Welcome to Mule!
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http://www.muleumo.org

Mule is a highly scalable Enterprise Services framework and messaging broker.
To get you started here is some useful information.

The Distribution
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The distribution you have downloaded contains the following -

./bin          - Contains shell and batch scripts for running Mule
./dist         - The Mule jars and configuration dtd (note there is a combined jar in the ./lib directory).
./docs         - API documentation for Mule and its sub-projects.
./lib          - Jars needed by the Mule distribution
./lib/opt      - Optional jars required by certain Mule transports and components
./lib/patch    - Used to include jars and resources at the beginning of the classpath. This directory is empty.
./lib/licences - License information about all the jars shipped with Mule.
./samples      - Sample applications, scripts and source code
./src          - The source code for Mule and its sub-projects.
./LICENSE.txt  - License agreement for Mule.
./README.txt   - erm... this file!

Getting Started
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To get started:
http://www.muleumo.org/Getting+Started

Mule User Documentation:
http://www.muleumo.org/User+Guide

Example Applications:
http://www.muleumo.org/Mule+Examples

Feedback
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We hope you enjoy using Mule. To help us make it a better product please tell
us about any issues (no matter how small), suggestions or other comments you have.
You can post on the mailing list - user@mule.codehaus.org or raise
issues at http://jira.muleumo.org, or drop in to our IRC channel on irc.codehaus.org#mule

Enjoy!
