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WHATNOW(1)			    [mmh-0.4]			      WHATNOW(1)

NAME
     whatnow2 - front-end for handling drafts

SYNOPSIS
     whatnow [command |-Version] |-help]

DESCRIPTION
     Whatnow  is the default program that queries the user about the disposition
     of a composed draft.  It is normally automatically invoked by  one  of  the
     mmh commands comp, dist, forw, or repl after the initial edit.

     When  started, the editor is started on the draft. Then, whatnow can called
     with one of the commands.

	  edit		   re-edit using the same editor that was  used  on  the
			   preceding  round  unless  a	profile entry `<lastedi-
			   tor>-next: <editor>' names an alternate editor

	  edit <editor>    invoke <editor> for further editing

	  list		   list the draft on the terminal

	  display	   list the message being distributed/replied-to on  the
			   terminal

	  whom		   list the recipients of the message

	  send		   send the message

	  refile +folder   refile the draft into the given folder

	  delete	   delete the draft and exit

	  attach files	   add the named files to the draft as MIME attachments

	  alist 	   list the MIME attachments

	  detach numbers   remove MIME attachments by number

     When  entering  your  response,  you  need  only  type enough characters to
     uniquely identify the response.

     For the edit response, any valid switch to the editor is valid.

     For the send response, any valid switch to send(1) is valid.

     For the refile response, any valid switch to refile is valid.

     See mh-profile(5) for further information about how  editors  are	used  by
     mmh.   It	also  discusses  how environment variables can be used to direct
     whatnow's actions in complex ways.

     If the initial edit fails, no new draft is created, but  any  existing  re-
     used  draft  is preserved.  Failures of later edits are ignored and another
     prompt is printed.

     Consult the mh-draft(7) man page for more information.

FILES
     $HOME/.mmh/profile 		  The user profile
     +drafts				  The draft folder

PROFILE COMPONENTS
     Path:		  To determine the user's mail storage
     Draft-Folder:	  To set the default draft-folder
     Editor:		  To override the default editor
     Metafile-Extension:  The optional extion for meta information like lasteditor
     <lasteditor>-next:   To name an editor to be used after exit
			  from <lasteditor>
     listproc:		  Program to list the contents of a message

SEE ALSO
     send(1)

CONTEXT
     None

MH.6.8				   2019-01-06			      WHATNOW(1)
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