<s>
Elm	B-Application
is	O
a	O
text-based	B-Protocol
email	I-Protocol
client	I-Protocol
commonly	O
found	O
on	O
Unix	B-Application
systems	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
released	O
in	O
1986	O
,	O
it	O
became	O
popular	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
email	B-Protocol
clients	I-Protocol
to	O
use	O
a	O
text	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
,	O
and	O
as	O
a	O
utility	O
with	O
freely	O
available	O
source	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
elm	B-Application
originated	O
from	O
the	O
phrase	O
ELectronic	O
Mail	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dave	O
Taylor	O
(	O
currently	O
with	O
Intuitive	O
Systems	O
)	O
developed	O
elm	B-Application
while	O
working	O
for	O
Hewlett-Packard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
popular	O
text-based	B-Application
email	O
readers	O
which	O
followed	O
elm	B-Application
and	O
took	O
it	O
as	O
an	O
inspiration	O
include	O
Pine	B-Operating_System
(	O
1989	O
)	O
and	O
Mutt	B-Device
(	O
1995	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
about	O
1995	O
elm	B-Application
slipped	O
in	O
popularity	O
and	O
functionality	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
now	O
sees	O
relatively	O
little	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bill	O
Pemberton	O
of	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Virginia	O
currently	O
maintains	O
elm	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
former	O
Elm	B-Application
Coordinator	O
was	O
Sydney	O
Weinstein	O
from	O
the	O
Myxa	O
Corporation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
get	O
an	O
idea	O
of	O
the	O
period	O
when	O
elm	B-Application
was	O
used	O
and	O
developed	O
,	O
this	O
is	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
major.minor	O
releases	O
,	O
included	O
the	O
last	O
patch	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Volunteer	O
developers	O
have	O
forked	O
the	O
Elm	B-Application
code	O
several	O
times	O
,	O
producing	O
modern	O
versions	O
of	O
Elm	B-Application
with	O
fixes	O
and	O
enhancements	O
not	O
in	O
the	O
official	O
development	O
branch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
the	O
more	O
popular	O
of	O
these	O
distributions	O
are	O
Kari	O
Hurtta	O
's	O
"	O
Millennium	O
Edition	O
"	O
Elm	B-Application
2.4	O
ME+	O
and	O
Elm	B-Application
ME+	O
2.5	O
,	O
both	O
of	O
which	O
build	O
upon	O
Michael	O
Elkins	O
 '	O
extensions	O
of	O
Elm	B-Application
2.4.24	O
.	O
</s>
