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  39 @    A new release of the UCI version of the Rand Message Handling (MH)
  40     system is available for distribution.  This release of MH is called
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  42                                   MH 6.6
  43
  44     There are a lot of changes between MH.6 and MH 6.6; a lot of
  45     performance enhancements were made, there's also a lot of support
  46     for distributed mail (personal mail and bulletin bboards).
  47
  48     Here are the details:
  49
  50         - MH is in the public-domain
  51         - MH runs on a number of versions of UNIX (4.[123]BSD, V7, SYS5, and
  52           related variants, e.g., HPUX) [sorry, no support for SYS3.]
  53         - MH runs on top of a number of mail transport systems
  54           (MMDF-{I,II}, SendMail, stand-alone (with UUCP support))
  55
  56     Although MH is not "supported" per se, it does have a bug-reporting
  57     address, Bug-MH@@ICS.UCI.EDU (ucbvax!ucivax!bug-mh).  Bug reports
  58     (and fixes) are welcome, by the way.  There are also two Internet
  59     discussion groups:  MH-Users@@ICS.UCI.EDU and MH-Workers@@ICS.UCI.EDU.
  60     MH-Users is bi-directionally gatewayed to USENET as comp.mail.mh.
  61
  62     There are two ways to get a distribution:
  63
  64     1.  If you can FTP to the ARPA Internet, use anonymous FTP to
  65     ics.uci.edu [128.195.1.1] and retrieve the file pub/mh-6.6.tar.Z.
  66     This is a tar image after being run through the compress program
  67     (approx 1.5MB).  This file is also available on louie.udel.edu
  68     [128.175.1.3] in portal/mh-6.tar.Z.  You may also find MH.6.6 on
  69     various other hosts; to make sure you get the latest version and
  70     don't waste your time re-fixing bugs, it's best to get it from
  71     either ics.uci.edu or louie.udel.edu.
  72
  73     2.  You can send $75 US to the address below.  This covers the cost
  74     of a magtape, handling, and shipping.  In addition, you'll get a
  75     laser-printed hard-copy of the entire MH documentation set.  Be
  76     sure to include your USPS address with your check.  Checks should
  77     be made payable to
  78
  79                 Regents of the University of California
  80
  81     and must be drawn on U.S.  funds.  The distribution address is:
  82
  83         Computing Support Group
  84         Attn: MH distribution
  85         Department of Information and Computer Science
  86         University of California, Irvine
  87         Irvine, CA  92717
  88
  89         714/856-7554
  90
  91     Sadly, if you just want the hard-copies of the documentation, you
  92     still have to pay the $75.00.  The tar image has the documentation
  93     source (the manual is in roff format, but the rest are in TeX
  94     format).  I'm working on getting Postscript versions of the documents.
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 128     (This is a maintenance release of MH 6.5.)
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 131     address, Bug-MH@@ICS.UCI.EDU.  Bug reports (and fixes) are welcome, by
 132     the way.  There are also two ARPA Internet discussion groups:
 133     MH-Users@@ICS.UCI.EDU and MH-Workers@@ICS.UCI.EDU (somewhat analogous in
 134     charter to Info-UNIX and UNIX-Wizards).
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 137     louie.udel.edu [10.0.0.96] and retrieve the file portal/mh-6.tar.
 138     This is a tar image (approx 4MB).  The file portal/mh-6.tar.C is
 139     the tar image after being run through the compact program (approx
 140     2.3MB).  The file portal/mh-6.tar.Z is the tar image after being run
 141     through the compress program (approx 1.5MB).
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 144     2.  You can send $75 to the address below.  This covers the cost of
 145     a magtape, handling, and shipping.  In addition, you'll get a
 146     laser-printed hard-copy of the entire MH documentation set.  Be sure
 147     to include your USPS address with your check.  Checks should be made
 148     payable to
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 151     and must be drawn on U.S.  funds.  It's also a good idea (though not
 152     mandatory) to send a computer mail message to "Bug-MH@@ICS.UCI.EDU" when
 153     you send your check via USPS to ensure minimal turn-around time.
 154     The distribution address is:
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 157         Support Group
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 160         714/856-7553
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