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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 11ffd3b..7eae1db 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -45,48 +45,33 @@ need an ANSI C compiler such as gcc.
    injecting the message to a mail transfer agent (such as sendmail)
    on the local machine via SMTP.
 
-   If you have enabled POP support and you want this to be the
-   default method of accessing new mail, you will need to change
-   the values of the variables "servers", "pophost", "localname",
-   and possibly "mmailid".
+   If, instead, all your mail sending and receiving occurs on a 
+   remote POP/SMTP server, you will need to look at the values of the 
+   variables "localname", "pophost", and "servers":
 
-   a) "servers" defines the server to which you send outgoing SMTP
-      traffic.
+    a) "localname" defines the hostname that nmh considers local.
+       If not set, then nmh queries your OS for this value.  You will
+       want to change this if you wish your e-mail to appear as if it
+       originated on the POP server.
 
-   b) "pophost" defines the server that runs the POP daemon, and to
-      which `inc' and `msgchk' will query for new mail.
+    b) "pophost" defines the server that runs the POP daemon, and to
+       which `inc' and `msgchk' will always query for new mail.
 
-   c) "localname" defines the hostname that nmh considers local.
-      If not set, then nmh queries your OS for this value.  You may
-      want to change this if you wish your e-mail to appear as if it
-      originated on the POP server.
+    c) "servers" defines the server to which you send outgoing SMTP
+       traffic.
 
-   d) "mmailid" is checked to see if nmh should do username
-      masquerading.  If the value of this field is non-zero, then
-      nmh will check if the pw_gecos field in the password file
-      has the form
+   If you compile with POP support, but don't want to use it exclusively,
+   you can use the `-host' and `-user' options to `inc' and `msgchk'
+   rather than hardcoding pophost in `mts.conf'.
 
-          Full Name <fakeusername>
-
-      If the pw_gecos field has this form, then the internal nmh
-      routines that find the username and full name of a user will
-      return "fakeusername" and "Full Name" respectively.  This is
-      useful if you wish messages that you send to appear to come
-      from the username of your POP account, rather than your username
-      on the local machine.
-
-   If you compile with POP support, but only want to use it occasionally,
-   then you can always use the `-host' and `-user' options to `inc'
-   and `msgchk' instead of changing `mts.conf'.
-
-   Check the `mh-tailor' man page for a list of all the available
-   options for this file.
+   Check the `mh-tailor' man page for a list of all the available options
+   for this file ("masquerade" may be of particular interest).
 
 6) If you have enabled POP support, make sure that `pop3' (or more
    precisely the value of the define POPSERVICE in config.h) is defined
    in the /etc/services file (or its NIS/NIS+ equivalent) on the client
    machine.  It should be something equivalent to "110/tcp".  This might
-   have already been done when the pop daemon was installed.
+   have already been done when the POP daemon was installed.
 
 7) Edit the file `mhn.defaults' (installed in the nmh `etc' directory).
    This file contains the default profile entries for the nmh command
@@ -97,8 +82,8 @@ need an ANSI C compiler such as gcc.
    want to re-run this script later if you install new programs to
    display content.  An example of this is:
 
-   cd support/general
-   ./mhn.defaults.sh /usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/ucb > mhn.defaults
+    % cd support/general
+    % ./mhn.defaults.sh /usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/ucb > mhn.defaults
 
    and then move `mhn.defaults' into the nmh `etc' directory.
 
@@ -213,10 +198,11 @@ Options for configure
     Enable client-side support for pop.
 
 --with-krb4=PREFIX
-    Specify the location of Kerberos V4 for KPOP support.  You will
-    also need to specify the option `--enable-nmh-pop'.  After running
-    configure, you will probably need to change the POPSERVICE define
-    in config.h.  See the comments inside config.h for details.
+    Specify the location of Kerberos V4 for KPOP support.  You will also need to
+    specify the option `--enable-nmh-pop'.  After running configure, you will
+    need to change the POPSERVICE #define in config.h if you want to use KPOP
+    exclusively (rather than being able to switch between KPOP and normal POP3).
+    See the comments inside config.h for details.
 
 --with-hesiod=PREFIX
     Specify the location of Hesiod.