-.TH MH\-MIME %manext7% " March 13, 2014" "%nmhversion%"
+.TH MH\-MIME %manext7% "September 25, 2016" "%nmhversion%"
.\"
.\" %nmhwarning%
.\"
format of Internet messages used to send multi\-media content.
The
.B nmh
-command suite has support for the display and composition of MIME messages, but
+command suite has support for the display and composition of MIME messages, but
currently MIME support is not completely integrated into all tools. This
document provides an overview as to which tools support MIME message display,
storage, and composition.
.B nmh
was built with
.IR iconv (3)
-support. You can check the status of
-.IR iconv (3)
-support in
-.B nmh
-by executing the command
-.PP
-.RS 5
-.nf
-mhparam\0\iconv
-.fi
-.RE
-.PP
-If it returns
-.IR iconv ,
-then
+support. See the
+.IR mhparam (1)
+man page for how determine whether your
.B nmh
-is built with
+installation includes
.IR iconv (3)
-support. If it is blank, then
-.IR iconv (3)
-support is not included.
+support.
.PP
Depending on the source and target character set, it may not be possible
-to convert all characters to the local character set. In this case a
+to convert all characters to the local character set. In this case a
substitution character will be used for the characters that cannot be
converted.
.SS
format, see the examples provided with the
.B nmh
distribution (found in the
-.RI \*(lq %etcdir% \*(rq
+.RI \*(lq %nmhetcdir% \*(rq
directory) and
.IR mh\-format (5)
for details on how to make sure your MIME headers are properly
When replying to messages using
.IR repl (1)
the traditional MH method of including the original text in the reply does
-not interoperate with MIME messages. As of this writing there is no
-native solution for addressing this issue, but the contrib directory
+not interoperate with MIME messages. The
+.B \-convertargs
+switch to
+.IR repl (1)
+provides one solution. Another solution: the contrib directory
.RI ( %docdir%/contrib )
contains a Perl program called
.B replyfilter
for instructions on how to configure
.B nmh
to work with it.
+.SS
+Message Rewrite
+The
+.IR mhfixmsg (1)
+command can apply various transformations to MIME messages, including
+decoding of text parts, converting the character set of text parts,
+and insertion of text/plain parts to correspond to text parts of other
+subtypes.
+.B mhfixmsg
+can also repair defects in MIME messages, such as mismatched top-level
+boundary indicators and invalid Content-Transfer-Encoding values.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-.IR nmh (7),
-.IR mhbuild (1),
.IR comp (1),
+.IR iconv (3),
+.IR mh\-format (5)
+.IR mhbuild (1),
+.IR mhfixmsg (1),
+.IR mhparam (1),
+.IR nmh (7),
.IR repl (1),
.IR whatnow (1),
-.IR mh\-format (5)
-.PP
-.I %docdir%/contrib/replyfilter
+.br
+.IR %docdir%/contrib/replyfilter ,
+.br
+.I %docdir%/contrib/replaliases
.SH BUGS
-MIME support should be more integrated into all of the
+MIME support should be more integrated into all of the
.B nmh
tools than it currently is.