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- MultiMail version 0.29
- ======================
-
- What is MultiMail?
- ------------------
-
- MultiMail is an offline mail packet reader for Unix and other systems.
- (This version also compiles under MSDOS, with DJGPP; OS/2, with EMX; and
- Win32, with RSX/NT.) It currently supports the Blue Wave and QWK 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-0.29.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 0.29?
- ---------------------------
-
- * Scroll bars
- * New cursor-key navigation system
- * SEEN-BY lines are hidden
- * Bug fix: Replies were sometimes misdirected
- * Bug fix: Searching did not work in some cases
- * Much more
-
- See the HISTORY file for other changes. See INSTALL for the installation
- procedure, and the man page (mmail.1) for information on usage.
-
-
- Requirements for compiling
- --------------------------
-
- * Unix-compatible (POSIX) system, MSDOS/DJGPP, OS/2/EMX or Win32/RSXNT
- * curses -- tested with ncurses 1.9.3+, Solaris curses, and PDCurses 2.3
- * gcc (g++) 2.7.0+ -- may work with other C++ compilers, not tested
- * GNU make *may* be required on some systems
-
-
- Features
- --------
-
- * 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
- --------------
-
- 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 4.2
- Linux 2.0.33, Red Hat, Pentium, gcc 2.7.2.1, ncurses 1.9.9e
- 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 2.3
- MSDOS 6.2, 386sx, djgpp 2.01, PDCurses 2.3
- OS/2 3.0, Pentium, EMX 0.9c, PDCurses 2.3
- Windows 95, Pentium, RSX/NT 1.41, PDCurses 2.3
-
- 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
- -------
-
- 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.
-