[comp.archives] [comp.mail.mh] MH history, specs, etc.

jdpeek@RODAN.ACS.SYR.EDU (Jerry Peek) (10/23/90)

Archive-name: mh-doc/22-Oct-90
Original-posting-by: jdpeek@RODAN.ACS.SYR.EDU (Jerry Peek)
Original-subject: MH history, specs, etc.
Archive-site: ics.uci.edu [128.195.1.1]
Archive-directory: /mh
Reposted-by: emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti)

> I would like to know some information about the MH system such as:
> 	* Historical information.
> 	* Technical specifications.
> 	* Facilities provided by MH.
> 	* The advantages of this system comparing with other systems.

I think the best place to get a lot of this information is from the
papers that describe MH.  They're collected in two places:

	- The anonymous ftp area of ics.uci.edu has a subdirectory
	  named 'mh/papers-ps' with PostScript versions of
	  useful papers and tutorials.  The file mh/papers-tty.tar.Z
	  has tty versions (readable on your screen) with the same
	  sort of information.

	- The MH distribution itself has a subdirectory named 'papers'.
	  It has the same sort of information.  It also has more
	  historical stuff like a log that shows the changes between
	  each release of MH.

--Jerry Peek; Syracuse University Academic Computing Services; Syracuse, NY
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