Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!cbnewsc!gregg From: gregg@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (gregg.g.wonderly) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc Subject: Re: MH verses the "all in one file" MUAs Message-ID: <1571@cbnewsc.ATT.COM> Date: 6 Jul 89 19:18:43 GMT References: Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 46 From article , by wisner@mica.Berkeley.EDU (Bill Wisner): > I shell alias and a one-line MHL template. That's it. To wit: > > alias repli 'repl -filt mhl.repl' > > And, in ~/Mail/mhl.repl: > > body:component="> ",offset=0 Simply putting the line repl: -filt mhl.repl makes it always happen. If you extend the file to look more like body:component="> ",offset=0 : :----- :gregg.g.wonderly@att.com (AT&T Bell Labs or ihlpb!gregg) and you get the signature line as well. Remember how Brandon always has replies that look like +------------------------------ + original message text +------------------------------ He probably uses something like :+--------------------- body:component="+ ",offset=0 :+--------------------- as his filter. > Obscure, yes, but not nearly as difficult as you make it look. And though MH > may have a rough learning curve, there are many MH stUds who are glad to > help. It really does not hurt to ask! There is a comp.mail.mh group, and this precise topic has gone by at least 3 times in the past 6 months (which says something for the MHL documentation or lack thereof). -- ----- gregg.g.wonderly@att.com (AT&T bell laboratories)