From: Nathaniel Borenstein <nsb@thumper.bellcore.com>
Subject: Metamail 2.4 Release
Organization: Bellcore
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 92 01:47:23 GMT

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I am happy to announce the availability of version 2.4 of the metamail
software for turning text-oriented mail readers and other programs into
MIME-conformant software.

This latest release includes many enhancements and bug fixes, most of
them contributed by the metamail user community on the Internet.  It
also includes a vastly expanded "contrib" directory, full of all sorts
of MIME-related goodies such as software for mail based services, for
using metamail in a client-server paradigm, sh versions of the csh
scripts in the main distribution, specialized software for DOS, Amiga,
and Macintosh machines, and much more.

The distribution is available for anonymous ftp on thumper.bellcore.com,
in the directory pub/nsb, as compressed tar files.  For the first time,
the distribution has been separated into several separate tar files:

    mm.2.4.tar.Z -- the metamail distribution that NSB supports.

    contrib2.4.tar.Z -- contributed sources

    amiga2.4.tar -- Amiga binaries & utilities

    dos2.4.tar.Z -- DOS binaries (still one version downlevel, may be
upgraded soon)

Also, for those who have an ATOMICMAIL license, the sources are in a
separate tar file.  Contact me for more information.

A complete list of changes in the main tar file can be found in the same
directory on thumper in the file "2.4.CHANGES".  The new stuff in the
contrib directory is NOT documented in this file -- you're on your own
for that.  Contributors to the "contrib" directory are encouraged to
verify that their contributions are intact in that directory, and then
to post separate messages explaining their contributions as they see fit.

An important note:  If you pick up the new software, you should also at
least check out the new prototype mailcap file and consider upgrading
your mailcap file accordingly.  The new one has a "compose" entry for
external references, and it has an entry to use the "kterm" program for
Japanese text mail.

Future plans:  If there are major bugs, I will try to put out a patch
file in the next few weeks, but otherwise I do not expect another
metamail release for several months.  The core software is really pretty
stable these days, with the primary growth being in the contributed
software, which is now nearly three times the size of the core.)  As
always, I'll be around to answer questions on the info-metamail mailing
list or (preferably) the comp.mail.mime newsgroup.  For now, though, I
think I'm going to bed.  Thanks again to the many people who have
contributed time, advice, encouragement, and kind words to the metamail
project.    Keep those cards & letters coming!  -- Nathaniel
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I am happy to announce the availability of version 2.4 of the metamail softwar=
e for turning text-oriented mail readers and other programs into MIME-conforma=
nt software.<nl>
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This latest release includes many enhancements and bug fixes, most of them con=
tributed by the metamail user community on the Internet.  It also includes a v=
astly expanded "contrib" directory, full of all sorts of MIME-related goodies =
such as software for mail based services, for using metamail in a client-serve=
r paradigm, sh versions of the csh scripts in the main distribution, specializ=
ed software for DOS, Amiga, and Macintosh machines, and much more.<nl>
<nl>
The distribution is available for anonymous ftp on thumper.bellcore.com, in th=
e directory pub/nsb, as compressed tar files.  For the first time, the distrib=
ution has been separated into several separate tar files:<nl>
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    mm.2.4.tar.Z -- the metamail distribution that NSB supports.<nl>
<nl>
    contrib2.4.tar.Z -- contributed sources<nl>
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    amiga2.4.tar -- Amiga binaries & utilities<nl>
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    dos2.4.tar.Z -- DOS binaries (still one version downlevel, may be upgraded=
 soon)<nl>
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Also, for those who have an ATOMICMAIL license, the sources are in a separate =
tar file.  Contact me for more information.<nl>
<nl>
A complete list of changes in the main tar file can be found in the same direc=
tory on thumper in the file "2.4.CHANGES".  The new stuff in the contrib direc=
tory is NOT documented in this file -- you're on your own for that.  Contribut=
ors to the "contrib" directory are encouraged to verify that their contributio=
ns are intact in that directory, and then to post separate messages explaining=
 their contributions as they see fit.<nl>
<nl>
An important note:  If you pick up the new software, you should also at least =
check out the new prototype mailcap file and consider upgrading your mailcap f=
ile accordingly.  The new one has a "compose" entry for external references, a=
nd it has an entry to use the "kterm" program for Japanese text mail.<nl>
<nl>
Future plans:  If there are major bugs, I will try to put out a patch file in =
the next few weeks, but otherwise I do not expect another metamail release for=
 several months.  The core software is really pretty stable these days, with t=
he primary growth being in the contributed software, which is now nearly three=
 times the size of the core.)  As always, I'll be around to answer questions o=
n the info-metamail mailing list or (preferably) the comp.mail.mime newsgroup.=
  For now, though, I think I'm going to bed.  Thanks again to the many people =
who have contributed time, advice, encouragement, and kind words to the metama=
il project.    Keep those cards & letters coming!  -- Nathaniel<nl>
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What follows should allow Internet-connected users of older versions of metama=
il or other MIME-conformant software to retrieve the 2.4.CHANGES file and the =
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