kit 2.0 Copyright (c) 1990-1995, Raphael Manfredi You may copy this kit in whole or in part as long as you don't try to make money off it, or pretend you wrote it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The ultimate mailing kit Please read all the directions below before you proceed any further, and then follow them carefully. After you have unpacked your kit, you should have all the files listed in MANIFEST. Kit used to rely on Rich Salz's cshar package but is now self-contained. In order to use kit, you must have an implementation of compress. If you miss it, send me a mail: ram@hptnos02.grenoble.hp.com (Raphael Manfredi). Moreover, hexdecode, hexencode, atob and btoa must be installed. The public-domain implementation of des, which is provided with kit, must also be in your PATH if you want to use the encryption facilities. INSTALLATION 1) Run Configure. This will figure out various things about your system. After it has been completed, it will produce config.h and config.sh. You might have to trim # comments from the front of Configure if your shell doesn't handle them, but any other comments will be taken care of. 2) Run make. 3) If make succeeded, you may wish to do make install. Be sure your rights are correct (if you install manual pages, you may need super-user privileges). 4) Read the manual entries before running. 5) IMPORTANT! Communicate any problem and suggested patches to me ram@hptnos02.grenoble.hp.com (Raphael Manfredi), so we can keep this distribution in sync. If you have a problem, there will be someone who might have had it or will have it too. If possible, send me patches such that the patch program will apply them. Context diffs are the best, then normal diffs. Do not send ed scripts: I have probably changed my copy since the version you got. 6) After everything is installed, you can do "make clobber". This will clean up everything and let you re-distribute this kit, without carrying useless files. You should keep this distribution intact, so that future patches will be applicable. 7) I have an automatic patch sender. Send me a mail of the following form: Subject: Command @SH mailhelp PATH and you will get instructions about how to use it. PATH stands for YOUR e-mail address, either in INTERNET form or in bang notation. CREDITS Kit relies on three public-domain softwares: - des, written by Phil Karn, which is provided with kit. - btoa (as a stripped down implementation). - badtar, written by Mike Williams, with a few enhancements. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to thank: Gary Casterline Gurvan Lullien Michael Fischer Monty Solomon Robert M. Cothren for their bug reports and comments. The criticism of Tim Kuehn was also much appreciated. I am especially grateful to: Christian Bertin David Wright Jaap Vermeulen Kim Walden for their critical bug reports, suggestions and/or contributions. Finally, if you feel your name is missing from this acknowledgment list, please let me know about it and I'll fix that as soon as possible. Although I strive to keep it accurate, things get so hectic here that sometimes I simply forget to update it. Raphael Manfredi