<s>
YAM	B-Application
(	O
short	O
for	O
Yet	O
Another	O
Mailer	B-Protocol
)	O
is	O
a	O
MIME-compliant	O
E-mail	B-Protocol
client	I-Protocol
written	O
for	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
and	O
derivative	O
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
created	O
by	O
Marcel	O
Beck	O
,	O
it	O
currently	O
supports	O
multiple	O
user	O
accounts	O
,	O
encrypted	O
communications	O
via	O
OpenSSL	B-Language
and	O
PGP	B-Application
,	O
unlimited	O
hierarchical	O
folders	O
and	O
filters	O
,	O
a	O
configurable	O
GUI	O
based	O
on	O
MUI	B-Library
,	O
extensive	O
ARexx	B-Operating_System
support	O
for	O
automating	O
tasks	O
,	O
and	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
features	O
to	O
be	O
expected	O
in	O
modern	O
E-mail	B-Protocol
clients	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
initial	O
release	O
from	O
1995	O
arrived	O
when	O
the	O
Internet	O
was	O
still	O
something	O
very	O
new	O
for	O
the	O
average	O
Amiga	B-Device
user	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
as	O
time	O
passed	O
and	O
further	O
1.x	O
updates	O
were	O
released	O
,	O
YAM	B-Application
became	O
quickly	O
popular	O
thanks	O
to	O
its	O
simplicity	O
and	O
comprehensible	O
user	O
interface	O
at	O
a	O
time	O
when	O
competing	O
products	O
were	O
either	O
German	O
only	O
(	O
MicroDot	O
)	O
,	O
required	O
a	O
shareware	O
fee	O
(	O
MicroDot-II	O
)	O
or	O
used	O
a	O
less	O
intuitive	O
GUI	O
in	O
comparison	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Thor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
early	O
YAM	B-Application
1.x	O
series	O
,	O
while	O
very	O
usable	O
for	O
the	O
most	O
part	O
,	O
was	O
relatively	O
basic	O
and	O
spartan	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
n't	O
until	O
2.0	O
that	O
finally	O
the	O
program	O
started	O
showing	O
its	O
full	O
potential	O
,	O
featuring	O
a	O
major	O
redesign	O
of	O
the	O
user	O
interface	O
and	O
a	O
plethora	O
of	O
new	O
features	O
which	O
turned	O
it	O
into	O
the	O
de	O
facto	O
standard	O
Amiga	B-Device
E-mail	B-Protocol
client	I-Protocol
ever	O
since	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
in	O
late	O
2000	O
,	O
YAM	B-Application
2.2	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
update	O
from	O
Marcel	O
Beck	O
,	O
who	O
ceased	O
Amiga	B-Device
development	O
but	O
also	O
released	O
the	O
sources	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
GPL-2.0-or-later	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
group	O
of	O
Amiga	B-Device
developers	O
then	O
teamed	O
up	O
to	O
coordinate	O
and	O
resume	O
development	O
,	O
and	O
finally	O
in	O
2004	O
the	O
first	O
ever	O
open	O
source	O
YAM	B-Application
(	O
2.3	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
next	O
decade	O
YAM	B-Application
managed	O
to	O
become	O
a	O
much	O
more	O
mature	O
,	O
stable	O
and	O
usable	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
that	O
time	O
however	O
,	O
the	O
developer	O
team	O
also	O
lost	O
most	O
of	O
its	O
members	O
,	O
but	O
YAM	B-Application
still	O
remains	O
today	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
iconic	O
and	O
popular	O
pieces	O
of	O
Amiga	B-Device
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
peak	O
of	O
his	O
popularity	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
a	O
token	O
of	O
appreciation	O
from	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
community	O
at	O
large	O
,	O
Marcel	O
Beck	O
received	O
in	O
1998	O
the	O
AAA	O
Award	O
International	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
award	O
presentation	O
was	O
held	O
at	O
the	O
World	O
of	O
Amiga	B-Device
show	O
in	O
London	O
,	O
UK	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
hosted	O
by	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
Cloanto	O
with	O
the	O
help	O
of	O
several	O
Amiga	B-Device
user	O
groups	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mr.	O
Beck	O
could	O
not	O
attend	O
,	O
but	O
in	O
a	O
phone	O
recording	O
he	O
stated	O
that	O
he	O
felt	O
very	O
honored	O
to	O
receive	O
the	O
award	O
,	O
and	O
thanked	O
all	O
YAM	B-Application
users	O
around	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
