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From: kehres@lll-tis.arpa (Tim Kehres)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: Re: MH (was Re: X.400 ean mail system)
Message-ID: <21683@lll-tis.arpa>
Date: Fri, 28-Aug-87 00:11:44 EDT
Article-I.D.: lll-tis.21683
Posted: Fri Aug 28 00:11:44 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 29-Aug-87 14:09:14 EDT
References: <186@bernina.UUCP> <1518@fmsrl7.UUCP>
Reply-To: kehres@lll-tis.arpa (Tim Kehres)
Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore CA
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Keywords: MH (Rand Mail Handler), sendmail,

In article <1518@fmsrl7.UUCP> wayne@fmsrl7.UUCP (/\/\ichael R. \/\/ayne) writes:
> 
> 	MH is a fabulous mail handling system if you get lots of mail.
> Having used it, I find other mailers intolerable (elm is particularly
> infuriating).

I think Dave Taylor's comments should apply here also.  If you dislike
the way a given piece of software runs (as it appears you do), please also
include some description of what it is you dislike about the software, and
if possible, some suggestions for the improvement of that software.  There
are a lot of folks running elm and from what I have heard, most are quite
happy with it.  As with most software, there is probably some room for 
improvement, but the best way that the developers (or maintainers) can
decide what to improve, they many times rely on constructive feedback from
the user community.

>                Unfortunately, the developers REALLY want you to run
> sendmail as a transport agent.  The documentation claims that MH can run
> without it but it doesn't really work.

I have heard that it also works quite well with mmdf.  Anyone running this
wish to comment???

> 	If you are on a BSD machine and you get a lot of mail, try MH.
> If you are on a System V machine and you have sendmail, contact me (I
> want it BAAAD) and get MH.

If you have access to the arpanet, there is a copy of the sendmail sources
on one of the Berkeley machines.

Tim Kehres
Control Data Corporation / Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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