MH & xmh: Email for Users & Programmers

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MH & xmh: Email for Users & Programmers is the first book in history to have been published within the Internet. [1]

The book was written by Jerry Peek and published online during the month of June, 1996, the contents are advice on how to use the email commands which are part of the MH mail program on Unix systems, including dealing with three interfaces xmh, exmh and mh-e, which is used within GNU Emacs. [2] [3] [4]

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  2. J. Peek, W. Wohler - MH & xmh: Email for Users & Programmers published originally by O'Reilly & Associates, Inc 1991, 1992, 1995, ISBN   1-56592-093-7 (online copy re-published (4th ed.) by the RAND Corporation & SourceForge 2006-05-31) [Retrieved 2015-08-04]
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  4. J. Stigliani (1995-10-01). The Computer User's Survival Guide: Staying Healthy in a High Tech World. O'Reilly Media, Inc. ISBN   9781449399672 . Retrieved 2015-08-04.(source: mail program)