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About Image Machines Corp.

Image Machines Corporation is a world-wide leader in large format imaging hardware and software products. We develop CCITT Group 4 Tiled compression and expansion products designed specifically for the large-format market. Our products are used in engineering drawing management environments, manufacturing sites, drawing archiving sites, mapping agencies and image scanning service bureaus. We support a number of different scanners, plotters and aperture card scanners from companies such as: Xerox Versatec, Vidar, CalComp, Atlantek, Photomatrix, Houston Instruments, Mekel, TDC and more.

To learn more about our company and our other products please don't hesitate to contact our Imaging Sales Director at:

Image Machines Corporation
590 Herndon Parkway
Herndon, VA 22070

Telephone: (703) 709-7475
Fax: (703) 709-8966
CompuServe: 71165, 2641


About NvMail

NvMail is an electronic mail (E-Mail) facility for Windows and Windows NT. NvMail was designed to make your daily office communications more efficient, more manageable and definitely more fun. NvMail provides a rich set of sophisticated electronic mail capabilities including built-in support for voice messages using and Windows compatible sound product. NvMail also offers a convenient mechanism for managing telephone messages.

NvMail offers four types of messages. Select one of the buttons below for a more detailed description.


Mail Messages

Mail messages are an important part of NvMail. The form for mail messages was designed to be easy to use. You can assign different priorities to your mail message as well as attach files created with other Windows and DOS applications. You can compose detailed messages containing as many as 32,000 characters. Received messages can be saved, printed, replied to and even forwarded to other NvMail users. Use your mouse on the image to pop-up additional information about mail messages.


Addressing Messages

Addressing messages is easy using the dialog box shown below. You simply select one or more NvMail user names from the far right list box and press one of the address type buttons (TO, CC and BCC) from the middle panel. Of course you can also double-click on individual user names to speed-select listbox entries.


Telephone Messages

Are you using pink telephone message slips in your office? Tired of the clutter, the waste and the hard-to-read writing? With NvMail's built-in telephone message forms you won't mind taking messages any more. With just the push of a button you can pull up the following dialog (use your mouse on the image to pop-up additional information about phone messages):

NvMail makes it easy to keep track of telephone messages. You can archive messages you receive that you want saved. Outgoing phone messages can also be saved automatically to your archive providing a carbon-copy like feature.


Voice Messages

NvMail was the first and is still the only full-featured E-Mail package for Windows with built-in support for voice messages. Sure, some of the other E-Mail vendors allow you to embed recorder files into their messages - but that's awkward and time consuming. Only NvMail let's to press one button to reach a powerful, easy-to-use control panel for recording and sending voice messages. Use your mouse on the image to pop-up additional information about voice messages.

NvMail's voice messaging feature works with ANY Windows and Windows NT compatible WAV audio sound board. This includes the following products:

Creative Labs Sound Blaster
Media Vision Thunderboard
Logitech AudioMan
Disney Sound Source (play only)
Compaq Computer PC's with "Business Audio"


Ez-Note Messages

Ez-Notes provide you with a means to create free-form messages containing text and graphics. A floating toolbar provides provides a quick and easy way to select the different types of objects that can be drawn. Why be constrained by pre-defined forms. With Ez-Notes you can create a mail message that looks any way you please and send it to anyone in your office. Use your mouse on the image to pop-up additional information about Ez-Notes.


Special Features of NvMail

NvMail has several special features which set it apart from other electronic mail packages. For one, NvMail is the most affordable, full-featured, technically supported E-mail product for Windows today.

Here are some other important features and benefits NvMail offers:

Highly iconic,easy-to-learn and use interface
Message listwith lots of information
Attachment embedding and linking
Public and private group lists
Message recall
Powerful archiving (folder) facility
Voice message capability
Free-form drawing messages
Easy-to-use telephone messages
Configurable notification control
Configurable user interface settings
Sculpted 3D user interface (configurable)
On-line, context-sensative Windows help
Event sounds compatible with all WAV audio files
Built-in PC speaker driver
Support for Windows compatible WAV audio devices
Compatible with Windows NT


Network Support

NvMail works with a wide variety of networks. In fact, any network or networking environment that's compatible with Microsoft Windows or Windows NT will support NvMail. This includes:

Novell NetWare
Novell NetWare Lite
Artisoft LANtastic
Microsoft LAN Manager
Microsoft Windows for Workgroups
NFS/PC-NFS
Invisible Software's InvisibleLAN
3COM 3+Open
Sitka (Sun) TOPS
Banyan Vines


Ordering NvMail

Thank you for your interest in NvMail. We're confident that once you examine all of your E-Mail purchasing options you'll decide that NvMail is the overall best product available for your network.

We have three (3) versions of the product available: a 10-user pack for $295, a 25-user pack for $495 and an unlimited user pack for $995. We accept Visa or Mastercard credit card orders, C.O.D. company checks and purchase orders from large well-known corporations. International orders should be made using a credit card to simplify exchange rate calculations. NvMail is offered with a 30-day money back guarantee. You can't afford not to try it!

NvMail is shipped with both 5 1/4" and 3 1/2" diskettes. Please feel free to phone, fax or E-Mail your orders to Image Machines at:

Telephone: (703) 709-7475
 Fax: (703) 709-8966
 CompuServe: 71165,2641

 Image Machines Corporation
 590 Herndon Parkway
 Herndon, VA 22070

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Copyright

NvMail is Copyright (C) 1992, 1993 by Image Machines Corporation and is protected by the copyright laws of the United States of America. All rights are reserved. Windows and Windows NT are tradenames of Microsoft Corporation. All other product and brand names are copyright and trademarked by their respective owners.


Disclaimer

Information used to created this electronic help file is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Image Machines Corporation. The software described in this help file is furnished under agreement and may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of an NvMail license agreement found in the written documentation that accompanies the product.


Selected Recipients
These are the names of users that have been selected to receive the mail message.


Addressing Forms
NvMail supports TO, CC and BCC (blind carbon copies) forms of mail addressing.


All NvMail Users
This listbox contains all of the NvMail users capable of receiving mail messages.


Address Groups
NvMail supports both private and public group lists. Group lists make sending mail to many people extremely easy.


Message Priorities
NvMail's mail messages support three (3) priorities: Normal, Reminder and Urgent. Messages that are marked as urgent appear in red in the incoming message list.


Attachments
With NvMail you can attach any number of files to a mail message. Files can be either embedded or linked to mail messages. Embedded attachments are actually copied into the message file and sent with the mail message. Linked attachments have a special pointer inserted into the message file rather than the actual contents.

NvMail allows you to drag files from the File Manager directly into the attachment list.


Sending Mail
Press this button to send your message. If your address list is empty, Nvmail will warn you that you haven't designated any recipients.


Calvin
This image of "Calvin" from the popular comic strip "Calvin and Hobbs" by Bill Watterson was scanned using a desktop scanner and saved as a BMP file.


Ez-Note Floating Toolbar
This is the Ez-Note floating toolbar. You can select rectangle, ellipse, line, text and bitmap tools from it.


Phone Message Information
This area can be used to record important information about the caller: what their name is, what company or organization they're calling from and what their telephone number is.

When you receive a telephone message you have the option of automatically dialing the telephone number through your modem (if one is installed) or having the DTMF tones played through your PC's speaker or optionally installed Windows compatible sound board.


Phone Message Checkboxes
These checkboxes provide easily identifiable information concerning the call and mimic the layout of a standard paper telephone message pad.


Phone Message Subject
NvMail allows you to enter extremely detailed text into its phone messages. In fact, you can enter as many as 32,000 characters! Of course, you can also paste the text directly into the phone message from another Windows application.


Phone Message Copies
If this checkbox is marked your outgoing telephone message will automatically be copied to your archive folder area. This provides a carbon-copy like capability sometimes required in offices.


Phone List
This pull-down listbox contains the names of everyone in your office. You can speed-select names by pressing the first letter of anyone's last name. Up and down arrows also help you navigate through the list.


Recording Controls
With just the touch of your mouse you can begin recording a voice message with NvMail. Recording controls are just like those found on a regular tape recorder or VCR. After you press the record button the status area of the dialog keep track of the length of your recording.

If you're worried that there might be too many long messages taking up valuable disk space rest assured that the NvMail system administrator can impose recording time limits on a system-wide basis.


Receipts and Copies
These checkboxes allow you to specify whether you would like to receive notification when your message is read or listened to as well as if you would like a copy of your outgoing message automatically saved to your default archive folder.


Message Body
This area allows you to compose your message with as many as 32,000 characters. You can type directly into the message area or paste text from another Windows application.


Message Subj
This is where you enter in a message subject. If you choose to send your message with an URGENT priority the text you type here will appear in red in the recipient's inbox message list alerting them to its important nature.


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