source: trunk/third/nmh/FAQ @ 12455

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# FAQ -- frequently asked questions
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# $Id: FAQ,v 1.1.1.1 1999-02-07 18:14:05 danw Exp $
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1) What is nmh?

    nmh (new MH) is an electronic mail handling system.  It is based on
    version 6.8.3 of the MH message system originally developed by the
    RAND Corporation and the University of California.

2) Is it nmh, Nmh, nMH, NMH?

   It's nmh.  I hate capital letters.

3) Who is developing nmh?

   Richard Coleman
   coleman@math.gatech.edu
   http://www.math.gatech.edu/~coleman

4) Why are you developing nmh?

   For several reasons.
   a) It's an interesting project.
   b) I like using MH/nmh.
   c) I wanted to increase the portability of MH.
   d) I wanted to make MH easier to install (convert to autoconf).
   e) I wanted to remove all the unnecessary junk from the
      MH distribution (pop daemon, bulletin board support, etc...).
   f) UCI seems to have abandoned MH, so someone needed to pick up
      the slack.

5) What is the copyright status of nmh?

   nmh is distributed under a variant of the classical BSD copyright.
   Check the COPYRIGHT file in the nmh distribution for the details.
   There are some specific files which were contributed to the original
   MH package that are copyrighted by their original author.  I have
   retained the copyright notices of these authors in these files.

   Essentially, you can do anything you want with the nmh package as long
   as you don't blame me if it trashes all your mail.

6) What is the difference between nmh and MH?

   Check the file DIFFERENCES in the nmh distribution for the
   (ever growing) list of differences between nmh and MH.

7) Where do I get nmh?

    The latest version of nmh is available at
    ftp://ftp.math.gatech.edu/pub/nmh/nmh.tar.gz

8) Where is the nmh web page?

    The nmh home page is located at
    http://www.math.gatech.edu/nmh/

9) Where is the nmh mailing list?

    There is a mailing list for nmh development at:
    nmh-workers@math.gatech.edu

    To subscribe, send e-mail to the administrative address:
    nmh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu

    with the subject "subscribe e-mail-address"
    (without the quotes).

10) Where do I report bugs in nmh?

    Send bug reports and suggestions to
    nmh-workers@math.gatech.edu

11) Which mail transfer agents (MTA's) are supported?

   The default setup for nmh is to use SMTP, so nmh should work with
   most MTA's that provide a standard SMTP connection on port 25.
   Also you may configure nmh to use a sendmail interface (still
   uses SMTP) by using the configure option --with-mts=sendmail.
   There is also an option (--enable-nmh-pop) to include client-side
   support for POP.

12) Why does `folder' and `flist' overlook some of my subfolders?

    There was a bug in these commands which caused them to quit
    searching a folder for subfolders too early, if the folder contained
    subfolders which were symbolic links.  This has been improved in
    nmh-0.25, but `folder' and `flist' will still not recurse into
    folders that contain only symbolic links.

13) Why doesn't the (X)Emacs package `mh-e' work with
    nmh?

    In nmh, the default location of things have changed.  Also the MH
    lib directory has been split into a `etc' directory (containing
    configuration files and components), and a `lib' directory
    (containing support binaries).  So sometimes mh-e has trouble
    finding the components skeleton for composing new mail or replies.
    Depending on the install location of nmh at your site, you will
    need to add something similar to the following to your .emacs file.
    The lines for `mh-comp-formfile' and `mh-repl-formfile' should point
    to your personal copies of these files (if you have them) or else
    point to the default nmh versions.

    ;; set a few mh-e variables for nmh
    (setq mh-progs "/usr/local/nmh/bin/")
    (setq mh-lib "/usr/local/nmh/lib/")
    (setq mh-comp-formfile "/usr/local/nmh/etc/components")
    (setq mh-repl-formfile "/usr/local/nmh/etc/replcomps")