Introduction
melm is a fork of the Elm Mail System, a powerful and versatile email client originally developed for Unix-like systems. This fork aims to continue the maintenance and development of Elm while ensuring compatibility with modern operating systems and email protocols.
Key Features
- Cross-platform compatibility, including Linux, macOS, and BSD systems
- Support for a wide range of email protocols, including POP3, IMAP, and SMTP
- Intuitive user interface for easy navigation and message management
- Powerful filtering and search capabilities for efficient email organization
- Extensive customization options to tailor melm to individual preferences
Installation
Please refer to the installation instructions provided in the accompanying documentation for detailed steps on setting up melm on your system.
Documentation
Comprehensive documentation is available to guide users through the installation, configuration, and usage of melm. The documentation covers a wide range of topics, including:
- Setting up melm and configuring email accounts
- Composing, sending, and receiving emails
- Organizing and managing emails using folders and filters
- Searching for specific emails using advanced search criteria
- Customizing melm's appearance and behavior
Community
While melm does not have a dedicated newsgroup or forum, users can find support and assistance through various online communities focused on email clients and Unix-like systems. Additionally, the melm GitHub repository provides a platform for reporting issues, suggesting improvements, and contributing to the project's development. (English please!)
Contributing to melm
The melm project welcomes contributions from developers and users alike. Contributions can range from bug fixes and feature enhancements to code documentation and community engagement. Interested individuals can find detailed guidelines on contributing to melm in the project's GitHub repository.
Disclaimer
melm is a fork of Elm 2.5 and is not affiliated with the original Elm project. melm is maintained independently by a group of contributors dedicated to preserving and enhancing this powerful email client. Despite the program being so old, the official Elm source code melm was based on can still be downloaded here. It probably won't work in modern browsers but you can run this command to retrieve it using your terminal:
wget http://www.instinct.org/elm/files/tarballs/elm2.5.8.tar.gz || \
curl -O http://www.instinct.org/elm/files/tarballs/elm2.5.8.tar.gzIf the link is ever broken you can browse the source code here.