Linux and the Unix Philosophy

immediately with very little effort. Many new functions are developed on the

fly on the user’s command line using this simple yet powerful architecture.

A valid question people sometimes raise about MH is, how do you

remember which commands are available? Those who are familiar with the

Berkeley Mail command, for example, know that they can always type “?” to

get a list of available commands. MH really shines in this area. Since it doesn’t

use a CUI, you can refer to the on-line Unix manual pages at any time.

These manual pages are considerably more thorough than the short list of

commands provided by Mail. MH’s operation is therefore much better

documented ...