-.TH MH\-MIME %manext7% " March 13, 2014" "%nmhversion%"
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+.TH MH\-MIME %manext7% 2014-12-15 "%nmhversion%"
+.
.\" %nmhwarning%
-.\"
+.
.SH NAME
-mh\-mime \- Overview of
-.IR nmh (7)
-MIME message composition and display
+mh\-mime \- overview of nmh MIME message composition and display
.\"
.SH DESCRIPTION
The acronym MIME stands for Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions, the
-format of Internet messages used to send multi\-media content.
+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.
Local Character Set Conversion
All of the
.B nmh
-commands convert non\-native character sets to the local character set,
+commands convert non-native character sets to the local character set,
as specified by the operating system locale settings. See
.IR locale (1)
for more details on the environment variables used to set the
.B nmh
was built with
.IR iconv (3)
-support. You can check the status of
-.IR iconv (3)
-support in
+support. See
+.IR mhparam (1)
+for how to determine whether your
.B nmh
-by executing the command
-.PP
-.RS 5
-.nf
-mhparam\0\iconv
-.fi
-.RE
-.PP
-If it returns
-.IR iconv ,
-then
-.B nmh
-is built with
-.IR iconv (3)
-support. If it is blank, then
+installation includes
.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
-decoded.
+for details on how to make sure your MIME headers are properly decoded.
.PP
By default, if
.B show
before being passed to
.IR post (1)
for message submission.
-.B Mhbuild
+.B mhbuild
will use the locale settings to mark text content with the appropriate
character set and apply any necessary encoding. If you wish to include
text in your message using a character set that does not match your
-locale, you will need to specify the character set using a
+locale, you will need to specify the character set using an
.B mhbuild
directive; see
.IR mhbuild (1)
for more information.
.PP
-For attaching files or composing other non-text content, there are two options: the attach system and
+For attaching files or composing other non-text content, there are two options:
+the attach system and
.B mhbuild
directives.
.PP
.B attach
command at the \*(lqWhat now?\*(rq prompt, or by inserting an \*(lqAttach:\*(rq
header in the message draft containing the name of the file you wish to
-attach to the message (it should be noted all that the
+attach to the message (note that all the
.B attach
-command does is place an \*(lqAttach\*(rq header in the message draft).
-.B Mhbuild
+command does is place an \*(lqAttach:\*(rq header in the message draft).
+.B mhbuild
will then automatically include the specified file(s) in the outgoing
message. See
.IR send (1)
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.
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