-.TH MHSTORE %manext1% "March 2, 2014" "%nmhversion%"
+.TH MHSTORE %manext1% "February 6, 2015" "%nmhversion%"
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will store all the parts of each message.
Each part will be store in a separate file. The header fields of
the message are not stored. By using the
-.B \-part
+.BR \-part ,
+.BR \-type ,
and
-.B \-type
-switches, you may limit the scope of
-.B mhstore
-to particular
-subparts (of a multipart content) and/or particular content types.
+.B \-prefer
+switches, you may limit and reorder the set of parts to be stored,
+based on part number and/or content type.
.PP
The
.B \-file
.PP
A part specification consists of a series of numbers separated by
dots. For example, in a multipart content containing three parts,
-these would be named as 1, 2, and 3, respectively. If part 2 was
-also a multipart content containing two parts, these would be named
-as 2.1 and 2.2, respectively. Note that the
+these would be named as 1, 2, and 3, respectively. If part 2 was also
+a multipart content containing two parts, these would be named as 2.1
+and 2.2, respectively. Note that the
.B \-part
-switch is
-effective for only messages containing a multipart content. If a
-message has some other kind of content, or if the part is itself
+switch is effective for only messages containing a multipart content.
+If a message has some other kind of content, or if the part is itself
another multipart content, the
.B \-part
-switch will not prevent
-the content from being acted upon.
+switch will not prevent the content from being acted upon.
+.PP
+The
+.B \-type
+switch can also be used to restrict (or, when used in conjunction with
+.BR \-part ,
+to further restrict) the selection of parts according to content type.
+One or more
+.B \-type
+switches part will only select the first match
+from a multipart/alternative, even if there is more than one
+subpart that matches (one of) the given content type(s).
+.PP
+Using either
+.B \-part
+or
+.B -type
+switches alone will cause either to select
+the part(s) they match. Using them together will select only
+the part(s) matched by both (sets of) switches. In other
+words, the result is the intersection, and not the union, of their
+separate match results.
.PP
A content specification consists of a content type and a subtype.
-The initial list of \*(lqstandard\*(rq content types and subtypes
-can be found in RFC 2046.
+The initial list of \*(lqstandard\*(rq content types and subtypes can
+be found in RFC 2046.
.PP
A list of commonly used contents is briefly reproduced here:
.PP
.B mhlist
and
.B mhstore
-to make common part number ordering possible across all three programs.
+to make common part numbering possible across all three programs.
See
.IR mhlist (1)
and