Why another console mail user agent?
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 There are only few console mail user agents. Pine is terribly
 slow. Mutt is very efficient but doesn't fit my needs. In polish
 language there is a difference between "he wrote" and "she
 wrote". You can't just say "one wrote". Mail user agent should check
 people's sex to determine correct form when replying to mail. I need
 my user agent to connect to pop3 server and let me select mails I
 want to fetch or remove.  I need my user agent to work without
 transport utilities like sendmail.  I need my user agent to be easy
 to modify. 

 Elmo supports pop3 and smtp. It uses maildir format and sends 8bit
 mime messages not regarding server's ehlo response (although it is
 able to decode qp and base64 encodings).  It sends mail directly via
 smtp.

Bugs
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 All bugs reports should be sent to rzyjontko@users.sourceforge.net.

 Elmo is developed and tested under Linux.  If you do experience
 problems either compiling or while operating elmo please send list of
 errors that occured during the compile or a detailed description of
 what happend while elmo was in operation.

 Please check if it is not an already known bug (see BUGS) or if it is
 not under development (see TODO).


Patches
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 If you think you can do something better than the existing code, by
 all means, send me the patch!  Send all patches to
 rzyjontko@users.sourceforge.net.  Be sure to include your name so I
 can credit your code.  If the patch fixes a bug, it would be nice if
 you sent the patch along with the bug report.
 
 
A few final words
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 Elmo is distributed under the GNU General Public License, included in
 this package under the top level directory in the file COPYING.

