Permanent changes to NEWS etc.

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@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ been ported to QNX; to build under QNX, see the header comments in the
 Makefile.
 
 The fetchmail program was originally authored (under the name
-popclient) by Carl Harris <ceharris@mal.com>. I, Eric S. Raymond,
-<esr@thyrsus.com> took over development in June 1996.  I subsequently
+popclient) by Carl Harris <ceharris@mal.com>. Eric S. Raymond,
+<esr@thyrsus.com> took over development in June 1996 and subsequently
 renamed the program `fetchmail' to reflect the addition of IMAP
 support.  See the distribution files NEWS for detailed information on
 recent changes and NOTES for design notes.
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ popmail-1.6 and upop.  I learned from all of them, and fetchmail is a
 carefully-thought-out attempt to render obsolete every other program
 in its class.
 
+The fetchmail code appears to be stable and free of bugs affecting
+normal operation (that is, retrieving from POP3 or IMAP and forwarding
+via SMTP to sendmail).  It will probably undergo substantial change
+only if and when support for a new retrieval protocol or authentication
+is added.
+
 Here are fetchmail's main features.  Those unique to fetchmail are marked
 with **.
 
@@ -70,10 +76,6 @@ with **.
 	   user base from Carl Harris's popclient community.   This means
 	   feedback is rapid, bugs get found and fixed rapidly.
 
-At this point, the fetchmail code appears to be stable and bug-free.
-It will probably undergo substantial change only if and when support
-for a new retrieval protocol or IMAP extensions are added.
-
 You can easily find the latest version of fetchmail from Eric's home page:
 
 	http://www.ccil.org/~esr