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diff --git a/camel/README b/camel/README index 44f93fa6d8..f020174d5e 100644 --- a/camel/README +++ b/camel/README @@ -15,23 +15,23 @@ Camel will be a generic messaging library. It will evntually support the standard messaging system for receiving and sending messages. It aims at being the backend for the future gnome-mailer system. -The name "camel" stands for ... nothing. Open area of developpement there. +The name "camel" stands for ... nothing. Open area of development there. You know, that "bazaar" thing. Maybe could we organize a big contest on -gnome-list to find the best signification :) +gnome-list to find the best explanation :) -Camel draws heacily from JavaMail and the IMAP4rev1 RFC. -people wanting to hack on a provider are recommended to read the JavaMail -API specification but CMC and MAPI are of interest too. +Camel draws heavily from JavaMail and the IMAP4rev1 RFC. People +wanting to hack on a provider should read the JavaMail API +specification, but CMC and MAPI are of interest too. -Please, before starting anything, wait for me to finish the abstract classes. -Some parts are not definitive yet. +Please, before starting anything, wait for me to finish the abstract +classes. Some parts are not definitive yet. Organization: ------------- -The library is roughly a set of abstract classes, some kind of generic -"interfaces" (idl interfaces, not java interfaces ). +The library is roughly a set of abstract classes, some kind of generic +"interfaces" (idl interfaces, not java interfaces ). Particular implementations are called providers. @@ -40,14 +40,14 @@ Here are the basic objects: * CamelService : an abstract class representing an access to a server. Handles the connection and authentication to any server. -* CamelStore (CamelService): A hierarchy of folders on a server. +* CamelStore (CamelService): A hierarchy of folders on a server. -* CamelFolder : An object containing messages. A folder is always associated -to a store. +* CamelFolder : An object containing messages. A folder is always +associated with a store. -* CamelMessage : An object contained in folders. Is defined by a set of -attribute and a content. (Attributes are generally: The date it was received, -the sender address, .....) +* CamelMessage : An object contained in folders. Is defined by a set +of attributes and a content. (Attributes include: the date it was +received, the sender address, .....) * CamelTransport (CamelService): A way to send messages. |