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From: ted%braggvax.arpa@ICS.UCI.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.mail.mh
Subject: Re: MH... what is it....
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Date: 17 Feb 88 17:00:37 GMT
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The main reason to install MH is flexibility.  Since each command executes
from the shell rather than from a monolithic mailer,  you have the full power
of Unix available to process your messages.  I find things like redirection,
command substitution and history indispensable in dealing with mail.

It is fairly trivial to bring up a walking menu interface to MH in a
Sun shelltool window(*) so that you can do everything except type message
responses without ever putting your hand on the keyboard.  If you want
to use Sun's textedit editor, that's fine too, you can use any editor you want.


				Ted Nolan
				ted@braggvax.arpa

(*) Patch to Shelltool available on request