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author | Jeff Bailey <jbailey@gnu.org> | 2002-08-21 23:02:45 +0000 |
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committer | Jeff Bailey <jbailey@gnu.org> | 2002-08-21 23:02:45 +0000 |
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2002-08-21 Jeff Bailey <jbailey@outpost.dnsalias.org>
* README: Make this a bit more current.
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@@ -1,16 +1,21 @@ This is the GNU mailutils package ================================= -This package contains a POP3 server and a simple replacement for -`/bin/mail'. An IMAP4 server is being worked on. These applications -are tied around a central library that handles all mailbox activity -called libmailbox. If you want to use this in your own programs, see -the examples subdirectory. +This package contains a series of useful mail clients, servers, and +libraries. These are the primary mail utilities of the GNU system. -The library is licensed under the GNU LGPL. The documentation is -licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. All other code is -licensed under the GNU GPL. See the files COPYING, COPYING.LIB, and -COPYING.FDL for details. +Specifically, this package contains a pop3 server, and an imap4 +server. It also provides a POSIX `mailx' client, and a collection of +other tools. + +The central library is capable of reading mail from an `mbox' mailbox, +as well as off of local or remote pop3 and imap4 servers. + +You're welcome to use this library in your own programs, please see +the examples subdirectory or these other applications. All libraries +are licensd using the GNU LGPL. The documentation is licensed under +the GNU FDL, and the Sieve library is licensed under a CMU license. +Everything else is licensed using the GNU GPL. This software is part of the GNU project and belongs to the Free Software Foundation. @@ -18,10 +23,15 @@ Foundation. Why use this package? ===================== -Most POP3 servers load the entire email box into RAM and deal with it -there. This server, instead, creates an index in RAM of all of the messages -in the mailbox, allowing for quick access. You can expect this server -to use approx 750kb base code (on IA32) + 32 bytes per message indexed. +This package started off to try and handle large mailbox files more +gracefully then current pop3 servers did. While it handles this task, +it also allows you to support a variety of different mailbox formats +without any real effort on your part. Also, if a new format is added +at a later date, your program will support that new format +automatically as soon as it is compiled against the new library. + +This server is also released as part of Debian, so you should expect +it to compile cleanly on all the platforms supported there. How to install ============== |