Subject: Product Release: Fire – Multi-Protocol IM client
version 0.32.a
From: Alan Humpherys <alangh@xmission.com>
The open-source Fire development team proudly announces another
FREE update to its multi-protocol instant messaging client for MacOS
10.1 and above.
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