I'm not sure if this is the proper place to ask a question about mh -e.
If not, please point me in the right direction.
There are mh-e lists on sourceforge, where the repository is held.
Bill Wohler, the MH-E guy, is here, but I get the impression he reads
this mailing list infrequently. I don't think there's any problem with
asking here; I'm not a MH-E user so unfortunately I can't help you
with this question. I think there are other MH-E users here so perhaps
they can help you. Otherwise, I would recommend asking on the mh-e
lists which can be found here:
https://sourceforge.net/p/mh-e/mailman/
--Ken