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 inteded to be a drop-in replacement for nmh,
-rather mmh breaks compatibility to nmh in order to modernize and
-simplify it.
+In contrast, mmh is not intended to be a drop-in replacement for nmh,
+but rather aims for the modernization and simplification of nmh,
+accepting reduced compatiblity if it, at the same time, allows to
+achieve greater goals from mmh's point of view.
-Mmh is young and small; nmh is established and matured; MH is ancient.
+Mmh is small and simple; nmh is established and matured; MH is ancient.
-This distribution uses the term ``nmh'' to describe something common
-to nmh and mmh, in order to give credit. Where mmh differs much from
-nmh, the term ``mmh'' is used to avoid confusing the user.
-Unfortunately, the terms are not used fully consistent.
+Unfortunately, the usage of the terms `mmh' and `nmh' is not fully
+consistent within the distribution.
Installing
----------
-Please read the INSTALL file.
+See the INSTALL file.
Copying
-------
-Mmh uses a BSD-style license, which should be in the top-level of the
-distribution in a file named COPYRIGHT.
+Mmh uses a BSD-style license, which can be found in the COPYRIGHT
+file.
Users
-----
-Start with reading the man page mmh-intro(7). It explains the first
+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.
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 the nmh-workers mailing
-list. To do so, please visit the nmh-workers info page at
-<http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/nmh-workers>. Up to now,
-mmh has no separate mailing list.
+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
-----------
-Please send bug reports and suggestions to either Markus Schnalke
-<meillo@marmaro.de> or to the <nmh-workers@nongnu.org> mailing list.
+Please send bug reports and suggestions to the mailing list:
+<mmh@marmaro.de>.
Acknowledgments
---------------
-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
+The MH system was originally developed by the RAND Corporation,
+starting in 1979. It was written mainly 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
-and most of the other work up until version 1.0. nmh is currently being
+and most of the other work up until version 1.0. Nmh is currently being
developed and maintained by a loosely organized group of volunteers.
-For more information
---------------------
-There is more information in the docs subdirectory. Please note that
-several documents are historic.
+More information
+----------------
+There is more information in the docs subdirectory. Some of the
+documents are historic, however.
The mmh website is located at <http://marmaro.de/prog/mmh/>.
-Feel free to contact Markus Schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>.
+Feel free to write to mmh's mailing list at <mmh@marmaro.de>
+or contact Markus Schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de> directly.
+You can also join our IRC-Channel #mmh on freenode.
(The nmh website is located at <http://nmh.nongnu.org/>.)
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