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Date:      Wed, 05 May 1999 14:02:48 +0100
From:      Dom Mitchell <Dom.Mitchell@palmerharvey.co.uk>
To:        Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: MM_CHARSET 
Message-ID:  <E10f1K4-0009Gr-00@voodoo.pandhm.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: Tony Finch's message of "Wed, 05 May 1999 13:33:31 BST" <E10f0rj-0005DC-00@fanf.noc.demon.net> 

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On 5 May 1999, Tony Finch proclaimed:
> What is the purpose of this environment variable? It seems entirely
> vestigial to me.

Most likely.  I know that I have to use it with nmh to get it to display
a bunch of messages without throwing up an xterm, but I'd hardly call it
an essential part of the base system.  It might also be the case that
metamail uses it, too.
-- 
Dom Mitchell -- Palmer & Harvey McLane -- Unix Systems Administrator

	"Value of 2 may go down as well as up"
		-- FORTRAN programmers manual 
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