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Aucbvax.2408 fa.unix-wizards utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!mike@RAND-UNIX Wed Jul 22 15:36:23 1981 dist command in MH From: mike at RAND-UNIX Apparently the "dist" command fell into disuse in one of the early versions of MH. "Dist" is similar to "forw", it prepares a message to be sent to people who did not receive it initially. The difference between the two commands is that "forw" appends a new header whereas "dist" does not.

Making "dist" work again is not trivial. If there is sufficient interest we will put it on our MH work list.

Rand supports MH for inhouse use. That is, we don't promise to fix all bugs, but, if you send us a bug report, we will probably fix the problem and distribute the fix. While we can not promise to fix all bugs, when one realizes that Rand has all of its text processing online with UNIX, the Rand Editor and MH, then one can become more certain that all important bugs will be fixed.

By the way, the Rand Editor and Message Handler are available for distribution outside of Rand. If you are interested, send me your U.S. Mail address and I will have the documentation and license agreement mailed to you. (U.S. Government agencies do not have to sign the license agreement. The only fee is for the cost of distribution and licensing).

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