Also known as the MM User Guide, this manual was written in 1992 as a complete description of all the features of MM. Because of its verbosity, it was never printed. A version of it appeared online on Columbia's CUNIX system.In July 1996, we ran Scribe source files through its html driver and then massaged the output through an ad-hoc shellscript, to make a reasonably nice set of web pages. The manual was designed in short segments intended to print as 2-page spreads covering a logical topic, and each of those spreads is now a separate html document. The divisions below represent the chapters of the manual.
The manual was written by Joseph Brennan and proofed by two of the MM authors, Fuat Baran and Melissa Metz, all in 1992. MM has not changed since that time. It is copyright 1992 by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York.
MM Basics
- Starting an MM Session
- Using the Online Help
- Reading New Mail
- Reading Old Mail
- Sending Mail
- Sending a Reply
- Finishing an MM Session
- Basic MM Commands
Reading Mail
- Reading Mail with MM
- Reading Mail with Read Mode
- Reading Mail with Browse Mode
- Choosing Messages by Using Message Sequences
- Reviewing Mail on File with the Headers Display
- Using Message Status
- Marking Messages for Attention
- Hiding Some of the Header Fields in Messages
- Editing Messages on File
- Deleting Messages on File
- Checking the Size of Your Mail Files
- Creating More Mail Files
- Using Multiple Mail Files
Addressing Mail
- Addresses
- Writing Addresses with MM
- Solving Some Mail Delivery Problems
- Checking User IDS and Addresses
- Creating and Using Nicknames
- Creating and Using Mailing Lists
- Forwarding Mail Delivery to Another Address
- Helping People Contact You
- Using Internet and Bitnet Mailing Lists
Sending Mail
- Writing and Sending Messages with MM
- Writing a Message with the MM Editor (TEXT MODE)
- Writing a Message with Emacs
- Checking a Message before Sending It
- Changing the Text before Sending
- Changing the Header Fields before Sending
- Using the Carbon Copy (CC AND BCC)
- Sending a Copy to Yourself
- Using Keywords
- Creating and Using Your Own Header Fields
- Showing Your Own Address in Messages You Send
- Sending the Message
- Saving an Unfinished Message for Further Work
Replying to mail
- Replying to Messages with MM
- Addressing the Reply
- Including the Original Message in the Reply
- Writing a Reply with Emacs
- Remailing a Message to Someone Else
Input and Output
- Using Directories and Files in UNIX
- Inserting a File into a Message You Are Sending
- Saving a Message You Received into a Separate File
- Printing
- Uploading with Kermit: From Your PC to MM
- Downloading with Kermit: From MM to Your PC
- Using Cut and Paste with MM
- Using Uuencode to Mail Word Processor Files and Other Binaries
- Using MM with UNIX Standard Input and Output
Customizations and Timesavers
- Seeing the Settings of MM's Variables
- Customizing MM by Setting Variables
- Performing a Set of Commands in One Step: Take
- Customizing MM by Storing Commands in Files
- Customizing the Screen Display
- Customizing the Prompts
- Using the Command Line Effectively
- Getting Information
- Stopping MM: Suspending and Killing the Process
- Checking for New Mail
- Giving Commands to the Shell
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