The MH Profile
The first time you use MH a file called '.mh_profile' will be created in
your account. This file contains a list of options for MH programs that
you can change to meet your needs. The most basic '.mh_profile' will have
only the line:
<![CDATA[
Path: Mail
]]>
which specifies the name of the directory which contains your mail
files. To make a change to your profile, just edit the file and add a
line for the applicable program. For example, if you would like to use
"emacs" instead of "prompter"
as your initial editor when composing mail messages, add this line to
your '.mh_profile':
<![CDATA[
comp: -editor emacs
]]>
or, if you would like "repl" to ask you whether to send a reply to each
person in the To: field, put
<![CDATA[
repl: -query
]]>
or
<![CDATA[
repl: -query -nocc me
]]>
in your profile. The latter line will always leave you off the Cc: list
when you "repl" to a message.
When you reply to a message, "repl" will, by default, send a copy of your
reply to everyone who got the original message - including the original
sender, you, and all the people listed in the To: and Cc: fields. Quite
often your reply will be of interest only to the original sender and
the other people will be mildly annoyed to receive it.
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