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                      3: Welcome to the LBL version of MH.
                      4: 
                      5: This version of mh is is based on the UCI MH 6.5. It includes a large
                      6: number of enhancements and bug fixes by Van Jacobson, Craig Leres, and
                      7: Jef Poskanzer. Although many of these changes were sent to the UCI bug
                      8: list ([email protected]), they didn't seem to have made their way into
                      9: MH 6.6, hence this release.
                     10: 
                     11: Following is a (long) summary of the changes.
                     12: 
                     13: Version 6.5.1, Sat Dec  9 17:27:09 PST 1989
                     14: 
                     15: Now compiles with gcc (version 1.35)
                     16: 
                     17: Eunice support under VAX/VMS (this hasn't been compiled recently)
                     18: 
                     19: Support for SunOS shared libraries (see mh/shared/README)
                     20: 
                     21: Dynamic memory bugs have been fixed in the following soruces:
                     22: 
                     23:     sbr/formataddr.c - realloc() pointer bug
                     24:     sbr/formatsbr.c - malloc() space for the EOS
                     25:     uip/replsbr.c - realloc() pointer bugs, other atrocities
                     26:     uip/scansbr.c - need to allocate tws buffer if date header doesn't exist.
                     27:        - save/restore dynamic memory pointer
                     28:     uip/spost.c - split address fields that might overflow sendmail's buffer
                     29: 
                     30: 
                     31: Allow more than 10 sequences:
                     32: 
                     33:     sbr/m_gmsg.c
                     34:     sbr/m_remsg.c
                     35:     sbr/m_seq.c
                     36: 
                     37: Misc fixes:
                     38: 
                     39:     sbr/m_getfld.c - BM pattern matcher fix
                     40:     uip/aliasbr.c - Correct search for relative files
                     41:     uip/comp.c - no draft folder on -file switch (comp can use filespec)
                     42:     uip/folder.c - add -[no]verbose
                     43:     uip/forw.c - add -[no]dashmunging
                     44:     uip/mhlsbr.c - fixed -digest flag
                     45:        - don't double newline when formatting the date
                     46:        - don't insert gratuitous "c_text" into the middle of an output line.
                     47:     uip/scan.c - add -file
                     48:     uip/sortm.c - missing routine return value/global foo
                     49: 
                     50: xnews style subject sorting (sortm) and -limit flag
                     51: 
                     52: The following operators have been added to mh-format:
                     53: 
                     54:     trim
                     55:     divide
                     56:     date2local
                     57:     date2gmt
                     58:     addtoseq
                     59: 
                     60: Major hacking on the lex date parser.
                     61: 
                     62: Left justification when width is negative
                     63: 
                     64: A program that displays the format assembly language, fmtdump
                     65: has been written.
                     66: 
                     67: 
                     68: 
                     69: Questions, bug reports, etc should be directed to:
                     70: 
                     71:        Craig Leres
                     72:        Lawerence Berkeley Laboratory
                     73:        One Cyclotron Road
                     74:        Mail Stop 46A-1123
                     75:        Berkeley, California 94720
                     76:        [email protected] or ucbvax!leres

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