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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
        Sylpheed - a GTK+ based, lightweight, and fast e-mail client
 
-   Copyright(C) 1999-2001 Hiroyuki Yamamoto <hiro-y@kcn.ne.jp>
+   Copyright(C) 1999-2002 Hiroyuki Yamamoto <hiro-y@kcn.ne.jp>
 
    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ Currently implemented features are:
        o message queueing
        o automatic mail checking
        o draft message function
+       o template function
        o line-wrapping
        o clickable URI
        o XML-based address book
@@ -86,6 +87,24 @@ See INSTALL for installation instructions.
 Usage
 =====
 
+Preparation before running
+--------------------------
+
+If you want to use characters other than English (aka US-ASCII),
+you must specify some environmental variables related to locale.
+For example:
+
+% export LANG=de_DE    (sh, bash etc.)
+
+or
+
+% setenv LANG de_DE    (csh, tcsh etc.)
+
+(replace de_DE to appropriate locale name)
+
+If you don't want translated messages, set LC_MESSAGES to "C"
+(and unset LC_ALL if specified).
+
 How to run
 ----------
 
@@ -156,5 +175,5 @@ To update to the newest source tree, run the command:
 
 on the top directory of the source tree.
 
---
+-- 
 Hiroyuki Yamamoto <hiro-y@kcn.ne.jp>