From 7e7070820f92e624493d958f44c2bc3787ad48f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dan Harkless Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 05:26:50 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] 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. --- ChangeLog | 6 ++++++ docs/README.about | 19 +++++++++++-------- 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 5649e6e..d8feed3 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +Tue Mar 06 21:04:27 2001 Dan Harkless + + * 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 * 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 --- 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 -- 1.7.10.4