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UI
--

Traditional desktop application.

Folder view:
- Left pane: All folders/subfolders, currently selected folder
  highlighted
- Top pane: Name of currently selected folder
- Bottom pane headers: Subject/From/Date

Email view:
- Left pane: All MIME fields/subfields and "Related" view, currently
  selected MIME field or "Related" view highlighted
- Top pane: Name of currently selected email
- Bottom pane headers: empty unless in "Related" view
- Bottom pane: ASCII-converted display of selected MIME field data

Task view:
- Left pane: All Task MIME components, "Contained Emails" and
  "Related" views
- Top pane: Name of currently selected Task
- Bottom pane headers: empty unless in "Contained Emails" or "Related"
  view
- Bottom pane: ASCII-converted display of selected task component data

Composition view:
- Left pane: All message MIME components, including subject/from/to
  headers
- Top pane: Email information
- Bottom pane headers: empty
- Bottom pane: text editor for currently selected MIME component

Tasks
-----

Tasks typically contain:
- References to emails
- Other components

When a new email is received, a new task is created by a special
client if a filter matches it.  A completed task is resurrected if the
email refers to an email that was part of that task's list of
contained emails.  This is all done by one or more clients that just
happen to feel like managing this stuff.