# HG changeset patch
# User markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
# Date 1331127233 -3600
# Node ID 8cc0af0724c27ac402332759439633744ff46625
# Parent  c82c1219e877dcbe67b8c43bb522fa2a991ca0da
Added some text about naming conventions.

diff -r c82c1219e877 -r 8cc0af0724c2 preface.roff
--- a/preface.roff	Wed Mar 07 14:33:19 2012 +0100
+++ b/preface.roff	Wed Mar 07 14:33:53 2012 +0100
@@ -1,9 +1,25 @@
 .H0 "Preface" no
 
+.H1 "Naming Conventions" no
 .P
-foo
+There are three different versions of MH available currently: original MH,
+nmh, and mmh. Following is a description how the terms are used.
 .P
-bar
+.B MH
+(Mail Handler).
+Used for any MH-like mail systems, namely the original MH, nmh, and mmh.
+.P
+.B Nmh
+(New Mail Handler).
+Meaning the currently most widespread version of MH.
+.P
+.B Mmh
+(Modern Mail Handler, or Meillo's Mail Handler).
+A descendent of nmh. The version of MH that is covered in this thesis.
+.P
+.B "Mail client" .
+Synonym for MUA. The part of the mail software the user directly
+interacts with.
 
 
 .\" End or Preface. Start of the normal text.