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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 |
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1.1 --- a/ch01.roff Tue May 08 18:37:12 2012 +0200 1.2 +++ b/ch01.roff Wed May 09 11:39:56 2012 +0200 1.3 @@ -7,12 +7,7 @@ 1.4 it headed to. This shall give an overview. 1.5 1.6 1.7 -.H1 "Email Prerequisites 1.8 -.P 1.9 -XXX Do we really need that? 1.10 - 1.11 - 1.12 -.H1 "What is MH? 1.13 +.H1 "MH \(en the Mail Handler 1.14 .P 1.15 MH is an electronic mail system, originating in the RAND Corporation. 1.16 Historically, it had been a all-in-one mail system, with both Mail Transfer 1.17 @@ -109,7 +104,7 @@ 1.18 and old MH. The look'n'feel is common among them. 1.19 1.20 1.21 -.H1 "Understanding the Code and Community 1.22 +.H1 "nmh: Code and Community 1.23 .P 1.24 In order to understand the state, goals and dynamics of a project, 1.25 one needs to know its history. MH comes from a time before the 1.26 @@ -157,6 +152,19 @@ 1.27 1.28 1.29 .H1 "mmh 1.30 +.P 1.31 +I started to work on my experimental version, which I call 1.32 +\fImmh\fP (for \fImeillo's mail handler\fP), in Fall 2011. 1.33 +In December, when I announced that I would work on an experimental 1.34 +version, the activity in nmh suddenly rose. Suddently the community 1.35 +started to move. 1.36 +After long years of mostly idling, nmh became actively developed again. 1.37 +What a great result! 1.38 +Hence, while I was working on mmh, the community was working on nmh 1.39 +too. My own work went in parallel and mostly unrelated. 1.40 +.P 1.41 +Because of several circumstances, my experimental version is rather 1.42 +a fork today, although this may change again in the future. 1.43 1.44 .U2 "Motivation 1.45 .P