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-# Notmuch -- The mail indexer
+# Notmuch -- Just an email system
+
+Nomcuh is an email sytem that provides fast, global search of a local
+email store. It provides command-line access for easy scripting, as
+well as full-featured interfaces within consoles (or within text
+editors such as emacs). It also provides a clean, library-interface in
+C so that its functionality could be added to existing email programs.
## Why Notmuch?