ULTRIX MH User's Guide

Order Number: AA-PFTEA-TE

This document is the MH User's Guide for the ULTRIX Version 4.2 operating system, published in May 1991.

It serves as a comprehensive manual for using the MH (Mail Handler) user agent to send and receive electronic mail on ULTRIX. The guide covers:

  • Introduction to MH: Basic concepts, first-time setup, and available online references.
  • Message Creation and Sending: How to write messages, fill out headers (To, Cc, Subject, Bcc, Fcc), send files within messages, and save unsent drafts.
  • Message Management: Receiving, reading, printing, saving to files, and deleting messages, including retrieval of deleted items.
  • Replying and Forwarding: Instructions for responding to and forwarding emails, including options for keeping copies and enclosing original messages.
  • Filing and Organization: Detailed information on creating, listing, sorting, deleting, and renaming message folders, including the use of subfolders.
  • Address Management: Utilizing the alex utility to extract and save addresses, creating and managing personal and system alias files for simplified addressing and distribution lists.
  • Customization: Setting up a user profile (.mh_profile) to customize MH behavior, such as default editors, message headers, and command options.
  • Advanced Message Manipulation: Searching for messages based on header fields, body content, or date, and grouping messages into "sequences" for collective handling.
  • Mail Addressing: Explaining conventions for addressing mail to local and non-local users on ULTRIX.

The manual is intended for users familiar with basic ULTRIX concepts and commands, aiming to help them use MH quickly and efficiently.

AA-PFTEA-TE
May 1991
92 pages
Original
4.1MB
OCR Version
3.6MB
AA-PFTEA-TE
May 1991
93 pages
Original
3.6MB
AA-PFTEA-TE
May 1991
92 pages
Original
3.3MB

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