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Wrote text for the Preface; changed headings in Preface and Introduction.
author markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
date Wed, 09 May 2012 11:39:56 +0200
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5 It explains the situation at the start of the project. 5 It explains the situation at the start of the project.
6 It tries to describe from what state the project lifted of and where 6 It tries to describe from what state the project lifted of and where
7 it headed to. This shall give an overview. 7 it headed to. This shall give an overview.
8 8
9 9
10 .H1 "Email Prerequisites 10 .H1 "MH \(en the Mail Handler
11 .P
12 XXX Do we really need that?
13
14
15 .H1 "What is MH?
16 .P 11 .P
17 MH is an electronic mail system, originating in the RAND Corporation. 12 MH is an electronic mail system, originating in the RAND Corporation.
18 Historically, it had been a all-in-one mail system, with both Mail Transfer 13 Historically, it had been a all-in-one mail system, with both Mail Transfer
19 Agent (MTA) and Mail User Agent (MUA). 14 Agent (MTA) and Mail User Agent (MUA).
20 Later, when email setups changed, Mail Submission Agent (MSA) 15 Later, when email setups changed, Mail Submission Agent (MSA)
107 .P 102 .P
108 Example mail handling session with mmh, but mostly compatible with nmh 103 Example mail handling session with mmh, but mostly compatible with nmh
109 and old MH. The look'n'feel is common among them. 104 and old MH. The look'n'feel is common among them.
110 105
111 106
112 .H1 "Understanding the Code and Community 107 .H1 "nmh: Code and Community
113 .P 108 .P
114 In order to understand the state, goals and dynamics of a project, 109 In order to understand the state, goals and dynamics of a project,
115 one needs to know its history. MH comes from a time before the 110 one needs to know its history. MH comes from a time before the
116 Internet, a time before networking became universal, a time when 111 Internet, a time before networking became universal, a time when
117 emailing was small, short and simple. Then it grew, spread and 112 emailing was small, short and simple. Then it grew, spread and
155 But of course, this depends on if nmh is seen to be a front-end or a 150 But of course, this depends on if nmh is seen to be a front-end or a
156 back-end. 151 back-end.
157 152
158 153
159 .H1 "mmh 154 .H1 "mmh
155 .P
156 I started to work on my experimental version, which I call
157 \fImmh\fP (for \fImeillo's mail handler\fP), in Fall 2011.
158 In December, when I announced that I would work on an experimental
159 version, the activity in nmh suddenly rose. Suddently the community
160 started to move.
161 After long years of mostly idling, nmh became actively developed again.
162 What a great result!
163 Hence, while I was working on mmh, the community was working on nmh
164 too. My own work went in parallel and mostly unrelated.
165 .P
166 Because of several circumstances, my experimental version is rather
167 a fork today, although this may change again in the future.
160 168
161 .U2 "Motivation 169 .U2 "Motivation
162 .P 170 .P
163 XXX 171 XXX
164 172