Chapter Introduction (Tour Through MH)
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This chapter takes you on a tour through MH Version 6.8.3.
You'll use basic functions to send and receive mail, organize it,
and do most of the basic things you'd do with MH.
Along the way are some brief looks at advanced features that are
covered in the next few chapters.
Want A Fast Overview?
Your online
mh(1)
manual page is a high-level summary of MH.
In just a few pages, it covers the basics from setting up to reporting bugs.
There are no examples, no information on some advanced features, and only
one-line summaries of advanced commands.
If you're good with UNIX, though, that manual page can get you started with
MH in a hurry.
If your site doesn't have MH 6.8.3, try the tour anyhow.
Except for MIME support, the basics of MH haven't changed much in years.
If a feature works differently on your version, ask someone who knows MH or look
at the online manual page for your version of MH -- or just try the next feature.
After you do the quick tutorial in this chapter, you'll have
enough experience to handle your day-to-day mail with MH.
If you haven't thought about using one of the MH interfaces covered
in this book -- xmh, mh-e, or exmh -- you might browse through
the tour chapters for those programs now.
If you're using a workstation or terminal that runs the X Window System,
you can probably use xmh and exmh.
If you use the GNU Emacs editor, or you're interested in trying a windowing
interface to MH that doesn't require a windowing terminal, mh-e might
be right for you.
You don't have to choose one and stay with it forever:
you can use MH and any of its front-ends, though running more than one at
the same moment can cause problems if you aren't careful.
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