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208 password. The following is a sample Systems/L.sys entry:
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210 uunet Any ACU 19200 19004687727 "" \d\r ogin:-\r-ogin: uucp
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212 The modems on the 900 lines are Telebit WorldBlazers. These modems
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213 negotiate V.32bis, V.32, 2400, 1200, and last with (Turbo)PEP tones.
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214 The cost is 50 cents per minute (as of Jan 93) which will appear on
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215 your next phone bill. For more information about the 900 service,
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216 retrieve uunet!~/help or send e-mail to postmaster@uunet.uu.net
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217 (uunet!postmaster). -- Eric Ziegast <ziegast@uunet.uu.net>
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218
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219 via mail:
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220 Send a note to either mail-server@nluug.nl or
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221 archive-server@germany.eu.net with a body containing the following:
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223 send mail/mh/mh-6.8.tar.Z
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225 UK users may be able to use ftpmail@doc.ic.ac.uk. Send a note
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226 whose body contains "help" to this address. [12.92]
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227
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228 Send a note to ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com whose body contains "help"
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229 on a line by itself get information on getting ftp sources by
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230 mail. Also include the lines "connect" and "dir /pub/mail/ua/mh"
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231 to see which files are available local to decwrl. Please do this
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232 as a last resort only. [1.93]
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233
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234 via U.S. mail:
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235 You can send $75 US to the address below. This covers
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236 the cost of a 6250 BPI 9-track magtape, handling, and ship-
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237 ping. In addition, you'll get a laser-printed hard-copy of
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238 the entire MH documentation set. Be sure to include your
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239 USPS address with your check. Checks must be drawn on U.S.
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240 funds and should be made payable to:
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241
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242 Regents of the University of California
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243
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244 The distribution address is:
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245
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246 Univeristy of California at Irvine
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247 Office of Academic Computing
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248 360 Computer Science
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249 Irvine, CA 92717 USA
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250
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251 +1 714 856 5153
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252
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253 Sadly, if you just want the hard-copies of the documenta-
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254 tion, you still have to pay the $75. The tar image has the
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255 documentation source (the manual is in roff format, but the
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256 rest are in TeX format). Postscript formatted versions of
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257 the TeX papers are available, as are crude tty-conversions
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258 of those papers. [1.93]
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259
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260
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261 Subject: What references exist for MH?
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262 From: Intro-4
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263
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264 Book:
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265 MH & xmh: E-mail for Users & Programmers. Second edition. Jerry Peek.
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266 ISBN 1-56592-027-9. $29.95. 728 pages.
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267 O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
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268 Book Orders:
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269 US and Canada: 800-998-9938. Fax: 707-829-0104.
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270
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271 References to "the MH book" in this document refer to the second
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272 edition of this book (section numbers for the first edition appear
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273 in parenthesis).
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274
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275 To get a list of non-US distributors, send a note to
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276 nuts@ora.com or call +1-707-829-0515.
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277
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278 Examples from this book are in:
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279 ftp.uu.net [137.39.1.9]
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280 published/oreilly/nutshell/MHxmh/MHxmh2.tar.Z 54KB
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281
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282 There is another book that contains a number of examples of
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283 advanced mail handing using MH as the example message handler.
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284 It's also quite a good reference on e-mail in general. [12.92]
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285
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286 The Internet Message. Marshall T. Rose
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287 ISBN 0-13-092941-7. 396 pages.
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288 P T R Prentice Hall
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289
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290 Usenet:
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291 comp.mail.mh (gatewayed to MH-users)
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292
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293 Mailing lists:
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294 General questions/discussion: MH-users@ics.uci.edu
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295 (gatewayed to comp.mail.mh).
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296 MH developers and maintainers: MH-workers@ics.uci.edu.
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297 Please use MH-users-request and MH-workers-request to request
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298 an addition or deletion.
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299
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300 MH-users archives:
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301 ftp.ics.uci.edu [128.195.1.1] mh/mh-users/*
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302
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303 The files are in packf(1) format, compressed with compress(1). To
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304 get them, use anonymous ftp and set "binary" transfer mode.
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305
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306 mh-users.86.Z 8549 mh-users.86.scan.Z 771
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307 mh-users.87.Z 55449 mh-users.87.scan.Z 3679
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308 mh-users.88.Z 182805 mh-users.88.scan.Z 11339
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309 mh-users.89.Z 89151 mh-users.89.scan.Z 5522
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310 mh-users.90.Z 402470 mh-users.90.scan.Z 21551
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311 mh-users.91.Z 878763 mh-users.91.scan.Z 36992
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312 mh-users.92.Z 1281585 mh-users.92.scan.Z 44975
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313 mh-users.mbox: current archive, uncompressed.
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314
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315 There are directions in the README file. Basically, you can use
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316 either "msh" or the individual commands "inc -file" to get the
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317 messages into a folder, and then "scan", "pick", "show", and so on
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318 (or your favorite commands in xmh, mh-e, etc.). --Jerry Peek
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319 <jerry@ora.com>
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320
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321 This document:
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322 via anonymous ftp:
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323 pit-manager.mit.edu [18.172.1.27] /pub/usenet/news.answers/mh-faq.Z
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324 ftp.uu.net [137.39.1.9] /archive/usenet/news.answers/mh-faq.Z
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325 ftp.cs.ruu.nl [131.211.80.17] /pub/NEWS.ANSWERS/mh-faq
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326
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327 via mail:
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328 Each of the following addresses is following by commands which
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329 should be included as the body of the message.
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330
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331 mail-server@pit-manager.mit.edu
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332 send usenet/comp.mail.mh/mh-faq
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333
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334 mail-server@cs.ruu.nl
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335 send pub/NEWS.ANSWERS/mh-faq
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336
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337
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338 Subject: ! What other MH software is available?
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339 From: Intro-5
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340
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341 vmh
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342 Vmh is designed for people using the bulletin-board features
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343 of MH, where mail is stored in packed (single-file) folders. As
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344 a result, use of this program cannot be mixed with the use of
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345 normal MH commands. Vmh is a part of the official MH
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346 distribution. --James Perkins <jamesp@sp-eug.com> [1.93]
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347
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348 xmh
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349 Xmh is a X11 mouse-based MH browsing tool. It is very powerful
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350 and feature-filled and thus comes with a moderate learning
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351 curve. Its dependence on the X11 environment makes it very
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352 reconfigurable, but only by people well-versed in X applications
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353 programming. Its message reply built-in-editor interface is not
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354 always popular among those used to having MH bring up the editor
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355 of their choice. --James Perkins <jamesp@sp-eug.com>
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356
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357 xmh is part of the standard X Window System distribution from
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358 MIT. Ultrix also ships dxmail which is similar.
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359
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360 cs.utk.edu [128.169.201.1] pub/xmh.shar.Z 161KB
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361
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362 Here's a version of xmh that includes MIME. --Harald Tveit
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363 Alvestrand <hta@boheme.er.sintef.no> [1.93]
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364
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365 aun.uninett.no pub/unix/mixmh-0.2.tar.Z
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367 olmh
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368 Sun's Open Windows 3 comes with a demo for OLIT (Open Look
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369 Interface Toolkit, the Open Look wrapper to Xt) named olmh that
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370 does handle 3rd and subsequent levels of nesting of folders.
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371 --Dale Carstensen <dlc@c3file.c3.lanl.gov>
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372
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373 Obtain the Open Windows 3 distribution CD/ROM from Sun (SPARC
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374 only). To do this, call 1-800-USA-4SUN and send tone "2" for
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375 telemarketing after it answers. The 4.1.2 CD/ROM may also have
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376 Open Windows 3. The list price for the 4.1.2 CD/ROM is $200.
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377
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378 mh-e
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379 Mh-e is the GNU Emacs front end for MH. It offers all the
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380 functionality of MH, the visual orientation and simplicity of
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381 use of xmh, and full integration with Emacs, including thorough
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382 configurability. The command set is similar to that of rmail
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383 (the Emacs front end for BSD mail) and BSD mail itself. On-line
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384 help is available.
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385
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386 Mh-e allows one to read and process mail very quickly: commands
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387 are single characters and completion and defaults are available
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388 for file and folder names. During a reply, the original message
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389 is displayed simultaneously in another window for easy reference
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390 where a mh-e command can quickly incorporate and format this
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391 text into your reply.
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392
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393 With mh-e you compose outgoing messages in Emacs. This is a big
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394 plus for Emacs users, but it has been known for non-Emacs users
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395 to be able use mh-e after only learning the most basic cursor
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396 motion commands. Mh-e is easily configured via the Emacs
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397 edit-options menu, and people familiar with Emacs Lisp will be
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398 able to further reconfigure mh-e beyond recognition. --Stephen
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399 Gildea <gildea@expo.lcs.mit.edu>
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400
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401 Mh-e is part of the standard GNU Emacs distribution. Note
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402 that mh-e got much faster in Emacs 18.56.
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403
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404 primost.cs.wisc.edu [128.105.2.115] pub/mh-e.el.Z 36KB
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405
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406 mime-compose.el allows one to easily include MIME components into
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407 a mh-e message. --Marc Andreessen <marca@ncsa.uiuc.edu> [1.93]
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408
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409 archive.cis.ohio-state.edu
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410 pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/misc/mime-compose.el.Z 19KB
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411
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412 vmail
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413 Vmail is a curses-based, vi-like message browser which calls on
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414 MH programs to manipulate mail. It can be used on almost any
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415 terminal. It organizes mail folders into index pages, from
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416 which a message can be selected to be shown, replied-to,
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417 forwarded, refiled, deleted, and so on. The vi-like interface
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418 and command keystrokes are comfortable to less-experienced UNIX
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419 users, and it is a small, compact program, unlike the mh-e Emacs
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420 package.
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421
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422 This version of vmail has been bugfixed and enhanced from the
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423 original vmail published on the net in 1987 by J. Zobel.
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424 --James Perkins <jamesp@sp-eug.com> [1.93]
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425
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426 ftp.uu.net [137.39.1.9]
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427 comp.sources.unix/volume12/vmail/part0*.Z 46KB
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428
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429 ftp.ucs.ubc.ca [137.82.27.61] pub/mh/vmail[1-3]of3.Z 58KB
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430 Or mail requests to James Perkins <jamesp@sp-eug.com>. [1.93]
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431
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432 vmailtool
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433 If you have a Sun workstation, vmailtool may be for you. It is a
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434 button gadget panel for the above-mentioned vmail program. It
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435 brings vmail into the windows era where people no longer need to
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436 memorize specific command keystrokes. It also provides a mail
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437 icon with the flag that pops up when new mail arrives. Again,
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438 this is a compact, simple tool, unlike the powerful xmh program.
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439 Still, it's a welcome alternative for many people who are running
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440 SunView or OpenWindows. --James Perkins <jamesp@sp-eug.com> [1.93]
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441
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442 ftp.ucs.ubc.ca [137.82.27.61] pub/mh/vmailtool.Z 18KB
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443 or mail requests to James Perkins <jamesp@sp-eug.com>. [1.93]
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444
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445 plum
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446 Plum is a highly configurable and extensible screen-oriented front-end
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447 for processing MH mail on ASCII terminals. Unlike mh-e, the extension
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448 language used in plum is perl, not LISP. Plum offers many of the
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449 advantages of xmh, but lacks several of xmh's disadvantages. The
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450 look&feel derives more from vi than from emacs. Key bindings and
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451 functions may be changed on the fly to suit the user's preference. It
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452 offers filename and word completion on folder, variables, and command
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453 names.
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454
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455 Until it is included in the standard distribution (under miscellany),
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456 you can find a copy on:
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457
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458 convex.com [130.168.1.1] pub/plum/plum* 55KB
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459 or mail requests to Tom Christiansen <tchrist@convex.com>.
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460
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461 mmh
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462 MMH, My Mail Handler, is a Motif interface for reading and sending mail.
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463 It uses the MH commands to actually handle sending a receiving messages.
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464 It does not support all the capabilities of MH, but offers a large
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465 enough subset to handle the majority of users. Its intended user is
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466 someone between "bumbling e-mail novice" and "sophisticated user".
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467 Hooks are provided to allow the user to customize and add new commands.
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468
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469 ftp.eos.ncsu.edu [152.1.9.25] /pub/bill.tar.Z
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470
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471 metamail
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472 Metamail is a package that can be used to convert virtually ANY
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473 mail-reading program on UNIX into a multimedia mail-reading program.
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474 It is an extremely generic implementation of MIME (Multipurpose
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475 Internet Mail Extensions), the proposed standard for multimedia mail
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476 formats on the Internet. The implementation is extremely flexible and
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477 extensible, using a "mailcap" file mechanism for adding support for new
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478 data formats when sent through the mail. At a heterogeneous site where
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479 many mail readers are in use, the mailcap mechanism can be used to
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480 extend them all to support new types of multimedia mail by a single
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481 addition to a mailcap file.
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482
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483 The metamail distribution comes complete with a small patch for
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484 each of over a dozen popular mail reading programs, including
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485 Berkeley mail, mh, Elm, Xmh, Xmail, Mailtool, Emacs Rmail, Emacs
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486 VM, Andrew, and others. Note that the MH patches are now integrated
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487 into MH 6.8 --Nathaniel Borenstein <nsb@thumper.bellcore.com>
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488
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489 thumper.bellcore.com [128.96.41.1] /pub/nsb/mm.tar.Z
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490
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491 X.500 lookups
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492 If a name is enclosed in square brackets, when entering a destination
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493 address, ie:
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494
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495 To: [Greg Wickham,CSIRO]
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496
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497 a search will be made in the X.500 Directory for the individual's entry.
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498 If an address exists then it will be extracted and placed into the
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499 headers. Mail requests for the software to the author. --Andrew
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500 Waugh <ajw@mel.dit.csiro.au>
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501
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502 QueueMH
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503 QuemeMH is an e-mail based service request and tracking system
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504 based on the Rand Mail Handler. --Barbara Dyker
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505 <dyker@teal.csn.org> [1.93]
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506
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507 ftp.cs.colorado.edu pub/cs/sysadmin/utilities/queuemh.tar.Z
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508
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509 QMH:
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510
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511 Qmh is an MH-based group mail management tool. Written entirely in
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512 perl, Qmh combines the best aspects of MH with group mail
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513 heuristics and delivers a sensible package for all levels of UNIX
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514 users. A limitless number of individual queues and associated
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515 groups of permitted users can be established.
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516
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517 Specific functionality includes the following modes of operation;
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518 checking header dates and sending reminder/deadline mail, editing
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519 existing messages, help screens, creating new messages from
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520 scratch or exiting messages, resolving messages, scanning queue
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521 folders, and annotating with status both by editing and sending
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522 mail.
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523
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524 Qmh is a single generic program in and of itself from which all
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525 modes of operation are invoked. Additionally, each separate queue
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526 may be accessed via a link to the single program. All system
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527 configuration is maintained in a single file that is read upon
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528 each invocation of Qmh. Formatting and template files are
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529 provided in the system library, although individual users can
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530 override the defaults simply by creating equivalent files in their
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531 own MH mail directory.
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532
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533 Qmh provides a powerful database-like functionality by allowing
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534 limitless per-queue X-Qmh-<$value> headers to be included in
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535 messages. These "fields" then form the context of the queue
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536 messages and provide a user-defined, but yet structured
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537 environment for queries, reporting, and random information.
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538
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539 Qmh is designed to provide a complete solution for SA groups, help
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540 desks, support organizations, or wherever two or more individuals
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541 are trying to manage multiple mail requests.
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542
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543 Qmh is also compatible with versions of xmh that provide
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544 user-level command buttons. Provided in the Qmh package is a
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545 ~/.Xdefaults template file that's setup to harness the power of
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546 Qmh.
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547
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548 For more info, write to <info@rootgroup.com>. [3.93]
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549
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550 MacMH and PC/MH:
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551 These were available only for non-commercial degree-granting
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552 institutions from:
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553
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554 Networking & Communication Systems
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555 115 Pine Hall
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556 Stanford University
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557 Stanford, CA 94305-4122
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558 Phone: +1 415-723-3909
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559
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560 --Jerry Peek <jerry@ora.com>
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561
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562 The authorized distributor for PC/MH is:
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563
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564 NEI, Inc.
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565 210 Technology Drive, STE 210
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566 Irvine, Ca 92718
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567 Phone: +1 714-753-8588
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568 FAX: +1 714-753-8593
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569 Internet: info@netix.com
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570
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571 --Shannon Yeh <yeh@orion.oac.uci.edu>
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572
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573 In addition, you might try Wollongong, to see if they have something you
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574 can get.
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575
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576
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577 Subject: How can I print a MH manual?
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578 From: Intro-6
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579
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580 To order a copy by mail, see the section on how to get MH by mail in
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581 "Where can I get MH?" Also, check "What references exist for MH?"
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582
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583 To print your own copy, first obtain the MH sources ("Where can I
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584 get MH?") if you don't already have it. Go into the "doc" directory
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585 and run "make guide" to create the administrators guide and "make
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586 manual" to create a user's manual which includes tutorials and man
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587 pages. If the doc directory is empty or is missing the Makefile,
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588 you'll have to run "mhconfig MH" in the conf directory so that the
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589 documentation with correct local information is created.
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590
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591 For properly formatting the documentation (at least the manual
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592 pages) you might even have to install MH, because a reference to a
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593 tmac.h file in the MH lib directory is made in the manual pages.
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594
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595 You can also ftp the ASCII or postscript versions:
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596
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597 ftp.ics.uci.edu [128.195.1.1] mh/doc/tutorial.ps.Z 64KB
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598 mh/doc/ADMIN.ps.Z 57KB
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599 mh/doc/MH.ps.Z (man pages) 273KB
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600 ftp.uu.net [137.39.1.9] same files, but in dir mail/mh/doc
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601
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602 Or, you can send a note to mail-server@nluug.nl with a body containing the
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603 following:
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604
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605 send mail/mh/papers-ps/tutorial.ps.Z
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606
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607 --Bill Wohler and Jos Vos <jos@bull.nl> [1.93]
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608
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609
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610 Subject: How should I report bugs?
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611 From: Intro-7
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612
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613 Mail them to Bug-MH@ics.uci.edu and be sure to include the output of
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614 the -help option as well as what hardware and operating system you
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615 are using.
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616
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617
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618 Subject: How can I convert from my mailer to MH?
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619 From: Intro-8
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620
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621 If you use one of a mail agent like 'mail', 'mailx', 'elm' or
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622 'mush', converting to MH is easy. When you run the 'inc' command,
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623 it reads all new messages from the system mailbox into your 'inbox'
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624 folder. Those mail agents also have separate files or "folders"
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625 that hold messages in the same format as the system mailbox. You
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626 can read them with the 'inc -file' command. For example, to read
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627 the messages from your 'mbox' mail file into your MH 'inbox' folder,
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628 you'd type:
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629
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630 % cd
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631 % cp mbox mbox.backup
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632 % inc -file mbox
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633
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634 If you see the usual "Incorporating new mail into inbox..." message
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635 and a scan listing, the messages probably were converted. Read some
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636 or all of them (with the 'show' command) and be sure. The 'inc'
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637 won't remove your mbox unless you use '-truncate'.
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638
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639 Section D.4 (C.4) of the MH book lists two scripts to convert mail
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640 files to MH folders: babyl2mh to convert from rmail's babyl format;
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641 vmsmail2mh to convert from VMS's mail (see "What references exist
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642 for MH" to see where the book's examples can be ftped from).
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643 --Jerry Peek <jerry@ora.com>
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644
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645 Vivek Khera <khera@cs.duke.edu> rewrote this in Perl since the
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646 original script doesn't work for some people. See appendix
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647 "babyl2mh.pl." [1.93]
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648
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649 Juergen Nickelsen <nickel@cs.tu-berlin.de> provides yet another
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650 short script. He says,
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651
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652 "You can remove the second to last second line ("> $input"), so
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653 that the script doesn't zero out your RMAIL file.
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654
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655 "Another alternative is to replace this line with "inc -file $tmpmbox
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656 $folder && > $input", so that the RMAIL is only zeroed if inc
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657 successfully incorporated the mail. Finally one could add a switch
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658 -z, so that the RMAIL file is only zeroed if the switch is given.
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659 See appendix "inco." [1.93]
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660
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661 Use the following to convert a Babyl format file to UNIX mail format.
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662 --Barry A. Warsaw <warsaw@nlm.nih.gov>.
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663 durer.cme.nist.gov [129.6.32.4] pub/gnu/rmailtovm.el
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664
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665 See also MH book appendix D (appendix C).
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666
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667
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668 Subject: What machines does MH run on?
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669 From: Building MH-10
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670
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671 If you have a computer running UNIX, you can probably run MH.
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672 --Jerry Peek <jerry@ora.com>
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673
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674
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675 Subject: How do I build MH?
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676 From: Building MH-11
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677
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678 By carefully reading the READ-ME in the root of the source
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679 hierarchy, one should not have any trouble building MH.
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680
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681
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682 Subject: What options should I use?
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683 From: Building MH-12
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684
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685 BERK: Do NOT include the BERK option (in versions 6.7 or later)!
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686 BERK breaks the mh-format functions that take apart address lines,
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687 for example mbox, from, and friendly. This would really put a crimp
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688 on my replcomps file.
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689
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690 LOCKF: if you have NFS, you need to lock your mailbox with lockf()
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691 so the lock will be honored by all machines on the local network.
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692 If you have the lockf() system call, include LOCKF.
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693
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694 JQ Johnson <jqj@duff.uoregon.edu> makes the point that one should
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695 use this option carefully since it requires a roboust lockf() call.
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696 For example, this option caused serious problems on his SunOS 4.1.1.
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697 He suggested using LOK_BELL instead, and adding "lockstyle: 1" to
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698 mtstailor.
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699
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700 ATZ: makes your timezones print like "EST" instead of "-0500". Much
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701 prettier.
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702
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703 --Stephen Gildea <gildea@expo.lcs.mit.edu>
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704
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705 However, Tony Landells <ahl@technix.oz.au> replies: "Yes; very
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706 pretty. How unfortunate that timezone names are so ambiguous, so
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707 that EST can be interpreted, at a minimum, as (American) Eastern
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708 Standard Time, (Australian) Eastern Standard Time, or (Australian)
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709 Eastern Summer Time (and yes, I think it's dumb having the same
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710 acronym for both normal and Summer time, but that's a different
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711 problem). While the numeric timezones may not look as nice, they
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712 are, at least, reasonably unambiguous. I would urge anyone who ever
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713 intends/hopes/expects to use e-mail outside the U.S. to NOT use ATZ
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714 (sorry Stephen)."
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715
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716 At any rate, the conf/examples directory has been updated and
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717 contains many examples show you which options are required on your
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718 platform and which are optional (in the upcoming version MH 6.8). At
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719 any rate, it is recommended that you examine the options in the
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720 example configuration files, and read about them in READ-ME.
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721
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722 RPATHS: a side-effect is that slocal writes messages to your system
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723 maildrop without the MMDF C-A's that separate messages, so your BSD
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724 tools like from work. [12.92]
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725
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726
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727 Subject: Fixing "post: problem initializing server; [BHST] no servers available"
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728 From: Building MH-13
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729
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730 The error message itself is essentially correct. However, what this
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|
|
731 really means is: MH's post cannot connect to a running sendmail over
|
|
|
732 an SMTP port (MH configured with SMTP and SENDMTS).
|
|
|
733
|
|
|
734 The potential problems:
|
|
|
735
|
|
|
736 1. Your local sendmail daemon is dying or not running for some
|
|
|
737 reason.
|
|
|
738
|
|
|
739 2. You use BIND and your local nameserver is not responding.
|
|
|
740
|
|
|
741 3. Your mtstailor has its "servers:" pointing to a non-existant
|
|
|
742 machine or a machine which is a) not reachable or b) not running the
|
|
|
743 sendmail daemon. --Peter Marvit <marvit@hplabs.hpl.hp.com>
|
|
|
744
|
|
|
745
|
|
|
746 Subject: Where can I get POP3?
|
|
|
747 From: Building MH-14
|
|
|
748
|
|
|
749 MH6.7 (and earlier versions too) include a server for version 3 of POP.
|
|
|
750
|
|
|
751
|
|
|
752 Subject: What do I do if scan shows the wrong date?
|
|
|
753 From: Building MH-15
|
|
|
754
|
|
|
755 Upgrade to MH 6.8. [1.93]
|
|
|
756
|
|
|
757
|
|
|
758 Subject: Why slocal writes messages to system maildrop that from(1) can't read.
|
|
|
759 From: Building MH-16
|
|
|
760
|
|
|
761 Upgrade to MH 6.8 and set the RPATHS option. Better yet, use a more
|
|
|
762 MH-like command instead: "scan -file $MAIL". [1.93]
|
|
|
763
|
|
|
764
|
|
|
765 Subject: Why does repl add a "Re:" to a message that already has one?
|
|
|
766 From: Building MH-17
|
|
|
767
|
|
|
768 I carefully reconfigured and rebuilt MH from scratch and the problem
|
|
|
769 went away. --Larry McVoy <lm@slovax.Eng.Sun.COM>
|
|
|
770
|
|
|
771
|
|
|
772 Subject: Does MH support IMAP2 (RFC 1064)?
|
|
|
773 From: Building MH-18
|
|
|
774
|
|
|
775 No. MH only supports retrieving mail using POP3. POP3 is on the
|
|
|
776 "standards track"--it is now an elective Internet Draft Standard
|
|
|
777 (see RFC1280 for more details). At this point, IMAP[23] are
|
|
|
778 "experimental, limited use" protocols; it is unlikely that MH will
|
|
|
779 support them. --John Romine <jromine@ics.uci.edu>
|
|
|
780
|
|
|
781
|
|
|
782 Subject: Why does "mailgroup mail" only affect inc but not slocal?
|
|
|
783 From: Building MH-19
|
|
|
784
|
|
|
785 If "mailgroup" is set, inc is made set-group-id to this group name.
|
|
|
786 Some SYS5 systems want this to be set to "mail". Set this if
|
|
|
787 /usr/spool/mail (or /usr/mail) is not world-writeable. These
|
|
|
788 changes were contributed by Peter Marvit, and "inc" is very careful
|
|
|
789 about its use of the set-gid privilege.
|
|
|
790
|
|
|
791 Note that slocal doesn't know how to deal with this, and will not
|
|
|
792 work under these systems; just making it set-group-id will open a
|
|
|
793 security hole (since it doesn't know when to drop the set-gid
|
|
|
794 privileges). If you're using "mailgroup", you should remove slocal
|
|
|
795 (and its man page) from your system. --John Romine
|
|
|
796 <jromine@ics.uci.edu> [1.93]
|
|
|
797
|
|
|
798 Alternatives to slocal include deliver, procmail, and mailagent.
|
|
|
799 Archie can help you find where they are kept.
|
|
|
800
|
|
|
801
|
|
|
802 Subject: Where can I read about slocal and the format of the .maildelivery file?
|
|
|
803 From: Using MH-30
|
|
|
804
|
|
|
805 See the slocal man page.
|
|
|
806
|
|
|
807 Here is brief example of a .maildelivery file that stores messages
|
|
|
808 to babble in a folder and the system mailbox, stores mh-users in a
|
|
|
809 folder but not the system mailbox, and puts the rest in the system
|
|
|
810 mailbox.
|
|
|
811
|
|
|
812 to mh-users | A "/usr/local/lib/mh/rcvstore -create +lists/mh-users"
|
|
|
813 cc mh-users | A "/usr/local/lib/mh/rcvstore -create +lists/mh-users"
|
|
|
814 to babble | R "/usr/local/lib/mh/rcvstore -create +lists/babble"
|
|
|
815 cc babble | R "/usr/local/lib/mh/rcvstore -create +lists/babble"
|
|
|
816 default - > ? /usr/spool/mail/wohler
|
|
|
817
|
|
|
818 Your .forward file may look like (quotes necessary):
|
|
|
819
|
|
|
820 "| /usr/local/lib/mh/slocal -user your_login"
|
|
|
821
|
|
|
822 In some implentations, the "-user your_login" is not needed. If
|
|
|
823 not, manually running slocal with the flag will produce an error.
|
|
|
824
|
|
|
825 See also chapter 11 in the MH book.
|
|
|
826
|
|
|
827 Alternatives to slocal include deliver, procmail, and mailagent.
|
|
|
828 Archie can help you find where they are kept.
|
|
|
829
|
|
|
830
|
|
|
831 Subject: How do I include messages in repl with or without ">"?
|
|
|
832 From: Using MH-31
|
|
|
833
|
|
|
834 When making a reply, specify a filter file on the command line:
|
|
|
835
|
|
|
836 repl -filter repl.format
|
|
|
837
|
|
|
838 This filter file must be in your MH mail directory (usually "Mail",
|
|
|
839 in your home directory). Here are a couple of example repl.format
|
|
|
840 files:
|
|
|
841
|
|
|
842 overflowtext="",overflowoffset=0
|
|
|
843 message-id:nocomponent,formatfield=\
|
|
|
844 "In message %{text}you write:"
|
|
|
845 body:component=">",overflowtext=">",overflowoffset=0
|
|
|
846
|
|
|
847 or
|
|
|
848
|
|
|
849 overflowtext="",overflowoffset=0
|
|
|
850 date:component="Your message dated",formatfield=\
|
|
|
851 "%<(nodate{text})%{text}%|%(pretty{text})%>"
|
|
|
852 body:component=">",overflowtext=">",overflowoffset=0
|
|
|
853
|
|
|
854 Setting overflowoffset to 0 keeps MH from doing anything to
|
|
|
855 extra-long lines in the headers. In the body, however, this
|
|
|
856 behavior is overridden so that long lines are automatically broken
|
|
|
857 and a ">" is inserted before every line. You could put almost
|
|
|
858 whatever you want between those quotes, although the "standard" ">"
|
|
|
859 makes it easier to read notes that have been included several times.
|
|
|
860 The examples differ with the descriptive text that is inserted
|
|
|
861 before the included body.
|
|
|
862
|
|
|
863 It is suggested not to use the "prompter" editor in this case, since
|
|
|
864 it is likely that you'll not want to use all of the included
|
|
|
865 message. Indeed, it is proper etiquette to edit out all unnecessary
|
|
|
866 include verbiage so readers don't have to wade through the morass to
|
|
|
867 read your pearls of wisdom.
|
|
|
868
|
|
|
869 WARNING: the '>' appears on the first line ONLY in versions prior
|
|
|
870 to 6.7.2. Upgrade to MH 6.8.
|
|
|
871
|
|
|
872 --Alan Thew <qq11@liv.ac.uk>, Mike Schwager <schwager@cs.uiuc.edu>,
|
|
|
873 James T Perkins <jamesp@sp-eug.com> [1.93]
|
|
|
874
|
|
|
875 See also MH book sections 6.7.4, 6.7.5, 9.4.1 (9.3.1).
|
|
|
876
|
|
|
877
|
|
|
878 Subject: How can I eliminate duplicate copies of letters to myself?
|
|
|
879 From: Using MH-32
|
|
|
880
|
|
|
881 Add these two lines to your MH profile file:
|
|
|
882
|
|
|
883 Alternate-Mailboxes: user@host1, user@host2, ...
|
|
|
884 repl: -nocc me
|
|
|
885
|
|
|
886 To get one copy, you can either:
|
|
|
887
|
|
|
888 - Take out the "-nocc me"... then you'll get exactly one copy of
|
|
|
889 your replies (assuming all your addresses are listed in
|
|
|
890 Alternate-Mailboxes), or
|
|
|
891
|
|
|
892 - Add an "Fcc: foldername" to the headers of messages you send.
|
|
|
893 That will drop a copy of the message in the folder "foldername".
|
|
|
894 You can do this for *all* MH messages you send (not just with
|
|
|
895 repl) by putting an "Fcc:" entry in your personal copy of the
|
|
|
896 files "components", "replcomps", and "forwcomps" in your MH
|
|
|
897 directory. (If you make a "distcomps" file, it needs
|
|
|
898 "Resent-Fcc:".) For more info, see the man pages comp(1),
|
|
|
899 repl(1), forw(1), dist(1) and mh-mail(5). --Jerry Peek <jerry@ora.com>
|
|
|
900
|
|
|
901 The Alternate-Mailboxes also tells scan which messages are really
|
|
|
902 from you so that it can place the recipient in the scan line instead
|
|
|
903 of the sender. --Bill Wohler
|
|
|
904
|
|
|
905 See also MH book sections 6.7.2, 8.6.
|
|
|
906
|
|
|
907 This is also a convenient way to AVOID automatically cc-ing a
|
|
|
908 mailing list when replying to a person who sent the message to the
|
|
|
909 mailing-list, by listing the name of that mailing list in your
|
|
|
910 alternate mailboxes. --Alec Wolman <wolman@crl.dec.com>
|
|
|
911
|
|
|
912
|
|
|
913 Subject: How would one go about reading Usenet with MH?
|
|
|
914 From: Using MH-33
|
|
|
915
|
|
|
916 Although news readers are better, if one really wants to use
|
|
|
917 MH, bbc will do the job. For example, "bbc comp.mail.mh" reads this
|
|
|
918 newsgroup. To enable bbc, you have to specify "bboards" when you
|
|
|
919 build MH. --Stephen Gildea <gildea@expo.lcs.mit.edu>
|
|
|
920
|
|
|
921 You can save articles in the news readers for later perusal with MH.
|
|
|
922
|
|
|
923 First, create a symbolic link from your mail directory (ie. usenet) to
|
|
|
924 your news directory (ie. "ln -s ~/News ~/Mail/usenet"). You can then
|
|
|
925 treat your news directory as a mail folder. Thus, to select a news
|
|
|
926 group, use "folder +usenet/comp/mail/mh".
|
|
|
927
|
|
|
928 To set the default save location correctly in rn, use:
|
|
|
929
|
|
|
930 rn -M -/
|
|
|
931
|
|
|
932 or in your nn presentation sequence:
|
|
|
933
|
|
|
934 news.announce. +$F/$N
|
|
|
935 comp.mail.mh +
|
|
|
936 .
|
|
|
937 .
|
|
|
938
|
|
|
939 See also MH book section 8.7.
|
|
|
940
|
|
|
941
|
|
|
942 Subject: Can I append MH messages (ie. +inbox/1) to a UNIX mailbox format file?
|
|
|
943 From: Using MH-34
|
|
|
944
|
|
|
945 Yes, see support/general/packmbox.sh in the distribution. [1.93]
|
|
|
946
|
|
|
947
|
|
|
948 Subject: How can I include my signature?
|
|
|
949 From: Using MH-35
|
|
|
950
|
|
|
951 There are several ways.
|
|
|
952
|
|
|
953 1) The MH way.
|
|
|
954
|
|
|
955 1a) In your Mail directory, create files that
|
|
|
956 include your signature into the format of the message.
|
|
|
957
|
|
|
958 ~/Mail/components:
|
|
|
959 To:
|
|
|
960 cc:
|
|
|
961 Subject:
|
|
|
962 --------
|
|
|
963
|
|
|
964 --
|
|
|
965 Eric Ziegast ziegast@uunet.uu.net
|
|
|
966 UUNET Technologies uunet!ziegast
|
|
|
967
|
|
|
968 ~/Mail/replcomps
|
|
|
969 body:component="> ",compwidth=2
|
|
|
970 :--
|
|
|
971 :Eric Ziegast ziegast@uunet.uu.net
|
|
|
972 :UUNET Technologies uunet!ziegast
|
|
|
973
|
|
|
974 To use the replcomps file, add the following to your ~/.mh_profile:
|
|
|
975
|
|
|
976 repl: -filter replfmt
|
|
|
977
|
|
|
978 When comp is used, your signature is already there along with my
|
|
|
979 headers. When repl is used, the mhl program takes the body of
|
|
|
980 the letter you're replying to, prepends '> ' to each line and
|
|
|
981 then adds your signature at the end (available after version 6.7).
|
|
|
982
|
|
|
983 1b) Create an "editor" which can be called from whatnow to add the
|
|
|
984 signature when desired or create a frontend to post (use the
|
|
|
985 .mh_profile line "postproc: postproc" to call it) that always
|
|
|
986 appends the .signature file before calling post to mail the
|
|
|
987 message. David J. Fiander <david@golem.uucp>, David A.
|
|
|
988 Truesdell <truesdel@sun418.nas.nasa.gov> and Tom Wilmore
|
|
|
989 <sastjw@unx.sas.com> have sample scripts to do these.
|
|
|
990
|
|
|
991 1c) Section 13.13 of the MH book lists mysend, a sendproc script to
|
|
|
992 process a message after "What now? send" (see "What references
|
|
|
993 exist for MH" to see where the book's examples can be ftped from).
|
|
|
994 --Jerry Peek <jerry@ora.com> [9.92]
|
|
|
995
|
|
|
996 2) Using your editor. If you use vi, you can use something like:
|
|
|
997
|
|
|
998 map S :r ~/.signature
|
|
|
999
|
|
|
1000 to load your signature out of .signature every time you
|
|
|
1001 hit 'S'.
|
|
|
1002
|
|
|
1003 3) Use your windowing system. xterm, for example, can provide key
|
|
|
1004 and button mappings for the utterly lazy.
|
|
|
1005
|
|
|
1006 4) And if you use Emacs with mh-e, C-c C-s will append the signature.
|
|
|
1007
|
|
|
1008 --Eric W. Ziegast <ziegast@uunet.uu.net> & Hardy Mayer
|
|
|
1009 <hardy@golem.ps.uci.edu> except where noted.
|
|
|
1010
|
|
|
1011 Tired of the same old signature? Want different signatures for
|
|
|
1012 different newsgroups? Here's a program to help you out.
|
|
|
1013
|
|
|
1014 The way it works is to have .signature be a named pipe, so if you
|
|
|
1015 don't have named pipes, just say 'n'.
|
|
|
1016
|
|
|
1017 The sigrand program then feeds stuff down the pipe everytime someone
|
|
|
1018 wants to read it. That way it works for more than just news, but
|
|
|
1019 for anything that wants to read your .signature, like a mailer.
|
|
|
1020
|
|
|
1021 You have your choice of three kinds of signatures:
|
|
|
1022
|
|
|
1023 1) random (short) fortune from "fortune -s"; you get these if
|
|
|
1024 you don't have a global sig file.
|
|
|
1025 2) random fortune from ~/News/SIGNATURES [global sig file]
|
|
|
1026 3) random fortune form ~/News/(newsgroup)/SIGNATURES [local sig files]
|
|
|
1027
|
|
|
1028 Ask Tom Christiansen <tchrist@convex.com> for more details.
|
|
|
1029
|
|
|
1030
|
|
|
1031 Subject: What to do with "Problems with edit - draft removed".
|
|
|
1032 From: Using MH-36
|
|
|
1033
|
|
|
1034 If your users are using an AT&T version of "vi", it's exiting with
|
|
|
1035 non-zero status (supposedly a count of the "errors" during the edit).
|
|
|
1036 Move "vi" to "broken_vi" and put it its place:
|
|
|
1037
|
|
|
1038 #! /bin/sh
|
|
|
1039 /usr/ucb/broken_vi $*
|
|
|
1040 exit 0
|
|
|
1041
|
|
|
1042 Alternatively, compile MH with the ATTVIBUG option.
|
|
|
1043
|
|
|
1044 Then complain to your vendor that "vi" is broken, and they should
|
|
|
1045 fix it. --John Romine <jromine@ics.uci.edu>
|
|
|
1046
|
|
|
1047
|
|
|
1048 Subject: How do I call my editor with arguments?
|
|
|
1049 From: Using MH-37
|
|
|
1050
|
|
|
1051 Set your editor (in .mh_profile) to the following shellscript:
|
|
|
1052
|
|
|
1053 #/bin/sh
|
|
|
1054 <youreditor> <yourargs> $*
|
|
|
1055 exit 0
|
|
|
1056
|
|
|
1057 --John Romine <jromine@ics.uci.edu>
|
|
|
1058
|
|
|
1059 You might find it useful to make <youreditor> $EDITOR, or to use
|
|
|
1060 different arguments depending on your EDITOR environment variable.
|
|
|
1061 --Ray Nickson <Ray.Nickson@comp.vuw.ac.nz>
|
|
|
1062
|
|
|
1063
|
|
|
1064 Subject: ! How do I debug my .maildelivery file?
|
|
|
1065 From: Using MH-38
|
|
|
1066
|
|
|
1067 Use as many of the following as necessary.
|
|
|
1068
|
|
|
1069 Put a message into a file and call slocal directly on it.
|
|
|
1070
|
|
|
1071 /usr/local/lib/mh/slocal -user $USER -verbose -debug < test-msg
|
|
|
1072
|
|
|
1073 Modify your .forward to look like:
|
|
|
1074
|
|
|
1075 "|/bin/sh -c 'exec >> /tmp/out 2>&1; /usr/local/lib/mh/slocal
|
|
|
1076 -user $USER -verbose -debug'"
|
|
|
1077
|
|
|
1078 Or modify a rule in .maildelivery to look like this:
|
|
|
1079
|
|
|
1080 to foo | R "set -xv; exec >/tmp/out 2>&1;
|
|
|
1081 /usr/local/lib/mh/rcvstore +foo"
|
|
|
1082
|
|
|
1083 The previous examples are broken up for readability; the text must
|
|
|
1084 appear on one line.
|
|
|
1085
|
|
|
1086 See also MH book section 11.11. [3.93]
|
|
|
1087
|
|
|
1088
|
|
|
1089 Subject: How can I digestify the messages in a folder for mail to another user?
|
|
|
1090 From: Using MH-39
|
|
|
1091
|
|
|
1092 How about:
|
|
|
1093
|
|
|
1094 forw [-digest tmp] [-form forwcomps] [-filter mhl.digest]
|
|
|
1095 messages +folder
|
|
|
1096
|
|
|
1097 These messages can be un-digestified :-) by the MH burst(1) program.
|
|
|
1098 --Jerry Peek <jerry@ora.com> and Bill Wohler
|
|
|
1099
|
|
|
1100 See also MH book sections 6.8, 7.9.
|
|
|
1101
|
|
|
1102
|
|
|
1103 Subject: Can I run my message through a program (ie. ispell) before sending?
|
|
|
1104 From: Using MH-40
|
|
|
1105
|
|
|
1106 It's pretty simple. If your speller is called myspell, use:
|
|
|
1107
|
|
|
1108 What now? edit myspell
|
|
|
1109
|
|
|
1110 MH will actually execute:
|
|
|
1111
|
|
|
1112 myspell /your-mail-draft-directory/draftfile
|
|
|
1113
|
|
|
1114 and give the entire draft message to your speller. The header will
|
|
|
1115 probably be "misspelled," of course, though you might be able to
|
|
|
1116 tell the speller to ignore it--or you could hack up a little shell
|
|
|
1117 script to run the speller on just the message body, then tack the
|
|
|
1118 corrected body back onto the header before sending.
|
|
|
1119
|
|
|
1120 You can automate this some more. For example, if you want your
|
|
|
1121 speller to run after your first edit with "prompter" and also after
|
|
|
1122 you leave the "vi" editor, add these lines to your MH profile:
|
|
|
1123
|
|
|
1124 prompter-next: myspell
|
|
|
1125 vi-next: myspell
|
|
|
1126
|
|
|
1127 Then, at the "What now?" prompt:
|
|
|
1128
|
|
|
1129 What now? e
|
|
|
1130
|
|
|
1131 your speller will run. For more info, see the mh-profile(5) man
|
|
|
1132 page or section 6.2.1 of the MH book. --Jerry Peek <jerry@ora.com>
|
|
|
1133
|
|
|
1134
|
|
|
1135 Subject: Can I append MH messages to a GNU Emacs rmail BABYL-format file?
|
|
|
1136 From: Using MH-41
|
|
|
1137
|
|
|
1138 To convert your MH folders to BABYL folders, first run the following script
|
|
|
1139 on your Mail directory.
|
|
|
1140
|
|
|
1141 #!/bin/sh
|
|
|
1142
|
|
|
1143 for f in Mail/*; do
|
|
|
1144 if [ -d $f ]; then
|
|
|
1145 touch msgbox
|
|
|
1146 folder=`basename $f`
|
|
|
1147 echo -n packing $folder ...
|
|
|
1148 packf +$folder
|
|
|
1149 echo done
|
|
|
1150 mv msgbox Mail-rmail/$folder
|
|
|
1151 fi
|
|
|
1152 done
|
|
|
1153
|
|
|
1154 This assumes you don't have nested folders. Your rmail folders will be
|
|
|
1155 left in $HOME/Mail-rmail in MMDF format which rmail can read. Then run
|
|
|
1156 rmail-input for each folder, which converts each folder into BABYL format.
|
|
|
1157
|
|
|
1158 Be sure not to append any messages before they are converted from MMDF
|
|
|
1159 to BABYL, since there may be really strange results.
|
|
|
1160
|
|
|
1161
|
|
|
1162 Subject: Is there documentation for mh-e?
|
|
|
1163 From: Using MH-42
|
|
|
1164
|
|
|
1165 Yes, sort of. Run "C-h m" (describe-mode) in both scan and
|
|
|
1166 letter modes to see which commands and variables are available.
|
|
|
1167 Browsing the code is also helpful.
|
|
|
1168
|
|
|
1169
|
|
|
1170 Subject: How can I change my return address?
|
|
|
1171 From: Using MH-43
|
|
|
1172
|
|
|
1173 If you find that your mailer creates a From header that others have
|
|
|
1174 trouble replying to, you can add a Reply-To header to override the
|
|
|
1175 From header in replies.
|
|
|
1176
|
|
|
1177 Copy the components and replcomps files which are normally found in
|
|
|
1178 /usr/local/lib/mh into your Mail directory and add a line like the
|
|
|
1179 following after the Subject header replacing my address with your
|
|
|
1180 address:
|
|
|
1181
|
|
|
1182 Reply-To: wohler@sap-ag.de
|
|
|
1183
|
|
|
1184 [12.92]
|
|
|
1185
|
|
|
1186 Subject: How can I change my From header?
|
|
|
1187 From: Using MH-44
|
|
|
1188
|
|
|
1189 If you're just interested in changing the hostname, add a line to
|
|
|
1190 $LIB/mtstailor:
|
|
|
1191
|
|
|
1192 localname: desired_host_name
|
|
|
1193
|
|
|
1194 --Bill Wisner <wisner@netcom.com> [12.92]
|
|
|
1195
|
|
|
1196 Just put a "From:" header in your "components", "replcomps" and
|
|
|
1197 "forwcomps" files. MH will add a "Sender:" header with what it thinks
|
|
|
1198 is your real address, but (almost) no one cares about the "Sender:"
|
|
|
1199 header anyway. --Jerry Peek <jerry@ora.com> [12.92]
|
|
|
1200
|
|
|
1201
|
|
|
1202 Subject: What to do with "bad address 'xxx' - no at-sign after local-part".
|
|
|
1203 From: Using MH-45
|
|
|
1204
|
|
|
1205 You may find that post returns the following message:
|
|
|
1206
|
|
|
1207 post: bad address 'Mr. Foo Bar <fb@somewhere.edu>' - no at-sign
|
|
|
1208 after local-part (Bar), continuing...
|
|
|
1209
|
|
|
1210 The unquoted dot causes "Mr. Foo" to be parsed as the local part of
|
|
|
1211 the address. Either remove the dot, or rewrite the address as
|
|
|
1212 follows:
|
|
|
1213
|
|
|
1214 "Mr. Foo Bar" <fb@somewhere.edu>
|
|
|
1215 (Mr. Foo Bar) <fb@somewhere.edu>
|
|
|
1216 (Mr. Foo Bar) fb@somewhere.edu
|
|
|
1217
|
|
|
1218 --Owen Rees <rtor@ansa.co.uk> [1.93]
|
|
|
1219
|
|
|
1220
|
|
|
1221 Subject: + How can I search through multiple folders?
|
|
|
1222 From: Using MH-46
|
|
|
1223
|
|
|
1224 Recurse through the folders (in csh and sh):
|
|
|
1225
|
|
|
1226 % foreach f (`folders -f`) $ for f in `folders -f`
|
|
|
1227 ? pick [switches] +$f > pick [switches] +$f
|
|
|
1228 ? end > done
|
|
|
1229
|
|
|
1230 Or create a folder that contains links to all messages (in csh and sh):
|
|
|
1231
|
|
|
1232 % foreach f (`folders -f | grep -v -x ln`)
|
|
|
1233 ? refile -src +$f -link all +ln
|
|
|
1234 ? end
|
|
|
1235
|
|
|
1236 $ for f in `folders -f | grep -v -x ln`
|
|
|
1237 > do refile -src +$f -link all +ln
|
|
|
1238 > done
|
|
|
1239
|
|
|
1240 and in the future, refile messages with "refile +folder +ln". To
|
|
|
1241 find something, use:
|
|
|
1242
|
|
|
1243 % pick [switches] +ln
|
|
|
1244
|
|
|
1245 See MH book sections 7.2.9, 7.8.3. [3.93]
|
|
|
1246
|
|
|
1247
|
|
|
1248 Subject: + Why isn't slocal working?
|
|
|
1249 From: Using MH-47
|
|
|
1250
|
|
|
1251 If slocal doesn't appear to be doing anything, run the following
|
|
|
1252
|
|
|
1253 /usr/local/lib/mh/slocal -user your_login -verbose < file
|
|
|
1254
|
|
|
1255 where "file" is some message in a mail folder. If you get something
|
|
|
1256 like:
|
|
|
1257
|
|
|
1258 .maildelivery: ownership/modes bad (0, 154,154,0100666)
|
|
|
1259
|
|
|
1260 your .maildelivery is writable by too many people. Make it writable
|
|
|
1261 only by you by running "chmod 644 .maildelivery".
|
|
|
1262
|
|
|
1263 See also "How do I debug my .maildelivery file?" [3.93]
|
|
|
1264
|
|
|
1265
|
|
|
1266 Subject: + Fixing "post: problem initializing server; [RPLY] 503 Sender already specified"
|
|
|
1267 From: Using MH-48
|
|
|
1268
|
|
|
1269 The problem in sendmail is that the RSET after the ONEX does not
|
|
|
1270 reset all the state information. Normally sendmail fork()s after
|
|
|
1271 the Mail from: statement and a RSET causes that child to exit. This
|
|
|
1272 automatically cleans up. If the fork() is suppressed by ONEX, then
|
|
|
1273 the source must be modified to do the cleanup. See "srvrsmtp.c
|
|
|
1274 patch" in the Appendix. If you don't have the sources, modify your
|
|
|
1275 MH sources to not use the ONEX verb. --Paul Pomes
|
|
|
1276 <paul@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu> [3.93]
|
|
|
1277
|
|
|
1278
|
|
|
1279 Subject: How can I get xmh to use Emacs as the editor?
|
|
|
1280 From: Xmh-50
|
|
|
1281
|
|
|
1282 The modifications to xmh to support an external editor, annotations,
|
|
|
1283 and an append command can be found in the these places. --Bob
|
|
|
1284 Ellison <ellison@sei.cmu.edu>
|
|
|
1285
|
|
|
1286 export.lcs.mit.edu R5fixes/xmh.editor/*
|
|
|
1287 ftp.sei.cmu.edu pub/xmh
|
|
|
1288
|
|
|
1289 As of R5, xmh has a new action proc called XmhShellCommand. A
|
|
|
1290 string parameter will be executed as a shell command with the
|
|
|
1291 currently selected messages as parameters (or the current message if
|
|
|
1292 there are no selected messages).
|
|
|
1293
|
|
|
1294 Using this new action, a couple of shell scripts, a window version
|
|
|
1295 of emacs (e.g. xemacs) and some elisp code, xmh can use emacs as its
|
|
|
1296 editor instead of the built in Athena text widget editor. This
|
|
|
1297 doesn't require any source code changes to xmh. These are included
|
|
|
1298 in the appendix "Switching xmh's editor". --Andrew Wason
|
|
|
1299 <aw@bae.bellcore.com>
|
|
|
1300
|
|
|
1301
|
|
|
1302 Subject: Does xmh support subfolders?
|
|
|
1303 From: Xmh-51
|
|
|
1304
|
|
|
1305 Yes. Create one by invoking "Create Folder" as usual, and enter
|
|
|
1306 something like: existing-folder/new-sub-folder. You can then access
|
|
|
1307 the subfolder by popping up a menu over the "existing-folder" button
|
|
|
1308 item. --Steve Malowany <malowany@cenparmi.concordia.ca>
|
|
|
1309
|
|
|
1310 But:
|
|
|
1311
|
|
|
1312 The R5 version of xmh does *not* handle nested sub-folders. If you
|
|
|
1313 create a folder as 'grab/some/bandwidth', xmh displays this
|
|
|
1314 foldername for the remainder of the session where it was created,
|
|
|
1315 BUT if you later re-run xmh, the folder is no longer visible to xmh.
|
|
|
1316 --John Cooper <jsc@saxon.Eng.Sun.COM>
|
|
|
1317
|
|
|
1318 See also MH book section 15.6.2 (14.6.2).
|
|
|
1319
|
|
|
1320
|
|
|
1321 Subject: How do I precede included messages with ">" when replying in xmh?
|
|
|
1322 From: Xmh-52
|
|
|
1323
|
|
|
1324 Include the following line in your ~/app-defaults/XMh file:
|
|
|
1325
|
|
|
1326 Xmh*replyInsertFilter: "sed 's/^/> /'"
|
|
|
1327
|
|
|
1328 --Len Makin <len@mel.dit.csiro.au>
|
|
|
1329
|
|
|
1330 or,
|
|
|
1331
|
|
|
1332 Xmh.ReplyInsertFilter: /usr/local/lib/mh/mhl -form repl.filter
|
|
|
1333
|
|
|
1334 Using this means that you can chose to insert the original by use of
|
|
|
1335 the "Insert" button in the Draft message pane. See "How do I
|
|
|
1336 include messages in repl with or without ">"?" to find examples of
|
|
|
1337 repl.filter. --Andy Linton <andy.linton@comp.vuw.ac.nz>
|
|
|
1338
|
|
|
1339 See also MH book sections 15.1.4 (14.1.4), 16.3.3 (15.2.3).
|
|
|
1340
|
|
|
1341
|
|
|
1342 Subject: Glossary
|
|
|
1343 From: Appendix
|
|
|
1344
|
|
|
1345 MH Mail Handler
|
|
|
1346 POP3 Post Office Protocol, RFC 1225
|
|
|
1347 MMDF Multi-channel Memo Distribution Facility
|
|
|
1348 MIME Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
|
|
|
1349
|
|
|
1350
|
|
|
1351 Subject: Acknowledgements
|
|
|
1352 From: Appendix
|
|
|
1353
|
|
|
1354 I'd like to thank the following people for providing ideas on the
|
|
|
1355 layout of this article:
|
|
|
1356
|
|
|
1357 Joe Wells <jbw@bigbird.bu.edu> Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
|
|
|
1358 David Elliott <dce@smsc.sony.com> Tom Christiansen <tchrist@convex.com>
|
|
|
1359 Eugene N. Miya <eugene@nas.nasa.gov>
|
|
|
1360
|
|
|
1361
|
|
|
1362 We are also grateful to the individuals mentioned below and in the
|
|
|
1363 text of this document who have provided answers or other information
|
|
|
1364 to make this a better document. I regret that it is possible that
|
|
|
1365 some names have been accidently omitted. I would also like to thank
|
|
|
1366 all the readers of comp.mail.mh.
|
|
|
1367
|
|
|
1368 Kim F. Storm <storm@texas.dk> Edward Vielmetti <emv@ox.com>
|
|
|
1369
|
|
|
1370
|
|
|
1371 Subject: Warranty
|
|
|
1372 From: Appendix
|
|
|
1373
|
|
|
1374 [The following statement epitomizes the ridiculous state of affairs in
|
|
|
1375 our country (I'm an American) and can be ignored outside the US...]
|
|
|
1376
|
|
|
1377 No Warranty: Because this article is provided free of charge as a
|
|
|
1378 service to comp.mail.mh readers, we provide absolutely no warranty, to
|
|
|
1379 the extent permitted by applicable state law. This article is
|
|
|
1380 provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either expressed or
|
|
|
1381 implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of
|
|
|
1382 merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Should the
|
|
|
1383 information prove defective, you assume the cost of all necessary
|
|
|
1384 servicing, repair or correction.
|
|
|
1385
|
|
|
1386
|
|
|
1387 Subject: Switching xmh's editor
|
|
|
1388 From: Appendix
|
|
|
1389
|
|
|
1390 #! /bin/sh
|
|
|
1391 # This is a shell archive. Remove anything before this line, then unpack
|
|
|
1392 # it by saving it into a file and typing "sh file". To overwrite existing
|
|
|
1393 # files, type "sh file -c". You can also feed this as standard input via
|
|
|
1394 # unshar, or by typing "sh <file", e.g.. If this archive is complete, you
|
|
|
1395 # will see the following message at the end:
|
|
|
1396 # "End of shell archive."
|
|
|
1397 # Contents: README Xmh.ad xmh-command.el xmhcommand xmhemacs
|
|
|
1398 # Wrapped by aw@jello on Fri Nov 15 17:10:34 1991
|
|
|
1399 PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/ucb ; export PATH
|
|
|
1400 if test -f 'README' -a "${1}" != "-c" ; then
|
|
|
1401 echo shar: Will not clobber existing file \"'README'\"
|
|
|
1402 else
|
|
|
1403 echo shar: Extracting \"'README'\" \(1269 characters\)
|
|
|
1404 sed "s/^X//" >'README' <<'END_OF_FILE'
|
|
|
1405 XThis is a short description of what to do with each of the enclosed files.
|
|
|
1406 X
|
|
|
1407 XXmh.ad
|
|
|
1408 X Merge this in with your xmh resources. If you already have
|
|
|
1409 X user defined buttons, then you may need to renumber the
|
|
|
1410 X buttons in this resource file.
|
|
|
1411 X
|
|
|
1412 Xxmh-command.el
|
|
|
1413 X Byte compile this file and put it in your GNU emacs load-path.
|
|
|
1414 X
|
|
|
1415 Xxmhcommand
|
|
|
1416 Xxmhemacs
|
|
|
1417 X Put these somewhere in your path.
|
|
|
1418 X
|
|
|
1419 X
|
|
|
1420 XOnce you have installed these, restart the R5 xmh with the new
|
|
|
1421 Xresources. When you press the repl, forw or comp buttons
|
|
|
1422 Xan xemacs window will come up with your draft message.
|
|
|
1423 X
|
|
|
1424 XOnce you have written your mail, save it and exit GNU emacs (C-xC-c).
|
|
|
1425 XYou will be prompted if you want to send the current message.
|
|
|
1426 XIf you enter 'y', the message will be sent and the output will
|
|
|
1427 Xbe displayed in an emacs window (in case you use -verbose or -snoop).
|
|
|
1428 XThen you will be prompted to exit emacs. Enter 'y' when you are ready.
|
|
|
1429 X
|
|
|
1430 XIf you answered 'n' when prompted to send the message,
|
|
|
1431 Xthen the draft message will be deleted and emacs will exit.
|
|
|
1432 X
|
|
|
1433 XYou can modify the Xmh.ad resources to add more buttons.
|
|
|
1434 XAny MH command which accepts "+folder msg" can be used
|
|
|
1435 X(e.g. a replx shell script which includes the body of the
|
|
|
1436 Xmessage being replied to can be bound to a replx button)
|
|
|
1437 X
|
|
|
1438 X
|
|
|
1439 XAndrew Wason
|
|
|
1440 Xaw@bae.bellcore.com
|
|
|
1441 END_OF_FILE
|
|
|
1442 if test 1269 -ne `wc -c <'README'`; then
|
|
|
1443 echo shar: \"'README'\" unpacked with wrong size!
|
|
|
1444 fi
|
|
|
1445 # end of 'README'
|
|
|
1446 fi
|
|
|
1447 if test -f 'Xmh.ad' -a "${1}" != "-c" ; then
|
|
|
1448 echo shar: Will not clobber existing file \"'Xmh.ad'\"
|
|
|
1449 else
|
|
|
1450 echo shar: Extracting \"'Xmh.ad'\" \(457 characters\)
|
|
|
1451 sed "s/^X//" >'Xmh.ad' <<'END_OF_FILE'
|
|
|
1452 XXmh*CommandButtonCount: 3
|
|
|
1453 X
|
|
|
1454 XXmh*commandBox.button1.label: repl
|
|
|
1455 XXmh*commandBox.button1.translations:\
|
|
|
1456 X #override\n\
|
|
|
1457 X <Btn1Up>: XmhShellCommand(xmhcommand y repl) unset()
|
|
|
1458 X
|
|
|
1459 XXmh*commandBox.button2.label: forw
|
|
|
1460 XXmh*commandBox.button2.translations:\
|
|
|
1461 X #override\n\
|
|
|
1462 X <Btn1Up>: XmhShellCommand(xmhcommand y forw) unset()
|
|
|
1463 X
|
|
|
1464 XXmh*commandBox.button3.label: comp
|
|
|
1465 XXmh*commandBox.button3.translations:\
|
|
|
1466 X #override\n\
|
|
|
1467 X <Btn1Up>: XmhShellCommand(xmhcommand n comp) unset()
|
|
|
1468 END_OF_FILE
|
|
|
1469 if test 457 -ne `wc -c <'Xmh.ad'`; then
|
|
|
1470 echo shar: \"'Xmh.ad'\" unpacked with wrong size!
|
|
|
1471 fi
|
|
|
1472 # end of 'Xmh.ad'
|
|
|
1473 fi
|
|
|
1474 if test -f 'xmh-command.el' -a "${1}" != "-c" ; then
|
|
|
1475 echo shar: Will not clobber existing file \"'xmh-command.el'\"
|
|
|
1476 else
|
|
|
1477 echo shar: Extracting \"'xmh-command.el'\" \(1294 characters\)
|
|
|
1478 sed "s/^X//" >'xmh-command.el' <<'END_OF_FILE'
|
|
|
1479 X;;; These functions are for use with xemacs and xmh.
|
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|
1480 X;;; The R5 xmh has a new action - XmhShellCommand which executes
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1481 X;;; a shell command with the current msg as an arg.
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1482 X;;; By executing something like:
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1483 X;;; XmhShellCommand(xmhcommand repl)
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1484 X;;; you can use xemacs as your editor with xmh.
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1485 X;;;
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1486 X;;; The following elisp functions perform the basic whatnowproc functionality
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1487 X;;; (quitting and deleting, sending)
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1488 X;;;
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1489 X;;; Andrew Wason aw@bae.bellcore.com
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1490 X
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1491 X
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1492 X;;; Override C-xC-c
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1493 X(define-key indented-text-mode-map "\C-x\C-c" 'xmh-command-send-or-delete)
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1494 X
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1495 X
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1496 X(setq mhdraft (getenv "mhdraft")) ; save the filename of the draft
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1497 X
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1498 X
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1499 X(find-file mhdraft) ; load the draft letter
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1500 X(indented-text-mode)
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1501 X(setq draft-buffer (current-buffer)) ; save the buffer the draft is in
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1502 X
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1503 X
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1504 X(defun xmh-command-send-or-delete ()
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1505 X "Prompt to send or delete letter, then quit."
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1506 X (interactive)
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1507 X (set-buffer draft-buffer)
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1508 X (if (y-or-n-p "Send message? ")
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1509 X (progn
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1510 X (save-buffer) ; save the draft buffer
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1511 X (message "Sending...")
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1512 X (pop-to-buffer "MH mail delivery"); pop to a buffer for "send" output
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1513 X (erase-buffer)
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1514 X (call-process "send" nil t t mhdraft) ; call MH "send"
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1515 X (if (y-or-n-p "Exit? ")
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1516 X (kill-emacs))) ; exit emacs
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1517 X (delete-file mhdraft) ; delete the draft letter
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1518 X (kill-emacs))) ; exit emacs
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1519 END_OF_FILE
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1520 if test 1294 -ne `wc -c <'xmh-command.el'`; then
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1521 echo shar: \"'xmh-command.el'\" unpacked with wrong size!
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1522 fi
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1523 # end of 'xmh-command.el'
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1524 fi
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1525 if test -f 'xmhcommand' -a "${1}" != "-c" ; then
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1526 echo shar: Will not clobber existing file \"'xmhcommand'\"
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1527 else
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1528 echo shar: Extracting \"'xmhcommand'\" \(669 characters\)
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1529 sed "s/^X//" >'xmhcommand' <<'END_OF_FILE'
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1530 X#!/bin/sh
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1531 X# This shell should be invoked by the xmh XmhShellCommand() action as
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1532 X# XmhShellCommand(xmhcommand y repl)
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1533 X# XmhShellCommand(xmhcommand n comp) etc.
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1534 X# If the second arg is y, then the message list will be used.
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1535 X
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1536 X# We invoke the passed MH command on the identified message
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1537 X# (we must strip the message number and folder from the pathname)
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1538 X(if [ $1 = "y" ]
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1539 Xthen
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1540 X $2 -whatnowproc xmhemacs +`dirname \`echo $3 | \
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1541 X sed "s;\\\`mhpath +\\\`/;;"\`` `basename $3`
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1542 X
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1543 X# You can use this more readable version instead if you have ksh
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1544 X# $2 -whatnowproc xmhemacs +$(dirname $(echo $3 | \
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1545 X# sed "s;$(mhpath +)/;;")) $(basename $3)
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1546 X
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1547 Xelse
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1548 X $2 -whatnowproc xmhemacs
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1549 Xfi)&
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1550 END_OF_FILE
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1551 if test 669 -ne `wc -c <'xmhcommand'`; then
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1552 echo shar: \"'xmhcommand'\" unpacked with wrong size!
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1553 fi
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1554 chmod +x 'xmhcommand'
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1555 # end of 'xmhcommand'
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1556 fi
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1557 if test -f 'xmhemacs' -a "${1}" != "-c" ; then
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1558 echo shar: Will not clobber existing file \"'xmhemacs'\"
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1559 else
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1560 echo shar: Extracting \"'xmhemacs'\" \(116 characters\)
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1561 sed "s/^X//" >'xmhemacs' <<'END_OF_FILE'
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1562 X#!/bin/sh
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1563 X# Invoke xemacs and load the xmh-command.el stuff.
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1564 X# xmhemacs is used by xmhcommand
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1565 Xxemacs -l xmh-command
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1566 END_OF_FILE
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1567 if test 116 -ne `wc -c <'xmhemacs'`; then
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1568 echo shar: \"'xmhemacs'\" unpacked with wrong size!
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1569 fi
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1570 chmod +x 'xmhemacs'
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1571 # end of 'xmhemacs'
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1572 fi
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1573 echo shar: End of shell archive.
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1574 exit 0
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1575
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1576
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1577 Subject: babyl2mh.pl
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1578 From: Appendix
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1579
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1580 #!/usr/gnu/bin/perl
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1581 # incorporate an RMAIL babyl file into an MH folder
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1582 #
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1583 # usage: babyl2mh +folder babyl-file
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1584 #
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1585 # V. Khera <khera@cs.duke.edu> 17-JUL-1991
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1586
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1587 # where to find rcvstore
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1588 $rcvstore = "/usr/local/lib/mh/rcvstore";
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1589
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1590 #
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1591 # pull out command line args
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1592 #
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1593 die "usage: babyl2mh +folder babyl-file\n" unless @ARGV == 2;
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1594
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1595 $folder = shift;
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1596 # make sure folder name starts with a "+"
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1597 (substr($folder,0,1) eq "+") || (substr($folder,0,0) = "+");
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1598 $bfname = shift;
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1599
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1600 print "Incorporating RMAIL file $bfname into MH folder $folder\n";
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1601
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1602 #
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1603 # read in babyl file.
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1604 #
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1605 $/ = "\037"; # this separates the records in a babyl file
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1606 $* = 1; # records are multi-lines
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1607
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1608 open(BABYL,$bfname) || die "Couldn't open $bfname\n";
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1609
|
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1610 $_ = <BABYL>; # discard header.
|
|
|
1611
|
|
|
1612 $msgnum = 0;
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|
|
1613
|
|
|
1614 while (<BABYL>) {
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|
|
1615 chop; # get rid of delimeter
|
|
|
1616 s/\f(.|\n)*\*\*\* EOOH \*\*\*\n//; # remove duplicate header information
|
|
|
1617 open(RCVSTORE,"|" . $rcvstore . " $folder");
|
|
|
1618 print RCVSTORE $_;
|
|
|
1619 $msgnum++;
|
|
|
1620 print "Message $msgnum done.\n";
|
|
|
1621 }
|
|
|
1622
|
|
|
1623
|
|
|
1624 Subject: inco
|
|
|
1625 From: Appendix
|
|
|
1626
|
|
|
1627 #!/bin/sh
|
|
|
1628 # Usage: inco [from [folder]]
|
|
|
1629 # "from" defaults to $HOME/Mail/outbound, "folder" to +inbox.
|
|
|
1630
|
|
|
1631 lispfile=/tmp/inco.$$.el
|
|
|
1632 input=${1-$HOME/Mail/outbound}
|
|
|
1633 tmpmbox=/tmp/inc.$$.mbox
|
|
|
1634 folder=${2-+inbox}
|
|
|
1635
|
|
|
1636 if [ $# -ge 3 ]; then
|
|
|
1637 echo Usage: `basename $0` [ from [ folder ]]
|
|
|
1638 exit 2
|
|
|
1639 fi
|
|
|
1640
|
|
|
1641 trap "rm -f $lispfile $tmpmbox ; exit 1" 1 2 15
|
|
|
1642
|
|
|
1643 touch $tmpmbox
|
|
|
1644 chmod 600 $tmpmbox
|
|
|
1645
|
|
|
1646 echo '(rmail-input "'$input'")
|
|
|
1647 (rmail-last-message)
|
|
|
1648 (setq last (rmail-what-message))
|
|
|
1649 (rmail-show-message 1)
|
|
|
1650 (while (not (equal (rmail-what-message) last))
|
|
|
1651 (rmail-output "'$tmpmbox'")
|
|
|
1652 (rmail-delete-forward nil))
|
|
|
1653 (rmail-output "'$tmpmbox'")
|
|
|
1654 (kill-buffer (current-buffer))
|
|
|
1655 ' > $lispfile
|
|
|
1656
|
|
|
1657 emacs -batch -l $lispfile
|
|
|
1658 inc -file $tmpmbox $folder
|
|
|
1659
|
|
|
1660 > $input
|
|
|
1661 rm -f $lispfile $tmpmbox
|
|
|
1662
|
|
|
1663
|
|
|
1664 Subject: srvrsmtp.c patch
|
|
|
1665 From: Appendix
|
|
|
1666
|
|
|
1667 >From the 5.67 sources:
|
|
|
1668
|
|
|
1669 *** srvrsmtp.c- Mon Feb 22 12:25:54 1993
|
|
|
1670 --- srvrsmtp.c Mon Feb 22 12:29:09 1993
|
|
|
1671 ***************
|
|
|
1672 *** 384,389 ****
|
|
|
1673 --- 384,395 ----
|
|
|
1674 message("250", "Reset state");
|
|
|
1675 if (InChild)
|
|
|
1676 finis();
|
|
|
1677 +
|
|
|
1678 + /* clean up a bit if running in parent */
|
|
|
1679 + hasmail = FALSE;
|
|
|
1680 + dropenvelope(CurEnv);
|
|
|
1681 + CurEnv = newenvelope(CurEnv);
|
|
|
1682 + CurEnv->e_flags = BlankEnvelope.e_flags;
|
|
|
1683 break;
|
|
|
1684
|
|
|
1685 case CMDVRFY: /* vrfy -- verify address */
|
|
|
1686
|
|
|
1687
|
|
|
1688 Local Variables:
|
|
|
1689 mode: outline
|
|
|
1690 outline-regexp: "^Subject:"
|
|
|
1691 fill-prefix: " "
|
|
|
1692 eval: (progn (setq buffer-read-only nil) (hide-body))
|
|
|
1693 End:
|
|
|
1694
|
|
|
1695
|
