# The MH-E Manual

This is version 8.0.3 of The MH-E Manual, last updated 2006-11-12.

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## Table of Contents

- The MH-E Manual
- Preface
- 1 GNU Emacs Terms and Conventions
- 2 Getting Started
- 3 Tour Through MH-E
  - 3.1 Sending Mail
  - 3.2 Receiving Mail
  - 3.3 Processing Mail
  - 3.4 Leaving MH-E
  - 3.5 More About MH-E
- 4 Using This Manual
  - 4.1 Options
  - 4.2 Ranges
  - 4.3 Folder Selection
- 5 Incorporating Your Mail
- 6 Reading Your Mail
  - 6.1 Viewing Your Mail
  - 6.2 Viewing Attachments
  - 6.3 HTML
  - 6.4 Digests
  - 6.5 Signed and Encrypted Messages
  - 6.6 Printing Your Mail
  - 6.7 Files and Pipes
  - 6.8 Navigating
  - 6.9 Miscellaneous Commands and Options
- 7 Organizing Your Mail with Folders
- 8 Sending Mail
  - 8.1 Composing
  - 8.2 Replying to Mail
  - 8.3 Forwarding Mail
  - 8.4 Redistributing Your Mail
  - 8.5 Editing Old Drafts and Bounced Messages
- 9 Editing a Draft
  - 9.1 Editing the Message
  - 9.2 Inserting Letter to Which You're Replying
  - 9.3 Inserting Messages
  - 9.4 Inserting Your Signature
  - 9.5 Inserting Your Picture
  - 9.6 Adding Attachments
  - 9.7 Signing and Encrypting Messages
  - 9.8 Checking Recipients
  - 9.9 Sending a Message
  - 9.10 Killing the Draft
- 10 Aliases
- 11 Identities
- 12 The Speedbar
- 13 The Menu Bar
- 14 The Tool Bar
- 15 Searching Through Messages
  - 15.1 Configuring Indexed Searches
    - 15.1.1 swish++
    - 15.1.2 swish
    - 15.1.3 mairix
    - 15.1.4 namazu
    - 15.1.5 pick
    - 15.1.6 grep
- 16 Viewing Message Threads
- 17 Limiting Display
- 18 Using Sequences
- 19 Dealing With Junk Mail
- 20 Miscellaneous Commands, Variables, and Buffers
- Appendix A Scan Line Formats
- Appendix B Reading Mailing Lists Effectively
- Appendix C Odds and Ends
  - C.1 Bug Reports
  - C.2 MH-E Mailing Lists
  - C.3 MH FAQ and Support
  - C.4 Getting MH-E
- Appendix D History of MH-E
  - D.1 From Brian Reid
  - D.2 From Jim Larus
  - D.3 From Stephen Gildea
  - D.4 From Bill Wohler
- Appendix E GNU FREE DOCUMENTATION LICENSE
  - ADDENDUM: How to use this License for your documents
- Appendix F GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
  - Preamble
  - How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
- Key (Character) Index
- Command Index
- Option (Variable) Index
- Concept Index