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- Getting Started. See Mail Version 1.4
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- LAN Mail Access:
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- o There are two separate processes. The first gives instructions for a
- LAN administrator to setup a completely new LAN mail system for
- users to access. The second gives the steps following this for
- individual users to sign themselves into the system from their local
- machines. An overview of each process now follows.
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- o LAN administrator:
- i - creates sub-directory on LAN for mail system. Gives all users
- full read/write/create/delete access.
- ii - LAN administrator creates LAN sub-directory for See Mail program.
- Gives read only access for users.
- iii - runs See Mail program, sets mail system default to name of mail
- sub-directory. Changes screen defaults. Saves configuration files.
- iv - Copies See Mail configuration files to LAN program sub-directory,
- along with See Mail program, help, and screens.
- v - Selects mailbox configuration, See Mail automatically creates
- the new mailbox. Administrator creates Supervisor group with
- highest access rights. Administrator joins the supervisor group
- as the master user. Further groups for users can then be setup.
- vi - LAN administrator creates MAIL batch file for other users to
- access mail system.
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- LAN Mail Access:
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- o LAN system user:
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- i - Logon to the LAN system.
- ii - Run the MAIL batch file. This will load the mail system to
- their machine from the LAN copy of See Mail.
- iii - Select mailbox configuration, and the add new user option.
- iv - Choose a group to join, and then enter new user details.
- v - Re-select add new user and join further groups as required.
- vi - Choose the create mail & then internal mail option. Verify that
- their user details are displayed in the addressee list.
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- o Full instructions are given in the documentation. If you wish to
- use LAN e-mail you MUST read the Getting Started section of either the
- printed See Mail manual, or the SEE-MAIL.DOC file.
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- Sharing LAN data banks:
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- Data banks can be shared between LAN users. These can contain anything from
- lists of client addresses to product and stock data. Users can also have
- their own private data banks at the same time.
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- o LAN administrator:
- i - creates sub-directory on LAN for data banks. Gives all users
- full read/write/update access.
- ii - creates data bank on local drive using create data bank menu
- option. Copies new data bank to LAN drive sub-directory.
- iii - Designs screen for data bank using the SCRDEF program, and copies
- new screen to the See Mail PROGRAM sub-directory. Screen should
- have same name as data bank, (i.e. address.scr and address.rlx).
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- o LAN user:
- i - Use the Setup directories options to specify location of shared
- data banks. Save configuration.
- ii - Browse shared data bank to verify access is available.
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- LAN Mail Access:
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- o See Mail uses FOLDERS to manage your mail. These include OUTGOING,
- INCOMING, SENT, UNSENT and DRAFTS.
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- o To send mail you should first create a mail item and then save it in
- your OUTGOING folder. Then you can select the open/post Internal mail
- option from the mailBox menu to actual send the mail out.
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- o You then use the Post option to send the mail item(s) to the LAN mailbox.
- If there is a problem with your outgoing mail (such as bad address) it
- will be returned to you in the UNSENT folder.
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- o You may place mail in your DRAFTS folder to review it, or finish it at
- a later time. Once it is complete you just move the file to the OUTGOING
- folder using the file utilities. Then use the mailBox open/post Internal
- mail option as before.
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- o To receive mail, use the mailBox open/post Internal mail, and then
- select receive. You will see a list of mail items, press enter against
- each item you want to receive, and then press <F10> to action the
- receive. The mail items you marked will be read to your INCOMING folder.
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- Batch Files:
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- o The following batch files have been created for your use (check the
- directory where See Mail is located):
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- SM - Runs the See Mail program for single users.
- MAIL - Runs the See Mail program for LAN users.
- CHKMAIL - Checks for incoming internal mail for LAN users.
- MCI-RES - Loads MCI Mailer, MCI Mail access program as TSR.
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