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(mh-e)Processing Mail Tour

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Processing Mail
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   The first thing we want to do is reply to the message that we sent
ourselves.  Ensure that the cursor is still on the same line as your
test message and type `r'.  You are prompted in the minibuffer with
`Reply to whom:'.  Here mh-e is asking whether you'd like to reply to
the original sender only, to the sender and primary recipients, or to
the sender and all recipients.  If you simply hit <RET>, you'll reply
only to the sender.  Hit <RET> now.

   You'll find yourself in an Emacs buffer similar to that when you were
sending the original message, like this:

     To: wohler
     Subject: Re: Test
     In-reply-to: Bill Wohler's message of Wed, 24 Aug 1994 13:01:13 -0700
                  <199408242001.NAA00505@newt.com>
     --------
     #
     
     --**-{draft}      (MH-Letter)--All-------------------------------------
     To: wohler
     Subject: Test
     Date: Wed, 24 Aug 1994 13:01:13 -0700
     From: Bill Wohler <wohler@newt.com>
     
       This is a test message to get the wheels churning...
     
     -----{show-+inbox} 4      (MH-Show)--Bot-------------------------------
     Composing a reply...done
     Composition window during reply

   By default, MH will not add you to the address list of your replies,
so if you find that the `To:' header field is missing, don't worry.  In
this case, type `C-c C-f C-t' to create and go to the `To:' field,
where you can type your login name again.  You can move around with the
arrow keys or with `C-p' (`previous-line'), `C-n' (`next-line'), `C-b'
(`backward-char'), and `C-f' (`forward-char') and can delete the
previous character with <BS>.  When you're finished editing your
message, send it with `C-c C-c' as before.

   You'll often want to save messages that were sent to you in an
organized fashion.  This is done with "folders".  You can use folders
to keep messages from your friends, or messages related to a particular
topic.  With your cursor in the MH-Folder buffer and positioned on the
message you sent to yourself, type `o' to output (`refile' in MH
parlance) that message to a folder.  Enter `test' at the `Destination:'
prompt and type `y' (or <SPC>) when mh-e asks to create the folder
`+test'.  Note that a `^' (caret) appears next to the message number,
which means that the message has been marked for refiling but has not
yet been refiled.  We'll talk about how the refile is actually carried
out in a moment.

   Your previous reply is now waiting in the system mailbox.  You
incorporate this mail into your MH-Folder buffer named `+inbox' with
the `i' command.  Do this now.  After the mail is incorporated, use `n'
or `p' to move the cursor to the new message, and read it with <RET>.
Let's delete this message by typing `d'.  Note that a `D' appears next
to the message number.  This means that the message is marked for
deletion but is not yet deleted.  To perform the deletion (and the
refile we did previously), use the `x' command.

   If you want to send another message you can use `m' instead of `M-x
mh-smail'.  So go ahead, send some mail to your friends!