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10 | Changes to | |
11 | The RAND MH Message Handling System: | |
12 | UCI version MH 6.8 | |
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15 | John L. Romine | |
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17 | Computing Support Group | |
18 | Department of Information and Computer Science | |
19 | University of California, Irvine | |
20 | Irvine, CA 92717-3425 | |
21 | Bug-MH@ICS.UCI.EDU | |
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24 | _\bA_\bB_\bS_\bT_\bR_\bA_\bC_\bT | |
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27 | This document describes the changes to the | |
28 | UCI version of the RAND MH system from MH 6.6 to | |
29 | this release of MH 6.8. This document is meant to | |
30 | supplement, not supersede, the standard MH User's | |
31 | manual and MH Administrator's manual. | |
32 | ||
33 | Comments concerning this documentation should | |
34 | be addressed to the mailbox Bug-MH@ICS.UCI.EDU, or | |
35 | ucbvax!ucivax!bug-mh. | |
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39 | _\bA_\bC_\bK_\bN_\bO_\bW_\bL_\bE_\bD_\bG_\bE_\bM_\bE_\bN_\bT_\bS | |
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41 | The _\bM_\bH system described herein is based on the original RAND | |
42 | _\bM_\bH system. It has been extensively developed (perhaps too | |
43 | much so) by Marshall T. Rose and John L. Romine at the | |
44 | University of California, Irvine. Einar A. Stefferud, Jerry | |
45 | N. Sweet, and Terry P. Domae provided numerous suggestions | |
46 | to improve the UCI version of _\bM_\bH. | |
47 | ||
48 | Of course, a large number of people have helped _\bM_\bH | |
49 | along. The list of "_\bM_\bH immortals" is too long to list here. | |
50 | For this release, numerous _\bM_\bH-_\bW_\bo_\br_\bk_\be_\br_\bs sent in fixes and | |
51 | other changes. A handful of courageous _\bM_\bH-_\bW_\bo_\br_\bk_\be_\br_\bs volun- | |
52 | teered to beta-test these changes; their help is particu- | |
53 | larly appreciated. | |
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64 | December 1, 1993 | |
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70 | Changes to MH 6.8 2 | |
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74 | _\bD_\bI_\bS_\bC_\bL_\bA_\bI_\bM_\bE_\bR | |
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76 | The Regents of the University of California wish to make it | |
77 | known that: | |
78 | ||
79 | Although each program has been tested by its con- | |
80 | tributor, no warranty, express or implied, is made | |
81 | by the contributor or the University of Califor- | |
82 | nia, as to the accuracy and functioning of the | |
83 | program and related program material, nor shall | |
84 | the fact of distribution constitute any such war- | |
85 | ranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the | |
86 | contributor or the University of California in | |
87 | connection herewith. | |
88 | ||
89 | _\bC_\bO_\bN_\bV_\bE_\bN_\bT_\bI_\bO_\bN_\bS | |
90 | ||
91 | In this document, certain formatting conventions are adhered | |
92 | to: | |
93 | ||
94 | The names of UNIX commands, such as _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bp are presented | |
95 | in _\bi_\bt_\ba_\bl_\bi_\bc_\bs. | |
96 | ||
97 | Arguments to programs, such as `msgs' and `-nobell' are | |
98 | delimited by single-quotes. | |
99 | ||
100 | Text that should be typed exactly as-is, such as com- | |
101 | mand lines (e.g., "folder -pack"), are delimited by | |
102 | double-quotes. | |
103 | ||
104 | UNIX pathnames and envariables, such as /usr/uci and | |
105 | $SIGNATURE, are presented in bold font. | |
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130 | December 1, 1993 | |
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135 | ||
136 | Changes for MH 6.8.3 3 | |
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139 | _\bC_\bH_\bA_\bN_\bG_\bE_\bS _\bF_\bO_\bR _\bM_\bH _\b6._\b8._\b3 | |
140 | ||
141 | The MH 6.8.3 maintenance release contains few user-visible | |
142 | changes. Most of the changes are internal to the multi- | |
143 | media display program _\bm_\bh_\bn to support RFC 1521 (the new MIME | |
144 | standard). This is the current version of MH as of December | |
145 | 1, 1993. | |
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147 | _\bR_\bu_\bn_\bt_\bi_\bm_\be _\bT_\ba_\bi_\bl_\bo_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg | |
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149 | When posting mail using the SMTP, _\bp_\bo_\bs_\bt did not normally send | |
150 | the HELO command. This was because _\bS_\be_\bn_\bd_\bM_\ba_\bi_\bl would fail if | |
151 | the host name given in the HELO command was the local host. | |
152 | Later versions of _\bS_\be_\bn_\bd_\bM_\ba_\bi_\bl will now complain if you omit the | |
153 | HELO command. | |
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155 | As of MH 6.8.3a, by default _\bp_\bo_\bs_\bt will give the SMTP | |
156 | HELO command with the local hostname. If you specify a | |
157 | hostname with the clientname: option in the _\bm_\bt_\bs_\bt_\ba_\bi_\bl_\bo_\br file, | |
158 | _\bp_\bo_\bs_\bt will give the HELO command with that name instead. If | |
159 | the argument to the clientname: option is empty, no HELO | |
160 | command is given. See _\bm_\bh-_\bt_\ba_\bi_\bl_\bo_\br(5) for more details. | |
161 | ||
162 | _\bU_\bs_\be_\br _\bI_\bn_\bt_\be_\br_\bf_\ba_\bc_\be _\bP_\br_\bo_\bg_\br_\ba_\bm_\bs | |
163 | ||
164 | folder The _\bf_\bo_\bl_\bd_\be_\br command now has `-create' and `-nocreate' | |
165 | options. See _\bf_\bo_\bl_\bd_\be_\br(1) for details. | |
166 | ||
167 | inc A bug where `-host' would not override the pophost | |
168 | as set in the _\bm_\bt_\bs_\bt_\ba_\bi_\bl_\bo_\br file has been fixed. This | |
169 | bug was also fixed in _\bm_\bs_\bg_\bc_\bh_\bk. | |
170 | ||
171 | mhn The _\bm_\bh_\bn command has several changes: updates for | |
172 | conformance with RFC 1521, addition of two caches: | |
173 | public and private, addition of two caching poli- | |
174 | cies: one for reading and one for writing, support | |
175 | for storing multipart entities, and a few bug fixes. | |
176 | See _\bm_\bh_\bn(1) for complete details. | |
177 | ||
178 | _\bC_\bH_\bA_\bN_\bG_\bE_\bS _\bF_\bO_\bR _\bM_\bH _\b6._\b8._\b2 | |
179 | ||
180 | The MH.6.8.2 patch release contains only internal changes to | |
181 | support the BSD 4.4 and 386BSD versions of UNIX. This ver- | |
182 | sion of _\bM_\bH was released August 25, 1993, but was not widely | |
183 | distributed. | |
184 | ||
185 | _\bC_\bH_\bA_\bN_\bG_\bE_\bS _\bF_\bO_\bR _\bM_\bH _\b6._\b8._\b1 | |
186 | ||
187 | The MH.6.8.1 patch release is a maintenance release. This | |
188 | is the current released version of _\bM_\bH as of August 20, 1993. | |
189 | ||
190 | This release includes a small number of bug fixes, a | |
191 | few minor enhancements, some changes for the new MIME stan- | |
192 | dard, and support for ESMTP (RFC 1425). Support for BSD 4.4 | |
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196 | December 1, 1993 | |
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202 | Changes for MH 6.8.3 4 | |
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205 | and 386BSD is planned for the next release. | |
206 | ||
207 | Many other fixes which have already been received are | |
208 | still being merged. If you've sent an update for MH 6.8 to | |
209 | Bug-MH@ics.uci.edu and it isn't in this release, it'll prob- | |
210 | ably appear in the next release. | |
211 | ||
212 | _\bF_\bi_\bx_\be_\bs _\ba_\bn_\bd _\bE_\bn_\bh_\ba_\bn_\bc_\be_\bm_\be_\bn_\bt_\bs | |
213 | ||
214 | Many minor documentation corrections were made. There are | |
215 | also a few program changes: | |
216 | ||
217 | mhn The `-cache policy', `-[no]check', and `-[no]pause' | |
218 | switches have been added. Some other minor changes | |
219 | have been made to comply with the new MIME standard. | |
220 | See _\bm_\bh_\bn(1) for complete details. | |
221 | ||
222 | post When posting mail with SendMail, _\bp_\bo_\bs_\bt will not use the | |
223 | ONEX command when it is posting a message with BCCs. | |
224 | ||
225 | scan _\bs_\bc_\ba_\bn will now work with big width values. | |
226 | ||
227 | _\bF_\bo_\br_\bm_\ba_\bt _\bS_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg_\bs | |
228 | ||
229 | One new function has been added: | |
230 | ||
231 | %(profile arg) This function looks up a component in the | |
232 | .mh_profile or context files and returns the | |
233 | value of that component. | |
234 | ||
235 | _\bC_\bo_\bn_\bf_\bi_\bg_\bu_\br_\ba_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn | |
236 | ||
237 | Two new configuration options are present: | |
238 | ||
239 | GCOS_HACK The so-called "gcos" field of the password file | |
240 | is used as a last resort to find the user's | |
241 | full name (see _\bm_\bh-_\bp_\br_\bo_\bf_\bi_\bl_\be(5) for details). | |
242 | Enable this option if your _\bp_\ba_\bs_\bs_\bw_\bd(5) man page | |
243 | notes that the `&' character in the "gcos" | |
244 | field stands for the login name. | |
245 | ||
246 | NORUSERPASS Tells _\bM_\bH that your system doesn't have the | |
247 | _\br_\bu_\bs_\be_\br_\bp_\ba_\bs_\bs(3) routine; _\bM_\bH will include its own | |
248 | copy of this routine in its library. | |
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262 | December 1, 1993 | |
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267 | ||
268 | Changes for MH 6.8 5 | |
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271 | _\bC_\bH_\bA_\bN_\bG_\bE_\bS _\bF_\bO_\bR _\bM_\bH _\b6._\b8 | |
272 | ||
273 | This is the current released version of _\bM_\bH as of December | |
274 | 14, 1992. This release includes a number of bug fixes and | |
275 | internal changes to make the code more portable. Two new | |
276 | authentication methods are provided for the POP, and support | |
277 | for SVR4 shared libraries is complete. | |
278 | ||
279 | The major user-visible change in this release is the | |
280 | incorporation of support for multi-media mail as specified | |
281 | by the Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) | |
282 | RFC 1341. This allows you to include things like audio, | |
283 | graphics, and the like, in your mail messages. A new com- | |
284 | mand, _\bm_\bh_\bn, has been provided to support MIME and a detailed | |
285 | man page is provided in _\bm_\bh_\bn(1). | |
286 | ||
287 | _\bD_\bo_\bc_\bu_\bm_\be_\bn_\bt_\ba_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn | |
288 | ||
289 | The documentation has some general improvements, and the | |
290 | READ-ME document has been re-organized to help _\bM_\bH adminis- | |
291 | trators find the appropriate configuration options for their | |
292 | system. The Makefiles in the papers/ hierarchy have been | |
293 | changed to invoke _\bT_\be_\bX as "tex" (instead of "tex82"). | |
294 | ||
295 | The following new man pages are also available: | |
296 | ||
297 | _\bm_\bh_\bn(1) _\bm_\bh_\bn helps the user process multi-media mail. | |
298 | ||
299 | _\bm_\bh_\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm(1) _\bm_\bh_\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm lets the user extract information from | |
300 | the _\bM_\bH profile. | |
301 | ||
302 | _\bp_\bo_\bp_\ba_\bu_\bt_\bh(8) the APOP database administration program (see | |
303 | below). | |
304 | ||
305 | _\bp_\bo_\bp_\bi(1) the POP initiator (see below). | |
306 | ||
307 | _\bs_\bl_\bo_\bc_\ba_\bl(1) fully documents _\bs_\bl_\bo_\bc_\ba_\bl. The _\bm_\bh_\bo_\bo_\bk(1) man page | |
308 | now documents only the _\bM_\bH receive-mail hooks. | |
309 | ||
310 | _\bI_\bn_\bt_\be_\br_\bn_\ba_\bl _\bC_\bh_\ba_\bn_\bg_\be_\bs | |
311 | ||
312 | The _\bM_\bH source code is in the process of being cleaned up to | |
313 | make pedantic ANSI C compilers happy. Occurrences of "NULL" | |
314 | have been replaced by "0" where appropriate. Extra tokens | |
315 | after "#else" and "#endif" have been put inside comments | |
316 | (this is still in progress). The code should now compile | |
317 | cleanly on many more systems, specifically, more variants of | |
318 | SVR4. | |
319 | ||
320 | The version of tws/dtimep.c which was included in MH | |
321 | 6.7.2 was incompatible with the _\bl_\be_\bx library on some systems, | |
322 | and has been removed. | |
323 | ||
324 | A bug in the handling of blind lists inside alias files | |
325 | ||
326 | ||
327 | ||
328 | December 14, 1992 | |
329 | ||
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332 | ||
333 | ||
334 | Changes for MH 6.8 6 | |
335 | ||
336 | ||
337 | has been fixed. | |
338 | ||
339 | _\bP_\bo_\bs_\bt _\bO_\bf_\bf_\bi_\bc_\be _\bP_\br_\bo_\bt_\bo_\bc_\bo_\bl | |
340 | ||
341 | There were three new options added to the POP. | |
342 | ||
343 | APOP This option indicates that the POP daemon will support | |
344 | the non-standard APOP command which provides a | |
345 | challenge-based authentication system using the MD5 | |
346 | message digest algorithm. | |
347 | ||
348 | This option also causes the _\bp_\bo_\bp_\ba_\bu_\bt_\bh program to be in- | |
349 | stalled, which allows the administrator to manipulate | |
350 | the APOP authorization database. | |
351 | ||
352 | KPOP Support for KERBEROS with POP. This code builds _\bp_\bo_\bp_\bd, | |
353 | _\bi_\bn_\bc and _\bm_\bs_\bg_\bc_\bh_\bk to support only the "kpop" protocol. | |
354 | This code is still expiremental, but is available for | |
355 | those sites wishing to test it. | |
356 | ||
357 | MPOP This option indicates that the POP daemon will support | |
358 | the non-standard XTND SCAN command which provides per- | |
359 | formance enhancements when using the POP over low- | |
360 | speed connections. | |
361 | ||
362 | This option also causes an interactive POP client pro- | |
363 | gram, _\bp_\bo_\bp_\bi, to be compiled and installed. A man page | |
364 | for the _\bp_\bo_\bp_\bi program is also provided. This option | |
365 | requires the configuration to have "bboards: pop". | |
366 | ||
367 | The APOP and MPOP non-standard POP facilities are documented | |
368 | in _\bT_\bh_\be _\bI_\bn_\bt_\be_\br_\bn_\be_\bt _\bM_\be_\bs_\bs_\ba_\bg_\be (ISBN 0-13-092941-7), a book by | |
369 | Marshall T. Rose. For more details, see support/pop/pop- | |
370 | more.txt and the _\bA_\bd_\bm_\bi_\bn_\bi_\bs_\bt_\br_\ba_\bt_\bo_\br'_\bs _\bG_\bu_\bi_\bd_\be. The APOP option | |
371 | peacefully co-exists with the standard POP, KPOP completely | |
372 | replaces the standard POP, and MPOP requires "bboards: pop". | |
373 | ||
374 | _\bF_\bi_\bl_\be _\bL_\bo_\bc_\bk_\bi_\bn_\bg | |
375 | ||
376 | The file locking code has been cleaned up to support three | |
377 | kinds of kernel-level file locking. As appropriate for your | |
378 | system, include the LOCKF, FCNTL or FLOCK option. For more | |
379 | details, see _\bm_\bh-_\bt_\ba_\bi_\bl_\bo_\br(5). | |
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394 | December 14, 1992 | |
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399 | ||
400 | Changes for MH 6.8 7 | |
401 | ||
402 | ||
403 | Configuration Directives | |
404 | ||
405 | A number of new configuration directives have been added or | |
406 | changed. The full details are given in the READ-ME. | |
407 | ||
408 | cp: The command used to install new files if not | |
409 | "cp". | |
410 | ||
411 | ln: The command used to link files together in the | |
412 | source tree if not "ln". | |
413 | ||
414 | mts: Full support for ZMAILER has been added. | |
415 | ||
416 | popdir: The directory where _\bp_\bo_\bp_\bd will be installed if not | |
417 | /usr/etc. | |
418 | ||
419 | regtest: Set to "on" to prevent the hostname and compile | |
420 | date from being included in _\bM_\bH binaries. | |
421 | ||
422 | sharedlib: You may now specify "sun4" or "sys5" (for SVR4) | |
423 | shared libraries. | |
424 | ||
425 | signal: Specifies the base type of the function returned | |
426 | by _\bs_\bi_\bg_\bn_\ba_\bl(). This was previously defined with | |
427 | "options TYPESIG". | |
428 | ||
429 | Several `-D' options to _\bc_\bc have been added or changed: | |
430 | ||
431 | APOP Authenticated POP (see above). | |
432 | ||
433 | AUX Support for A/UX systems. | |
434 | ||
435 | DBMPWD The DBM option has been renamed DBMPWD. | |
436 | ||
437 | HESIOD Support for the HESIOD name server. | |
438 | ||
439 | KPOP KERBEROS POP (see above). | |
440 | ||
441 | LOCALE Support for local characters sets; uses the _\bs_\be_\bt_\b- | |
442 | _\bl_\bo_\bc_\ba_\bl() function. | |
443 | ||
444 | MAILGROUP Makes _\bi_\bn_\bc set-group-id. You may need this option | |
445 | if your /usr/spool/mail is not world-writeable. | |
446 | ||
447 | MIME Multi-media mail. | |
448 | ||
449 | MPOP Mobile POP (see above). | |
450 | ||
451 | MSGID Enables _\bs_\bl_\bo_\bc_\ba_\bl to detect and surpress duplicate | |
452 | messages. | |
453 | ||
454 | OSF1 Support for DEC OSF1 systems. May be incomplete. | |
455 | ||
456 | RENAME Include this option if your system has a _\br_\be_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be() | |
457 | ||
458 | ||
459 | ||
460 | December 14, 1992 | |
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464 | ||
465 | ||
466 | Changes for MH 6.8 8 | |
467 | ||
468 | ||
469 | system call. | |
470 | ||
471 | SVR4 Support for System 5 Release 4 or newer systems. | |
472 | ||
473 | TYPESIG This option has been dropped. See `signal' | |
474 | above. | |
475 | ||
476 | UNISTD Include this option if your system has the | |
477 | include file <unistd.h>. | |
478 | ||
479 | VSPRINTF Include this option if your system has the | |
480 | _\bv_\bs_\bp_\br_\bi_\bn_\bt_\bf() library routine; otherwise, __\bd_\bo_\bp_\br_\bn_\bt() | |
481 | will be used. | |
482 | ||
483 | YEARMOD Forces the _\bm_\bh-_\bf_\bo_\br_\bm_\ba_\bt `year' function to return | |
484 | 2-digit values. Use this option during a brief | |
485 | transition period if you have local _\bm_\bh-_\bf_\bo_\br_\bm_\ba_\bt | |
486 | files which need to be converted to support 4- | |
487 | digit years. | |
488 | ||
489 | _\bF_\bU_\bN_\bC_\bT_\bI_\bO_\bN_\bA_\bL _\bC_\bH_\bA_\bN_\bG_\bE_\bS | |
490 | ||
491 | In addition to the configuration changes mentioned above, a | |
492 | number of functional changes have been made to the system. | |
493 | Many programs have new features added and a few new programs | |
494 | have are provided. Each command's manual page gives complete | |
495 | information about the its operation. Here is a short sum- | |
496 | mary of the changes. | |
497 | ||
498 | _\bM_\bH _\bS_\be_\bq_\bu_\be_\bn_\bc_\be_\bs | |
499 | ||
500 | A larger number of user-defined sequences are available. | |
501 | Previously, this number had been 10. On 32-bit systems, 26 | |
502 | user-defined sequences are available. | |
503 | ||
504 | _\bP_\br_\bo_\bf_\bi_\bl_\be _\bC_\bo_\bm_\bp_\bo_\bn_\be_\bn_\bt_\bs | |
505 | ||
506 | _\bM_\bH programs will now complain if the .mh_profile does not | |
507 | end in a newline. Also, one enhancement and one new profile | |
508 | component are provided: | |
509 | ||
510 | Aliasfile: Multiple filenames may now be given. | |
511 | ||
512 | Inbox: New; the default folder (for _\bi_\bn_\bc, etc.) if not | |
513 | "inbox". | |
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526 | December 14, 1992 | |
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532 | Changes for MH 6.8 9 | |
533 | ||
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536 | _\bF_\bo_\br_\bm_\ba_\bt _\bS_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg_\bs | |
537 | ||
538 | A few minor bugs were fixed in format string handling, and a | |
539 | few new features were added. See _\bm_\bh-_\bf_\bo_\br_\bm_\ba_\bt(5) for complete | |
540 | details. | |
541 | ||
542 | Addresses An attempt is made to decipher X.400 | |
543 | RFC 987-style addresses. | |
544 | ||
545 | Comments Comments may be added to _\bm_\bh-_\bf_\bo_\br_\bm_\ba_\bt files; a | |
546 | comment begins with the 2-character sequence | |
547 | "%;", and ends with an un-escaped newline. | |
548 | ||
549 | %(modulo n) The `modulo' function escape has been added. | |
550 | ||
551 | %(year{date}) The date parser has been enhanced to under- | |
552 | stand more illegal date formats; `year' now | |
553 | returns a 4-digit number. | |
554 | ||
555 | _\bU_\bs_\be_\br _\bI_\bn_\bt_\be_\br_\bf_\ba_\bc_\be _\bP_\br_\bo_\bg_\br_\ba_\bm_\bs | |
556 | ||
557 | A number of _\bM_\bH commands have minor changes: | |
558 | ||
559 | ali The output with `-user -list' was changed to match | |
560 | the output with `-nouser -list'. | |
561 | ||
562 | burst Will no longer drop the last message of a digest. | |
563 | ||
564 | inc Accepts the `-apop' switch for authenticated POP | |
565 | (see above); will attempt to detect write errors | |
566 | (e.g., no space left on device) when incorporating | |
567 | mail; no longer replaces newline characters with | |
568 | NULLs. | |
569 | ||
570 | folder The `-noprint' option was broken and has been | |
571 | dropped. | |
572 | ||
573 | forw Supports `-mime' to use MIME-style multi-part mes- | |
574 | sages. | |
575 | ||
576 | mhl Will no longer put an extra space at the end of | |
577 | the `%{text}' in a formatfield. | |
578 | ||
579 | mhn New; manipulates multi-media (MIME) messages; a | |
580 | detailed man page is provided. | |
581 | ||
582 | mhparam New; reads the _\bM_\bH profile (and context) and writes | |
583 | the values of the specified components on the | |
584 | standard output; useful in programmatic con- | |
585 | structs. | |
586 | ||
587 | msgchk Supports `-apop' (see above). | |
588 | ||
589 | ||
590 | ||
591 | ||
592 | December 14, 1992 | |
593 | ||
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595 | ||
596 | ||
597 | ||
598 | Changes for MH 6.8 10 | |
599 | ||
600 | ||
601 | packmbox New; packs an _\bM_\bH folder into a UUCP-style mailbox. | |
602 | ||
603 | popi New; a client-side POP initiator; available only | |
604 | if you built _\bM_\bH with the MPOP option (see above). | |
605 | ||
606 | refile A bug where the `rmmproc' did not remove all | |
607 | specified message files has been fixed. | |
608 | ||
609 | scan The `-file' option is fully supported and will no | |
610 | longer complain about empty folders. | |
611 | ||
612 | send Supports `-mime' and `-split' to split large mes- | |
613 | sages into multiple partial messages using MIME. | |
614 | ||
615 | _\bS_\bu_\bp_\bp_\bo_\br_\bt _\bP_\br_\bo_\bg_\br_\ba_\bm_\bs | |
616 | ||
617 | fmtdump Can now read a format file, or a format string | |
618 | given on the command line. | |
619 | ||
620 | popauth New; manages the APOP authorization database (see | |
621 | above). | |
622 | ||
623 | sendmail The _\bs_\be_\bn_\bd_\bm_\ba_\bi_\bl replacement will be installed only if | |
624 | your `mts' setting uses the `/smtp' option. | |
625 | ||
626 | slocal A new man page for _\bs_\bl_\bo_\bc_\ba_\bl is available; the new | |
627 | `mbox' action is available to write a file in | |
628 | _\bp_\ba_\bc_\bk_\bf format; a bug where extra `>' characters | |
629 | were written to MMDF-style maildrops has been | |
630 | fixed; if compiled with the MSGID option, can | |
631 | detect and suppress reception of duplicate mes- | |
632 | sages. | |
633 | ||
634 | viamail New; bundles a directory (like _\bs_\bh_\ba_\br) and sends it | |
635 | through multi-media mail. | |
636 | ||
637 | ||
638 | ||
639 | ||
640 | ||
641 | ||
642 | ||
643 | ||
644 | ||
645 | ||
646 | ||
647 | ||
648 | ||
649 | ||
650 | ||
651 | ||
652 | ||
653 | ||
654 | ||
655 | ||
656 | ||
657 | ||
658 | December 14, 1992 | |
659 | ||
660 | ||
661 | ||
662 | ||
663 | ||
664 | Changes for MH 6.7.2 11 | |
665 | ||
666 | ||
667 | _\bC_\bH_\bA_\bN_\bG_\bE_\bS _\bF_\bO_\bR _\bM_\bH _\b6._\b7._\b2 | |
668 | ||
669 | The MH.6.7.2 patch release is a maintenance release. This | |
670 | is the current released version of _\bM_\bH as of February 1, | |
671 | 1992. | |
672 | ||
673 | This release now supports the NCR Tower running SYS5R4. | |
674 | The WP changes installed in MH.6.7.0 have been removed. | |
675 | ||
676 | _\bS_\bh_\ba_\br_\be_\bd _\bL_\bi_\bb_\br_\ba_\br_\bi_\be_\bs | |
677 | ||
678 | Support for SYS 5 shared libraries is in progress. | |
679 | ||
680 | Support for Sun OS 4.0 shared libraries had been | |
681 | improved. The _\bM_\bH library has been modified to move initial- | |
682 | ized data into a data definition file. The shared library | |
683 | will now consist of a libmh.so and libmh.sa file. The | |
684 | shared library version number will no longer track the _\bM_\bH | |
685 | patch release number, and its numbering begins with version | |
686 | `1.1' with this release. | |
687 | ||
688 | _\bR_\be_\bp_\bl_\ba_\bc_\be_\bm_\be_\bn_\bt _\bS_\be_\bn_\bd_\bM_\ba_\bi_\bl | |
689 | ||
690 | Since many standard system programs expect to post mail by | |
691 | invoking /usr/lib/sendmail, a minimal replacement _\bS_\be_\bn_\bd_\bM_\ba_\bi_\bl | |
692 | is provided in this release. This replacement is meant to | |
693 | be installed on (e.g., diskless) client workstations which | |
694 | post mail using SMTP, and do not run a message transport | |
695 | system. It will call _\bp_\bo_\bs_\bt to post mail; be sure you have | |
696 | configured _\bM_\bH with the `/smtp' mts option. This sendmail | |
697 | replacement is installed in your _\bM_\bH etc directory, and you | |
698 | should link /usr/lib/sendmail to it. | |
699 | ||
700 | _\bF_\bo_\br_\bm_\ba_\bt _\bS_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg_\bs | |
701 | ||
702 | A manual page for the _\bf_\bm_\bt_\bd_\bu_\bm_\bp format string disassembler is | |
703 | supplied, and some new format functions were added: | |
704 | ||
705 | folder In _\bs_\bc_\ba_\bn, this component escape contains the name of | |
706 | the current folder. It is not defined for other _\bM_\bH | |
707 | commands. | |
708 | ||
709 | getenv This function escape returns the value of an en- | |
710 | vironment variable. | |
711 | ||
712 | There will be some additional changes in these routines | |
713 | in the next patch release. | |
714 | ||
715 | ||
716 | ||
717 | ||
718 | ||
719 | ||
720 | ||
721 | ||
722 | ||
723 | ||
724 | Feb 1, 1992 | |
725 | ||
726 | ||
727 | ||
728 | ||
729 | ||
730 | Changes for MH 6.7.2 12 | |
731 | ||
732 | ||
733 | ||
734 | _\bO_\bt_\bh_\be_\br _\bB_\bu_\bg _\bF_\bi_\bx_\be_\bs _\ba_\bn_\bd _\bE_\bn_\bh_\ba_\bn_\bc_\be_\bm_\be_\bn_\bt_\bs | |
735 | ||
736 | In addition to some other minor enhancements, some bugs were | |
737 | fixed which in general were not user-visible: | |
738 | ||
739 | Blind lists Users may now specify RFC822 address groups in | |
740 | their alias files. These groups are imple- | |
741 | mented by _\bM_\bH as blind lists. | |
742 | ||
743 | date parsing A number of sites have brain-damaged versions | |
744 | of lex. _\bM_\bH will now come with the date parser | |
745 | already run through lex. | |
746 | ||
747 | mark A bug dealing with _\bm_\ba_\br_\bk and the sequence named | |
748 | `cur' is fixed. This was previously a problem | |
749 | for mh-e users. | |
750 | ||
751 | MH.doc The _\bM_\bH nroff version of the manual no longer | |
752 | contains teletype escape sequences. | |
753 | ||
754 | scan Can now handle headers as long as 512 bytes. | |
755 | ||
756 | Signals _\bM_\bH programs will no longer catch the HUP and | |
757 | TERM signals while waiting for a sub-process. | |
758 | This was causing hung processes when your ter- | |
759 | minal line was was dropped unexpectedly. | |
760 | ||
761 | Signature If your signature is not defined, _\bM_\bH will use | |
762 | the value of the gecos field of your | |
763 | /etc/passwd entry as your signature. | |
764 | ||
765 | version.sh A bug in the awk script in config/version.sh | |
766 | was fixed. | |
767 | ||
768 | ||
769 | ||
770 | ||
771 | ||
772 | ||
773 | ||
774 | ||
775 | ||
776 | ||
777 | ||
778 | ||
779 | ||
780 | ||
781 | ||
782 | ||
783 | ||
784 | ||
785 | ||
786 | ||
787 | ||
788 | ||
789 | ||
790 | Feb 1, 1992 | |
791 | ||
792 | ||
793 | ||
794 | ||
795 | ||
796 | Changes for MH 6.7.1a 13 | |
797 | ||
798 | ||
799 | _\bC_\bH_\bA_\bN_\bG_\bE_\bS _\bF_\bO_\bR _\bM_\bH _\b6._\b7._\b1_\ba | |
800 | ||
801 | The MH.6.7.1a patch was made available on January 25, 1991 | |
802 | for limited distribution only. (This release had some known | |
803 | bugs, and so was not widely distributed.) This release | |
804 | incorporates several new features of particular note to | |
805 | users of sequences and format strings, as well as some gen- | |
806 | eral documentation improvements. There are a few minor | |
807 | enhancements and internal bug fixes also. Complete documen- | |
808 | tation of these changes is given in the individual manual | |
809 | pages, and the READ-ME file. | |
810 | ||
811 | _\bM_\be_\bs_\bs_\ba_\bg_\be _\bS_\be_\bq_\bu_\be_\bn_\bc_\be_\bs | |
812 | ||
813 | A new manual page, _\bm_\bh-_\bs_\be_\bq_\bu_\be_\bn_\bc_\be (5), has been added. This | |
814 | manual page attempts to completely document the syntax and | |
815 | semantics of _\bM_\bH message sequence specifications. | |
816 | ||
817 | A powerful new feature is the ability to specify mes- | |
818 | sage ranges with user-defined sequences. The specification | |
819 | "name:n" may be used, and it designates up to the first `n' | |
820 | messages (or last `n' messages for `-n') which are | |
821 | elements of the user-defined sequence `name'. | |
822 | ||
823 | The message specifications "name:next" and "name:prev" | |
824 | may also be used, and they designate the next or previous | |
825 | message (relative to the current message) which is an ele- | |
826 | ment of the user-defined sequence `name'. The specifica- | |
827 | tions "name:first" and "name:last" are equivalent to | |
828 | "name:1" and "name:-1", respectively. The specification | |
829 | "name:cur" is not allowed (use just "cur" instead). | |
830 | ||
831 | These specifications allow the user to step through a | |
832 | sequence with a command like "show name:next". | |
833 | ||
834 | _\bF_\bo_\br_\bm_\ba_\bt _\bS_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg_\bs | |
835 | ||
836 | _\bM_\bH format strings now support an if-then-elseif-else clause | |
837 | (the `elseif' is new). This will make format strings with | |
838 | multi-case conditions somewhat less complex. | |
839 | ||
840 | A new format function `addr' had been added. This | |
841 | function takes an address header name as its argument, and | |
842 | returns a rendering of the address contained in that header | |
843 | as "user@host" or "host!user". | |
844 | ||
845 | Format widths now may be specified as a negative | |
846 | number. This causes the output to be right-justified within | |
847 | the format width. | |
848 | ||
849 | ||
850 | ||
851 | ||
852 | ||
853 | ||
854 | ||
855 | ||
856 | January 25, 1991 | |
857 | ||
858 | ||
859 | ||
860 | ||
861 | ||
862 | Changes for MH 6.7.1a 14 | |
863 | ||
864 | ||
865 | ||
866 | _\bO_\bt_\bh_\be_\br _\bC_\bh_\ba_\bn_\bg_\be_\bs | |
867 | ||
868 | Along with a few minor enhancements, some bugs were fixed | |
869 | which in general were not user-visible: | |
870 | ||
871 | fmtdump This new program produces an pseudo-language | |
872 | representation of an _\bM_\bH format file, vaguely remin- | |
873 | iscent of assembly language. While this output | |
874 | format is not explicitly documented, it can still | |
875 | be useful when debugging _\bM_\bH format files. | |
876 | ||
877 | refile Now takes a `-[no]rmmproc' switch. This makes it | |
878 | easier to avoid loops when your "rmmproc" calls _\br_\be- | |
879 | _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be. | |
880 | ||
881 | slocal A problem with the UUCP-style mailboxes, the | |
882 | `RPATHS' configuration option, and the "Return- | |
883 | Path:" header was fixed. | |
884 | ||
885 | sortm Will ensure that no messages are lost if it is in- | |
886 | terrupted. | |
887 | ||
888 | whatnow Will now tell you where it is leaving the draft, | |
889 | when interrupted in the initial edit. Previously | |
890 | the draft was simply unlinked. | |
891 | ||
892 | _\bC_\bo_\bm_\bp_\bi_\bl_\ba_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn _\bO_\bp_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn_\bs | |
893 | ||
894 | LOCKF This option causes _\bM_\bH to use the lockf() system | |
895 | call for locking (if available), instead of | |
896 | flock(). | |
897 | ||
898 | ||
899 | ||
900 | ||
901 | ||
902 | ||
903 | ||
904 | ||
905 | ||
906 | ||
907 | ||
908 | ||
909 | ||
910 | ||
911 | ||
912 | ||
913 | ||
914 | ||
915 | ||
916 | ||
917 | ||
918 | ||
919 | ||
920 | ||
921 | ||
922 | January 25, 1991 | |
923 | ||
924 | ||
925 | ||
926 | ||
927 | ||
928 | Changes for MH 6.7.1 15 | |
929 | ||
930 | ||
931 | _\bC_\bH_\bA_\bN_\bG_\bE_\bS _\bF_\bO_\bR _\bM_\bH _\b6._\b7._\b1 | |
932 | ||
933 | The MH.6.7.1 patch release is a maintenance release, and as | |
934 | such, provides few changes from the previous release. This | |
935 | is the current released version of _\bM_\bH as of December 14, | |
936 | 1990. | |
937 | ||
938 | _\bU_\bs_\be_\br-_\bV_\bi_\bs_\bi_\bb_\bl_\be _\bC_\bh_\ba_\bn_\bg_\be_\bs | |
939 | ||
940 | The major change in this release is to the POP daemon | |
941 | (popd). In _\bM_\bH 6.7, it was changed to be able to read both | |
942 | UUCP and MMDF-style mailboxes. This did not work as | |
943 | reported. The code has now been changed to parse MMDF-style | |
944 | mailboxes if you are configuring MH to run with MMDF as your | |
945 | message transport system. Otherwise, UUCP-style mailboxes | |
946 | are expected. | |
947 | ||
948 | Since there are number of client programs available for | |
949 | only the POP2 protocol instead of POP3, popd has been | |
950 | updated to support both protocols. This is a major win. If | |
951 | you are compiling with POP turned on, add the `POP2' option | |
952 | to your _\bM_\bH config file, and the POP daemon will respond to | |
953 | POP2 or POP3 commands. If you're using POP, there's no rea- | |
954 | son not to include this option; it does not affect the | |
955 | existing support for POP3. | |
956 | ||
957 | _\bI_\bn_\bt_\be_\br_\bn_\ba_\bl _\bC_\bh_\ba_\bn_\bg_\be_\bs | |
958 | ||
959 | Some bugs were fixed which in general were not user-visible: | |
960 | ||
961 | context Errors when writing out sequences are detected | |
962 | correctly. | |
963 | ||
964 | inc No longer inserts extra blank lines into mes- | |
965 | sages. | |
966 | ||
967 | mh-format A nil pointer bug in the address parser was | |
968 | fixed. | |
969 | ||
970 | repl, etc. The malloc/free problem has been fixed. | |
971 | ||
972 | rmf A spelling error in the `-nointeractive' switch | |
973 | has been corrected. | |
974 | ||
975 | rcvtty Will not print the message size if not available | |
976 | (i.e., zero). | |
977 | ||
978 | send/post Illegal signatures (those containing unquoted | |
979 | "."s) will be quoted. | |
980 | ||
981 | ||
982 | ||
983 | ||
984 | ||
985 | ||
986 | ||
987 | ||
988 | December 14, 1990 | |
989 | ||
990 | ||
991 | ||
992 | ||
993 | ||
994 | Changes for MH 6.7.0 16 | |
995 | ||
996 | ||
997 | _\bG_\bE_\bN_\bE_\bR_\bA_\bL _\bC_\bH_\bA_\bN_\bG_\bE_\bS _\bF_\bO_\bR _\bM_\bH _\b6._\b7._\b0 | |
998 | ||
999 | The author is pleased to announce that there are very few | |
1000 | user-visible changes to _\bM_\bH 6.7 from the previous _\bM_\bH 6.6 dis- | |
1001 | tribution. The majority of development was in the form of | |
1002 | bug fixes and slight enhancements. In addition, this | |
1003 | release is slightly faster than the previous release. With | |
1004 | a few minor exceptions, it is backward-compatible with the | |
1005 | previous release. _\bM_\bH 6.7.0 is the current released version | |
1006 | of _\bM_\bH as of April 12, 1990. | |
1007 | ||
1008 | The changes were made mainly to generalize the source | |
1009 | code to be compatible with a larger range of systems and | |
1010 | compilers. There were many small changes to add declara- | |
1011 | tions for ANSI C compliance. The System 5 support has been | |
1012 | brought up to SYS5 R3, and there is support for Sun OS 4.0. | |
1013 | ||
1014 | _\bU_\bs_\be_\br-_\bV_\bi_\bs_\bi_\bb_\bl_\be _\bC_\bh_\ba_\bn_\bg_\be_\bs | |
1015 | ||
1016 | Here a quick summary of the changes that were made which are | |
1017 | not backward-compatible with the previous release of _\bM_\bH: | |
1018 | ||
1019 | repl The `-format' and `-noformat' switches have not been | |
1020 | functional since _\bM_\bH 5, and have been removed. Any | |
1021 | users who have these switches in their .mh_profile, | |
1022 | will have to remove them. | |
1023 | ||
1024 | sortm Previously, in most cases _\bs_\bo_\br_\bt_\bm would fill-in any | |
1025 | gaps in the numbering of a folder, by renumbering the | |
1026 | messages starting with `1'. This will no longer | |
1027 | occur; for this behavior, use "folder -pack". | |
1028 | ||
1029 | ||
1030 | _\bU_\bs_\bi_\bn_\bg _\bA_\bl_\bi_\ba_\bs_\be_\bs | |
1031 | ||
1032 | A new profile entry `Aliasfile:' has been added. The _\ba_\bl_\bi, | |
1033 | _\bs_\be_\bn_\bd, and _\bw_\bh_\bo_\bm programs will look for this profile entry and | |
1034 | treat it as they would an argument to `-alias'. This should | |
1035 | make it easier for novice _\bM_\bH users to begin using aliases. | |
1036 | ||
1037 | ||
1038 | _\bR_\be_\ba_\bd_\bi_\bn_\bg _\bN_\be_\bt_\bw_\bo_\br_\bk _\bN_\be_\bw_\bs & _\bB_\bB_\bo_\ba_\br_\bd_\bs | |
1039 | ||
1040 | The UCI BBoards facility can read local BBoards, and if com- | |
1041 | piled with the `bboards: pop' and `pop: on' options, can | |
1042 | also read remote BBoards using the Post Office Protocol (POP | |
1043 | ver. 3). With this release, _\bM_\bH can instead be compiled to | |
1044 | read the Network News (i.e., USENET) using the Network News | |
1045 | Transfer Protocol (NNTP). | |
1046 | ||
1047 | This capability is enabled by compiling _\bM_\bH with the | |
1048 | `bboards: nntp' and `pop: on' options. Unfortunately, read- | |
1049 | ing remote BBoards via the POP and reading the Network News | |
1050 | via the NNTP are mutually exclusive options. | |
1051 | ||
1052 | ||
1053 | ||
1054 | April 12, 1990 | |
1055 | ||
1056 | ||
1057 | ||
1058 | ||
1059 | ||
1060 | Changes for MH 6.7.0 17 | |
1061 | ||
1062 | ||
1063 | To support the NNTP, a new module, uip/pshsbr.c, is | |
1064 | compiled and loaded into _\bb_\bb_\bc and _\bm_\bs_\bh instead of | |
1065 | uip/popsbr.c. The default BBoard is changed from "system" | |
1066 | to "general" for the NNTP. | |
1067 | ||
1068 | When reading BBoards, _\bb_\bb_\bc will first look for local | |
1069 | BBoards, and then contact the NNTP server to read the Net- | |
1070 | work News. The location of the NNTP server should be speci- | |
1071 | fied with the `nntphost:' entry in the mtstailor file (see | |
1072 | the _\bM_\bH Administrator's Guide for details), or may be speci- | |
1073 | fied on the command line with the `-host' switch. | |
1074 | ||
1075 | ||
1076 | _\bF_\bo_\br_\bm_\ba_\bt _\bS_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg_\bs | |
1077 | ||
1078 | The manual page _\bm_\bh-_\bf_\bo_\br_\bm_\ba_\bt (5) has been rewritten to give a | |
1079 | better explanation of how to write format strings, and how | |
1080 | they are interpreted by _\bM_\bH. A line-by-line description of | |
1081 | the default _\br_\be_\bp_\bl form file (replcomps) is now included in | |
1082 | that manual page. | |
1083 | ||
1084 | Some new format functions were added, and others were aug- | |
1085 | mented: | |
1086 | ||
1087 | trim Strips any leading and trailing white-space from | |
1088 | the current string value. | |
1089 | ||
1090 | date2local Will coerce the date to the local timezone. | |
1091 | ||
1092 | date2gmt Will coerce the date to GMT. | |
1093 | ||
1094 | divide Divides the current numeric value by its argu- | |
1095 | ment. This could be useful for building _\bs_\bc_\ba_\bn | |
1096 | format strings which print large message sizes | |
1097 | in "Kb" or "Mb". | |
1098 | ||
1099 | friendly If the address field cannot be parsed, this | |
1100 | function will return the text of the address | |
1101 | header, instead of a null string. | |
1102 | ||
1103 | szone A flag indicating whether the timezone was ex- | |
1104 | plicit in the date string. | |
1105 | ||
1106 | _\bP_\bR_\bO_\bG_\bR_\bA_\bM _\bC_\bH_\bA_\bN_\bG_\bE_\bS | |
1107 | ||
1108 | In addition to the general changes mentioned above, many | |
1109 | programs have specific new features added, either by new | |
1110 | switches or by expanded functionality. Each command's | |
1111 | manual page gives complete information about its new | |
1112 | options. Here is a short summary. | |
1113 | ||
1114 | _\bU_\bs_\be_\br _\bI_\bn_\bt_\be_\br_\bf_\ba_\bc_\be _\bP_\br_\bo_\bg_\br_\ba_\bm_\bs | |
1115 | ||
1116 | anno Accepts a `-nodate' switch which inhibits the date | |
1117 | ||
1118 | ||
1119 | ||
1120 | April 12, 1990 | |
1121 | ||
1122 | ||
1123 | ||
1124 | ||
1125 | ||
1126 | Changes for MH 6.7.0 18 | |
1127 | ||
1128 | ||
1129 | annotation, leaving only the body annotation. | |
1130 | ||
1131 | folder When invoked with the `-pack' switch and the new | |
1132 | `-verbose' switch, _\bf_\bo_\bl_\bd_\be_\br will give information | |
1133 | about the actions taken to renumber the folder. | |
1134 | ||
1135 | On most systems, _\bf_\bo_\bl_\bd_\be_\br can now create any | |
1136 | non-existing parent folders of a new sub-folder. | |
1137 | ||
1138 | forw When making digests, _\bf_\bo_\br_\bw will put the issue and | |
1139 | volume numbers in addition to the digest list | |
1140 | name, in the digest trailer. | |
1141 | ||
1142 | inc Detects NFS write failures, and will not zero your | |
1143 | maildrop in that event. | |
1144 | ||
1145 | msh Supports a variant of the new _\bs_\bo_\br_\bt_\bm. | |
1146 | ||
1147 | prompter Considers a period on a line by itself to signify | |
1148 | end-of-file when the `-doteof' switch is speci- | |
1149 | fied. | |
1150 | ||
1151 | repl The `-[no]format' switches have not been used | |
1152 | since _\bM_\bH 5 and have been deleted. _\br_\be_\bp_\bl will now | |
1153 | find filter files in the _\bM_\bH library area. | |
1154 | ||
1155 | scan With the `-file msgbox' switch, _\bs_\bc_\ba_\bn can list a | |
1156 | _\bp_\ba_\bc_\bk_\bf'd-format file directly (without using _\bm_\bs_\bh). | |
1157 | ||
1158 | Lists messages in reverse order with the | |
1159 | `-reverse' switch. This should be considered a | |
1160 | bug. | |
1161 | ||
1162 | sortm Now has the options: `-textfield field', `-notext- | |
1163 | field', `-limit days', and `-nolimit'. | |
1164 | ||
1165 | With these options, _\bs_\bo_\br_\bt_\bm can be instructed to | |
1166 | sort a folder based on the contents of an arbi- | |
1167 | trary header such as "subject". | |
1168 | ||
1169 | _\bs_\bo_\br_\bt_\bm minimizes renaming messages, and will no | |
1170 | longer arbitrarily pack folders; for this | |
1171 | behavior, use "folder -pack". | |
1172 | ||
1173 | whatnow Deletes the draft by renaming it with leading | |
1174 | comma, instead of unlinking it. | |
1175 | ||
1176 | _\bM_\bH _\bS_\bu_\bp_\bp_\bo_\br_\bt _\bP_\br_\bo_\bg_\br_\ba_\bm_\bs | |
1177 | ||
1178 | The following support programs also have changes or enhance- | |
1179 | ments: | |
1180 | ||
1181 | mhl Will now accept a format string on any component, | |
1182 | not just on addresses and dates. | |
1183 | ||
1184 | ||
1185 | ||
1186 | April 12, 1990 | |
1187 | ||
1188 | ||
1189 | ||
1190 | ||
1191 | ||
1192 | Changes for MH 6.7.0 19 | |
1193 | ||
1194 | ||
1195 | popd Will use _\bs_\bh_\ba_\bd_\bo_\bw passwords if compiled with the SHA- | |
1196 | DOW option. It can now also read UUCP-style mail- | |
1197 | drops directly. | |
1198 | ||
1199 | rcvtty If given no arguments, _\br_\bc_\bv_\bt_\bt_\by will produce a scan | |
1200 | listing as specified by a format string or file; a | |
1201 | default format string is used if one is not speci- | |
1202 | fied. | |
1203 | ||
1204 | Before the listing is written to the users terminal, | |
1205 | the terminal's bell is rung and a newline is output. | |
1206 | The `-nobell' and the `-nonewline' options inhibit | |
1207 | these functions. | |
1208 | ||
1209 | _\br_\bc_\bv_\bt_\bt_\by will obey terminal write notification set by | |
1210 | _\bm_\be_\bs_\bg. With the `-biff' switch, _\br_\bc_\bv_\bt_\bt_\by will also | |
1211 | obey the mail notification status set by _\bb_\bi_\bf_\bf. | |
1212 | ||
1213 | On BSD43 systems, as with _\bw_\br_\bi_\bt_\be, _\br_\bc_\bv_\bt_\bt_\by will be | |
1214 | installed set-group-id to the group "tty". | |
1215 | ||
1216 | slocal Understands UUCP-style "From " lines and will write | |
1217 | output files using this format if appropriate. | |
1218 | Before invoking a delivery program, _\bs_\bl_\bo_\bc_\ba_\bl will | |
1219 | strip such lines unless compiled with the RPATHS | |
1220 | option, in which case it will will convert such | |
1221 | lines into "Return-Path:" headers. | |
1222 | ||
1223 | _\bs_\bl_\bo_\bc_\ba_\bl has a new result code "N", for use in .mail- | |
1224 | delivery files. With this result code, _\bs_\bl_\bo_\bc_\ba_\bl will | |
1225 | perform the action only if the message has not been | |
1226 | delivered and the previous action succeeded. This | |
1227 | allows for performing an action only if multiple | |
1228 | conditions are true. | |
1229 | ||
1230 | _\bD_\bO_\bC_\bU_\bM_\bE_\bN_\bT_\bA_\bT_\bI_\bO_\bN | |
1231 | ||
1232 | Several of the older _\bM_\bH papers have been difficult to format | |
1233 | because they depended on an older version of PhDTeX which | |
1234 | was not supplied. These papers have been updated, and some | |
1235 | TeX library files are supplied in papers/doclib/, so that | |
1236 | these papers may be generated on any system with TeX. | |
1237 | ||
1238 | Many of the manual pages have been revised to include | |
1239 | documentation of new command options, and some have been | |
1240 | expanded to give more detail. All are now slightly refor- | |
1241 | matted at installation time to make them more compatible | |
1242 | with programs like _\bm_\ba_\bk_\be_\bw_\bh_\ba_\bt_\bi_\bs. | |
1243 | ||
1244 | ||
1245 | _\bM_\bH _\bA_\bD_\bM_\bI_\bN_\bI_\bS_\bT_\bR_\bA_\bT_\bI_\bO_\bN | |
1246 | ||
1247 | This section describes changes in configuring, compiling and | |
1248 | installing _\bM_\bH 6.7 and should not be of interest to casual _\bM_\bH | |
1249 | ||
1250 | ||
1251 | ||
1252 | April 12, 1990 | |
1253 | ||
1254 | ||
1255 | ||
1256 | ||
1257 | ||
1258 | Changes for MH 6.7.0 20 | |
1259 | ||
1260 | ||
1261 | users. The READ-ME file has been considerably revised and | |
1262 | expanded to give more detail about the configuration and | |
1263 | compilation options which have been included in this | |
1264 | release. Some compilation options have been removed, and | |
1265 | many new options have been added. | |
1266 | ||
1267 | All _\bM_\bH Makefiles have been updated to work around some | |
1268 | incompatibilities introduced in newer versions of _\bm_\ba_\bk_\be. _\bM_\bH | |
1269 | programs will no longer be installed with the sticky-bit | |
1270 | turned on. | |
1271 | ||
1272 | Reading this section not a substitute for carefully | |
1273 | reading the READ-ME file before attempting to compile _\bM_\bH | |
1274 | ||
1275 | ||
1276 | _\bB_\bu_\bg _\bF_\bi_\bx_\be_\bs | |
1277 | ||
1278 | Some bugs were fixed which in general were not user-visible: | |
1279 | ||
1280 | address parser Fixed to allow use of the "AT" domain, and | |
1281 | some minor bugs were fixed pertaining to ad- | |
1282 | dress groups. | |
1283 | ||
1284 | date parser Improved to accept more forms of illegal | |
1285 | dates. Military timezones were removed. | |
1286 | ||
1287 | dynamic memory Many problems with corruption of the dynamic | |
1288 | memory pool have been fixed. | |
1289 | ||
1290 | locking Will open files for write, if necessary to | |
1291 | enable locking. | |
1292 | ||
1293 | nil pointers All reported nil pointer problems have been | |
1294 | fixed. | |
1295 | ||
1296 | replcomps The "In-Reply-To:" header had quotes added | |
1297 | around the date field to comply with RFC822. | |
1298 | ||
1299 | _\bW_\bh_\bi_\bt_\be _\bP_\ba_\bg_\be_\bs | |
1300 | ||
1301 | If _\bM_\bH is compiled with the WP option, _\bs_\be_\bn_\bd recognizes an | |
1302 | address between "<<" and ">>" characters such as: | |
1303 | ||
1304 | To: << rose -org psi >> | |
1305 | ||
1306 | to be a name meaningful to a whitepages service. In order | |
1307 | to expand the name, _\bs_\be_\bn_\bd must be invoked interactively | |
1308 | (i.e., not from _\bp_\bu_\bs_\bh). For each name, _\bs_\be_\bn_\bd will invoke a | |
1309 | command called _\bf_\br_\be_\bd in a special mode asking to expand the | |
1310 | name. | |
1311 | ||
1312 | To get a copy of the white pages service, contact | |
1313 | wpp-manager@psi.com. | |
1314 | ||
1315 | ||
1316 | ||
1317 | ||
1318 | April 12, 1990 | |
1319 | ||
1320 | ||
1321 | ||
1322 | ||
1323 | ||
1324 | Changes for MH 6.7.0 21 | |
1325 | ||
1326 | ||
1327 | _\bC_\bo_\bn_\bf_\bi_\bg_\bu_\br_\ba_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn _\bO_\bp_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn_\bs | |
1328 | ||
1329 | Some configuration options have been added or changed: | |
1330 | ||
1331 | cc To specify an alternate C compiler. | |
1332 | ||
1333 | ccoptions Defaults to `-O'. | |
1334 | ||
1335 | bboards May now be defined as "on", "off", "pop", or | |
1336 | "nntp". | |
1337 | ||
1338 | bbdelivery Determines whether the bboard delivery agent and | |
1339 | library files should be installed. | |
1340 | ||
1341 | lex To specify an alternate version of _\bl_\be_\bx. | |
1342 | ||
1343 | mailgroup If defined, _\bi_\bn_\bc will be made set-group-id to | |
1344 | this group. | |
1345 | ||
1346 | sharedlib For SUN40 systems; if "on", makes libmh.a into a | |
1347 | shared library. | |
1348 | ||
1349 | slibdir The directory where the above shared library | |
1350 | should be installed. | |
1351 | ||
1352 | sprintf Set this to "int" if that's what your | |
1353 | _\bs_\bp_\br_\bi_\bn_\bt_\bf (3) library routine returns. | |
1354 | ||
1355 | _\bC_\bo_\bm_\bp_\bi_\bl_\ba_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn _\bO_\bp_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn_\bs | |
1356 | ||
1357 | For different configurations, several `-D' options to _\bc_\bc | |
1358 | have been added or changed: | |
1359 | ||
1360 | BERK This disables the address and date parsing rou- | |
1361 | tines. If you want to do much with | |
1362 | _\bm_\bh-_\bf_\bo_\br_\bm_\ba_\bt (5), don't enable this. | |
1363 | ||
1364 | BSD43 Will make _\br_\bc_\bv_\bt_\bt_\by set-group-id to the group | |
1365 | "tty". | |
1366 | ||
1367 | DBM For sites with a dbm-style password file (such | |
1368 | as with Yellow Pages), _\bM_\bH will not read the | |
1369 | entire passwd file into a cache. At one site | |
1370 | that runs YP on a large passwd file, using this | |
1371 | showed a 6:1 performance improvement. | |
1372 | ||
1373 | NETWORK This option has been deleted. See SOCKETS. | |
1374 | ||
1375 | NOIOCTLH Tells _\bM_\bH not to include the file sys/ioctl.h. | |
1376 | Use this if this file is not present on your | |
1377 | system. | |
1378 | ||
1379 | NTOHLSWAP On systems with TCP/IP networking, _\bm_\bs_\bh will try | |
1380 | to use the ntohl() macro from the file | |
1381 | ||
1382 | ||
1383 | ||
1384 | April 12, 1990 | |
1385 | ||
1386 | ||
1387 | ||
1388 | ||
1389 | ||
1390 | Changes for MH 6.7.0 22 | |
1391 | ||
1392 | ||
1393 | netinet/in.h to byte-swap the binary map files | |
1394 | it writes. | |
1395 | ||
1396 | SENDMAILBUG Some versions of _\bs_\be_\bn_\bd_\bm_\ba_\bi_\bl return a 451 (failure) | |
1397 | reply code when they don't mean to indicate | |
1398 | failure. This option considers that code to be | |
1399 | equivalent to 250 (OK). | |
1400 | ||
1401 | SHADOW Causes _\bp_\bo_\bp_\bd to read the file /etc/shadow for | |
1402 | encrypted passwords instead of /etc/passwd. Use | |
1403 | this if you have a shadow password file (such as | |
1404 | on newer versions of SYSTEM 5). | |
1405 | ||
1406 | SOCKETS Enable this if you are on a non-BSD system with | |
1407 | a socket interface for TCP/IP networking compa- | |
1408 | tible with 4.2BSD UNIX. | |
1409 | ||
1410 | SUN40 Use on Suns running Sun OS 4.0 and later. | |
1411 | ||
1412 | SYS5 This option has been updated to refer to SYS5 R3 | |
1413 | and later systems. | |
1414 | ||
1415 | SYS5DIR Use this if your system uses "struct dirent" | |
1416 | instead of "struct direct". This should be true | |
1417 | for systems based on SYS5 R3 and later. | |
1418 | ||
1419 | TYPESIG Defines the base type for the _\bs_\bi_\bg_\bn_\ba_\bl system | |
1420 | call. This defaults to "int", but should be | |
1421 | defined as "void" if appropriate for your sys- | |
1422 | tem. | |
1423 | ||
1424 | WP Enables support for the White Pages service. | |
1425 | ||
1426 | _\bI_\bn_\bs_\bt_\ba_\bl_\bl_\ba_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn | |
1427 | ||
1428 | _\bM_\bH will now explicitly set the protection mode on every file | |
1429 | it installs. | |
1430 | ||
1431 | Previously any existing file installed by _\bM_\bH would be | |
1432 | backed up into the source tree, and then overwritten. Now, | |
1433 | a few system-dependent files will not be overwritten, and | |
1434 | your changes will have to be merged in by hand. See the | |
1435 | READ-ME file for more details. | |
1436 | ||
1437 | ||
1438 | ||
1439 | ||
1440 | ||
1441 | ||
1442 | ||
1443 | ||
1444 | ||
1445 | ||
1446 | ||
1447 | ||
1448 | ||
1449 | ||
1450 | April 12, 1990 | |
1451 | ||
1452 |