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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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 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