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Chris Cox's EXMH Presentation
Exmh is a Tcl/Tk mail package built on MH. It has some similarity
to the old Xmh program. However, Exmh
provides a spiffier interface which correctly
handles multi-part MIME messages and can lauch your favorite Web
browser for html attachments. Exmh also gives you flexibility
to handle MIME attachments in different ways.
Exmh even remembers successful MIME application runs so it can
remind you for example, that your favorite
application/x-tcl is understood.
Features
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Mime Support
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Exmh can display and send multi-part MIME messages. MIME messages are Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions.
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Sun Attachments
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Exmh coerces Sun attachments into MIME format.
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Nested Folder Display
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A display of your mail folders appears as a set of labels, one for each folder.
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Scan Listing Highlights
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The scan listing--folder table-of-contents--is also highlighted to indicate the current message, unread messages, and messages marked for move or delete.
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Facesaver Bitmap Display
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If you have a facesaver database on your system, exmh displays can use it.
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Background Processing
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You can set exmh to run periodically, check for new messages, etc.
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Mail Filtering
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Exmh is designed to work with external agents that filter arriving mail into different folders.
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Unseen Folder Display
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Pick
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Pick is an interface to MH. It lets you select messages by pattern in the header fields, by date, or by sequence name.
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Fast Search
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Because Pick can be slow. Can also use Glimpse.
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Editor Interface
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Choose your favorite editor or use the full-featured default, sedit.
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Keybinding User Interface
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Aliases User Interface
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A browser for your MH aliases lets you define new aliases and insert aliases into mail messages
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Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)
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If you have PGP, you can use it from exmh.
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Preferences User Interface
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There are many knobs and dials you can use to adjust the behavior of exmh.
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URL Aware
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Exmh can scan for embedded URLs in mail messages; it can look for X-URL:mail headers too. These are turned into active text buttons.
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User Programming
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If the preference settings are not enough, you can program exmh directly, adding new features, buttons, etc.
Some exmh links:
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