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DataEnter, Michael Kocum
Taborstrasse 27/23
A-1020 Vienna
AUSTRIA
CIS: 70143,1667
MHS: MICHAEL @ DEMK (via CSERVE)
Internet: michael@demk.co.at
Fax: +43/1/2143829
Introduction to MailRed
------------------------
MailRed redirects messages from a mailbox to another address
and/or sends absent notifications (out-of-office messages).
MailRed preserves the sender's address and is fully message driven.
Once installed users can start and stop redirection by simply sending
messages with commands to MailRed.
Also included is a Windows Client (MRClient.EXE) which is a simple point
and click interface to MailRed.
MailRed is avilable in English, German and French for
DOS, OS/2, Windows 95 and Windows NT.
Some suggestions as to what you can do:
- Send an absent notification so that everyone knows you are out of
office
- Redirect mail from the Admin mailbox to a real user
- Redirect mail for an out-of-office user to another person
- Redirect mail from a virtual mailbox like "Sales" or "Support" to
a real person
- Redirect mail for a user to his/her Compuserve account
(Gateway required)
- Redirect mail for a user to the Internet
(Gateway required)
- Redirect mail for a user to a fax machine
(FAX Gateway required)
System Requirements
-------------------
DOS version : DOS 3.3
Win32 version : Windows NT 3.1 or Windows 95
OS/2 version : OS/2 2.x
Microsoft Mail, version 3.2 or
Windows for Workgroups
Installation
------------
1) MailRed two things:
Firstly it redirects mail from one mailbox to another address, where
the address can be another mailbox or any other valid MS Mail address.
To do this, MailRed logs into MSMail as the mailbox and resends
the mail to the redirection address.
Secondly, it processes script files that users sent to MailRed and
builds a routing table, so that MailRed knows which mailbox to
check and to whom it should redirect the messages.
MailRed also needs a person who is responsible for its correct
operation. Any time MailRed processes a script or when it detects
an error, it sends a message to this person's mailbox.
The address of this person is located in the INI file under
"Admin". This is not the same as "Admin" in your MS Mail
environment and it should be a real person who accesses their mail
regularly.
2) MailRed requires a single user mailbox on your Microsoft Mail
system in order to work with Microsoft Mail.
You have to create this mailbox before installing MailRed. On a
Microsoft Mail Postoffice this is done via ADMIN.EXE.
MailRed needs this mailbox for communcation with the users on your
postoffice.
We suggest that you use "MailRed" as the mailbox name and
"MailRed" as the alias.
Note: No other person should use this mailbox!!!
Do not use the real Admin's mailbox for this purpose,
because MailRed seems to work but in fact doesn't.
3) Create a directory on your server and copy MailRed.EXE and
MailRed.INI into it.
We suggest that you create a directory called MailRed below your
MAILEXE, so it is clear that MailRed belongs to MS Mail.
Note: If you want to run MailRed as a Service on Microsoft NT, you
need to install it on a local drive. For more information
about MailRed as a Service read the section
"Installing MailRed as a Microsoft NT Service" below.
4) Edit MailRed.INI and change the configuration so that it will fit
your needs.
MailFax.INI is plain ASCII file where each option is on a different
line. It is similar to your WIN.INI.
The options are:
----------------
MailDrive=<drive> <drive> is the drive or path where your
mail database is located. If you have
more than one postoffice, add a line
for every postoffice.
The first line has to be the drive
where MailRed's mailbox is located.
(The one you created in step 2)
<drive> can also be the full path or
UNC name like M:\MAILDATA or
\\SERVER\SHARENAME
Note: If you want to run MailRed as a Windows
NT Service and your postoffice is not
local, you need to use UNC.
If your postoffice is local, you need
to use C:\MAILDATA or C:\AGPO or
C:\WGPO or whatever directory your
postoffice is located.
MailBox=<mailbox> <mailbox> is the mailbox which MailRed
should use. Its the mailbox you created
in step 2.
Password=<password> <password> is the password for the
mailbox you created in step 2.
Admin=<MSAddress> <MSAddress> is the full MS address of
MailRed's Admin. MailRed will send
error reports (mostly attempts with a
wrong passwords) to this address. A
sample address is:
YOURNETWORK/YOURPOSTOFFICE/YOURNAME
HelpFile=<file> <file> is the file which MailRed sends
to the user if it receives a message
with HELP in the subject or body of the
message.
WriteLogFile=<logical> If <logical> is True, MailRed will
write a log file called MRYYMMDD.LOG,
where YY is the year, MM is the month
and DD is the day.
LogPath=<path> <path> is path where MailRed will
write the log file. If <path> is empty,
MailRed writes the log into the
directory where MailRed.EXE resides.
Verbose=<logical> If <logical> is True, MailRed displays
and log everything, whereas if
<logical> is False, it will display and
log only if there is a real action.
WriteStatisticFile=<logical> If <logical> is True, MailRed will
write a statistic file called
MRYYMMDD.CSV, where YY is the year, MM
is the month and DD is the day.
You can use Excel or any other program
which imports delimited text files, to
run your statistics.
StatisticPath=<path> <path> is path where MailRed will write
the statistic file. If <path> is empty,
MailRed writes the statistic into the
directory where MailRed.EXE resides.
Language=<language> If <language> is ENG, MailRed uses
English for all its messages and log
files.
Supported values for <language> are
ENG English
DEU German
FRA French
DetectInfiniteLoop=<logical> If <logical>