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MultiMail version 0.29
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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-0.29.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?
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* 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
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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.