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- Short: Convert mail files to a format readable with AmigaGuide
- Author: steigies@physik.uni-kiel.d400.de (Christian Steigies)
- Uploader: steigies@physik.uni-kiel.d400.de (Christian Steigies)
- Version: 0.13
- Type: text/hyper
- Requires: ixemul library
-
- Have you ever tried to read your email at home (with your Amiga which has
- no connection to the Internet)?
- I know of two solutions for this problem:
- Using a text viewer or using AmigaELM. The first solution is probably the
- easiest and fastest, though its not very comfortable to use.
- The second is very nice, as AmigaELM looks very much like the ELM I use at
- university. BUT its a quite large program, needs a little bit of work to
- install on your HD and is a little slow on my good old A2000.
-
- Mail2guide is a simple program which converts mail files into a format
- which is easily readable with AmigaGuide.
-
- Usage:
- Mail2guide <infile> <outfile>
-
- While converting the file you will see the subject and adress of the mail
- currently converted.
- For displaying the outfile every guideviewer should work (I use the ZShell
- for this, as there is an AmigaGuideViewer included :-)
- The main page shows all the mails found with adress and subject in one
- row. By clicking on the adress the mail body will be shown to you.
- The subject gives you the mail header (this may sound a bit strange, but
- this way it looks a little like ELM, if you don't like it this way, tell
- me or change it in the source).
- You can browse from one mail to the next or previous mail with the > and <
- keys. The same thing works for the headers. The beginning of a mail body
- shows you a button to read the header belonging to this mail, as well as
- every mail header has a button at the end to read the mail body.
- Whereever you are, the Contents will bring you back to the main page.
-
- Mail files should be converted correctly to a Guide file. I do not check
- (yet) weather the entries in the header are valid, only for end of header.
- As there happen to be some problems with the @ and " chars sometimes they
- are converted to * and ' ("->' only in the node-titles).
-
- If you find problems/bugs with this program feel free to drop me a mail.
-
- Mail2guide was compiled with GNU C version 2.5.8 (requires ixemul.library).
- This program is freeware (that means you dont have to send me lots of
- money but I wont stop you...), the sourcecode is included.
- There is no warranty for this program, use at your own risk!
-
- Future:
- With a little bit of work the @ and " chars might be displayed correctly.
- I will perhaps include something to handle uuencoded files, like decoding
- by pressing a button or so.
-
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- 7568 3541 53.2% 17-Nov-95 00:48:04 Mail2guide
- 8047 2142 73.3% 17-Nov-95 00:46:24 Mail2guide.c
- 2606 1270 51.2% 17-Nov-95 00:40:06 Mail2guide.readme
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- 18221 6953 61.8% 20-Nov-95 14:37:40 3 files
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