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From: shprentz@bdmrrr.bdm.com (Joel Shprentz)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Coordination for Elm 1.7 beta patches
Message-ID: <906@bdmrrr.bdm.com>
Date: Thu, 24-Sep-87 18:17:48 EDT
Article-I.D.: bdmrrr.906
Posted: Thu Sep 24 18:17:48 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 26-Sep-87 17:34:33 EDT
Organization: BDM Corporation, McLean, Virginia
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Keywords: Elm 1.7

A tape containing Elm 1.7 beta arrived monday from Dave Taylor.
Thanks Dave.

Along with the tape was a note from Dave explaining the end of his
support for Elm.  I include it here (from README on the tape):

-------------------------- Start of quoted text ----------------------

			  Preface to The Release
			            of
			    The Elm Mail System
			       (version 1.7)

The distribution of this version of Elm really does mark the end of my
participation with the project.  I will not be able to work any further
with anyone on this, including transforming this beta version into an
actual release for Usenet via comp.sources.unix.  

Instead, I'd like to have one of the people recieving this release take 
the burden upon themselves to take over ownership of the system (more or 
less) and to coordinate the ensuing bug reports and later distribution of 
the system.

Thanks again, and I look forward to seeing in comp.mail.elm a notice
from someone saying they're ready to take it over and coordinate all
notes and bugs.  This means that I **CANNOT** receive any bug fixes or
enhancement requests for the system, so if you're a beta test site, that
you too should wait for someone to step forward before sending off
any mail.

In the event no-one steps forward, then I guess the system will simply
splinter off into a number of 'variations on the theme'...

	It's been a lot of fun and I again thank HP for their enthusiastic 
	support of my continued work on the Elm Mail System.

					-- Dave Taylor

August 4th, 1987
--------------------------- End of quoted text -----------------------

I hope that this does not mark the end of Elm.  Has anyone volunteered
to coordinate Elm patches and releases?  If no one else stops forward,
I offer to incorporated bug fixes into Elm 1.7 beta and release it when
it stablizes.

After solving a handful of problems, I have Elm running on a Sun
computer.  Several other problems have been discovered by users.
I plan to bring Elm up on a Callan Unistar next.

Elm 1.7 beta sites, let's here from you.
-- 
Joel Shprentz                   Phone:  (703) 848-7305
BDM Corporation                 Uucp:  seismo!bdmrrr!shprentz
7915 Jones Branch Drive                shprentz@bdmrrr.bdm.com
McLean, Virginia  22102