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InfoMail/386 1.20 Contents
0. CONTENTS
USER GUIDE (USER.DOC)
1. INTRODUCTION . . . . . U-2
1.1. What is InfoMail? . . . . U-2
1.2. System Requirements . . . . U-3
1.3. Disclaimer . . . . . U-3
1.4. Acknowledgements . . . . U-4
1.5. Version History . . . . . U-4
2. SETTING UP INFOMAIL . . . . U-6
2.1. The Configuration Editor . . . U-6
2.1.1. Netmail Directory . . . . U-7
2.1.2. Log File . . . . . U-7
2.1.3. AKA List . . . . . U-8
2.1.4. Other Fields to Edit . . . . U-8
2.1.5. Exiting the Configuration Editor . . U-9
2.2. Setting Up Documents . . . . U-9
2.2.1. Adding a Document . . . . U-10
2.2.2. Subject Line . . . . . U-10
2.2.3. Document Filename . . . . U-11
2.2.4. Saving the Document Record . . . U-11
2.2.5. Editing and Deleting Documents . . . U-11
2.2.6. Exiting the Document List Editor . . U-11
2.3. Creating Document Text Files . . . U-12
2.4. Testing out Your Installation . . . U-13
2.5. Running InfoMail Regularly . . . U-14
2.6. Upgrading InfoMail . . . . U-15
3. MORE CONTROL OVER YOUR DOCUMENTS . . U-18
3.1. Creating Secret Documents . . . U-18
3.1.1. Hidden Documents . . . . U-18
3.1.2. Password Protection . . . . U-18
3.2. Using Expandable Macros . . . . U-19
3.2.1. Program Information . . . . U-20
3.2.2. User Details . . . . . U-21
3.2.3. Document Record Information . . . U-22
3.2.4. Document List . . . . . U-23
3.2.5. Other Macro Considerations . . . U-24
3.3. File Attaches and Direct Messages . . U-24
3.3.1. Setting the Status Field for File Attaches . U-24
3.3.2. Considerations for File Attaches on Hold . U-25
3.3.3. Using the Status Field for Other Purposes . U-25
3.4. Remotely Updating Documents . . . U-26
3.5. Making a Document Temporarily Inactive . . U-27
Contents C- 2
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4. MORE CONTROL OF YOUR OVERALL SETUP . . U-28
4.1. Different Log Files . . . . U-28
4.2. What to Do with Inbound and Outbound Messages . U-28
4.3. Message Headers and Footers . . . U-29
4.4. Splitting Large Messages . . . U-29
4.5. Customising the Standard Responses . . U-30
4.5.1. Customising the Document List . . . U-30
4.5.2. Customising the Document Search Results . . U-31
4.5.3. Customising the Other Responses . . . U-32
4.6. Inactivating the Setup . . . . U-32
5. CONCLUSION . . . . . U-33
REFERENCE GUIDE (REF.DOC)
1. INTRODUCTION . . . . . R-2
2. THE COMMAND LINE . . . . R-3
2.1. The CONFIG command . . . . R-3
2.2. The LIST command . . . . R-3
2.3. The -MONO switch . . . . R-3
2.4. The -PATH switch . . . . R-4
2.5. The SCAN command . . . . R-4
2.6. The UPGRADE command . . . . R-4
3. THE KEYBOARD . . . . . R-5
3.1. Editing Text Fields . . . . R-5
3.2. The Configuration Editor . . . R-5
3.2.1. Editing the Configuration Record . . R-5
3.2.2. Editing the AKA List . . . . R-5
3.3. The Document List Editor . . . R-6
3.3.1. Browsing the Document List . . . R-6
3.3.2. Editing a Document Record . . . R-6
3.3.3. Editing the Message Status . . . R-7
4. CONFIGURATION FIELDS . . . . R-8
4.1. Netmail . . . . . . R-8
4.2. Log File . . . . . R-8
4.3. Active . . . . . . R-8
4.4. Max Message Size . . . . R-8
4.5. Kill Outbound Errors . . . . R-8
4.6. Requests . . . . . R-9
4.7. Updates . . . . . . R-9
4.8. Searches . . . . . R-9
4.9. Kill Inbound Requests/Updates/Searches . . R-9
4.10. Header and Footer . . . . R-9
4.11. Doc List . . . . . R-9
4.12. File Err . . . . . R-10
4.13. Inactive . . . . . R-10
4.14. Accept . . . . . . R-10
4.15. Reject . . . . . . R-10
4.16. Results . . . . . . R-10
4.17. AKA List . . . . . R-10
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5. DOCUMENT RECORD FIELDS . . . . R-11
5.1. Document . . . . . R-11
5.2. Active . . . . . . R-11
5.3. Listed . . . . . . R-11
5.4. Macros . . . . . . R-11
5.5. Routing . . . . . . R-12
5.6. Subject . . . . . . R-12
5.7. Status . . . . . . R-12
5.8. Request . . . . . . R-12
5.9. Update . . . . . . R-12
5.10. File . . . . . . R-13
5.11. 2nd File . . . . . R-13
5.12. Accesses . . . . . R-13
6. DOCUMENT MACROS . . . . . R-14
6.1. {A} - InfoMail's Address . . . R-14
6.2. {C} - Access Counter . . . . R-14
6.3. {D} - Document Name . . . . R-14
6.4. {F} - User's First Name . . . . R-15
6.5. {I} - InfoMail Request Name . . . R-15
6.6. {L} - User's Last Name . . . . R-15
6.7. {N} - User's Full Name . . . . R-15
6.8. {O} - Operating System Filename of Document . R-15
6.9. {P} - Program Name and Version . . . R-15
6.10. {S} - Document Subject Line . . . R-16
6.11. {U} - User's Address . . . . R-16
6.12. {W} - Document List . . . . R-16
6.13. {X} - Extended Document List . . . R-16
6.14. {{} - Literal Left Brace . . . R-16
7. SCREEN MESSAGES . . . . . R-18
7.1. ! Cannot create configuration file . . R-18
7.2. ! Cannot create document list file . . R-18
7.3. ! Cannot open configuration file . . R-18
7.4. ! Cannot open document list file . . R-19
7.5. ! Cannot open log file . . . . R-19
7.6. ! Cannot read netmail directory . . . R-19
7.7. ? Cannot read netmail message . . . R-19
7.8. * Conversion finished . . . . R-20
7.9. * Converting configuration file . . . R-20
7.10. * Converting document list file . . . R-20
7.11. Error: InfoMail is already running . . R-20
7.12. Error: cannot create semaphore . . . R-20
7.13. Error: cannot remove semaphore . . . R-21
7.14. Error: type INFOMAIL alone for help . . R-21
7.15. * Finished! . . . . . R-21
7.16. ! Invalid configuration file . . . R-21
7.17. ! Invalid document list file . . . R-22
7.18. ! Missing or invalid configuration file . . R-22
7.19. ! Missing or invalid document list file . . R-22
7.20. ! No netmails to read . . . . R-22
7.21. * Processing request from... . . . R-22
7.22. * Processing search from... . . . R-23
7.23. * Processing update from... . . . R-23
Contents C- 4
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8. LOG FILE ENTRIES . . . . R-24
8.1. ? Cannot open document file... . . . R-24
8.2. ! Cannot read netmail directory . . . R-25
8.3. ? Cannot read netmail message . . . R-25
8.4. ? Cannot write netmail message . . . R-25
8.5. - Document list closed . . . . R-25
8.6. - Document list opened . . . . R-25
8.7. ! Missing or invalid document list . . R-25
8.8. ! No netmails to read . . . . R-26
8.9. * Processing request from... . . . R-26
8.10. * Processing search from... . . . R-26
8.11. * Processing update from... . . . R-26
8.12. + Sending document list to... . . . R-26
8.13. + Sending document... . . . . R-26
8.14. + Sending file error to... . . . R-26
8.15. + Sending inactive document error to... . . R-27
8.16. + Sending reject message to... . . . R-27
8.17. + Sending search results to... . . . R-27
8.18. + Sending update confirmation to... . . R-27
8.19. + Updated document... . . . . R-27
9. MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION . . . R-28
9.1. InfoMail Directory Contents . . . R-28
9.1.1. INFOMAIL.EXE - The InfoMail Executable . . R-28
9.1.2. CWSDPMI.EXE - The DPMI Server . . . R-28
9.1.3. *.DOC - The Main Documentation . . . R-28
9.1.4. FILE_ID.DIZ/*.TXT - Minor Documentation Files . R-29
9.1.5. *.SAM - The Sample Files . . . R-29
9.1.6. INFOMAIL.CFG - The Configuration File . . R-30
9.1.7. INFOMAIL.DAT/INFOMAIL.NDX - The Document List . R-30
9.1.8. INFOMAIL.CF$/INFOMAIL.DA$ - Upgrade Backups . R-30
9.2. The INFOMAIL Environment Variable . . R-30
9.3. Defaults . . . . . R-30
9.4. Limits . . . . . . R-31
Contents C- 5
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DEVELOPER'S GUIDE (DEV.DOC)
1. INTRODUCTION . . . . . D-2
2. THE CONFIGURATION FILE . . . . D-3
2.1. The NETMAIL field . . . . D-4
2.2. The LOGFILE field . . . . D-5
2.3. The FLAGS field . . . . . D-5
2.4. The REQUEST field . . . . D-6
2.5. The UDPATE field . . . . D-6
2.6. The SEARCH field . . . . D-6
2.7. The HEADER field . . . . D-6
2.8. The FOOTER field . . . . D-7
2.9. The DOCLIST field . . . . D-7
2.10. The NOFILE field . . . . D-7
2.11. The INACTIV field . . . . D-7
2.12. The ACCEPT field . . . . D-7
2.13. The REJECT field . . . . D-7
2.14. The RESULTS field . . . . D-7
2.15. The SPLIT field . . . . . D-7
2.16. The AKA LIST records . . . . D-8
3. THE DOCUMENT LIST FILES . . . . D-9
3.1. The DELETED field . . . . D-10
3.2. The DOCNAME field . . . . D-11
3.3. The FLAGS field . . . . . D-11
3.4. The SUBJECT field . . . . D-11
3.5. The ATTR field . . . . . D-11
3.6. The REQUEST field . . . . D-12
3.7. The UPDATE field . . . . D-12
3.8. The FILE field . . . . . D-12
3.9. The SECFILE field . . . . D-12
3.10. The COUNTER field . . . . D-12
3.11. Details of the Index File . . . D-12
INDEX (INDEX.DOC)
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