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1  This is the GNU mailutils package  This is the GNU mailutils package
2  =================================  =================================
3    
4  This package contains a POP3 server and a simple replacement for  This package contains a series of useful mail clients, servers, and
5  `/bin/mail'.  An IMAP4 server is being worked on.  These applications  libraries.  These are the primary mail utilities of the GNU system.
6  are tied around a central library that handles all mailbox activity  
7  called libmailbox.  If you want to use this in your own programs, see  Specifically, this package contains a pop3 server, and an imap4
8  the examples subdirectory.  server.  It also provides a POSIX `mailx' client, and a collection of
9    other tools.
10  The library is licensed under the GNU LGPL.  The documentation is  
11  licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.  All other code is  The central library is capable of reading mail from an `mbox' mailbox,
12  licensed under the GNU GPL.  See the files COPYING, COPYING.LIB, and  as well as off of local or remote pop3 and imap4 servers.
13  COPYING.FDL for details.  
14    You're welcome to use this library in your own programs, please see
15    the examples subdirectory or these other applications.  All libraries
16    are licensd using the GNU LGPL.  The documentation is licensed under
17    the GNU FDL, and the Sieve library is licensed under a CMU license.
18    Everything else is licensed using the GNU GPL.
19    
20  This software is part of the GNU project and belongs to the Free Software  This software is part of the GNU project and belongs to the Free Software
21  Foundation.  Foundation.
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23  Why use this package?  Why use this package?
24  =====================  =====================
25    
26  Most POP3 servers load the entire email box into RAM and deal with it  This package started off to try and handle large mailbox files more
27  there.  This server, instead, creates an index in RAM of all of the messages  gracefully then current pop3 servers did.  While it handles this task,
28  in the mailbox, allowing for quick access.  You can expect this server  it also allows you to support a variety of different mailbox formats
29  to use approx 750kb base code (on IA32) + 32 bytes per message indexed.  without any real effort on your part.  Also, if a new format is added
30    at a later date, your program will support that new format
31    automatically as soon as it is compiled against the new library.
32    
33    This server is also released as part of Debian, so you should expect
34    it to compile cleanly on all the platforms supported there.
35    
36  How to install  How to install
37  ==============  ==============

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