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The Chapter Using xmh goes into detail about xmh features introduced here, as well as other features. It explains more about sequences, which provide a way to organize and keep track of your messages, and also covers other xmh features such as folders. You can change the way that xmh works, too -- the Chapter Customizing xmh explains how.

Here's a list of commonly-used features of xmh -- and a few others that are good to know, anyway.

• Organize messages into folders and subfolders; "link" messages into multiple folders without taking more disk space. (Section Organizing Messages with Folders.)
• If you accidentally remove a message, get it back. (Section Deleting (and Restoring) Messages.)
• Reorder messages in a folder many different ways. (Sections Sorting a Folder and Changing Command Options with edprofile.)
• Print your messages flexibly. (Section Changing the Print Command.)
• Store long mail address(es) in an alias. (Sections Aliases and MH Aliases.)
• Handle many draft messages at a time with the draft folder. (Section Draft Messages and the drafts Folder.)
• Add your standard "signature" text to the ends of messages automatically. (Section Add Text to Drafts: mysend.)
• Customize and change the headers of mail you send. (Section Template Draft Files Set Headers.)
• All about editing. (Section Editing in xmh.)
• Reformat the Table of Contents. (Section Changing Table of Contents.)
• Search for messages, store the lists automatically for reuse any time later. (Section Using Pick.)
• Handle incoming mail automatically. (Section Incorporate New Mail, Chapter Processing New Mail Automatically.)
• Insert original message into your reply with custom formatting. (Section ReplyInsertFilter.)
• Change and add buttons and accelerators. (Section Changing Buttons; Accelerators.)
• Set colors. (Section Adding Color.)

Remember that you can also use MH commands while there's no xmh window open. If you're interested, read about MH in the Parts Using MH and Customizing MH.

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