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+libnet is a collection of Perl modules which provides a simple
+and consistent programming interface (API) to the client side
+of various protocols used in the internet community.
+
+For details of each protocol please refer to the RFC. RFC's
+can be found a various places on the WEB, for a staring
+point look at:
+
+    http://www.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Standards/RFCs/
+
+The RFC implemented in this distribution are
+
+Net::FTP 	RFC959		File Transfer Protocol
+Net::SMTP	RFC821		Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
+Net::Time	RFC867		Daytime Protocol
+Net::Time	RFC868		Time Protocol
+Net::NNTP	RFC977		Network News Transfer Protocol
+Net::POP3	RFC1939		Post Office Protocol 3
+Net::SNPP	RFC1861		Simple Network Pager Protocol
+
+The distribution also contains a module (Net::PH) which facilitates
+comunicate with with servers using the CCSO Nameserver Server-Client
+Protocol
+
+FUTURE WORK
+
+AVAILABILITY
+
+The latest version of libnet is available from the Comprehensive Perl
+Archive Network (CPAN). To find a CPAN site near you see:
+
+    http://www.perl.com/CPAN
+                            ^ no slash here !!
+
+INSTALLATION
+
+In order to use this package you will need Perl version 5.002 or
+better.  You install libnet, as you would install any perl module
+library, by running these commands:
+
+   perl Makefile.PL
+   make
+   make test
+   make install
+
+If you want to install a private copy of libnet in your home
+directory, then you should try to produce the initial Makefile with
+something like this command:
+
+  perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=~/perl
+
+
+The Makefile.PL program will start out by checking your perl
+installation for a few packages that are recommended to be installed
+together with libnet.  These packages should be available on CPAN
+(described above).
+
+CONFIGURE
+
+Normally when perl Makefile.PL is run it will run Configure which will ask some
+questions about your system. The results of these questions will be stored in
+the Net::Config package. If you are on a system when this script cannot be run
+for some reason then the file Config.eg can be edited manually and installed
+as Net::Config (Net/Comfig.pm)
+
+DOCUMENTATION
+
+See ChangeLog for recent changes.  POD style documentation is included
+in all modules and scripts.  These are normally converted to manual
+pages and installed as part of the "make install" process.  You should
+also be able to use the 'perldoc' utility to extract documentation from
+the module files directly.
+
+DEMOS
+
+The demos directory does contain a few demo scripts. These should be
+run from the top directory like
+
+    demos/smtp.self -user my-email-address -debug
+
+However I do not guarantee these scripts to work.
+
+SUPPORT
+
+Questions about how to use this library should be directed to the
+comp.lang.perl.modules USENET Newsgroup.  Bug reports and suggestions
+for improvements can be sendt to me at <gbarr@pobox.com>. 
+
+Most of the modules in this library have an option to output a debug
+transcript to STDERR. When reporting bugs/problems please, if possible,
+include a transcript of a run.
+
+COPYRIGHT
+
+  � 1996-98 Graham Barr. All rights reserved.
+
+This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the same terms as Perl itself.
+
+Share and Enjoy!