MultiMail version 0.17
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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, and OS/2, with EMX.)
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.). It was originally developed under Linux by
Kolossvary Tamas and Toth Istvan, and then by John Zero. The current
maintainer is William McBrine <wmcbrine@clark.net>.

You can get the latest version by anonymous ftp from: 

 ftp://ftp.clark.net/pub/wmcbrine/bbs/offline/mmail.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 0.17?
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 * Thorough rewrite -- many, many things fixed or improved
 * Better Fido netmail support
 * Headers can be re-edited, as well as text
 * Full area list with either packet type, toggleable at runtime
 * ANSI animation
 * True scrolling instead of redrawing -- much faster on slow systems

See the HISTORY file for other changes. See INSTALL for the installation
procedure, and the man page (mmail.1) for information on usage.


Requirements
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 * Unix-compatible (POSIX) system, MSDOS with DJGPP, or OS/2 with EMX
 * curses -- ncurses 1.9.3+, SysV curses, or PDCurses
 * gcc (g++) 2.7.0+ -- may work with other C++ compilers, not tested
 * InfoZip, and/or other compressing archivers
 * 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 4.1
  Linux 2.0.33, Red Hat, Pentium, gcc 2.7.2.1, ncurses 1.9.9e
  Solaris 2.6, Sparc, gcc 2.8.1, SysV 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 2.2
  MSDOS 6.2, 386sx, djgpp 2.01, PDCurses 2.2
  OS/2 3.0, Pentium, EMX 0.9c, 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. :-)
