		Sylpheed - an X based e-mail client

   Copyright(C) 1999,2000 Hiroyuki Yamamoto <hiro-y@kcn.ne.jp>

   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
   any later version.

   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
   GNU General Public License for more details.

   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.

   For more details see the file COPYING.


What's Sylpheed
===============

This program is an X based e-mail client which has features
(or go for it :-)) like:
	o user-friendly and intuitive interface
	o 3-paned view like many Windoze-based mail client
	o integrated NetNews client (partially implemented)
	o ability of keyboard-only operation
	o Mew/Wanderlust-like key bind
	  (space, delete(backspace), return , n, p, v, *, !, d, u, o, g, x
	  have been implemented)
	o unlimited multiple account handling
	o assortment function
	o APOP support
	o "Attract by subject" faculty, which is convenient when thread is
	  broken on Mailing List and so on.
	o unread message management
	o MH folder support
	o can import mbox
	o fast thread display
	o high-speed message processing
	o lightweight resource usage
	o easily customizable configuration
	o supports automake + autoconf, and internationalization of message
	  by gettext
	. address book (not yet implemented)
	. multipart MIME (not yet implemented)
	. drag & drop (not yet implemented)
	. IMAP support (not yet implemented)

Although the manual is not yet written (writer is welcome :)), you'll figure
out the usage if you have used a mailer on Windows, Mew or Wanderlust.

see INSTALL for installation instructions.

You can check the newest version at:
	http://www.kcn.ne.jp/~hiro-y/

Comments, ideas and (most of all) bug reports (and especially patches) are
very welcome.

---
Hiroyuki Yamamoto <hiro-y@kcn.ne.jp>
