= RubyMail

This is RubyMail, a lightweight mail library containing various
utility classes and modules that allow Ruby scripts to parse,
modify, and generate MIME mail messages.

= Requirements

Ruby 1.6.7 (or newer) or Ruby 1.8.*.  Only tested under Linux, should
be fine under any Unix.

= Documentation

The documentation is in RDoc format in the doc subdirectory.  Aside
from the API reference, you will be interested in guide/Intro.txt and
guide/TableOfContents.txt.

= Install

Type the following while in the package directory:

  ruby install.rb config
  ruby install.rb setup
  ruby install.rb install

You may need special permissions to execute the last line.  If you
want to just install RubyMail to a custom location, just copy the
rmail subdirectory manually.

= Status

This package works well, but I consider all API subject to change.

I very much appreciate suggestions and comments, but please think
twice about using this for production use just yet.

= Tests?

This package has a complete unit test suite (requires RubyUnit to
run).  Currently all of my e-mail is processed by this library.

= Why?

It is fun.

One use for RubyMail is the RubyFilter package, available at:

    http://www.lickey.com/rubyfilter/

= Alternatives

You might check out TMail as well.

= Support

To reach the author of RubyMail, send mail to [email protected].

= License

 Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Matt Armstrong.  All rights
 reserved.

 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
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 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
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