Compiling
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    * MAKE SURE YOU HAVE GNU READLINE LIB 4.X OR HIGHER INSTALLED!
    * Download this library at ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/

    Type 'make' to compile prepop for your platform.
    If your platform is not found, edit the Makefile as necessary.
    Type 'make install' to install the binary under 'usr/local/bin'.


Compile configuration
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    Some of prepop's configuration settings can be changed before
    compiling the binary. Edit the file 'config.h' as you see fit.


Platforms & dependencies
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    prepop was developed in RedHat Linux 6.1 (2.2.12-20) on an i686.
    It's also been tested on Solaris and FreeBSD. The GNU readline
    library 4.0 or above is required since most of the code in prepop
    is C++. Version 2.2.x of the GNU readline library doesn't compile
    correctly in C++ mode. The latest version of the GNU readline
    library can be found at ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/.


License
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    prepop is released under the GNU General Public License version 2.
    The license agreement can be found in the file LICENSE that should
    be accompanying this distribution.


Description
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    prepop is a simple "online" POP3 email client, very suitable for
    dialups and other slow connections. It lets you read the
    text/plain part of your email messages without having to download
    those big pesky attachments (over dialups this can sometimes take
    a long time and during this time you often have no idea on how
    much data is left to be transferred). With prepop you can also see
    the size of all the messages when listing them. You can't reply to
    messages since this was not what prepop was designed to do. prepop
    was not designed to be an alternative to your current email client.
    It's more of a complementing email client doing some of the things
    your ordinary email client should have handled in the first place.


Compliance
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    This version of prepop aims be compliant with RFC 1939 (Post
    Office Protocol - Version 3), RFC 2045 (Multipurpose Internet
    Mail Extensions, Part One), RFC 2046 (Multipurpose Internet Mail
    Extensions, Part Two), RFC 2047 (Multipurpose Internet Mail
    Extensions, Part Three), RFC 822 (Message Headers) and RFC 2449
    (POP3 Extension Mechanism). If (or when) you discover a
    non-compliant behaviour in prepop, please let me know.


Feedback
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    Send comments, suggestions, contributions and bugreports to:

        Anders Rundegren <pt96aru@hem.passagen.se>


Updates
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    See the homepage at http://www.rundegren.com
