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Added some text about naming conventions.
author markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
date Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:33:53 +0100
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3 .H1 "Naming Conventions" no
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5 There are three different versions of MH available currently: original MH,
6 nmh, and mmh. Following is a description how the terms are used.
7 .P
8 .B MH
9 (Mail Handler).
10 Used for any MH-like mail systems, namely the original MH, nmh, and mmh.
11 .P
12 .B Nmh
13 (New Mail Handler).
14 Meaning the currently most widespread version of MH.
15 .P
16 .B Mmh
17 (Modern Mail Handler, or Meillo's Mail Handler).
18 A descendent of nmh. The version of MH that is covered in this thesis.
19 .P
20 .B "Mail client" .
21 Synonym for MUA. The part of the mail software the user directly
22 interacts with.
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