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<h2 class="unnumbered">Preface</h2>
<p><a name="index-Emacs-1"></a><a name="index-Unix-commands_002c-Emacs-2"></a><a name="index-preface-3"></a>
This manual introduces another interface to the MH mail system that is
accessible through the GNU Emacs editor, namely, <em>MH-E</em>. MH-E is
easy to use. I don't assume that you know GNU Emacs or even MH at this
point, since I didn't know either of them when I discovered MH-E.
However, MH-E was the tip of the iceberg, and I discovered more and
more niceties about GNU Emacs and MH. Now I'm fully hooked on both of
them.
<p>The MH-E package is distributed with GNU Emacs<a rel="footnote" href="#fn-1" name="fnd-1"><sup>1</sup></a>, so you
shouldn't have to do anything special to use it. This manual covers
MH-E version 8.0.3. To help you decide which version you
have, see <a href="Getting-Started.html#Getting-Started">Getting Started</a>.
<p><a name="index-help_002dwith_002dtutorial-4"></a><a name="index-C_002dh-t-5"></a>
If you don't already use GNU Emacs but want to learn more, you can
read an online tutorial by starting GNU Emacs and typing <kbd>C-h t</kbd>
(<code>help-with-tutorial</code>). (To learn about this notation, see
<a href="Conventions.html#Conventions">Conventions</a>.) If you want to take the plunge, consult the
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/"><cite>GNU Emacs Manual</cite></a>,
from the Free Software Foundation.
<p>If more information is needed, you can go to the Unix manual pages of
the individual MH commands. When the name is not obvious, I'll guide
you to a relevant MH manual page that describes the action more fully.
<p><a name="index-g_t_0040cite_007bMH-_0026-nmh_003a-Email-for-Users-_0026-Programmers_007d-6"></a><a name="index-MH-book-7"></a><a name="index-info-8"></a><a name="index-C_002dh-i-9"></a>
This manual is available in both Info and online formats. The Info
version is distributed with Emacs and can be accessed with the
<samp><span class="command">info</span></samp> command (`<samp><span class="samp">info mh-e</span></samp>') or within Emacs (<kbd>C-h i
m mh-e <RET></kbd>). The online version is available at
<a href="http://mh-e.sourceforge.net/manual/">SourceForge</a>. Another great
online resource is the book <a href="http://www.ics.uci.edu/~mh/book/"><cite>MH & nmh: Email for Users & Programmers</cite></a> (also known as
<dfn>the MH book</dfn>).
<p>I hope you enjoy this manual! If you have any comments, or suggestions
for this document, please let me know.
<p><a name="index-Bill-Wohler-10"></a><a name="index-Wohler_002c-Bill-11"></a>
Bill Wohler <<i>wohler at newt.com</i>><br>
8 February 1995<br>
24 February 2006
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<h4>Footnotes</h4><p class="footnote"><small>[<a name="fn-1" href="#fnd-1">1</a>]</small> Version
8.0.3 of MH-E will appear in GNU Emacs 22.1. It is supported
in GNU Emacs 21, as well as XEmacs 21 (except for versions
21.5.9-21.5.16). It is compatible with MH versions 6.8.4 and higher,
all versions of nmh, and GNU mailutils 1.0 and higher.</p>
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