### 1.2 A bit of History, and why use this package? ¶

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This package started off to try and handle large mailbox files more gracefully then available at that time POP3 servers did. While it handles this task, it also allows you to support a variety of different mailbox formats without any real effort on your part. Also, if a new format is added at a later date, your program will support that new format automatically as soon as it is compiled against the new library.