Marshall Rose <mrose%udel-eecis2.delaware@udel-relay.ARPA> (01/09/85)
A new release of the UCI version of the Rand Message Handling (MH)
system is available for distribution. This release of MH is called
"MH.5". Here are the details:
- MH is in the public-domain
- MH runs on a number of versions of UNIX (4.xBSD, v7, xenix)
[sorry, no sys{3,5} support yet.]
- MH runs on top of a number of mail transport systems
(MMDF-{I,II}, SendMail, stand-alone (with UUCP support))
For those of you familiar with the MH distributed with 4.2BSD, MH.5
is an extremely enhanced version. The differences are too numerous
too mention.
Although MH is not "supported" per se, it does have a bug-reporting
address, Bug-MH@UCI. Bug reports (and fixes) are welcome, by the
way. There are also two Internet discussion groups, MH-Users@UCI
and MH-Workers@UCI (somewhat analagous in charter to Info-UNIX and
UNIX-Wizards).
There are two ways to get a distribution:
1. If you can FTP to the ARPAnet, use anonymous FTP to udel-huey
[10.2.0.96] and retrieve the file ~ftp/portal/mh.5-tar. This is a
tar image (2.07MB).
2. You can send $50 to the address below. This covers the cost of
a magtape, handling, and shipping. In addition, you'll get a
laser-printed hard-copy of the MH documentation. The documentation
includes installation guide, MH tutorial, MH user's manual, changes
document (mh.5->mh.5), and BBoards manual.
If you go with option two, be sure to include your USPS address
with your check. Checks should be made payable to
Regents of the University of California
It's also a good idea (though not mandatory) to send a computer
mail message to "Bug-MH@UCI" when you send your check via USPS to
ensure minimal turn-around time. The distribution address is:
Support Group
Attn: MH distribution
Department of Information and Computer Science
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92717
714/865-6852
Sadly, if you just want the hard-copies of the documentation, you
still have to pay the $50.00. The tar image has the documentation
source (the manual is in roff format, but the rest are in TeX
format).
/mtr
ps: appologies for sending this to several lists.Marshall Rose <mrose%udel-eecis2.delaware@udel-relay.ARPA> (01/10/85)
Two quick notes re: previous message. 1. When using anonymous ftp to udel-huey, the name of the file you want is: portal/mh.5-tar. Usually, the command to give is: get portal/mh.5-tar mh.5-tar 2. The TelCo number of the ICS support group is 714/856-6852 (not 865...) Thanks, /mtr
bsa@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon Allbery (the tame hacker on the North Coast)) (01/15/85)
Nice. BUT -- I am not on the Arpanet, and we don't have a magtape drive.
Is there a way for us to get it? Can someone put it in their uucppublic?
--bsa
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