FoxMail 2.1 Copyright (c) 1997 Zhang XiaoLong FoxMail 2.1 is a 32 bits Internet mail client, supporting full Internet mail functions, running in Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0. This document contains the following topics: == New Features in version 2.1 == New Features in version 2.0 beta 1 == Features in each version upgrading == System Requirements == Installation Guide == Upgrading Guide == Distribution Features ======== New Features in version 2.1 * Include the mail notification tool: Notifier * View HTML format message directly (MS Internet Explorer required) * Auto reply flag for the replied messages * New messages count in the mailbox list * Auto mailbox file compress to release the waste disk size * Support Multipart/partial splitted messages, auto re-assemble * Mouse right click for edit menu and Ctrl+A for select all * UUDecode command from menu * Speed button "Send" can be set as "Send and Receive" * Auto dial up to ISP AND auto hang up * Import/Export from/to Exchange, Outlook, etc * Date and TIME are shown in the messages list box * Some bugs fixed New Features in version 2.0 beta 1 * Auto dialup network support * Improved network routines, based on 32bits TCP/IP stack * Background sending and receiving * New address book manager * Address book supports mail list function * Colorful and clickable URL to invoke your browser * Gray the quoted message contents * Can be set as system default mailer, to be activated from Internet Explorer * Add a 'Sent box', to move the sent messages to this box automatically * Open the attachments directly in preview window * Improved user interface: * The main window can be splitted vertically or horizonally * Dockable toolbar * Show or hide preview window easily * A 'read/unread' flag icon is added to mark read/unread easily * Compatible with the mailbox file format of 16 bits FoxMail * BIG5 and GB Chinese text convertion for Chinese users New Features in version 1.6 . Remote mailbox management: operate on server before download. . local mailbox encryption. . Re-edit the queued sending messages. . Support multiple address books, and address book sharing. . Import address from Netscape Mail and Eudora . Ctrl+B to display the sender's address, add it to address book. . Auto mark a message as READ after viewing several seconds. New Features and bug fixed in version 1.4.2: . Customized message label with color. . Bcc, Reply-To, and From fields in composing message head. . Double-click on URL in a message to bring out the browser. . Play sound when new messages come. . Now you can send messages to hundreds of recipients. . Allow longer mail address up to 64 bytes. . Add address to address book by double-click the From field. . Press ESC to close the message viewing window . Fixed bugs in QP encoding, and inline message decoding. . Fix bug when connecting to some POP3 server. New Features and bug fixed in version 1.4: . Remember password permanently. . Continue to retrieve message from another server even the first failed. . Load text file to a composing message. . Print to selected printer instead of the first printer. . Next and Privious button to go to next or previous message. . Save Compact or Extended status in name list of Address book. . Multiple selecting in address book and attachfile dialog listbox . Fix a bug occurred when retrieving messages from server that does not support POP3 optional command 'UIDL'. . Fix a bug occurred when sending queued messages. New Features and bug fixed in version 1.2: . Retrieving mails from Multiple POP3 accounts. . Auto Check new messages in user specified time interval. . Fix bug in cancel sending large size message. . Display WinSock error with a simple explain message. . Support HZ-GB Chinese coding, which is used by Microsoft Internet Mail (Chinses version). This feature is still to be studied to expand to multi-language support. . A small 'bug' fixed, so it works with EMWAC IMS POP3 Server(ver 0.8X). Features (1.0 Beta): . Fast, in sending/receiving/decoding messages. . Although 16 bit, if run under Win95, it will has a 95 look. . Preview window, to browse message contents easily . Address book support many info items. . Attach any size of files in your message. . MIME and UUEncode compatible. . Mailbox Assistence, automatically dispatch the imcoming messages to different boxes due to the custom defined rules. . Browse HTML format mail with your own browser. . Has been tested with many mail client, such as Eudora, Netscape mail, Microsoft Internet Mail, etc. . Available in Both English version and Chinese version. System requirements: ==================== . Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0, or higher. . 32 bits TCP/IP stack. If you have installed the DialUp Network, the TCP/IP stack is already ready. If you need to run foxmail in Windows 3.X or Windows NT 3.51, you have to run the 16 bits version FoxMail. For details, see the help file. Installation: ============= If you have the self installation package, just run it, and a setup wizard will help you for the installation procedure. If you have the ZIP compressed package, follow the steps: 1.Create a new directory. Fox example, c:\foxmail; 2.Copy all of the files extracted from the ZIP file to the created directory; 3.In your desktop, create a shortcut linked to foxmail.exe; 4.Create a shortcut linked to notifier.exe. 5.Double-click the shortcut icon to run FoxMail. In FoxMail's first time running, it will automatically create a mail directory and other associated files. 6.Enter the Options dialog to set your mailbox account and other necessary information before you could sending/receiving messages. Upgrading: ========== As the mailbox file formats of 32bits FoxMail is compatible with the 16bits version, upgrading from 16bits FoxMail is very easy: Just de-compress this package in your previous FoxMail directory, override the old version files. If you are running the self installation program, just select your foxmail directory as the destination directory. Distribution: ============= Freeware. Can be distributed FREE of charge under conditions specified in the license agreement (see file license.txt). Zhang XiaoLong. E-mail: gzdragon@public1.guangzhou.gd.cn