Welcome to the Termite Mail Demo If you have any questions please feel free to contact us at: Oregon Research 16200 SW Pacific Hwy, Suite 162 Tigard, OR 97224 Phone: 503-620-4919 Fax: 503-624-2940 Technical Support: 503-968-9250 E-Mail: orders@orres.com info@orres.com WWW: www.orres.com/~orres Using Termite Mail ****************** Termite Mail is a Termite TCP client designed to provide basic electronic mail send and receive capabilities. Mail Settings **************** These settings specify the Internet mail resources that you will use and how you will identify yourself. These are required to send or receive any mail. Real Name This is the name that will be used to identify yourself in addition to your e-mail address. It can be your real name or a handle. It is pre-pended to your e-mail address in the From: field of the mail header when sending mail. example: From: Real Name E-Mail Address This is your Internet electronic mail address. It is usually in the form: UserName@isp.domain POP 3 Server This is the name of your ISP's POP3 mail server. This is the service used to receive mail. It is usually of the form: mail.isp.domain POP 3 User Name This is the user name you need to use to access your mail. This is usually the same as your regular login Username. POP 3 Password This is the user name you need to use to access your mail. This is usually the same as your regular login password. SMTP Server This is the name of your ISP's SMTP mail server. This is the service used to sned mail. It is usually of the form: mail.isp.domain and is often the same as the POP 3 Server name. Path Settings ************** The Path settings window allows you to tell Termite Mail where to put mail and what editor to use. Inbox drawer Where new mail files will be saved and kept pending disposition. Save Mail Drawer This is the path where mail that you decided to save will be stored. Sent Mail Drawer This is the path where mail that you send will be stored. Temporary drawer This a drawer for Termite Mail to use for temporary storage T: is recommended. Mail Editor This the program that you want to use for editing mail before sending. Save Settings ************* You have now completed all of the steps necessary to connect and access your Internet Mail account. It is important to save your settings so Termite Mail remembers them the next time you run Termite Mail. Inbox Window ************ When you run Termite Mail the Inbox window is displayed. This is the basic window that all Termite Mail's functions are accessed. The Inbox List displays information on each letter in your Inbox: Status This is a three letter code to denote the current disposition status of the letter. The codes are: * New denotes New, unread mail * (three spaces) denotes the letter has been read, but has no special status. * Ans denotes a letter that you have answered (replyed to) * Fwd denotes a letter that you have forwarded to someone * Sav denotes a letter that has been saved * Del denotes a letter that will be deleted when Termite Mail is closed. Date This is the date the letter was received at your mail server. From This person that sent you the mail, it is derived from the From: field of the mail header. Size The size of the letter in bytes Subject This the subject of the letter, it is derived from the Subject: field of the mail header. Termite Mail Functions ********************** Get Mail Click on this button to retreive new mail for your server. The Receive Mail window will appear telling you the number of new letters are left to retrieve The Demo version of Termite Mail will not delete the retrieved mail from your Server. Send Mail Click on this button to access the Send Mail function to compose a new mail message. Read Mail This button will allow to read the currently selected Inbox letter. When reading mail two new button gadgets appear. These are <> which allow you to read the previous and next letters. When reading mail, the button changes to Inbox. Clicking it will return you to the Inbox list view. Save Mail This will save the currently selected letter in the designated Save Mail drawer. Reply Mail This will start the Send Mail process allowing you to send a reply to the person who wrote the currently selected letter. You have the option of including the original letter in your reply. Forward Mail This will start the Send Mail process allowing you to send a forward the currently selected letter to a third party. Delete Mail This willcause the currently selected letter to be deleted when Termie Mail exits. Undelete Mail This unmark the currently selected file for deletion and return the letter to it's previous status. Send Mail Window **************** The following describes the functions found in the Send Mail window. The same window and functions are used for the sending a new mail, or replying to, or forwarding a letter. To This is the e-mail address of the person you are sending the letter. It may be specified in one of two forms: 1) username@isp.domain or 2) Real Name Cc A copy of the letter will be sent to the address specified here as well as to the main recipient. Subject A short description of the subject of the letter. Mail File This is the file containing the letter to be sent. In most cases you will not want to change this because Termite Mail will take care of it for you. The only reason to change this is to send a specific precomposed mail file. Include Reply? This allows to you automatically include the original letter in a reply. Save Sent Mail? This allows you to specifi whether you want the letter to be saved in the Sent Mail drawer. Edit Mail This will launch your chosen mail editor using the file specified in Mail File. Send Mail Choose this option to actually send the file specified in Mail File to the recipient specfied in To. If the mail is successfully sent you are returned to the Inbox window. Cancel Choose this option to return to the Inbox without sending anymail. Tooltype support **************** Tooltype support is included for specifying configuration information via tooltypes specified in the TermiteTCP program icon. To edit the tooltype settings, click on the TermiteTCP icon and select Information from the WorkBench Icon menu. The following Tooltypes are currently recognized: AUTODELETE Termite Mail will automatically detele succesfully retreived mail from the server if this tooltype is set to TRUE. This option has no effect in the Demo version AUTOEDIT Termite Mail automatically launch your editor when replying to a letter if this tooltype is set to TRUE.