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1.1       root        1:     A new release of the UCI version of the Rand Message Handling (MH)
                      2:     system is available for distribution.  This release of MH is called 
                      3: 
                      4:                                  MH 6.4
                      5: 
                      6:     There are a lot of changes between MH.5 and MH 6; a lot of
                      7:     performance enhancements were made, there's also a lot of support
                      8:     for distributed mail (personal mail and bulletin bboards).  If you
                      9:     have a number of machines at your site running 4.2BSD and connected
                     10:     by a high-speed network, you WANT this software.  In addition, mh.6
                     11:     has got a number of generalizations and bug fixes.  There's also a
                     12:     lot more documentation and an Administrator's Guide!  
                     13: 
                     14:     Here are the details:  
                     15: 
                     16:        - MH is in the public-domain
                     17:        - MH runs on a number of versions of UNIX (4.[123]BSD, V7, SYS5, and
                     18:          XENIX) [sorry, no support for SYS3.]
                     19:        - MH runs on top of a number of mail transport systems
                     20:          (MMDF-{I,II}, SendMail, stand-alone (with UUCP support))
                     21: 
                     22:     Although MH is not "supported" per se, it does have a bug-reporting
                     23:     address, [email protected].  Bug reports (and fixes) are welcome, by
                     24:     the way.  There are also two ARPA Internet discussion groups:
                     25:     [email protected] and [email protected] (somewhat analogous in
                     26:     charter to Info-UNIX and UNIX-Wizards).  
                     27: 
                     28:     There are two ways to get a distribution:
                     29: 
                     30:     1.  If you can FTP to the ARPA Internet, use anonymous FTP to
                     31:     louie.udel.edu [10.0.0.96] and retrieve the file portal/mh-6.tar.
                     32:     This is a tar image (approx 3.5MB).  The file portal/mh-6.tar.C is
                     33:     the tar image after being run through the compact program (approx
                     34:     2.3MB).  The file portal/mh-6.tar.Z is the tar image after being run
                     35:     through the compress program (approx 1.2MB).  
                     36: 
                     37:     2.  You can send $50 to the address below.  This covers the cost of
                     38:     a magtape, handling, and shipping.  In addition, you'll get a
                     39:     laser-printed hard-copy of the entire MH documentation set.  Be sure
                     40:     to include your USPS address with your check.  Checks should be made
                     41:     payable to 
                     42: 
                     43:                Regents of the University of California
                     44: 
                     45:     and must be drawn on U.S.  funds.  It's also a good idea (though not
                     46:     mandatory) to send a computer mail message to "[email protected]" when
                     47:     you send your check via USPS to ensure minimal turn-around time.
                     48:     The distribution address is:  
                     49: 
                     50:        Support Group 
                     51:        Attn: MH distribution
                     52:        Department of Information and Computer Science
                     53:        University of California, Irvine
                     54:        Irvine, CA  92717
                     55: 
                     56:        714/856-7553
                     57: 
                     58:     Sadly, if you just want the hard-copies of the documentation, you
                     59:     still have to pay the $50.00.  The tar image has the documentation
                     60:     source (the manual is in roff format, but the rest are in TeX
                     61:     format).  
                     62: 
                     63: /mtr

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