From 07d8ddb2b6a1bc5cf167099d0d299441dc578823 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dan Harkless Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 04:08:55 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Okay, now that the old revisions have been recreated, deleting the file. The new version is in the 'docs' subdirectory. --- FAQ | 116 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 116 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 FAQ diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ deleted file mode 100644 index e2eafb3..0000000 --- a/FAQ +++ /dev/null @@ -1,116 +0,0 @@ -# -# FAQ -- frequently asked questions -# -# $Id$ -# - -1) What is nmh? - - nmh (new MH) is an electronic mail handling system. It is based on - version 6.8.3 of the MH message system originally developed by the - RAND Corporation and the University of California. - -2) Is it nmh, Nmh, nMH, NMH? - - It's nmh. I hate capital letters. - -3) Who is developing nmh? - - Richard Coleman (coleman@math.gatech.edu) started the nmh project. - After he grew too busy to continue maintaining it, it was handed off - to the net at large. Doug Morris (doug@mhost.com) is hosting the - mailing lists, web pages, and CVS repository for nmh now. - - This FAQ was originally written by Richard, and the "I"s in it - refer to him. - -4) Why are you developing nmh? - - For several reasons. - a) It's an interesting project. - b) I like using MH/nmh. - c) I wanted to increase the portability of MH. - d) I wanted to make MH easier to install (convert to autoconf). - e) I wanted to remove all the unnecessary junk from the - MH distribution (pop daemon, bulletin board support, etc...). - f) UCI seems to have abandoned MH, so someone needed to pick up - the slack. - -5) What is the copyright status of nmh? - - nmh is distributed under a variant of the classical BSD copyright. - Check the COPYRIGHT file in the nmh distribution for the details. - There are some specific files which were contributed to the original - MH package that are copyrighted by their original author. We have - retained the copyright notices of these authors in these files. - - Essentially, you can do anything you want with the nmh package as long - as you don't blame us if it trashes all your mail. - -6) What is the difference between nmh and MH? - - Check the file DIFFERENCES in the nmh distribution for the - (ever growing) list of differences between nmh and MH. - -7) Where do I get nmh? - - The latest version of nmh is available at - ftp://ftp.mhost.com/pub/nmh/nmh.tar.gz - -8) Where is the nmh web page? - - The nmh home page is located at - http://www.mhost.com/nmh/ - -9) Where is the nmh mailing list? - - There is a mailing list for nmh development at: - nmh-workers@mhost.com - - To subscribe, send e-mail to the administrative address: - nmh-workers-request@mhost.com - - with the subject "subscribe" (without the quotes). - -10) Where do I report bugs in nmh? - - Send bug reports and suggestions to - nmh-bugs@mhost.com - -11) Which mail transfer agents (MTA's) are supported? - - The default setup for nmh is to use SMTP, so nmh should work with - most MTA's that provide a standard SMTP connection on port 25. - Also you may configure nmh to use a sendmail interface (still - uses SMTP) by using the configure option --with-mts=sendmail. - There is also an option (--enable-pop) to include client-side - support for POP. - -12) Why does `folder' and `flist' overlook some of my subfolders? - - There was a bug in these commands which caused them to quit - searching a folder for subfolders too early, if the folder contained - subfolders which were symbolic links. This has been improved in - nmh-0.25, but `folder' and `flist' will still not recurse into - folders that contain only symbolic links. - -13) Why doesn't the (X)Emacs package `mh-e' work with - nmh? - - In nmh, the default location of things have changed. Also the MH - lib directory has been split into a `etc' directory (containing - configuration files and components), and a `lib' directory - (containing support binaries). So sometimes mh-e has trouble - finding the components skeleton for composing new mail or replies. - Depending on the install location of nmh at your site, you will - need to add something similar to the following to your .emacs file. - The lines for `mh-comp-formfile' and `mh-repl-formfile' should point - to your personal copies of these files (if you have them) or else - point to the default nmh versions. - - ;; set a few mh-e variables for nmh - (setq mh-progs "/usr/local/nmh/bin/") - (setq mh-lib "/usr/local/nmh/lib/") - (setq mh-comp-formfile "/usr/local/nmh/etc/components") - (setq mh-repl-formfile "/usr/local/nmh/etc/replcomps") - -- 1.7.10.4