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+  <part>
+    <title>Architecture</title>
+    <partintro>
+      <para><application>modest</application> tries to be quite flexible in its
+       design. However, it's always important not to make things too
+       generic. Both for reasons of time limitations and keeping the software
+       understandable and 'modest', it's important to limit the scope.
+      </para>
+      
+      <para>
+       For <application>modest</application>, the following:
+       <itemizedlist>
+         <listitem><application>modest</application> is a e-mail program
+           using the <package>tinymail</package> and <package>camel</package>
+           libraries;</listitem>
+         <listitem><application>modest</application> targets gtk and
+           gconf-based user-interfaces, including the Hildon
+           environment;</listitem>
+         <listitem><application>modest</application> main use-case is in
+           small, mobile device such as the <productname>Nokia 770 Internet
+             Tablet</productname>;</listitem>
+         <listitem>However, effort is made also to
+           make <application>modest</application> usable as a general-purpose
+           e-mail client on normal desktop computer.</listitem>
+       </itemizedlist>
+      </para>
+    </partintro>
+  </part>