-RoundCube Webmail (http://roundcube.net)
+Roundcube Webmail (http://roundcube.net)
Introduction:
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-RoundCube Webmail is a browser-based multilingual IMAP client with an
+Roundcube Webmail is a browser-based multilingual IMAP client with an
application-like user interface. It provides full functionality you expect
from an e-mail client, including MIME support, address book, folder management,
-message searching and spell checking. RoundCube Webmail is written in PHP and
-requires the MySQL, PostgreSQL or SQLite database. The user interface is fully
-skinnable using XHTML and CSS 2.
+message searching and spell checking. Roundcube Webmail is written in PHP and
+requires the MySQL, PostgreSQL or SQLite database. With its plugin API it is
+easily extendable and the user interface is fully customizable using skins
+which are pure XHTML and CSS 2.
-This project is meant to be a modern webmail solution which is easy to
-install/configure and that runs on a standard PHP plus MySQL, PostgreSQL or SQLite
-configuration. It includes open-source classes/libraries like PEAR
-(http://pear.php.net) and the IMAP wrapper from IlohaMail
-(http://www.ilohamail.org).
+This project includes other open-source classes/libraries from PEAR
+(http://pear.php.net), an IMAP library derived from IlohaMail
+the TinyMCE rich text editor, Googiespell library for spell checking
+or the HTML sanitizer by Frederic Motte.
-The current development skin uses icons designed by Stephen Horlander and Kevin
+The current default skin uses icons designed by Stephen Horlander and Kevin
Gerich for Mozilla.org.
Installation:
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-For detailed instructions on how to install RoundCube webmail on your server,
+For detailed instructions on how to install Roundcube webmail on your server,
please refer to the INSTALL document in the same directory as this document.
Please carefully read the REQUIREMENTS section of the INSTALL instructions.
+If you're updating an older version of Roundcube please follow the steps
+described in the UPGRADING file.
+
Licensing:
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-This product is distributed under the GPL. Please read through the file
-LICENSE for more information about our license.
+This product is distributed under the GNU General Public License Version 2.
+Please read through the file LICENSE for more information about our license.
+
+Even if skins might contain some programming work, they are not considered
+as a linked part of the application and therefore skins DO NOT fall under
+the provisions of the GPL license. See the README file located in the skins
+folder for details on the skin license.
Contribution:
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-Want to help make RoundCube the best webmail solution ever?
-RoundCube is open source software. Our developers and contributors all
+Want to help make Roundcube the best webmail solution ever?
+Roundcube is open source software. Our developers and contributors all
are volunteers and we're always looking for new additions and resources.
For more information visit http://roundcube.net/contribute
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