MHN(1mh)

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version 1.8 · 3 versions
, in debian trixie, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 MHN(1mh) 💖 — display/list/store nmh MIME messages 🎀

okay so bestie, sit down, grab a boba, because we need to talk about mhn. this page lives in section 1 of the mh manual, and it does exactly three-ish things: it displays, lists, and stores nmh MIME messages. that's the whole name, no notes. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

here's the shape of it, verbatim, because we do not mess with the synopsis:

mhn [-help] [-version] [+folder] [msgs] [-file file] [-part number] ...
     [-type content] ...  [-show | -noshow] [-list | -nolist] [-store |
     -nostore] [-headers | -noheaders] [-realsize | -norealsize]
     [-serialonly | -noserialonly] [-form formfile] [-pause | -nopause]
     [-auto | -noauto]

and then there's the second personality:

mhn -build file [-rfc934mode | -norfc934mode]

🦋 the flags, one by one 🦋

every single one of these is straight out of the original, no cap:

  • -help, -version — the lil classics, sitting right there in the synopsis.
  • +folder, msgs — the folder and the messages, exactly as written.
  • -file file, -part number, -type content — three that take a value, and the original slaps a ... after -part number and after -type content.
  • -show / -noshow — a toggle pair. 👯
  • -list / -nolist — another one.
  • -store / -nostore — another one.
  • -headers / -noheaders — another one.
  • -realsize / -norealsize — another one.
  • -serialonly / -noserialonly — another one.
  • -pause / -nopause — another one.
  • -auto / -noauto — and another one.
  • -form formfile — takes a form file.
  • and in build mode: -rfc934mode / -norfc934mode — the only toggle that hangs out with -build.
fr fr, that's the complete list. nothing skipped, nothing invented. 🙈

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

okay. deep breath. 🫶

mhn is deprecated. it is retained only for backwards compatibility. it's giving "still in the group chat but never texts first." it's not getting new features, it's not getting glow-ups, it's just there, for the old scripts and the old habits. 💀

and the thing you're supposed to do instead? the original is very clear and very direct about this, so I'm gonna be too:

you should migrate to using the commands mhlist, mhshow, and mhstore.

that's the whole glow-up arc right there. mhn walked so those three could run. 👑

🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

and that's the page!! this whole thing shipped with nmh-1.8, dated 2013-01-04, so yeah, it's a little vintage — vintage is iconic tho. go use mhshow bestie, mhn is retired and living its best life. mwah 💋✨🎀🦋💜

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