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diff --git a/MACHINES b/MACHINES
index 853140d5..44c0bc8b 100644
--- a/MACHINES
+++ b/MACHINES
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 #
-# MACHINE -- operating system specific information
+# MACHINES -- operating system specific information
 #
 
 nmh is known to compile on the following platforms (save the
 exceptions noted below), using an ANSI C compiler, such as gcc.
 
 AIX 4.1.5.0.01
-Cygwin, setup version 2.763 (though it does not run correctly, see below)
+Cygwin (setup version 2.763, other versions may be fine)
 FreeBSD
 IRIX 6.5
 Linux 2.2 to current (glibc 2.1 to current)
@@ -18,36 +18,28 @@ SunOS 4.1
 
 Known Compilation problems:
 --------------------------------------
-FreeBSD:
-OpenBSD:
-NetBSD:
+Cygwin:
 
-Some BSD4.4 machines have problems when running nmh's configure script.
-They will be unable to find the location of vi and sendmail.  This is
-due to POSIX features (breakage?) in the shell sh.  The solution is to
-run the configure script under the shell `bash':
+Be sure to install these Cygwin packages:
+  gdbm
+  libgdbm4
+  libgdbm-devel
+  libncurses10
+  libncurses-devel
 
-    % bash configure
+If configuring with --with-cyrus-sasl, install these Cygwin packages:
+  libsasl2
+  libsasl2-devel
 
---------------------------------------
-Mac OS X/Rhapsody 5:
+If configuring with --with-tls, install these Cygwin packages:
+  gnutls-devel
+  libgnutls26
 
-Version 5.3 at least has the same sh/bash bug as the *BSD systems
-above. This appears to be fixed in 5.5.
+When running the nmh test suite ("make check"), it helps to have
+/usr/bin/ ahead of any Windows directories on your PATH.
 
-Will not compile correctly unless you configure with the --enable-debug
-option. It appears to find conflicts in the headers only when debugging
-is disabled. With debugging enabled, it compiles and runs happily.
-
---------------------------------------
-Cygwin:
-
-Be sure to install Cygwin package libncurses-devel, in the Devel or
-Libs category.  And libncurses10 or later in the Lib category.
-
-Which nmh builds on Cygwin, not all of its programs operate.  If
-you're willing to help fix them, please contact the nmh maintainters
-at nmh-workers@nongnu.org.
+Note that the -link switch to refile cannot be used on FAT32 and
+similar filesystems.
 
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 HPUX:
@@ -97,12 +89,14 @@ a better solution. The whole thing is probablly going to be chucked
 with UTF-8 support anyway.
 
 Other than the warnings, it builds ok.
+
 --------------------------------------
 SunOS 4.1.1/4.1.3/4.1.4:
 
 You can't use the C compiler that comes with SunOS 4 since
 it isn't ANSI C.  But nmh builds just fine with gcc. With
 --enable-debug you will see a lot of warnings.
+
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