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diff --git a/gnu/packages/mail.scm b/gnu/packages/mail.scm index ce41b087e8..d355d1e72c 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/mail.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/mail.scm @@ -86,23 +86,11 @@ (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/mailutils/") (synopsis "Utilities and library for reading and serving mail") (description - "GNU Mailutils is a rich and powerful protocol-independent mail -framework. It contains a series of useful mail libraries, clients, and -servers. These are the primary mail utilities for the GNU system. The -central library is capable of handling electronic mail in various -mailbox formats and protocols, both local and remote. Specifically, -this project contains a POP3 server, an IMAP4 server, and a Sieve mail -filter. It also provides a POSIX `mailx' client, and a collection of -other handy tools. - -The GNU Mailutils libraries supply an ample set of primitives for -handling electronic mail in programs written in C, C++, Python or -Scheme. - -The utilities provided by Mailutils include imap4d and pop3d mail -servers, mail reporting utility comsatd, general-purpose mail delivery -agent maidag, mail filtering program sieve, and an implementation of MH -message handling system.") + "Mailutils is a \"swiss army knife of electronic mail handling.\" It is +a suite of programs for managing, viewing and processing e-mail. It contains +both utilities and server daemons and all operate in a protocol-agnostic way. + The underlying libraries are also made available, making adding mail +capabilities to new software simple.") (license ;; Libraries are under LGPLv3+, and programs under GPLv3+. (list gpl3+ lgpl3+)))) |