KERMIT MAIL FILES The files with name MAIL are the archives of the network Kermit discussion group, "Info-Kermit". This group was started in summer 1983. The files are in DECSYSTEM-20 mail file format, readable with MM or MS. The files are named MAIL.yyx, where yy is the year, and x is A, B, C, ... For instance, the first bunch of mail from 1983 is MAIL.83A. The current mail file is MAIL.TXT. DEC-20 mail format is quite simple. All but the first line of each message conforms to the ARPAnet mail format standard, with keywords like From:, To:, Date:, etc, indicating the various header fields. The headers are terminated by a blank line, and the rest of the message is the message text. The first line of each message is for the benefit of the DEC-20 mail reading program. The format of this line is