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Wrote text for the Preface; changed headings in Preface and Introduction.
author | markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de> |
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date | Wed, 09 May 2012 11:39:56 +0200 |
parents | b687d151eed3 |
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--- a/ch01.roff Tue May 08 18:37:12 2012 +0200 +++ b/ch01.roff Wed May 09 11:39:56 2012 +0200 @@ -7,12 +7,7 @@ it headed to. This shall give an overview. -.H1 "Email Prerequisites -.P -XXX Do we really need that? - - -.H1 "What is MH? +.H1 "MH \(en the Mail Handler .P MH is an electronic mail system, originating in the RAND Corporation. Historically, it had been a all-in-one mail system, with both Mail Transfer @@ -109,7 +104,7 @@ and old MH. The look'n'feel is common among them. -.H1 "Understanding the Code and Community +.H1 "nmh: Code and Community .P In order to understand the state, goals and dynamics of a project, one needs to know its history. MH comes from a time before the @@ -157,6 +152,19 @@ .H1 "mmh +.P +I started to work on my experimental version, which I call +\fImmh\fP (for \fImeillo's mail handler\fP), in Fall 2011. +In December, when I announced that I would work on an experimental +version, the activity in nmh suddenly rose. Suddently the community +started to move. +After long years of mostly idling, nmh became actively developed again. +What a great result! +Hence, while I was working on mmh, the community was working on nmh +too. My own work went in parallel and mostly unrelated. +.P +Because of several circumstances, my experimental version is rather +a fork today, although this may change again in the future. .U2 "Motivation .P