MultiMail version 0.25
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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; 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-0.25.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 0.25?
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 * Internet/Usenet support for Blue Wave with version 4 doors
 * Better character set support, esp. for Internet/Usenet areas
 * Default character set and sort types can be set in the config file
 * RAR support
 * Blue Wave packets with duplicate areanums now work OK
 * Simpler entry of new messages
 * Lots 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
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 * 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
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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 4.2
  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
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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.
