Found some historical information about MH in RFC 808. Supplemented it with

info from Jerry Peek's MH book and added it to docs/README.about.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5649e6e..d8feed3 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Tue Mar 06 21:04:27 2001 Dan Harkless <dan-nmh@dilvish.speed.net>
+
+       * Found some historical information about MH in RFC 808.
+       Supplemented it with info from Jerry Peek's MH book and added it
+       to docs/README.about.
+
 Tue Feb 6 20:35:40 2001 Shantonu Sen <ssen@mit.edu>
 
        * sbr/dtime.c Use the same Y2K correction code as dtimep.lex

diff --git a/docs/README.about b/docs/README.about
index 9236b26..846bb88 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/README.about
+++ b/docs/README.about
@@ -27,23 +27,26 @@ for nmh, check the FAQ included in this distribution.
 nmh maintenance
 ---------------
 nmh is currently being developed and maintained by a loosely organized
-group of volunteers. Please send bug reports and suggestions to
-nmh-bugs@mhost.com. This list is moderated (to prevent spamming) but
-allows submissions from anyone. General discussion of the development
+group of volunteers.  Please send bug reports and suggestions to
+nmh-bugs@mhost.com.  This list is moderated (to prevent spamming) but
+allows submissions from anyone.  General discussion of the development
 work is available by subscribing to the nmh development mailing list
-at nmh-workers@mhost.com. Note that you can only post to this list if
-you are subscribed as well. To subscribe, send a message to
+at nmh-workers@mhost.com.  Note that you can only post to this list if
+you are subscribed as well.  To subscribe, send a message to
 nmh-workers-request@mhost.com with "subscribe" in the subject. You do
 not need to provide anything in the message body.
 
 ----------------
 acknowledgments
 ----------------
-The original MH system was developed by the RAND Corporation and the
-University of California.
+The MH system was originally developed in 1979 by the RAND
+Corporation.  It was written primarily by Bruce S. Borden after ideas
+in a memo by R. Stockton Gaines and Norman Z. Shapiro.  In 1982,
+the University of California, Irvine took up maintenance of the
+software, under the direction of Marshall T. Rose and John L. Romine.
 
 nmh was started by Richard Coleman (coleman@math.gatech.edu) after
-development on MH mostly stopped. He did the original autoconfiscation
+development on MH mostly stopped.  He did the original autoconfiscation
 and most of the other work up until version 1.0.
 
 nmh uses (v)snprintf code from the Apache web server, so we need to