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Re: Frequently asked questions about MIME

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From: Terrance Wilcox 229-3361
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 14:43
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In article <1992Dec16.134914.2910@ugle.unit.no> harald.alvestrand@delab.sintef.no writes:
>I do not think dividing between SunOS, BSD and SysVR4 makes sense.
>Where would MIXmh fit?
>
>Possibly it would be better to say something like:
>
>5.x Free MIME for Unix/X           (mixmh)
>5.x Free MIME for Unix/Terminals   (mhn, pine)
>5.x Free MIME for PC/Windows
>5.x Free MIME for PC/character based (pine again, I THINK)
>5.x Free MIME for AmigaOS
>5.x Free MIME for Macintosh
>
>I don't know enough about NeXT to know whether it is an UNIX or a strange
>beast, though I suspect the latter....

The NeXT is BSD, but the free mime package for the NeXT is neither Unix/X
nor Unix/Terminals. It's NeXTSTEP, so NeXT should be left in the list.

Terry Wilcox
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