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12.18 <tt class=module>mhlib</tt> --
         Access to MH mailboxes</A>
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The <tt class=module>mhlib</tt> module provides a Python interface to MH folders and
their contents.

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The module contains three basic classes, <tt class=class>MH</tt>, which represents a
particular collection of folders, <tt class=class>Folder</tt>, which represents a single
folder, and <tt class=class>Message</tt>, which represents a single message.

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<dl><dt><b><a name="l2h-2124"><tt class=class>MH</tt></a></b> (<big>[</big><var>path</var><big>[</big><var>, profile</var><big>]</big><big>]</big>)
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<tt class=class>MH</tt> represents a collection of MH folders.
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<dl><dt><b><a name="l2h-2125"><tt class=class>Folder</tt></a></b> (<var>mh, name</var>)
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The <tt class=class>Folder</tt> class represents a single folder and its messages.
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<dl><dt><b><a name="l2h-2126"><tt class=class>Message</tt></a></b> (<var>folder, number</var><big>[</big><var>, name</var><big>]</big>)
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<tt class=class>Message</tt> objects represent individual messages in a folder.  The
Message class is derived from <tt class=class>mimetools.Message</tt>.
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