[comp.windows.x] Mail handler in X?

uucigj@swbatl.UUCP (3531) (11/22/89)

I was wondering if there are any other graphically oriented mail handler
in X? (like xmh with the buttons and scrollbars etc).  Or on the other hand
where can I find out about mh?  I have just received my sparcstation and
can't seem to find any reference to mh (although the xmh man page says to
see mh(1)). Is this mh an axtension that is not part of the Sun
distribution?  Would it be possible to recieve this if it is public domain?
( hint could someone send it if it is PD).  Please excuse the possible 
ignorance of this question and direct any comments via E-mail, thanks.


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haozhou@acsu.Buffalo.EDU (hao zhou) (11/22/89)

In article <972@swbatl.UUCP> you write:
>I was wondering if there are any other graphically oriented mail handler
>in X? (like xmh with the buttons and scrollbars etc).  Or on the other hand
>where can I find out about mh?  I have just received my sparcstation and
>can't seem to find any reference to mh (although the xmh man page says to
>see mh(1)). Is this mh an axtension that is not part of the Sun
>distribution?  Would it be possible to recieve this if it is public domain?
>( hint could someone send it if it is PD).  Please excuse the possible 
>ignorance of this question and direct any comments via E-mail, thanks.
>

There is another x client called smail. Unfotunatelly there are some 
bugs in it. 
If you never used mh before, you may try inc ( incorporate new mail )
which will do initialization for xmh. You may find that it creates 
a file in your home directory called .mh_profile containing the path
to your own mail folders. The path usually is ~/Mail. Under this directory
inc creates two default mail folders inbox and drafts. After this is done,
you may try to use xmh. 
I tried xmh. I couldn't get send, forward, and reply working. If you 
have any luck, let me know.

	Hao    

In article <972@swbatl.UUCP> you write:
>I was wondering if there are any other graphically oriented mail handler
>in X? (like xmh with the buttons and scrollbars etc).  Or on the other hand
>where can I find out about mh?  I have just received my sparcstation and
>can't seem to find any reference to mh (although the xmh man page says to
>see mh(1)). Is this mh an axtension that is not part of the Sun
>distribution?  Would it be possible to recieve this if it is public domain?
>( hint could someone send it if it is PD).  Please excuse the possible 
>ignorance of this question and direct any comments via E-mail, thanks.
>

There is another x client called smail. Unfotunatelly there are some 
bugs in it. 
If you never used mh before, you may try inc ( incorporate new mail )
which will do initialization for xmh. You may find that it creates 
a file in your home directory called .mh_profile containing the path
to your own mail folders. The path usually is ~/Mail. Under this directory
inc creates two default mail folders inbox and drafts. After this is done,
you may try to use xmh. 
I tried xmh. I couldn't get send, forward, and reply working. If you 
have any luck, let me know.

	Hao