FILE   : README.txt
AUTHOR : Peter C. Chapin <PChapin@vtc.vsc.edu>
SUBJECT: Overview of the MailVision project.

This folder contains MailVision, a collection of sub-projects of interest to mail administrators
and power users. The three main sub-projects here are closely related and will eventually be
tightly integrated. It is my expectation that the programs will share code and other resources
(test fixtures, libraries, etc). The XEmail system will also be eventually integrated into the
programs (at least into MailStop). The sub-projects are:

    MailFlux:
        A mail transport agent that exposes SMTP details.

    MailStop:
        A mail user agent that exposes email structure.
    
    XEmail:
        An XML Schema for email messages to replace RFC-2822.

Note that the 'Common' folder contains packages that are shared between MailFlux and MailStop.
Note also that MailFlux and MailStop are intended to be written in Ada but at this time MailFlux
is most mature in C++. This is because MailFlux has been used in a network programming class at
Vermont Technical College where C++ is known to the students.

In addition MailVision contains a mail processing library named MailMunger. The name is intended
to reflect the library's focus on transforming mail messages (rather than, for example,
creating, displaying, or transporting them). The library is written in Scala and was used by me
as both an exercise in learning Scala and as a vehicle for teaching Scala. However, since Scala
also makes a fine prototyping language, MailMunger is also a test bed for ideas that might
eventually make their way into MailFlux or MailStop.