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Archive-name: auto/comp.mail.elm/Elm-2-4-Announcement-and-Comment

Ok, I have release Elm 2.4 to the archive sites, and to
comp.sources.unix.  When the archive sites place it for public
release I do not know, but I know that one has already (.nl).

Some comments:

Unlike 2.3, since 2.4 is the end of the Elm 2 line, I do expect
that some of the 'early' patches will effect not only portability
and bugs, but functions.  Expect some early patches due to bugs
and portability issues that the beta group missed, or due to 
the ineviatable last minute changes.

One of those last minute changes is totally untested.  So, use
it with care.  Enabling both FCNTL and FLOCK style locking at the
same time is totally untested.  I do not have any system that
can test them both at once.  Expect there will have to be at least
one patch against that code before its stable.

Development of Elm 3.0, a complete rewrite of Elm, will not start
until at least 1/1/93.

Do not ask me to 'mail you' the new release.  I won't, there are
archive sites out there that have it, including (eventually)
ftp.uu.net and wuarchive.wustl.edu.

Do not ask me where to get the new release.  I post this message
to avoid answering that question all the time.  For the next month
or so, I will silently throw those requests into /dev/null.

Do not ask me when it will appear in comp.sources.unix, I have told
them it is ready, but I do not run their queue, I am sure it will
appear there in good time.

Do expect there to be a couple of 'quickly released' portability
patches and bug fixes.  There are always cleanup issues the beta
group has missed.  The beta process ran for 3 months, but it always
misses some things.

When picking up the .tar file from the archive site, remember, that
the .tar file, from mirror style archive sites such as ftp.uu.net)
already includes all the patches pre-applied, you do not need to
pick up patches if you pick up the latest tar file.

May I express my thanks to all of the development group, and beta
test sites.  While 2.4 is not a perfect product, and we all have
things we wanted in it, that just didn't work out, it is a much
better product for all their help.

PS: We do not write, nor support metamail.  Elm 2.4 can make use
of metamail, but you must obtain it yourself.  Metamail is available
from many archive sites around the net (many of the same ones that
have Elm) and is written by Nathaniel S. Borenstein of Bellcore.
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Sydney S. Weinstein, CDP, CCP          Elm Coordinator - Current 2.4PL00
Datacomp Systems, Inc.                 Projected 3.0 Release: ??? ?,1994
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