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MultiMail version 0.36
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What is MultiMail?
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MultiMail is an offline mail packet reader for Unix and other systems.
(This version also compiles under MSDOS, with DJGPP or Turbo C++; OS/2,
with EMX; Win32, with RSX/NT or Borland C++; and BeOS.) It currently
supports the Blue Wave, QWK, OMEN and SOUP formats. It has a full screen,
color user interface, built with the curses library.
MultiMail is free, "open source" software, distributed under the GNU
General Public License (q.v.).
You can get the latest version by anonymous ftp from:
ftp://ftp.clark.net/pub/wmcbrine/bbs/offline/mmail-0.36.tar.gz
or at the MultiMail home page:
http://www.clark.net/~wmcbrine/multimail.html
Sorry, but no official Fidonet netmail address or F'REQ site is available
right now.
What's New in version 0.36?
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* "Active-only" mode for area list
* "Marked-only" mode for letter list
* More informative displays in packet, area and letter lists
* Old-style (.PDQ) Blue Wave offline config
* Faster opening of packet list
* Messages longer than 64k in 16-bit port
* Cleaner compilation on Borland/Turbo C++
* Borland port now standard for Win32
* New BeOS binary
* Much more
See the HISTORY file for other changes. See INSTALL for the installation
procedure, and the man page (mm.1) for information on usage.
Requirements for compiling
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* Unix-compatible (POSIX) API, or Borland/Turbo C++
* curses -- tested with ncurses 1.9.3+, Solaris curses, and PDCurses
* GNU make *may* be required on some systems
Features
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* auto-decompression of packets with external compress programs
* user-friendly menus to select packet, area, letter, etc.
* save whole area or one letter in a text file
* enter mail in any area (using external editor)
* insert tagline from a tagline file
* reply with quote
* write netmail
* netmail addressbook
Tested Systems
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I'd like to get MultiMail tested on as many platforms as possible. I've
personally used it on:
Linux 2.0.29, Slackware-based, 486, gcc 2.7.2.1, ncurses 5.0
Linux, Red Hat 6.1, Alpha, gcc 2.95, ncurses 4.2
Linux, Red Hat 6.1, Alpha, Compaq C++, ncurses 4.2
Solaris 2.6, Sparc, gcc 2.8.1, standard curses
Solaris 2.6, Sparc, gcc 2.8.1, ncurses 4.2
NetBSD 1.3, Macintosh SE/30, gcc 2.7.2.2+myc1, ncurses 4.1
PCDOS 5.0, DOSEmu/Linux, 486, djgpp 2.01, PDCurses 2.4
PCDOS 5.0, 8088, Turbo C++ 3.0, PDCurses 2.4
OS/2 3.0, Pentium, EMX 0.9c, PDCurses 2.4
Windows 95, Pentium, RSX/NT 1.41, PDCurses 2.3
Windows 95, Pentium, Borland C++ 5.5, PDCurses 2.4
Beos R5 Intel, Pentium, gcc 2.9 (?), ncurses 5.0
If you get it going on a dissimilar system, please let me know (along with
any necessary patches). Or, let me telnet to your machine, and I'll try
porting it myself. :-)
Credits
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MultiMail was originally developed under Linux by Kolossvary Tamas and
Toth Istvan. John Zero was the maintainer for versions 0.2 through 0.6;
since version 0.7, the maintainer is William McBrine <wmcbrine@clark.net>.
Additional code has been contribued by Peter Karlsson, Mark D. Rejhon,
Ingo Brueckl, and Robert Vukovic.
Bug reports and suggestions are noted in the HISTORY file.