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author markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
date Thu, 12 Jul 2012 09:42:56 +0200
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45 the University of California at Irvine (UCI) started to use MH. 45 the University of California at Irvine (UCI) started to use MH.
46 Marshall T. Rose and John L. Romine then became the driving force. 46 Marshall T. Rose and John L. Romine then became the driving force.
47 They took over the development and pushed MH forward. 47 They took over the development and pushed MH forward.
48 RAND had put the code into the public domain by then. 48 RAND had put the code into the public domain by then.
49 MH was developed at UCI at the time when the Internet appeared, 49 MH was developed at UCI at the time when the Internet appeared,
50 when UCB implemented the TCP/IP stack, and when Allman wrote Sendmail. 50 when the University of California at Berkeley (UCB) implemented
51 the TCP/IP stack, and when Eric Allman wrote Sendmail.
51 MH was extended as emailing became more featured. 52 MH was extended as emailing became more featured.
52 The development of MH was closely related to the development of email 53 The development of MH was closely related to the development of email
53 RFCs. In the advent of MIME, MH was the first implementation of this new 54 RFCs.
54 email standard. 55 In the advent of the \fIMultipurpose Internet Mail Extensions\fP (MIME),
56 MH was one of the first implementations of the new email standard.
55 .P 57 .P
56 In the nineties, the Internet became popular and in December 1996, 58 In the nineties, the Internet became popular and in December 1996,
57 Richard Coleman initiated the \fINew Mail Handler\fP (nmh) project. 59 Richard Coleman initiated the \fINew Mail Handler\fP (nmh) project.
58 Nmh is a fork of MH 6.8.3 and bases strongly on the 60 Nmh is a fork of MH 6.8.3 and bases strongly on the
59 \fILBL changes\fP by Van Jacobson, Mike Karels and Craig Leres. 61 \fILBL changes\fP by Van Jacobson, Mike Karels and Craig Leres.