diff --git a/agent/crawl/README.txt b/agent/crawl/README.txt
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+================================================
+Agents for Job Execution and Communication Tasks
+================================================
+
+Agents collect informations and transfer them e.g. to a loops server.
+
+  ($Id: README.txt 2413 2008-02-23 14:07:15Z helmutm $)
+
+This package does not depend on zope or the other loops packages
+but represents a standalone application.
+
+But we need a reactor for working with Twisted; in order not to block
+testing when running the reactor we use reactor.iterate() calls
+wrapped in a ``tester`` object.
+
+  >>> from cybertools.agent.tests import tester
+
+
+Crawler
+============
+
+The agent uses Twisted's cooperative multitasking model.
+
+Crawler is the base class for all derived Crawlers like the filesystem crawler
+and the mailcrawler. The SampleCrawler returns a deferred that already had a
+callback being called, so it will return at once.
+Returns a deferred that must be supplied with a callback method (and in
+most cases also an errback method).
+
+  >>> from cybertools.agent.crawl.base import SampleCrawler
+  >>> from twisted.internet import defer
+  >>> crawler = SampleCrawler()
+  >>> deferred = crawler.collect()
+  SampleCrawler is collecting.
+
+
diff --git a/agent/crawl/base.py b/agent/crawl/base.py
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+#
+#  Copyright (c) 2008 Helmut Merz helmutm@cy55.de
+#
+#  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+#  (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+#  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+#
+
+"""
+Crawl base and sample classes.
+
+$Id: base.py 
+"""
+
+from zope.interface import implements
+
+from cybertools.agent.base.agent import Agent
+from cybertools.agent.interfaces import ICrawler
+from cybertools.agent.components import agents
+from twisted.internet.defer import succeed
+
+
+class Crawler(object):
+
+    implements(ICrawler)
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        pass
+
+    def collect(self, filter=None):
+        d = defer.succeed([])
+        return d
+
+
+class SampleCrawler(Crawler):
+
+    def collect(self, filter=None):
+        print 'SampleCrawler is collecting.'
+        d = succeed([])
+        return d
+
+
+agents.register(SampleCrawler, Agent, name='crawl.sample')
+
diff --git a/agent/crawl/mailcrawl.py b/agent/crawl/mailcrawl.py
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+#
+#  Copyright (c) 2008 Helmut Merz helmutm@cy55.de
+#
+#  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+#  (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+#  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+#
+
+"""
+Crawl base and sample classes.
+
+$Id: base.py 
+"""
+
+from zope.interface import implements
+
+from cybertools.agent.agent import Agent
+from cybertools.agent.interfaces import ICrawler
+from cybertools.agent.crawl.base import Crawler as BaseCrawler
+from cybertools.agent.components import agents
+from twisted.internet.defer import succeed
+
+
+class MailCrawler(Crawler):
+    
+    def __init__(self, params):
+        self.params = params
+
+    def collect(self, filter=None):
+        print 'MailCrawler is collecting.'
+        d = succeed([])
+        return d
+
+#would it make sense to register this one at the AdapterFactory?
+#or should it also just serve as base class for OutlookCrawler
+#KMailCrawler etc. ?
+#agents.register(MailCrawler, Agent, name='crawl.mail')
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diff --git a/agent/tests.py b/agent/tests.py
index 99cf95e..becc580 100755
--- a/agent/tests.py
+++ b/agent/tests.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ def test_suite():
             unittest.makeSuite(Test),
             DocFileSuite('README.txt', optionflags=flags),
             DocFileSuite('core/README.txt', optionflags=flags),
+            DocFileSuite('crawl/README.txt', optionflags=flags),
             #DocFileSuite('transport/httpput.txt', optionflags=flags),
     ))
     return testSuite