.RB [ \-type
.IR content ]
\&...
+.RB [ \-prefer
+.IR content ]
+\&...
.RB [ \-auto " | " \-noauto ]
.RB [ \-clobber
.IR always " | " auto " | " suffix " | " ask " | " never ]
.B \-type
switch must be used twice: once for message/external-body
and once for the content externally referenced.
+.PP
+The
+.B \-prefer
+switch will alter the part ordering of multipart/alternative MIME sections
+in order to override the sender-imposed default ordering.
+The
+.B \-prefer
+switch is functionally most important for
+.BR mhshow ,
+but is also implemented in
+.B mhlist
+and
+.B mhstore
+to make common part number ordering possible across all three programs.
+See
+.IR mhlist (1)
+and
+.IR mhshow (1)
+for more information on
+.BR \-prefer.
.SS "Checking the Contents"
The
.B \-check