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FREEWARE! FREEWARE! FREEWARE! FREEWARE! FREEWARE! FREEWARE!
SENDIP ver. 1.00 for users of Internet telephone apps
This program is absolutely free. It may be distributed and modified
in any way. The Surf'n Rexx DLL, though, may ONLY be used by this
program and not for anything else unless you are a licensed user of
Surf'n Rexx.
This program was designed for internet users who have a
slip or PPP dial-up account.
The purpose of this program is to query your I.P. address (AFTER you have
dialed in and connected) and automatically save it to a file and send it to
another person by email.
I am a registered and happy user of Intercom for OS/2 inet telephone program.
I borrowed one of the sample rexx scripts from Surf'n Rexx and merged it with
another legally pilfered rexx script and kludged this together so I would
not be dependent upon the ICTalk server that the folks at Intercom use
to connect people up. Intercom for OS/2 is an awesome program but I
just didn't want to be stuck using their ICTalk server as the only way
of resolving IP addresses between regular people I talk to through our dial up
accounts.
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ATTENTION :
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ALL of these files (except this readme.doc) should be kept in the same
directory for the program to run properly. This program consists of 5
files : defaults.txt
README.DOC
sendipad.cmd
sendnote.lst
surfrexx.dll
In addition to this the program creates the file IPADR.DOC after it is ran the
first time.
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Set Up :
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Modify the following to use for your self :
1. Open the DEFAULTS.TXT file and change the :SMTP_SERVER. setting
to your mail server.
2. Change the :TARGET_ADDRESS. setting to the e-mail address of the
person who will be the default target address.
3. If it applies to you change the :POP_ID. and the :POP_PW. settings.
They are for your pop server and your password.
4. You might also need to change the :TIME_ZONE. setting.
5. Load the REXX script SENDIP.CMD into an editor and change the
FROM_NAME = variable (line 6) to your name and e-mail address instead
of mine.
6. Optionally you can (but don't have to) change the other string variables used by
modifying the LINEOUT calls on lines 31-40.
7. If you want to be able to send you IP address to a list of people then open
and modify SENDNOTE.LST appropriately.
note: You can actually test this program partially while off line. Just execute
SENDIPAD.CMD after you have made the above modifications and you'll be prompted
3 times. Just press ENTER three times to accept the defaults and when it is
finished check the ipadr.doc to see what it wrote to the file. The IPADR.DOC
is the actual file that will be mailed. IPADR.DOC is created when you run the
SENDIPAD.CMD program for the first time.
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USING the program
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SENDIPAD only works while you are connected on line!
This section assumes you have commpleted the SetUp section above.
You can run this program a couple ways.
1 : Put a program (or shadow) object on the desktop for SENDIPAD.CMD
and double click it to begin.
2. Accept the defaults as you are prompted for your mail server, file to be sent, and
the target address and press ENTER each time.
3. If you have more than one mail server you can of course override the default
server and type in the one you want.
You can also override the document to be sent default choice and type in another
one if desired. And of course you can override the default target address if
desired.
4. To mail to multiple people at the same time just override the default target
address with the file name SENDNOTE.LST. Modify this file to hold your mailing
list.
ALTERNATELY :
You could open the setting pop up for the program (or shadow) object for SENDIPAD.CMD
and type in your defaults into the Optional Parameters field. If you do this you will not
be prompted. It will just utilize the settings and run the program. This does not mean
that you have to change or delete the defaults in DEFAULTS.TXT.
For example (in the Optional Parameters field) : mail.mynet.com ipadr.doc me@mynet.com
OR mail.mynet.com ipadr.doc sendnote.lst
In the second example it would use the list of target addresses in the file sendnote.lst
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USING WITH the Intercom for OS/2 internet telephone program :
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I use this with Intercom (ver. 3.03) and bypass their server by making 2
changes in their settings notebook.
1. Servers page - Uncheck the 'Connect to ICTalk servers at startup' option.
2. System page - Uncheck the 'Dynamic IP address' option
After you log onto the internet run SENDIPADR.CMD and start up Intercom. When your
target person(s) get your e-mail letter(s) they can start their Intercom program and
use the manual dial feature. They can just press the Call button and stick in the
I.P. address they just received into the Manual Dial IP field and call you.
This works great if you have regular or semi regular schedules with people and
completely bypasses using any other servers (other than your own respective internet
providers).
If you are not using Intercom you should take a look at it - it's cool! Available at :
http://www.ixworld.com/ic/
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That's all folks!
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Feel free to modify, bend, warp, etc. for your own use .....
---Gary L. Robinson