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^Frequently Asked Questions - WSOMR V1.01
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by: Mary Draganis [email: kira@zip.com.au]
Version 2 - June 1995
This is the second edition of the WSOMR FAQ and will answer basic
questions regarding the newest member of the Offline Readers.
The WSOMR - Wang's Offline Mail Reader is a new concept. It has the
ability to read four different methods of offline packets.
Internet (RFC): The Internet packet is compiled by the program
wsmail.c which when configured on your unix shell account has the
ability to download your inbox to be read offline by the WSOMR.
This file is a plain ASCII text file that can be compressed for
download by zipping it.
SOUP: Soup is a method used by most unix machines. It has the ability
to thread and not lose continuity. A Soup packet is created by UQWK
which is a program that is set up on the internet provider. If your
internet provider does not have UQWK installed, ask your system
administrator to install the program.
QWK: QWK has been the standard format for offline reading in the majority
of Bulletin Boards (BBS) around the world. It has limitations. It won't
handle Usenet News very well and will cut off Internet addresses.
Bluewave: Bluewave is also a popular method for BBS's around the world.
It has the ability to be configured offline and doesn't have the
limitations of QWK.
Now you may have the opportunity to use all of these formats or just one
of them and that's where WSOMR comes into into own - whatever format you
have - it will read it.
Q. How do I set up wsmail.c?
A. Upload wsmail into your home directory - usually this is the directory
where you are when you log into your internet account. To set up wsmail.c:
cc wsmail.c
If you have any problems in compiling this, please read the document
Internet.txt that came with WSOMR.
This should produce a file called a.out. If you are not sure if it has
been produced try this:
ls
this will show you all the files in your home directory. Once you have
a.out then follow these instructions:
mv a.out wsmail
This has created your wsmail file to be able to make Internet (RFC) mail
packets.
Q. How do I download mail using wsmail?
A. Type in:
wsmail m Internet.dat
this will create the mail packet. Now zip the packet for easier download
zip Internet.001 internet.dat
then download the mail packet Internet.001 to read offline.
Q. I've read the packet and replied, now how do I upload my Internet
messages?
A. Upload the Internet.txt reply packet (this is not zipped but you can
do it manually to save time in upload time). The run wsmail:
wsmail r Internet.txt
Your messages will be sent. If you want the Internet.txt file deleted then
run wsmail r- internet.txt
Q. How do I download a SOUP packet?
A. Make sure that UQWK is installed on your internet provider's machine.
To find out if it is installed, type the commands:
uqwk +m +r +L
This should produce a *.MSG and AREAS file. The above commands were for
the uqwk program to collect your mail (+m) not to empty your mailbox (+r)
and to be in a SOUP format (+L).
When you have the above files you will need to compress them. Run zip on
your unix machine:
zip Somemail.Zip *.MSG AREAS
then download. Make sure to remove the *.MSG and AREAS files. The
files are in Uppercase.
Q. How do I upload a SOUP Packet?
A. Log into your internet provider and upload replies:
rz soup.rep
Then unzip the reply packet:
unzip -U soup.rep [Make sure that the -U is present because the reply
packet will not function properly if that is not present]
uqwk +L -RREPLIES
This will send your replies.
Q. How do I make QWK and Bluewave packets?
A. Assuming you are on an internet provider you follow these directions:
QWK and Bluewave (Bave) function basically the same way. To download a
QWK/Bwave packet:
uqwk +m +X +W [ the kludge +X is for expert mode in QWK and the +W
is for Bwave]
This will produce *.ndx, control.dat and messages.dat files.
Compress these files into a packet by zipping them.
zip somebbs.qwk *.ndx messages.dat control.dat
then download the packet.
If you are on a BBS, the BBS will have a mail door that will do all the
above automatically. You just download the mail as per normal.
Q. How do I upload QWK/Bwave packets?
A. Log into your Internet provider and upload the file: *.rep
Unzip the file: unzip *.rep
then send the replies: uqwk -m -Rmessages.dat
Should you be on a BBS this will be automated once you upload your reply
packet.
Q. How do I configure WSOMR?
A. Config.exe should be run to be able to configure your version of
WSOMR. This file can be found in the WSOMR directory. You can figure the
upload and download directory, name of folders, name of the editor you
will use.
Q. Does WSOMR have an address book?
A. Yes. The file is called WSOMR.ADR. You can automatically update the
address book when reading messages.
Q. What are taglines?
A. A tagline is an amusing ending of a message. It enhances messages or
can give important information like your email address. To turn this
feature on in WSOMR, run Config.exe and turn the tagline feature on.
Q. What do I do if I want to add my name and email address to the end of
my message? Do I type it in manually?
A. WSOMR has the added feature of adding your signature to the end of
email messages in all formats. It doesn't add the signature to Newsgroup
messages. To configure this option, run Config.exe and in the Personal
Info section add the name of the path that your signature file is located.
Eg. c:\wsomr\mysig.txt. Then create the file and name it mysig.txt. An
example of the sig file can be this:
------------ MaryD --------------
-------kira@mpx.com.au--------
Or anything that is in ASCII format. A tip: Don't make your signature
file too big but they can be elaborate or simple.
Q. How do I get WSOMR to recognise the message packet?
A. When you first fire up WSOMR it gives you the option to tell it which
mail packet you want to read and in which format. Select the format that
your packet is in:
B - Bluewave
I - Internet
Q - QWK packet
S - Soup packet
Once you have done this then select NEW and enter the packet name. If you
have download the packet from a bulletin board you will enter the BBS's
name. I belong to the Australian PC Users Group where I collect my Fidonet
mail from in Bluewave format. I enter PCUGMAIL. WSOMR will look for this
name in the directory already selected.
Q. Can I change the download directory where WSOMR looks for packets?
A. Yes. This version of the WSOMR has that ability. At the main menu press F3
and enter the new directory path way.
Q. What is that file that is created in my upload directory that ends with
*.$SP?
A. That is the reply packet that WSOMR reads from if you want to edit the
reply packet. If you accidently delete the *.rep packet for SOUP or Internet
replies you can a form of backup. This file is only create for SOUP or
Internet replies.
Q. What is the use of folders?
A. Quite a few times you will find that you want to save messages
that have use information. You can do this by saving a message that
interests you to a folder in the inmail or outmail directory. A
special feature only found in the Internet format is the ability
when to save email messages to a file that can be viewed like any
normal Internet.txt packet. This feature is handy when keeping a
record of all email messages received in the month or week.
Q. What editor do I use?
A. There are quite a few editors (shareware and commercial) that
will work with WSOMR. The most popular one is Qedit. MS-DOS's ed.exe
is sufficient if you don't have any other choice <g>
Q. A friend has sent me a file that is MIME encoded, how do I
undecode it?
A. WSOMR can undecode MIME encoded files as well as UUENCODE files. To
undecode both formats, hit "D" for decode and enter a path for the file
to be decoded.
Please contact me Mary Draganis [kira@zip.com.au] or
Frank Wang [wang@durian.usc.edu.ph] if you have any questions that
are not in this FAQ.