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@part<One,Root="mm.mss">
@begin<Text>
@chapter(Introduction)
@section(What Is MM?)
MM is a powerful electronic mail system that allows you to send,
read, edit, and manage messages quickly and easily.
MM has three different @i<modes>.
@begin(itemize)
@b[Top-level] is the default or initial mode you are in when you enter
MM. At @b[top-level mode] you can perform general operations on your
mail such as finding out how many messages are in your mailbox and who
they are from. Also at @b[top-level], you begin the procedures to
@i[read] and @i[send] mail.
In @b[read mode], you give commands about the mail you are reading.
You can for example delete or file it, or reply to it.
In @b[send mode], you give commands about the mail you are sending to
other users.
@end(itemize)
Within each mode there are a series of commands that you may use to
work with the messages you have received or to compose and send
outgoing messages. A command simply consists of an English word, or
several, typed at the @i[MM>, Read>], or @i[Send>] prompt (the prompts
at the three modes) followed by a carriage return.
Unlike other Unix programs, MM accepts a command in either upper or
lower case. (Notice though that file names are case-sensitive.) MM
will attempt to interpret each command: if understood, the command is
executed; if not, MM will complain to you about the command error.
MM has a large list of commands that do many different things. You
don't need to know them all to use MM effectively, but they make a
flexible whole within which MM can operate.
@section(Learning MM)
A good way to learn how to use MM and its commands is to look at this
manual while you use MM. The second chapter is a series of examples
demonstrating the use of the most common MM commands and should be
helpful in getting you started. The other chapters offer a more
detailed description of the commands used in the examples, as well as
a complete list of all commands and options available at each mode.
If, after you have used MM extensively, you feel that something has
been left out of the program, feel free to use the @i[bug] command,
which lets you communicate with the maintainers of MM. We are willing
to listen to reasonable suggestions and let you know whether anything can
be done.
@newpage<>
@section(Help)
MM has extensive internal help. It is more detailed than this manual.
If you are getting unexpected results or don't see quite how to use a
command, see whether the online help explains it more fully.
There are three versions of help, as shown in the following examples:
@blankspace(2 lines)
Typing in a @p(?) at any MM prompt gives all the commands available at
that point. The most important example is @i(help ?) (@i[help], space,
question-mark), which shows what help is available:
@blankspace<1 line>
@begin(example)
MM>@b<help ?>
BASIC command, one of the following:
exit help headers quit read
review send suspend
or MESSAGE-HANDLING command, one of the following:
answer delete forward print remail
reply type undelete
or MESSAGE-TAGGING command, one of the following:
flag keyword mark unanswer unflag
unkeyword unmark
or FILING command, one of the following:
copy examine expunge get move
restore-draft sort write
or CUSTOMIZATION command, one of the following:
define profile save-init set show
or INFORMATION command, one of the following:
check count daytime finger pwd
status version who
or some OTHER command, one of the following:
backtrack blank browse bug bye
cd continue echo edit follow
jump list literal next previous
push route spell take
or "!" for shell escape
or other topic, one of the following:
addressing basic bitnet ccmd
command-history command-line-edit customization directory
filing information internet message-handling
message-sequence message-tagging other shell
signature-file text-mode top
or other mode, one of the following:
top-level-mode read-mode send-mode
or confirm for a brief help message
@end(example)
At the @i(Send>) and @i(Read>) prompts, slightly different lists appear.
@newpage<>
Typing in @p<help> followed by any command name then gives further
information on each of the specific commands. For example, to get
more information on the command @i<headers>, type @p(help headers):
@blankspace<2 lines>
@begin(example)
MM>@b<help headers>
The HEADERS command is used to list "headline" summaries of messages
in your current mail file. Each summary line contains the sequence
number, date, sender, subject, status and length of a message.
To use the HEADERS command, type "headers" followed by a message
number or message-sequence. The default is the current message.
For example: Displays summaries of:
headers 2:4 Messages numbered 2 through 4
headers subj meeting Messages with "meeting" in the subject line
headers unanswered Messages you haven't replied to yet
h from walter after 11/23/88 Messages from "walter" dated after
Nov 23, 1988
The first example would give you the following:
K 2) 23-Dec Walter Bourne SAS graph stuff (1061 chars)
3) 6-Feb Jeff Eldredge Technical Notes (749 chars)
FA 4) 21-Feb Bea Hamblett sas article (277 chars)
For more help type "help" and one of these topics:
message-sequence basic
@end(example)
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Typing @p(headers ?) gets a screen suggesting possible completions:
@blankspace(2 lines)
@begin(example)
MM>@b(headers ?) message number
or range of message numbers, n:m
or range of message numbers, n-m
or range of message numbers, n+m (m messages beginning with n)
or "." to specify the current message
or "*" to specify the last message
or message sequence, one of the following:
after all answered before
current deleted flagged from
inverse keyword last longer
new on previous-sequence recent
seen shorter since subject
unflagged unkeyword unseen
or "," and another message sequence
@end(example)
@end(text)