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AEMAIL151 - Release 1.51 of AEMAIL
March 21, 1998
AEMail is copyright (c) 1996-98 by John F. Zacharias, all rights reserved.
Permission is given to Beta Testers to test and evaluate the program in
return for feedback on the use of the program and reporting of any bugs
encountered.
This archive (or diskette) has the following files, including this Readme
file (and it's icon), and 2 directories:
AEMAIL.Readme
AEMAIL.Readme.info
Installer
Install.txt
Install.txt.info
Install_AEMail
Install_AEMail.info
files.lha when expanded after the install contains:
AEMail, the AEMail executable
AEMail.inf, a file used to create the AEMail.info icon file
AEMail.doc
AEMail.doc.info
AEMail.guide
AEMail.guide.info
email.txt
email.txt.info
ARexx.lha archive when expanded contains ARexx documentation and
sample ARexx scripts. Read the ARexx.readme in this directory
after the install to see what's in it.
mailcap
startnet.miami
stopnet.miami
registration.form
The directories are C, which contains the display program "more" and "lhex"
for expanding the files.lha, and S, which contains a script, AEMced.scr,
for calling the CygnusED editor. The "AEMced.scr" script is no longer
needed but is left in to show how a script can be used to call an editor.
In addition, if you received a registered diskette version, a program
called AEMR is included. This program is used by the installation script
to upgrade the un-registered version to a registered version. If you
already have a registered version, your new version will be automatically
upgraded to a registered version without the AEMR program.
This is Version 1.51 of AEMail (Amiga EMail), an InterNet Mail User Agent
(Client), which can be used on an Amiga to retrieve mail from, and send
mail to, a POP3 server. It requires a TCP/IP stack compatible with AmiTCP
and AmigaDos 2.1 or later. AEMail has been tested with AmiTCP, TermiteTCP,
and Miami.
AEMail can also be used as a "MailTo" agent in WWW browsers, such as
IBrowse, Voyager and AWeb, which allow the user to specify such an agent
for composing and sending email. You can also call AEMail with an already
composed message from another program and queue or send the message.
AEMail Version 1.51 is a minor upgrade that corrects some last minute bugs
found after Version 1.50 was released.
The major enhancement in Version 1.50 was the addition of ARexx support.
AEMail now has a very powerful set of ARexx commands that can be used to
control AEMail from external ARexx scripts. You can also execute ARexx
scripts and AmigaDOS scripts from within AEMail.
Version 1.50 also corrects a number of bugs found with Version 1.43.
Version 1.50 was only released at the Gateway Amiga'98 show.
A complete list of new features, changes and the bugs corrected with
version 1.51 and Version 1.50 are given at the end of the AEMail.readme
file and also in the AEMail.guide file.
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WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING
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When you send your first message with any new version AEMail, a special
"Notification" message will be sent to me. Besides the normal header
information, the body of this message will contain the following information
(obtained from your configuration file):
Your email address
Your Real Name
Your POP3 Server name
Your SMTP Server name
Your SMTP Domain Name
Your editor call
The version of the Exec (OS) that you are using
Your Display ID (from the screen mode setting)
Your Overscan Type (from the screen mode setting)
Base configuration file name
Currently active configuration file name
Mail directory
This information is provided to help me determine and debug problems with
AEMail. Future versions may contain more or less information as the need
arises. The configuration file name is only that - the file name, and
does not include any configuration information. It is sent primarily to
see what users are using the alternate configuration file feature of AEMail.
PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT NONE OF THE INFORMATION THAT I INCLUDE IN THIS
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NOTIFICATION MESSAGE WILL ALLOW ME OR ANY OTHERS TO ACCESS YOUR EMAIL
ACCOUNT!
Most of the Internet information is public information and can be obtained
from your service provider.
I WILL KEEP THIS INFORMATION IN STRICT CONFIDENCE. IF YOU DO NOT WANT
THIS INFORMATION DIVULGED TO ME, DO NOT USE AEMAIL!
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I am including this warning because of concerns expressed to me by some
people.
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WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING
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This version of AEMail provides certain features only to registered users
(those paying the shareware fee). These features (not available to
unregisterd users) are:
Ability to use multiple signature files.
Ability to add user defined headers to a message.
Ability to shrink or expand group entries in Address Book displays.
Enhanced speed on message displays.
Password protection for separate configurations.
Filtering messages on "Other Message Hdrs".
Filtering messages on the content of the message body.
Certain ARexx commands (consult AEMail-ARexx.doc)
For those of you that have used AEMail 1.15, you will notice that for
UN-REGISTERED users, the display speed for messages will return to what it
was prior to release 1.15.
AEMail is now shareware with a registration fee of $30 (US dollars). Read
the details of this in the AEMail.Readme file or the AEMail.guide file.
There is a very convenient Install script (Install_AEMail) for installing
(and configuring) AEMail. It uses Amiga Technologies Installer program
which is included with the archive. Please read the "Install.txt" file
before attempting to install AEMail.
If you are updating from a version of AEMail prior to 1.10 you should use
the "Expert" level of the Install script in order to locate where you
previously located AEMail. Releases after 1.10 will be able to determine
where AEMail has been placed if you use the Install_AEMail script to
install both the prior version AND this version.
Besides the AEMail.Readme file, three documentation files have been
provided: AEMail.doc, AEMail-ARexx.doc, and AEMail.guide. The AEMail.doc
and the AEMail-ARrxx.doc files are flat ASCII files that are designed to
create a printout of the documentation. Except for form feeds, NO
FORMATTING COMMANDS ARE EMBEDDED IN THIS FILE so you need a file printing
program to print it out.
AEMail.guide, on the otherhand, is an AmigaGuide file. It's icon calls
MultiView; however, after the install operation the icon's default tool
will be changed to AmigaGuide if you are running under AmigaDos 2.1.
AEMail-ARexx.doc is an extraction of the ARexx section from the .doc file
and stored as a separate file. This file, like the AEMail.doc file, can
be printed out and consulted separately. It is found in the ARexx
directory under the main AEMail directory after the install.
Also included is a special file called email.txt which is a generally
discussion about email. Beginning users who are not knowledgable as to how
email works or are unfamiliar with some of the terminology should read this
file. It will be found in the documentation drawer after the install.
Thanks,
- John (jzachar@calweb.com)
http://www.calweb.com/~jzachar