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\input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*-
@c %**start of header
@setfilename mailutils.info
@settitle mailutils, Programming Manual
@c %**end of header
@c This file has the new style title page commands.
@c Run `makeinfo' rather than `texinfo-format-buffer'.
@c smallbook
@c tex
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@c end tex
@include version.texi
@c Combine indices.
@syncodeindex ky cp
@syncodeindex pg cp
@syncodeindex tp cp
@defcodeindex op
@syncodeindex op fn
@syncodeindex vr fn
@ifinfo
@direntry
* mailutils: (libmailutils). The GNU mailutils library API.
@end direntry
This file documents @sc{mailutils}, library API.
Published by the Free Software Foundation,
59 Temple Place - Suite 330
Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA
Copyright 1999, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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@end ifinfo
@setchapternewpage off
@titlepage
@title mailutils, library API.
@subtitle version @value{VERSION}, @value{UPDATED}
@author Alain Magloire et al.
@page
@vskip 0pt plus 1filll
Copyright @copyright{} 1999, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@sp 2
Published by the Free Software Foundation, @*
59 Temple Place - Suite 330, @*
Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA
Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
are preserved on all copies.
Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this
manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the entire
resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a permission
notice identical to this one.
Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual
into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions,
except that this permission notice may be stated in a translation approved
by the Foundation.
@end titlepage
@page
@node Top, Introduction, (dir), (dir)
@comment node-name, next, previous, up
@ifinfo
This document was produced for version @value{VERSION} of @sc{gnu}
@sc{mailutils}.
@end ifinfo
@menu
* Introduction:: GNU @sc{mailutils}
* Mailbox:: Mailbox API.
* Mailer:: Protocol Use to Send Mail.
* URL:: Unified Ressource Locator.
* Message:: Message API.
* Body:: Body API.
* Headers:: Headers API.
* Mime:: Mime API.
* Encoding:: Encoding API.
* Reporting Bugs:: Reporting Bugs.
* Acknowledgement:: Thanks and Credits.
* Concept Index ::
* Index:: All @sc{Mailutils} Functions.
@end menu
@node Introduction, Mailbox, Top, Top
@comment node-name, next, previous, up
@chapter Introduction
@cindex Introduction
@sc{gnu} @sc{Mailutils} offers a general purpose library aimed to provide
a rich set of functions for accessing different mailbox formats and mailers.
@example
@group
USER Client
-------------------
| |
+-------------+ +-------------+
| |
/-----------\ /-----------\
| mailbox_t | | mailer_t |
\-----------/ \-----------/
| |
+--------------------+------------------+
|
/------------------\
| message_t |
\------------------/
| body_t | header_t|
+------------------+
|
+--------------------+----------------+
| |
------- ////////////////
(_______) // LAN //
(_______) ////////////////
(_______)
@end group
@end example
For example writing a simple @command{from} command that will list @emph{From}
and @emph{Subject} of a folder.
@example
@include sfrom.c.texi
@end example
@node Mailbox, Mailer, Introduction, Top
@comment node-name, next, previous, up
@chapter Mailbox
@cindex Mailbox
@include mailbox.texi
@node Mailer, URL, Mailbox, Top
@comment node-name, next, previous, up
@chapter Mailer
@cindex Mailer
@include mailer.texi
@node URL, Message, Mailer, Top
@comment node-name, next, previous, up
@chapter URL
@cindex URL
@include url.texi
@node Message, Body, URL, Top
@comment node-name, next, previous, up
@chapter Message
@cindex Message
@include message.texi
@node Body, Headers, Message, Top
@comment node-name, next, previous, up
@chapter Body
@cindex Body
@include body.texi
@node Headers, Mime , Body, Top
@comment node-name, next, previous, up
@chapter Headers
@cindex Headers
@include headers.texi
@node Mime , Encoding, Headers, Top
@comment node-name, next, previous, up
@chapter Mime
@cindex Mime
@include mime.texi
@node Encoding, Reporting Bugs, Mime , Top
@comment node-name, next, previous, up
@chapter Encoding
@cindex Encoding
@include encoding.texi
@node Reporting Bugs, Acknowledgement, Encoding, Top
@comment node-name, next, previous, up
@chapter Reporting Bugs
@cindex Reporting Bugs
Email bug reports to @email{bug-mailutils@@gnu.org}.
Be sure to include the word ``mailutils'' somewhere in the ``Subject:'' field.
@node Acknowledgement, Concept Index , Reporting Bugs, Top
@comment node-name, next, previous, up
@chapter Acknowledgement
@cindex Acknowledgement
In no particular order,
Jakob Kaivo @email{jkaivo@@ndn.net},
Jeff Bailey @email{jbailey@@gnu.org},
Sean Perry @email{shaleh@@debian.org},
Thomas Fletcher @email{thomasf@@qnx.com}.
@page
@node Concept Index , Index, Acknowledgement, Top
@comment node-name, next, previous, up
@unnumbered Concept Index
This is a general index of all issues discussed in this manual
@printindex cp
@page
@node Index, , Concept Index , Top
@unnumbered Index
This is an alphabetical list of all @sc{mailutils} functions.
@printindex fn
@contents
@bye