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A digest is a message that contains other messages. Special MH-E
commands let you read digests conveniently. You can use <SPC> and
<BS> to page through the digest as if it were a normal message,
but if you wish to skip to the next message in the digest, use
D <SPC> (mh-page-digest). To return to a previous message,
use D <BS> (mh-page-digest-backwards).
Another handy command is D b (mh-burst-digest). This
command uses the MH command burst1 to break out each message in the digest into its own message.
Using this command, you can quickly delete unwanted messages, like
this: Once the digest is split up, toggle out of MH-Folder Show mode
with t (see Folders) so that the scan lines fill the screen
and messages aren't displayed. Then use d (see Reading Mail)
to quickly delete messages that you don't want to read (based on the
`Subject:' header field). You can also burst the digest to reply
directly to the people who posted the messages in the digest. One
problem you may encounter is that the `From:' header fields are
preceded with a `>' so that your reply can't create the
`To:' field correctly. In this case, you must correct the
`To:' field yourself. This is described later (see Editing Drafts).