New in the Third Edition
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This third edition has been updated for X Release 6 and MH 6.8.3.
Other changes include:
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How to use multimedia email with the MIME standard.
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Three chapters, written by Brent Welch, about exmh.
Three chapters, by Bill Wohler, about mh-e.
The Reference Guide covers exmh and mh-e.
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To make room for the new material, this edition doesn't include printed
manual pages.
If you don't have online manpages, there are now
directions for
obtaining them.
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The shell programming chapter is much less tutorial and more specific to MH.
The old chapter describing shell programs is gone; the explanations have
moved to the chapters where the program would be most useful, and the
programming details are in Appendix D.
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There are even more tips for using MH in real applications.
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There are many new sections:
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Using MIME,
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Multiple MH Sessions,
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Reading MIME Messages,
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Listing MIME Message Parts,
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MIME Fields in a Header,
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Editor-next,
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mhn Editing and automhnproc (later renamed to
Building MIME Drafts),
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Recovering MIME Drafts,
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Composing and Sending MIME Messages,
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Forwarding in MIME Format,
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Working in an MH Directory,
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Pack Messages into a File,
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MIME Configuration,
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International Character Support,
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The digestcomps File,
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Periodic Cleanup, Checking, etc. with cron and at,
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Make Message Bookmarks with mark,
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Filter Forwarded MIME Messages: mforw,
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Show MIME Message Parts with showpart,
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Get Message Number List: msgnums,
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Settings from the MH Profile,
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The Original MH Proposal.
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I've incorporated reader comments and suggestions.
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Revised by Jerry Peek.
Last change $Date: 1999/10/10 05:14:05 $
This file is from the third edition of the book MH & xmh: Email
for Users & Programmers, ISBN 1-56592-093-7, by Jerry Peek.
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