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+mal sends mail to one or more recipients, through information passed
+on its command line. Read COPYING for information on redistribution.
+
+* Building
+
+With ldc and libcurl installed, run:
+
+  $ make
+  # make install  # to install
+
+Documentation is provided in the man page.
+
+Written by Jeremy Baxter <jeremy@baxters.nz>
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-mal sends email to one or more recipients, through information passed
-on its command line. Read COPYING for information on redistribution.
-
-## compilation
-
-Install ldc and libcurl, and run `make`.
-To install, run `make install` after compiling.
-
-## documentation
-
-All documentation is provided in the man page. With mal installed, run
-`man mal`, or in this source tree run `man ./mal.1`. Usage examples are
-in the **EXAMPLES** section near the end.