-SquirrelMail version 0.1.1
-December 18, 1999
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+SquirrelMail
+http://squirrelmail.org
-For information on installing, see INSTALL
+Introduction:
+-------------
+SquirrelMail is a standards-based webmail package written in PHP. It
+includes built-in pure PHP support for the IMAP and SMTP protocols, and all
+pages render in pure HTML 4.0 (with no Javascript) for maximum compatibility
+across browsers. It has very few requirements and is very easy to configure
+and install. SquirrelMail has all the functionality you would want from an
+email client, including strong MIME support, address books, and folder
+manipulation.
-SquirrelMail's goal is to be an easy-to-configure web-based email
-client. For more information about SquirrelMail, please visit our
-web site: http://squirrelmail.sourceforge.net
+Why did you guys create SquirrelMail? The need arose in our organization
+for the access of email and address books from anywhere in the world.
+Obviously a web interface is ideal for this, given that the user has access
+to the Internet. After reviewing several open source projects, we realized
+that we were going to need to do some fairly major customizations to get
+things to be a nice fit for our needs. So the decision was made to create
+our own for some of these reasons, and for fun (we really like PHP). We
+decided to open source the project to contribute to the community that has
+contributed so much to us. Since then, it has grown much bigger than we
+ever imagined, and we have an awesome development team who are actively
+working on the project.
-If you have questions, please direct them to the mailing list
-specified on the web site. Please do not email us directly unless
-absolutely necessary.
+We would love to hear from you! The nature of open source projects make it
+hard to know who all is using your product. It is always nice when we get
+emails from people just telling us that they're using SquirrelMail. If you
+have a few minutes, please send us an email to let us know! You can send it
+to our mailing list: squirrelmail-users@lists.sourceforge.net
-This product is distributed under the GPL liscense. Please read
-COPYING for more information.
+Contact:
+--------
+It is pretty easy to get in contact with the developers if you need help or
+if you find bugs that need to be reported. The best way to contact us would
+be through our mailing list which is actively monitored.
+
+ squirrelmail-users@lists.sourceforge.net
+
+NOTE: you need to be subscribed to this mailinglist to be able to post to it!
+Please visit our web page (http://squirrelmail.org) and go to the section
+titled "Mailing Lists".
+
+Installation:
+-------------
+For detailed instructions on how to install SquirrelMail on your server,
+please refer to the INSTALL document in the same directory as this document.
+
+Licensing:
+----------
+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
+of the License, 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 (in the file COPYING); if not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA
-Thanks,
-Luke and Nathan
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