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'Scribe' is a small and lightweight [[Email]] [[Program]] for [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] and [[Linux]] which first appeared as [[Freeware]] in 1999 and has been updated roughly once a month ever since. Previous versions ran on [[Beos]] as well. Scribe now comes in a freeware version: i.Scribe and a commercial version: InScribe. The commercial version adds multiple accounts and multiple user defined filters.
| name = Scribe
| developer = Memecode
| released = {{Start date and age|1999}}
| operating system = [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Linux]], [[Mac OS X]]
| genre = [[E-mail client]]
| license = [[GNU General Public License|GNU GPL]]<ref>[https://phab.mallen.id.au/source/scribeopensrc/browse/default/LICENSE.txt License file]</ref>
| website = {{official URL}}
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'''Scribe''' is a [[Portable software|portable]] and [[cross-platform]] [[e-mail client]] for [[Microsoft Windows]], [[Linux]] and [[Mac OS X]] with some [[Personal information manager|PIM]] functionality.


Originally released as freeware named i.Scribe in 1999, it was released and renamed as a commercial product InScribe in 2003. Both versions were developed from the same [[Source code|source]]. In 2022, the project was renamed to Scribe and its source code released under an [[open source]] license.<ref>[https://phab.mallen.id.au/R43:843398a919d689fb3c32ba57071ca0a69190a247 First open source commit]</ref> the Version 2.0 of the software is slated to include a rewrite of the mail database back end.<ref>[http://memecode.com/xyz/view.php?id=1990 MemeCode - Post]</ref>
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Scribe uses all the standard mail protocols, like [[POP]], [[SMTP]] and [[IMAP]] and has various [[plugin|plugins]] that can add [[SSL]], [[LDAP]] and [[spell checking]] support. It has a built in [[HTML]] viewer that is virus safe. Executable attachments are detected and optionally deleted. Scribe can be installed on removable media like USB keys so that you can carry around your mail between computers. Translators have added translations to many popular European and East Asian languages. Scribe has very evolved character set support and can display text correctly even if the glyphs are not available in the current [[font]].


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Scribe uses the [[HTML]] layout engine from Lgi<ref>[http://www.memecode.com/lgi.php Lgi]</ref> that is virus safe{{cn|date=May 2016}}. Executable attachments are detected and optionally deleted. Translators have added translations to many popular European and East Asian languages. Scribe uses [[Unicode]] internally and can display text correctly even if the glyphs are not available in the current [[font]].
While Scribe itself is not [[open source]], it is built on a [[LGPL]] porting layer (by the same company) that comprises about half of the final product.


==External Links==
==References==
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==External links==
http://www.memecode.com/scribe.php i.Scribe/InScribe web page
*{{Official website}}
* [https://www.pcworld.com/article/130009/article.html PC World Review]

{{E-mail clients}}

[[Category:Email clients]]
[[Category:Software using the GPL license]]


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Latest revision as of 16:20, 27 December 2023

Scribe
Developer(s)Memecode
Initial release1999; 25 years ago (1999)
Operating systemWindows, Linux, Mac OS X
TypeE-mail client
LicenseGNU GPL[1]
Websitememecode.com/scribe/ Edit this at Wikidata

Scribe is a portable and cross-platform e-mail client for Microsoft Windows, Linux and Mac OS X with some PIM functionality.

Originally released as freeware named i.Scribe in 1999, it was released and renamed as a commercial product InScribe in 2003. Both versions were developed from the same source. In 2022, the project was renamed to Scribe and its source code released under an open source license.[2] the Version 2.0 of the software is slated to include a rewrite of the mail database back end.[3]

Scribe uses the HTML layout engine from Lgi[4] that is virus safe[citation needed]. Executable attachments are detected and optionally deleted. Translators have added translations to many popular European and East Asian languages. Scribe uses Unicode internally and can display text correctly even if the glyphs are not available in the current font.

References

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  1. ^ License file
  2. ^ First open source commit
  3. ^ MemeCode - Post
  4. ^ Lgi
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