+Mmh is a modified version of the electronic mail handling system nmh.
+Nmh (new MH) itself was originally based on the package MH-6.8.3, and
+was intended to be a (mostly) compatible drop-in replacement for MH.
+In contrast, mmh is not intended to be a drop-in replacement for nmh,
+rather mmh breaks compatibility to nmh in order to modernize and
+simplify it.
+
+Mmh is small and simple; nmh is established and matured; MH is ancient.
+
+Unfortunately, the usage of the terms `mmh' and `nmh' is not fully
+consistent within the distribution.
+
+
+Installing
+----------
+See the INSTALL file.
+
+
+Copying
+-------
+Mmh uses a BSD-style license, which can be found in the COPYRIGHT
+file.
+
+
+Users
+-----
+Start by reading the man page mmh-intro(7). It explains the first
+steps. For convenience in the shell, have a look at the files
+docs/COMPLETION-*. They give cookbook examples of how to set up mmh-
+specific tab completion in your shell.
+
+
+Developers
+----------
+Information of interest to mmh developers can be found in the
+README.developers file in the docs subdirectory of this distribution.
+Markus Schnalke's master's thesis explains the existence, shape, and
+focus of mmh. You should read it before working on mmh. If you're
+hacking on the code, you should subscribe to mmh's mailing list. To
+do so, send a message to <mmh-request@marmaro.de> with the subject
+``subscribe''.
+
+
+Changes
+-------
+See the NEWS file for a summary of changes between releases. See
+the ChangeLog file (which is included in releases as a static copy
+of the VCS log) for a more detailed list of changes.
+
+
+Bug reports