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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<application>
+<id type="desktop">geary.desktop</id>
+<licence>CC0</licence>
+<description>
+<p>
+Geary is a new email application for GNOME designed to let you manage your email
+quickly and effortlessly. Its interface is based on conversations, so you can
+read an entire discussion without having to click from message to message.
+Geary is still in development and has a limited but growing set of features.
+</p>
+<p>
+Geary is designed to integrate with the GNOME desktop and is completely free.
+</p>
+<ul>
+<li>Lightweight mail client with full IMAP support</li>
+<li>Mail grouped into conversations, not a tree of threads</li>
+<li>As-you-type searching</li>
+<li>Desktop notifications</li>
+<li>Multiple account support</li>
+<li>HTML composer that saves drafts to the server</li>
+<li>Works with Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, Outlook.com (experimental), and other popular IMAP servers</li>
+</ul>
+</description>
+<url type="homepage">http://www.yorba.org/projects/geary/</url>
+<screenshots>
+<screenshot type="default">http://www.yorba.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/geary_main.png</screenshot>
+</screenshots>
+<updatecontact>geary@yorba.org</updatecontact>
+</application>