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<h3 class="section">6.4 Digests</h3>
<p><a name="index-digests-629"></a><a name="index-mh_002dpage_002ddigest-630"></a><a name="index-mh_002dpage_002ddigest_002dbackwards-631"></a><a name="index-D-_0040key_007bBS_007d-632"></a><a name="index-D-_0040key_007bSPC_007d-633"></a><a name="index-g_t_0040key_007bBS_007d-634"></a><a name="index-g_t_0040key_007bSPC_007d-635"></a>
A digest is a message that contains other messages. Special MH-E
commands let you read digests conveniently. You can use <SPC> and
<BS> to page through the digest as if it were a normal message,
but if you wish to skip to the next message in the digest, use
<kbd>D <SPC></kbd> (<code>mh-page-digest</code>). To return to a previous message,
use <kbd>D <BS></kbd> (<code>mh-page-digest-backwards</code>).
<p><a name="index-g_t_0040command_007bburst_007d-636"></a><a name="index-MH-commands_002c-_0040command_007bburst_007d-637"></a><a name="index-MH_002dFolder-Show-mode-638"></a><a name="index-modes_002c-MH_002dFolder-Show-639"></a><a name="index-mh_002dburst_002ddigest-640"></a><a name="index-d-641"></a><a name="index-D-b-642"></a><a name="index-t-643"></a>
Another handy command is <kbd>D b</kbd> (<code>mh-burst-digest</code>). This
command uses the MH command <samp><span class="command">burst</span></samp><a rel="footnote" href="#fn-1" name="fnd-1"><sup>1</sup></a> to break out each message in the digest into its own message.
Using this command, you can quickly delete unwanted messages, like
this: Once the digest is split up, toggle out of MH-Folder Show mode
with <kbd>t</kbd> (see <a href="Folders.html#Folders">Folders</a>) so that the scan lines fill the screen
and messages aren't displayed. Then use <kbd>d</kbd> (see <a href="Reading-Mail.html#Reading-Mail">Reading Mail</a>)
to quickly delete messages that you don't want to read (based on the
`<samp><span class="samp">Subject:</span></samp>' header field). You can also burst the digest to reply
directly to the people who posted the messages in the digest. One
problem you may encounter is that the `<samp><span class="samp">From:</span></samp>' header fields are
preceded with a `<samp><span class="samp">></span></samp>' so that your reply can't create the
`<samp><span class="samp">To:</span></samp>' field correctly. In this case, you must correct the
`<samp><span class="samp">To:</span></samp>' field yourself. This is described later (see <a href="Editing-Drafts.html#Editing-Drafts">Editing Drafts</a>).
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<h4>Footnotes</h4><p class="footnote"><small>[<a name="fn-1" href="#fnd-1">1</a>]</small> See the section
<a href="http://rand-mh.sourceforge.net/book/mh/burdig.html">Bursting Messages</a> in the MH
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