From f5b088c5352d03875df6a706e094d401d26837cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steffen Nurpmeso Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 20:06:18 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] README,THANKS: BSD Mail wanted "to replace", it did not "supersede" --- README | 8 ++++---- THANKS | 9 +++++---- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 8a3ed044..ae7f799f 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ people who have helped improving and deserve acknowledgement. This software originates in the codebase of Heirloom mailx, formerly known as nail, which itself is based upon Berkeley Mail that has -a history back to 1978 and which superseded Unix mail, a program that -already shipped with First Edition Unix from 1971 -- M. Douglas McIlroy -writes in his article "A Research UNIX Reader: Annotated Excerpts from -the Programmer's Manual, 1971-1986": +a history back to 1978, and which has been written to replace Unix mail, +a program that already shipped with First Edition Unix from 1971 -- +M. Douglas McIlroy writes in his article "A Research UNIX Reader: +Annotated Excerpts from the Programmer's Manual, 1971-1986": MAIL (v1 page 21, v7 page 22) Electronic mail was there from the start. Never satisfied with its diff --git a/THANKS b/THANKS index 3a16bf84..b4b70557 100644 --- a/THANKS +++ b/THANKS @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ -S-nail is maintained and developed by Steffen Nurpmeso. It is -based upon Heirloom mailx (formerly nail) which was developed by -Gunnar Ritter and which was itself based upon Berkeley Mail that -originates in 2BSD (Kurt Shoens (UCB) March 25, 1978). +S-nail is maintained and developed by Steffen Nurpmeso. +This software originates in the codebase of Heirloom mailx, formerly +known as nail, which itself is based upon Berkeley Mail that has +a history back to 1978, and which has been written to replace Unix +mail, a program that already shipped with First Edition Unix. Other people contributed by reporting problems, suggesting various improvements, whether directly or indirectly, or submitting actual -- 2.11.4.GIT