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>>>Tutorials/Welcome 1 [e-mail](839)1Jul99 08:00
Welcome to Ameol2!

Ameol2 is an all-in-one off-line reader for your internet news, mail and
CIX Conferencing messages. As it is an off-line reader you can read and
compose messages without being connected to your service provider or on-line
service, so saving time and money. Ameol2 can be used with an internet
account to read usenet news and mail and also to read CIX Conferencing
messages.

This is a brief tutorial for people who are new to off-line readers and
will help you get started. For more detailed instructions and help please
see the Ameol2 help file by selecting the Help menu, Contents item (in
short form, Help|Contents).

Each news, mail and CIX Conferencing message is displayed on your screen
individually, just like the message you are reading now. To go to the next
message, press the Return key.

Press Return now.

>>>Tutorials/Welcome 2 [e-mail](670)1Jul99 08:00
Read and Unread messages

This is the second message which you probably reached by pressing Return
after reading message number 1. Ameol2 keeps track of the messages you
have read and those you haven't yet read and displays this information in
the Thread Window. The Thread Window is above the status bar (the line
that has the date, time and other message information on it) and you can
see there is a letterbox icon next to message 2 - this shows that Ameol2
knows this message hasn't been read yet. If you look up to message 1 you
will see there is no letterbox icon next to it - Ameol2 knows that you
have read that message.

Press Return to go to the next message.

>>>Tutorials/Welcome 3 [e-mail](1135)1Jul99 08:00
Moving up and down messages

If a message is quite long and can not fit in the message viewer window
(the window you are reading this message in now) then scroll bars will be
displayed on the right hand side of the window. To carry on reading more
of the message that isn't currently in view, press the Page Down key.

Press the Page Down key now.




















Press Page Down again


















This is the bottom of the message which you reached by pressing the
Page Down Key. If you want to scroll back up again press the Page Up key
until you see the beginning of the message. You can also re-size the
message window so you can see more of a message without using the page up
and page down keys. To do this just move your mouse pointer over any edge
of the window until the pointer changes to one with an arrow at each end.
Then holding down the left mouse button, move the mouse and you will see
the window change size. Let go of the mouse button when the window is the
size you want it to be. This method works for nearly all Ameol2 windows.

This is the end of this message - press Return to go to the next message.

>>>Tutorials/Welcome 4 [e-mail](497)1Jul99 08:00
Going to a previous message

If you want to go back to the last message to you read for another look
at it just press the Backspace key. This will always take you to the last
message you read. Try it now, Ameol will go back to message 3. Press
Return to come back to this message.

Back again?

The Backspace key can be used many times in succession, so if you want to
go back to a message you read five messages ago, you would press
Backspace five times.

Press Return to go to the next message.

>>>Tutorials/Welcome 5 [e-mail](1316)1Jul99 08:00 c4*
Threading

Ameol2 is a threaded message reader. This means that when people reply to
mail (or follow-up to a usenet message, or comment to a CIX Conferencing
message) Ameol2 will show you that the second message is related to the
first one. For example, the message you are reading now is a comment to
message number 4. This is shown in two ways

- the status bar says "Comment to message 4"
- in the graphical Thread Window

The Thread Window shows you the message number, author and the first line
of the message. It also has a graphic display of the threads - message 4
(which is called a "Root message" as it is not a comment to any other
message) is displayed in bold type and has a brown folder icon next to
it. The current message (message 5, which you are reading now) is
displayed in normal type.

Usenet and CIX Conferencing conference messages threads can be very
complicated, the graphical thread window lets you see at a glance which
message is a comment to which other message. Occasionally you will see a
message in the thread window that is in bold type but which has two dots
on the left of it, like this:

.. 187  sp  I posted a message yesterday.

This means the message is a comment but you do not have the original
message in your database.


Remember to press Return to go to the next message.

>>>Tutorials/Welcome 6 [e-mail](1014)1Jul99 08:00
The In Basket

On the left hand side of the Ameol2 window you can see a window that is
titled "In Basket" (if you cannot see this window select the View menu
and choose the In Basket item). The In Basket lists all the newsgroups
you have read in Ameol2, any mail folders or topics you have created and
any CIX conferences or topics you have read in Ameol2.

If this is the first time you have used Ameol2 you will probably only
have a few News and Mail folders, plus the current folder (that contains
the messages you are reading now). The current folder is highlighted in
the In Basket and as you change topics by reading messages the highlight
also moves to show you which topic you are in.

Lets try moving to another folder. Make a note of the current highlighted
topic, then double-click on the Mail/Messages folder. You will be in the
Messages topic of the Mail folder (the topic itself will probably be
empty). To come back to this topic double-click the name that you noted
down earlier, in the In Basket.

>>>Tutorials/Welcome 7 [e-mail](1489)1Jul99 08:00
Creating messages

Let's create our first message.

Select Mail|New Message. A New Mail Message window will open, re-size it
so you can still see this message using the window re-size method
described earlier. The Mail Message window has a number of boxes, but you
don't have to fill all of them in.

In the box next to To: type in your own e-mail address. If you are not
sure what this is, copy the e-mail address in the Reply-To field to the
To: box.

In the box next to Subject: type "Test E-mail".

Then type anything you like in the lower blank area (this is called an
Edit Window). When you have finished typing your message press the Save
key. You have now created your first e-mail message! However as Ameol2 is
an off-line reader your message has not been sent yet, it will be sent
when you next connect to your internet provider or to CIX Conferencing.
This means you can perform many different actions on the message before it
is sent, this is done from the Out Basket and it is this that we will
cover in the next message.

You can create new News and CIX Conferencing messages by selecting
News|Post Article and Message|Say respectively. To make a Comment to a
message select Mail|Reply to Message, News|Follow Up Article or
Message|Comment depending on whether the message is a Mail, News or
CIX Conferencing message. You should always use the Comment command when
you are replying to a message by someone else so everyone can see that
the two messages relate to each other.

>>>Tutorials/Welcome 8 [e-mail](1143)1Jul99 08:00
The Out Basket

To open the Out Basket, select View|Out Basket.

The Out Basket is the storage area for any messages you post, any file
downloads or uploads you decide to do.. in fact any actions relating to
files or messages that you do within Ameol2. While an item is in the Out
Basket you can review it, edit it, delete it, Keep it (so it is executed
every time you connect) or Hold it (so it stays in the Out Basket but is
not executed).

If you followed the method above for creating a new mail message then
that message will be in your Out Basket now. You can edit it by
highlighting the message in the Out Basket and clicking the Edit button
on the Out Basket window (not the Edit menu at the top of the Ameol2
window). You will see your mail message open in an editor again - here
you can change any of the details you entered before. You can change the
text of the message, the Subject: or who the message was addressed To:.
When you have finished editing the message, click Save again and your
newly edited message will return to the Out Basket. It will stay there
until you connect to your internet provider or to CIX Conferencing.

>>>Tutorials/Welcome 9 [e-mail](1156)1Jul99 08:00
Connecting

Connecting ("Blinking") with Ameol2 is very simple. To connect to either
your internet provider or to CIX Conferencing just click the Blink button
on the toolbar (on the left with the telephone picture) or select File|Connect -
Full. If you have set up your internet software (such as Trumpet Winsock,
Windows95 Dial-Up Networking or WindowsNT RAS) correctly then that
software will dial up your internet company and make a connection. If you
are dialling direct to CIX Conferencing only then Ameol2 itself will dial
for you.

Ameol2 will then send any e-mail, news and CIX Conferencing messages that
were in your Out Basket, then collect any new messages waiting for you.
At the end of the blink Ameol2 will disconnect or tell your internet
software that it can disconnect.

If you normally need to start your internet dialer before starting an
internet application such as Netscape then you will also need to start it
before asking Ameol2 to connect.

If you do not have any internet software, or if it does not start to dial
when you click on the Blink toolbar button please contact the Support
Department of your internet service provider.

>>>Tutorials/Support 1 [e-mail](2300)1Jul99 08:00
Support for Ameol2 - what help is available?

If you have a problem or question about Ameol2 there are various
resources which may help.

1. _The Help file_

Ameol2 has a full online Help file. Most dialogs include a Help button
which when selected will load the Help file at the correct place. Many of
the Help pages are "hotspot" images, which means you can click on the
Help page to see more information about the dialog.

You can also search the Help file by selecting Help|Search for Help on..
within Ameol2. Enter the word or phrase that you wish to get help with
and the nearest match(es) in the Ameol2 Help file will be displayed.

If you select the Help file contents page (Help|Contents within Ameol2)
you will have access to these sections of the Help file:

Reading Messages
Writing Messages
Connecting
Settings
Reference
Ameol v2 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Glossary

2. _The Tutorials folder_

.. which is where you are reading this message. The other Tutorial topics
have useful information about rules, changes from Ameolv1, and using
usenet. There is also a copy of the readme (which was offered for your
perusal during installation) in the Readme topic.

3. _CIX Conferences_

Online support for Ameol2 is mainly done via the CIX conference system.
The conference for Ameol2 support is called ameol.support, and you can
join this conference on your next connection by clicking this conference
link -> cix:ameol.support. You may find that someone else has already
asked the question you want to ask and it has been answered in the
cix:ameol.support/faq topic.

Support in the ameol.support conferences is performed by the Ameol
Moderators. This is a small team of people who are not employed by CIX
but have a wide knowledge of Ameol2, CIX and the internet. They also have
access to the Ameol Development team in case there are any questions they
are unable to answer. Ameol Moderators can be identified by the (Ameol
moderator) line at the end of their messages.

Support for the CIX system itself is performed by CIX staff in the
cix.support conference - click here -> cix:cix.support to join the
conference.

If none of these resources has helped answer your support question CIX
offers various methods of obtaining support. These methods are described
in the next message.


>>>Tutorials/Support 2 [e-mail](3212)1Jul99 08:00
Support for Ameol2 - how to get support

CIX offers support for Ameol2 in a variety of ways.

*The first three methods are available to CIX members only.*
*If you are not a CIX member please see option 4.*

1. _Via CIX conferences_

This is the preferred method. Select Help|Submit Report, choose the
nature and importance of the message, fill in the title then enter your
message. Details of the versions of Ameol2 and Windows you are using will
be included automatically. Click on Save and the report will be saved in
your out basket. When you next connect your message will be posted to the
appropriate conference and will be answered by one of the Ameol
Moderators or possibly by another conference member. Select View|Next
Unread Priority to see your message and any replies to it. It may be up
to 24 hours before you have a reply (though it is usually much faster)
and there is no need to post "reminder" messages - all messages will be
answered.


2. _Via email_

CIX has an email address for all support questions - [e-mail].
To send an email to the support department select Mail|New Message, enter
[e-mail] in the To: box, enter a subject, then type your
message. Please remember to include details of the version of Ameol2 you
are using (use Help|About Ameol2 to find this out), your operating system
(Windows 3.x, Windows95, WindowsNT 3, WindowsNT 4, or something else) and
a precise description of the problem, including any steps to reproduce if
appropriate. When you have finished your message click the Save button.
The message will be mailed to the support department when you next
connect.

Only support questions should be mailed to [e-mail] - if you
have a general question about CIX services or a billing query contact
[e-mail].

If you are not a CIX member and wish to receive the CIX Sign Up pack
(including a guide to CIX and the Internet, the latest version of Ameol2
and Internet Explorer on CD) please mail your name and address to
[e-mail].


3. _Via telephone_

CIX operates a telephone support line (for CIX members ONLY) with
questions or problems relating to CIX services or Ameol2. Call
*020 8255 5151* (London) or *0845 355 5151* (U.K. local call nationwide).
Outside of the U.K. call *[phone].*

This number should be used for support questions only. If you have a
general question about CIX services or a billing query contact the CIX
Administration department on 020 8255 5000.


4. Via email for users who are not CIX members

Users who have installed Ameol2 for Internet Only usage can also use the
Report utility but the message produced will automatically be emailed to
a special non-member address.

Select Help|Submit Report, choose the nature and importance of the
message, fill in the title then enter your message. Details of the
versions of Ameol2 and Windows you are using will be included
automatically. Click on Save and the report will be saved in your out
basket. When you next connect your message will be sent via email. While
CIX will support non-CIX users of Ameol2 as best as it can, the needs of
CIX users will always come first so at times responses may be delayed or
produced by an auto-responder.


>>>Tutorials/ReadMe252 1 [e-mail](4653)1Jul99 08:00

Ameol - The CIX OLR
Version v2.5

(C) Copyright 1996-99 CompuLink Information Exchange Ltd



To view this file on screen in
Notepad, maximize the Notepad window.

To print this file, open it in Notepad or another word
processor, then use the Print command on the File menu.

After installation this text is stored in your Tutorials/Readme topic.


Table Of Contents
=================
INSTALLING AMEOL2 FROM CD
CONNECTING TO THE INTERNET
DISCONNECTING UNDER WINDOWS 3.X
DOWNLOADING AND INSTALLING AMEOL2
SUBMITTING PROBLEM REPORTS
USING AMEOL ADDONS
COMPATIBILITY WITH AMEOL
  Keystrokes
  Ameol Configuration
  Spelling Checker
KNOWN PROBLEMS AND WORKAROUNDS

INSTALLING AMEOL2 FROM CD

The CIX Software CD provides all the software you need to launch you onto
the Internet, allows you to participate in the unique world of computer
Conferencing, send worldwide Internet email, surf the World Wide Web
(WWW), create your own web page(s), download software and much, much,
more...

If you have the CIX Software CD, insert the CD in your CD-ROM drive and
follow the onscreen instructions.  It caters for the complete new
user/novice to upgrade solutions for existing subscribers and
non-supported third party software products.

The CD contains:

The latest version of Ameol - v2.5 for 32-bit users, 2.12 for 16-bit
users.
The latest version of Microsoft Internet Explorer
A wide selection of Addon and third party software products for Ameol,
including:

    Acronyms: Decode acronyms by right-clicking on them
    AdnExec : Put all addons on one menu.
    AmEdit  : General file editor for Ameol
    BList   : Blink History, notes all action performed during blink
    FFind   : File List Manager
    Gallery : View mugshots (pictures of other CIX Conferencing users)
    GetMM   : Get Missing Messages from CIX Conferencing
    Ignore_M: Delete ignored messages immediately
    IOBask  : Manage your CIX Conferencing mail baskets
    OBRec   : Recover outbasket items
    ShowConf: Show CIX Conference information
    TopicInf: Statistics and information about your Ameol database.


        Other files included that can be used with Ameol are:

        Interbot  : Performs internet actions via email
        Mollusc   : A Windows email shell for PGP encryption
        PGP Newbie: A Windows installer for PGP
        Spam Hater: Tracks down and emails junk emailers
        Text2Html : Converts a text file into HTML

CONNECTING TO THE INTERNET
--------------------------

If you wish to use your CIX Internet internet connection outside of Ameol
v2 you will need to enter your internet username/password the first time
you see the Connect To... dialog box. To do this:

1. Double-click the Internet Explorer icon in your CIX Software group
2. In the dialog that opens, enter your ICA username in the Username
field.
3. In the same dialog enter your password in the Password field.
4. Click the "Save Password" box if you want Windows to save your ICA
password.
If you do not ask Windows to save the password you will need to enter
it every time you want to connect to the internet.
5. Click the Connect button. After using Internet Explorer your username
and password will be saved.


DISCONNECTING UNDER WINDOWS 3.X
-------------------------------

Under Windows 3.x, the Microsoft dialler will not automatically disconnect
after an Internet Explorer or Ameol connection is completed. To
disconnect, double-click on the Connection icon in Program Manager and
click on the Disconnect button.

DOWNLOADING AND INSTALLING AMEOL2
=================================
There are two versions of Ameol; a 16-bit version for Windows
3.1, 3.11 and 3.11 for WorkGroups, and a 32-bit version for Windows NT
3.50 or later, or Windows 95. You can install and run the 16-bit version
under Windows NT or Windows 95, but you cannot install or run the
32-bit version under Windows 3. Windows 3.x users with WIN32S
must use the 16-bit version as WIN32S does not support comms.

The setup file is a Windows installation executable. Run it from within
Windows and follow the instructions.

Users of Ameol v1.xx - Please don't install Ameol v2 into the same
directory as Ameol. The installer will not allow you to do this, but
please don't try it anyway. There is a facility to import your Ameol v1
database if you want to, this will start automatically the first time
you start Ameol v2 if Ameol2 can detect your Ameol v1 database. If it
does not start automatically you can run it by selecting
File|Import|Ameol Import Wizard.


SUBMITTING REPORTS
==================
Choose Submit Report from the Help menu to submit any reports or
questions regarding Ameol or CIX.


>>>Tutorials/ReadMe252 2 [e-mail](2806)1Jul99 08:00

USING AMEOL ADDONS
==================
All Ameol addons should work fine with Ameol v2 (excluding those
mentioned below which have specific problems). If in doubt or you are
experiencing problems, please contact the author of the addon directly.
It is our intention that all existing Ameol addons work directly under
Ameol v2 with no changes. Those which will not work should only
require minor modifications to allow them to work properly.

To install an addon under Ameol v2, use the Install Addons command on
the Settings menu.

The following is a list of addons which have known problems.

Questionnaire
-------------
This will not run under Ameol v2.

Report
------
The Report addon is now built into Ameol v2. You should not attempt
to install the old Ameol report addon or a conflict will occur.

Get Missing Messages
--------------------
Version 3.01 of GETMM incorrectly adds two 'Get Misc Msgs' commands to
the end of the Folder menu. This cosmetic bug is corrected in version
3.03 which is in beta test.

Thread Manager
--------------
The functionality of this addon is now integrated within Ameol v2 and
is no longer required. The author recommends that you do not use this
addon with Ameol v2.

Immediate Message Deletion
--------------------------
The functionality of the IDEL addon is now integrated within Ameol v2
and is no longer required. However it will continue to work with Ameol
v2.

Acronyms
--------
Ameol v2 provides its own ROT13 capability on the Edit menu. The
Acronym addon is still required for the decoding of acronyms.

Gallery
-------
Ameol v2 provides a simple mugshot viewer without support for sounds
or the more sophisticated features of Gallery. If you wish to use Gallery
instead then disable mugshots in Ameol v2 as follows:

1. Choose Preferences from the Settings menu.
2. Click the Viewer tab.
3. Uncheck the 'Show authors mugshot when message is displayed'
   option.
4. Click OK to close the dialog.

Note that the current version of Gallery does not use the MUGSHOT.INI
file created and maintained by Ameol v2.

Show Conference Information
---------------------------
SHOWCONF v2.03 will crash if you have a conferencing folder name longer
than 14 characters in your In Basket. This is not necessarily a bug with
the addon which was designed only to work with CIX conferences names
which are limited to a maximum of 14 characters.

File Find Manager
-----------------
Because FFIND v1.02 relied on a undocumented window class not supported
in Ameol v2, it is unable to display the Tabs along the top of the
window. FFIND v1.03 is available now from ameol.support/files.

General File Editor
-------------------
AMEDIT v1.02 will not work if the In Basket window is not open. A newer
version, v1.03, is now available from the ameol.support/files conference.


>>>Tutorials/ReadMe252 3 [e-mail](3466)1Jul99 08:00

COMPATIBILITY WITH AMEOL
========================
This section explains some areas in which Ameol v2 is compatible
with Ameol. Please read this section after installing Ameol v2 for the
first time.

Keystrokes
----------
Where possible, we have tried to keep the keystrokes used by Ameol v2
identical to those used in Ameol. This includes Ctrl+T to initiate a
blink, Ctrl+E to open the Export dialog and so on.

You can easily customise the keystrokes from the Customise dialog
in the Settings menu.

Ameol Configuration
-------------------
The 16-bit version of Ameol v2 does not use a configuration file in
your Windows directory. Rather it stores the configuration file in the
USERS subdirectory. Within that subdirectory are further subdirectories
for each user. By default, Ameol v2 creates a user called
Administrator and stores the settings in the ADMIN.INI file in the
USERS\ADMIN subdirectory.

The format of this file is similar to AMEOL.INI, but is not the
same. Do NOT attempt to migrate your Ameol configuration to Ameol v2
by copying over your AMEOL.INI file. It will not work.

The 32-bit version of Ameol v2 stores configuration in the registry.
Two registry locations are used:

Registry Location                        Purpose
=================                        =======
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\CIX\Ameol2   Local machine (global)
                                         information is stored
                                         here. This includes your
                                         username and site
                                         details entered during
                                         installation, and a list
                                         of Import and Export
                                         filters.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\CIX\Ameol2    Settings local to each
                                         user are stored here. All
                                         configuration details are
                                         local to each user
                                         both within Windows NT
                                         and Windows 95, and for
                                         each account set up
                                         under Ameol v2.

There is no provision for multiple message databases in Ameol v2.


KNOWN PROBLEMS AND WORKAROUNDS
==============================
There are a few known problems with Ameol v2 which we were unable to
fix before release. A fix for these should appear in the near future.
Keep your eye on the ameolnews conference for an announcement of a free
upgrade.

Aborted downloads when using TAPI (Telephony Modem)
---------------------------------------------------
CIX displays the contents of a downloaded file in the terminal
screen then reports "Download aborted". To cure this select
Settings|Communications, select the blink type you are using to
connect. Click Edit and change Dial Up Conferencing (Win95/NT)  to
Dial Up Conferencing (Ameol).

Pause then disconnection under Windows95/NT
-------------------------------------------
Using Dial Up Conferencing (Win95/NT) under Windows95 or NT, you
connect to CIX but nothing happens for a minute or so, then Ameol
v2 disconnects.
Open the file ameol2\script\connect.scr in a file editor such as
notepad. Directly after the "pause 1000" line, enter

put ""

Save the file and Ameol v2 will connect correctly.


End of readme.


>>>Tutorials/Changes 1 [e-mail](277)1Jul99 08:00
Differences Between Ameol and Ameol2

Ameol2 is not an simple update of Ameol, but a different product entirely.
However there are many aspects of Ameol2 that are similar to Ameol. This
topic describes the main differences for the benefit of users moving to
Ameol2 from Ameol.

>>>Tutorials/Changes 2 [e-mail](1167)1Jul99 08:00
The Ameol2 Workspace

In Ameol, the workspace was made up of two default windows: the Out Basket
window and the Conference List window. Both of these were permanent windows
in the sense that they could not be closed. All you could do was to shrink
them to an icon at the bottom of the workspace.

Under Ameol2, the Conference List window has been renamed to the In Basket
and that, along with the Out Basket, can be closed leaving a clear
workspace with no windows open.

To re-open the In Basket and Out Basket, choose the respective commands from
the View menu.

Ameol2 remembers the position and size of all windows. It also remembers
when the In Basket, Out Basket, message window and Scheduler window were
open when you close Ameol2 and re-opens those windows in their last size
and position when Ameol2 is restarted. The message window also remembers
which conference and topic were last shown.

Ameol2 also hides the scroll bars that appear at the edge of the workspace
when you move a window partially outside the workspace. You can alter this
behaviour using the "Show scroll bars in the workspace window" option,
available from Settings|Preferences|Viewer.

>>>Tutorials/Changes 3 [e-mail](994)1Jul99 08:00
The Message Window

The message window, which shows the threads and body of messages, is now
divided into three panes instead of two. The third pane, the folder pane,
appears in the upper left corner of the message window and is a smaller
version of the In Basket. It provides a quick way to move between topics
without having to return to the In Basket.

If you wish to hide the folder pane, click on the vertical separator that
divides it from the thread pane and drag the separator all the way to the
left. Alternatively, double-click the separator. When you first install
Ameol2 the third pane is hidden.

The message pane now shows quoted text in a different colour to the rest of
the message. This makes reading replies much easier, especially in Usenet
articles.

Finally the message pane can now display messages much larger than permitted
under Ameol. Whereas Ameol would show 'Message too large to display' for large
messages, the messages now display in their entirety under Ameol2.

>>>Tutorials/Changes 4 [e-mail](1353)1Jul99 08:00
The Thread Pane

The thread pane is the list of messages in a topic. This appears above the
message itself, separated by the divider bar.

The thread pane now supports multiple message selection. You can now
select more than one message and choose a command from the Message menu to
apply to all selected messages. Not all commands work on multiple messages.
Only the most recently selected message is displayed in the message pane.

You can now move or copy messages to other topics by dragging them from the
thread pane to the destination topic in either in the In Basket or the mini
in basket if it is visible. Hold down the Ctrl key to copy messages,
otherwise the messages are MOVED to the destination topic.

The columns in the thread pane are now configurable. Choose Sorted By from
the View menu to set the sort order for the thread pane. The sort order is
on a per-topic basis, so it will reset to References order when you move to
another topic.

You can also specify which columns to display in the thread pane. Choose from
the message number, the name of the poster, the date when the message was
posted, the size of the message and the subject. Choose Show Columns from
the View menu to hide or show individual columns. The columns are shown on
a per topic basis.

HINT: Click on the headers above the thread pane to quick sort the column.

>>>Tutorials/Changes 5 [e-mail](1264)1Jul99 08:00
Communications

Under Ameol, you would use the Communications command in the Settings menu
to set up your modem, phone numbers and telnet settings. You could only set
Ameol to use either dial-up (connecting directly to CIX Conferencing) or
telnet via your Internet Service Provider (ISP), but not both.

Ameol2 provides a greater deal of flexibility with setting up Communications.
The Communications dialog in the Settings menu not only shows the different
communication options (Dial Up Conferencing (Win95/NT) [aka TAPI], Dial Up
Conferencing (Ameol) [aka "Ameol comms"] and Net Access/Internet Conferencing
[aka Telnet]), but also allows you to create other custom options.

You can also create multiple Custom Connect blink entries. Under Ameol, you
only had one Custom Connect command. Under Ameol2, you can create multiple
Custom Connect commands, give them individual names and even assign them
their own keystrokes and place them on the toolbar!

Finally, Ameol2 supports Dial-Up Networking (also called DUN, RAS, or Remote
Access Service). If you are accessing CIX Conferencing via your ISP, Ameol2
can be asked to use RAS to dial up your ISP, automatically log on with a script,
connect to CIX Conferencing and then disconnect from your ISP afterwards.

>>>Tutorials/Changes 6 [e-mail](454)1Jul99 08:00
Purging

In Ameol2, you can now purge selected folders or topics by selecting them from the
In Basket and clicking the right mouse button. This brings up a popup menu. Choose
Purge from the menu and you will asked whether or not to purge the selected folder.

To do a Global Purge, select the database (click the first item in the In Basket)
and choose Purge from the popup menu.

The Ameol1 Compact option has been built into the Ameol2 Purge function.

>>>Tutorials/Changes 7 [e-mail](511)1Jul99 08:00
Check And Repair

The Check and Repair command in Ameol has been renamed to Check in Ameol2 and appears
in the Folder menu. You can now check individual folders and topics as well as the
entire messagebase.

To check an individual folder or topic, select it from the In Basket and click the
right mouse button. This brings up a popup menu. Choose Check from the menu and the
Check dialog will appear.

You can also Check a folder by choosing the Check... button in the Statistics page of
the folder properties.

>>>Tutorials/Changes 8 [e-mail](176)1Jul99 08:00
The Utilities Menu

When you install addons into Ameol2, the addon will now insert extra commands onto
the menu bar. Ameol2 no longer places the addon under an Utilities menu.

>>>Tutorials/Rules 1 [e-mail](393)1Jul99 08:00
Introduction to Rules

Ameol2 provides a powerful rules engine that allows you to
mark or move messages as they are being imported.

For example, you can set up a rule so that all mail messages from
a certain person is moved to another mailbox. You could set up a
rule so that messages from another person are automatically
deleted.

Rules work on topics, folders or even the entire database.

>>>Tutorials/Rules 2 [e-mail](985)1Jul99 08:00
Redirecting Incoming Mail From a User

Ameol2 provides a quick way to create a rule that directs mail
from a certain person to another folder.

1. Locate an e-mail from that person.
2. Choose the Sort Mail From command from the Mail menu, or press 'Q'.
3. You can either sort the mail into an existing mailbox or create a
   new mailbox and sort the mail into that. Choose the appropriate
   option.
4. Disable the 'Move other messages from this user to the specified
   folder' checkbox if you only want to move this one mail message. If
   this option is left checked, Ameol2 will scan back through the whole
   mail mailbox looking for other e-mail from the user and move them to
   the new mailbox.
5. Click OK to move the e-mail.

Once you have completed this command, all subsequent e-mail from this
user will be redirected to the new mailbox. To have a look at the rule
that was created, choose Rules from the Settings menu and click the
Edit button in the Rule Manager dialog.

>>>Tutorials/Rules 3 [e-mail](1416)1Jul99 08:00
Redirecting Incoming Mail To an Account

Because Ameol2 uses the POP3 protocol for retrieving mail across the
internet, you can set up many different account names under your POP3
domain. For example, if your domain name is:

      example.cix.co.uk

you can set up accounts such as:

      [e-mail]
      [e-mail]
      [e-mail]

By default, mail to any of the above e-mail addresses will go into the
Messages mailbox. To redirect them to individual mailboxes based on the
account name, follow the steps below:

1. Locate an e-mail to the account you want to redirect.
2. Choose the Sort Mail To command from the Mail menu.
3. You can either sort the mail into an existing mailbox or create a
   new mailbox and sort the mail into that. Choose the appropriate
   option.
4. Disable the 'Move other messages from this user to the specified
   folder' checkbox if you only want to move this one mail message. If
   this option is left checked, Ameol2 will scan back through the whole
   mail mailbox looking for other e-mail to that account and move them to
   the new mailbox.
5. Click OK to move the e-mail.

Once you have completed this command, all subsequent e-mail to this
account will be redirected to the new mailbox. To have a look at the rule
that was created, choose Rules from the Settings menu and click the
Edit button in the Rule Manager dialog.

>>>Tutorials/Rules 4 [e-mail](766)1Jul99 08:00
Using Rules To Delete Messages From A User

If you want to delete messages from a particular user in a particular
conference:

1. Choose Rules from the Settings menu.
2. Select the conference from the list of folders in the Rules Manager
   dialog.
3. Click the New button.
4. In the Edit Rule dialog, enter the CIX Conferencing nickname of the
   person in the From field.
5. Uncheck the 'Mark message for priority attention' box and check the
   'Delete the message' box.
6. Click OK to save the new rule.
7. Click OK to close the Rules Manager dialog.

Now when Ameol2 adds new messages to that conference, it will check to
see if the author is the person quoted in the rule and, if so, delete
the message. The message will not even be saved in your messagebase.

>>>Tutorials/Rules 5 [e-mail](423)1Jul99 08:00
Creating New Rules Manually

When you choose the Rules command from the Settings menu and click the New
button to create a new rule, Ameol2 provides a great deal of flexibility in
specifying the matching strings. The matching strings are what Ameol2 looks
for in every new message checked against the rules you've set up.

The following messages give some background about how to specify rules in
the Edit Rule dialog box.

>>>Tutorials/Rules 6 [e-mail](483)1Jul99 08:00
Rules Use the AND Logic

There are input four fields in the match portion of Edit Rule dialog. If you
enter a matching string into more than one of the fields, then Ameol2 expects
a message to match ALL the fields before the rule is considered successful.

Thus if you set up a rule as follows:

         From:    [e-mail]
         Subject: Ameol2

Then it will only match if the message is from [e-mail] AND the
word Ameol2 appears in the Subject field.

>>>Tutorials/Rules 7 [e-mail](579)1Jul99 08:00
Rules Are Not Case Sensitive

It is important to realise that Ameol2 disregards case when matching a rule.
So a rule set up to match Junk in the Subject field will match all of the
following:

     This is a junk message
     Warning! Junk E-Mail!
     This is the JUNK MAILER list

Also, Ameol2 does not restrict matching complete words. So if the matching
string appears inside a word, it will match. The following subject fields
will all match a rule that looks for the string '4020' in the Subject.

          HP i4020 printer problems
          Re: GPF in address 80040206A

>>>Tutorials/Rules 8 [e-mail](1309)1Jul99 08:00
How To Specify A Rule To or From A Person

For the From and To field, you can specify either a username or a
fully-qualified e-mail address. A username is the name to the LEFT of any
'@' symbol in an e-mail address. The qualified address is a persons FULL
e-mail address including their domain.

               Username: test
      Qualified Address: [e-mail]

If you specify a username only, then mail to that username from ANY domain will
match. Given the above example, mail from or to any of the following will match
a username of simon:

               [e-mail]
               [e-mail]
               [e-mail]
               [e-mail]

The following will NOT match:

               [e-mail]
               [e-mail]

If you specify a fully qualified address, then only mail from or to that address
will match. In the examples given above, only mail from or to
[e-mail] will match.

To match ANY user within a particular domain, specify the domain:

               @example.cix.co.uk

If you specify this in the From or To field, then e-mail to or from any of the
following will match the rule:

               [e-mail]
               [e-mail]
               [e-mail]

>>>Tutorials/Usenet 1 [e-mail](653)1Jul99 08:00
Joining a Usenet newsgroup

To join a Usenet newsgroup, choose Subscribe from the News menu and in
the Subscribe dialog, enter the name of the newsgroup.

Ameol2 permits you to just download the headers of news articles or the
entire article. Because Usenet news is a vast collection of usually quite
long articles, downloading the entire articles can take a long time and
make for an expensive download. So you have the option of only retrieving
the headers which will give you basic information about the rest of the
article. If you think an article is interesting, you can Tag it so that
next time you connect, Ameol2 will retrieve the full article.

>>>Tutorials/Usenet 2 [e-mail](471)1Jul99 08:00
Resigning from a Usenet newsgroup

To resign a Usenet newsgroup, choose the Unsubscribe command from the News
menu. If the newsgroup was on the CIX Conferencing news server, Ameol2
places a resign command in the Out Basket to instruct CIX Usenet to
explicitly resign the newsgroup for you. If the newsgroup was from an
internet news server then Ameol2 simply stops collecting articles from that
newsgroup.

You can rejoin a resigning newsgroup by resubscribing to it.

>>>Tutorials/Usenet 3 [e-mail](542)1Jul99 08:00
Tagging articles

By default, Ameol2 only downloads the headers of Usenet articles unless
you have explicitly asked it to download the full article. To obtain the
full article given the header, you need to Tag it for collection. Choose
the Tag command from the Message menu and the article will be marked as
tagged.

Not all tagged articles can be retrieved. Many news servers 'expire'
articles after a period of time and expired articles cannot be retrieved.
Ameol2 will tell you if an article could not be retrieved because it was
expired.

>>>Tutorials/Usenet 4 [e-mail](431)1Jul99 08:00
Watching interesting threads

Sometimes you might spot a message which you find interesting and you
would like to retrieve the full articles for any comments to that
message. Ameol2 allows you to 'watch' a thread so that the full article
for any comments to a watched thread are automatically retrieved.

To watch a thread, choose the Watch command from the Message menu. A
little icon appears next to messages in watched threads.

>>>Tutorials/Usenet 5 [e-mail](746)1Jul99 08:00
Decoding attachments in binary newsgroups

Ameol2 supports decoding of encoded attachments in messages posted to
binary newsgroups. Both Uuencoding and Mime/base64 decoding are
supported.

If you come across a message which contains an attachment, choose Decode
Binary Attachment from the Message menu and Ameol2 will create the
decoded file in your Attach subdirectory. An icon representing the
decoded file will also appear at the beginning of the message, replacing
the encoded information. You can click the icon to open the attachment.

Ameol2 always warns before you open attachments as there is the
possibility that the attachment may be a rogue program or a virus. So
take care and do NOT run any program that you do not know to be safe.

>>>Tutorials/V2.52 1 [e-mail](247)1Jul99 08:00
Ameol v2.52

This version is a maintenance release which addresses problems reported
in Ameol v2.51 and includes Y2K fixes. Full details of the changes and
fixes in this build are listed in chfix252.txt in your Ameol directory.

Ameol Development