xmail is an X-based interface to the Berkeley mail program.
This version of xmail includes support for decompressing and displaying the content of an X-Face mail header, if such a header exists in the message being read. This feature is a compile time option, and requires the existence of the compface library routines, which are NOT supplied with the xmail sources. X-Face headers are compressed bitmap images, typically of the face of the person owning such a header. The compressed header contains only printable characters, which allows it to be included in a mail message. The USENIX FaceSaver project is typically the source for these bitmaps, which are compressed into X-Face header format using the compface software tools written and distributed by James Ashton <jaa@cs.su.oz.au>. The compface library is also provided with the distri- bution of the faces software, written by Rich Burridge, and is available by email from his archive server <rb-archive-server@Aus.Sun.COM>.