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1 \chapter{Introduction}
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2
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3 % ============================================================================
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4 \section{Overview}
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5
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6 VMime is a powerful C++ class library for working with MIME messages and
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7 Internet messaging services like IMAP, POP or SMTP.
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8
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9 With VMime you can parse, generate and modify messages, and also connect to
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10 store and transport services to receive or send messages over the Internet.
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11 The library offers all the features to build a complete mail client.
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12
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13 The main objectives of this library are:
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14
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15 \begin{itemize}
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16 \item fully RFC-compliant implementation;
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17 \item object-oriented and modular design;
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18 \item very easy-to-use (intuitive design);
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19 \item well documented code;
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20 \item very high reliability;
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21 \item maximum portability.
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22 \end{itemize}
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26 \section{Features}
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27
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28 \noindent MIME features:
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29
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30 \begin{itemize}
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31 \item Full support for RFC-2822 and multipart messages (RFC-1521)
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32 \item Aggregate documents (MHTML) and embedded objects (RFC-2557)
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33 \item Message Disposition Notification (RFC-3798)
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34 \item 8-bit MIME (RFC-2047)
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35 \item Encoded word extensions (RFC-2231)
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36 \item Attachments
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37 \end{itemize}
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38
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39 \noindent Network features:
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40
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41 \begin{itemize}
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42 \item Support for IMAP, POP3 and maildir stores
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43 \item Support for SMTP and sendmail transport methods
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44 \item Extraction of whole message or specific parts
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45 \item TLS/SSL security layer
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46 \item SASL authentication
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47 \end{itemize}
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51 \section{Copyright and license}
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52
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53 VMime library is Free Software and is licensed under the terms of the GNU
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54 General Public License\footnote{See Appendix \ref{appendix_license} and
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55 \url{http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html}} (GPL) version 3:
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56
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57 \begin{verbatim}
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58 Copyright (C) 2002-2013 Vincent Richard
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59
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60 VMime library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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61 modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
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62 published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of
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63 the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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64
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65 VMime is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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66 WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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67 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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68 GNU General Public License for more details.
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69
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70 Linking this library statically or dynamically with other
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71 modules is making a combined work based on this library.
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72 Thus, the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
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73 License cover the whole combination.
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74 \end{verbatim}
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75
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76 \newpage
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77 \noindent This document is released under the terms of the
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78 GNU Free Documentation
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79 License\footnote{See \url{http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html}} (FDL):
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80
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81 \begin{verbatim}
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82 Copyright (C) 2004-2013 Vincent Richard
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83
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84 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify
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85 this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation
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86 License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the
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87 Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no
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88 Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.
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89 \end{verbatim}
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