CompuServe MAPI 1 Services for Windows 95   (5/16/95)

What's New? (since M8)

1.  Connect settings have been greatly simplified and have been reorganized to conform to the Windows 95 tabbed dialog user interface "look and feel".

2.  Telephony is now the EXCLUSIVE connector type used by the provider.  This will allow for much better cooperation between different providers regarding modem hardware usage.

3.  MAPI driver settings are now stored in the Windows registry, instead of CIS.INI.  This change will prevent conflicts with older WINCIM products that are not yet TAPI aware, and allows for better support for multiple MAPI configuration profiles.

4.  The	"Connect at Startup" setting will not be processed until 10-15 seconds after the mail client has first been started to allow sufficient time for other providers (such as FAX) to initialize the modem for their needs first.

5.  A bug in the M8 version (namely a missing element in a WNDCLASS structure definition), which occasionally prevented UI progress dialogs from properly appearing, has been corrected.

6.  CCTN220.DLL is no longer distributed in this provider file set.  As a result, overall file size and disk space requirements have been greatly reduced, by approximately 170K.

EASY INSTALLATION

To add CompuServe services to a MAPI profile, add the following option to your profile using the MAPI profile Wizard:

                          CompuServe Mail

The wizard will ask for the information needed to properly configure the CompuServe provider.

Tips for using this release:

- The address type of our MAPI provider is:  CompuServe

	If you enter new CUSTOM address entries into the Microsoft Personal Address Book for delivery through CompuServe Mail, make sure you specify the address type above.  (Entries added into the CompuServe Address Book are automatically designated to be for CompuServe Mail.)

- By default, the driver is set up to delete retrieved mail from the host computer.  If this is not the desired behavior, you may easily change the behavior by accessing the "Mail and FAX" item within the Windows 95 control panel.  Simply edit the properties of the profile of interest, followed by editing the properties for the CompuServe Mail transport.

- If you are unable to dial the modem and/or establish a connection, use the following checklist:

	- Make sure you have installed your modem under the Windows 95 control panel.

	- Ensure that the phone number you have supplied supports the baud rate that your modem is configured to use.

	- Check that the CompuServe Parent directory points to the proper location so that the connect script files are found.  (Check that the connect scripts (*.SCR files) are located in the \SCRIPTS subdirectory, underrneath your CompuServe parent directory.  For example:  "C:\CSERVE\SCRIPTS\*.SCR").

-  A typical map of the CompuServe support file structure looks like this:

	c:\cserve    
                |- support (ADDRBOOK.DAT, CISHDR.DAT)
                |- scripts (*.SCR)

Reporting Problems / Questions / Comments

Please send any problem reports, questions, or comments to the WINBTU forum on CompuServe.  Any updates or fixes to our service provider may also be found in this forum.