Sorry, there's no autoconf script available yet. However, there are comments in the makefile to help you out, and there are not a lot of changes to make. There are different options available, some of which are platform dependent. For example, under Win32 you can compile the library as a .LIB or as a .DLL. To change any of the defaults, edit the file ./mimepp/config.h. It's probably a good idea to take a look at that file anyway. There are several makefiles available. Makefile.unx is a makefile for a generic UNIX system. Makefile.vc is a makefile for Visual C++ 4 or 5. If you are using the library on a non-UNIX system, such as Windows 3.1 or Macintosh, you will probably need to change msgid.cpp. The function DwMsgId::CreateDefault() needs to get the host name and the process ID to create a msg-id. I put some conditional compilation macros in to support Winsock, but I have not tested it under Windows 3.1. If you do not know how to get your host name, you can set the static member DwMsgId::sHostName before using the library functions. On a UNIX system: Typing 'make -f makefile.unx' will make the library libmimepp.a and the example programs exampl01, exampl02, exampl03, exampl04, exampl05; typing 'make lib' will make just the library. Finally, type 'make install ' to copy the include files to /usr/local/include/mimepp and the library to /usr/local/lib.