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===========================
Eudora Internet Mail Server
===========================
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Version 1.2 - Beta 4
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This is a beta version of the freeware product Eudora Internet Mail Server
for the Macintosh, also known as EIMS.
The latest beta and released versions of EIMS can be found at the FTP site
ftp.eudora.com and at the World Wide Web site http://www.eudora.com.
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Minimum Requirements
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To use EIMS, you must have the following:
* A Macintosh LC or later model.
* Macintosh System 7.0 or later.
* MacTCP 2.0.6 or Open Transport 1.1.2
* Full-time Internet connection
* Access to DNS
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Installation
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To install EIMS, do the following:
1. Double-click the self-extracting archive file.
2. Place the application in the folder of your choice
3. Double-click the application icon to launch.
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Configuration
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The first time you run EIMS accept the default configuration. However, you must
edit the Server Names list on the Preferences Window on the Server menu. To add
new names enter them in the edit text region below the list, and click the Add button.
If you are upgrading to EIMS 1.2 from an earlier version of MailShare, AIMS, or EIMS,
you should check the timeout and connection number settings for the Ph server from within
the Server Preferences window. It is recommended that a timeout of 120 seconds be used,
and 2 or more Ph connections. Note, you can set the Ph connections to 0 to disable
the Ph server.
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Changes from 1.1.2
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-Added Ph server. Supported Ph fields are name for the full name, and email
for the email address. You can do queries such as 'email=glenn', 'name=g*'.
'g*' and 'name=g*' will do the same thing.
-Changed the SMTP MAIL FROM check to only work if the <any-user> account is
disabled. If you need to have addresses recognized that are not configured
as accounts, you will need to enable the <any-user> account.
-Added type selection of accounts and display of more than 1000 accounts.
EIMS will now handle up to 8191 accounts, and you can start typing the name
to select them.
-IP addresses and domain literals are now matched in the sending setup
settings. This makes it possible to override the route and/or timing
options for messages with IP addresses in the domain.
-Fixed the bug with Outgoing Mail forwarding crashing or returning a -1
error that was introduced in EIMS 1.1.2.
-Added * forwarding for the <any-user> account. You can set the <any-user>
account to forward to *@someotherhost.net, and the local part of the
address will be preserved while being forwarded to the new host.
-Added out of memory warning instead of generic warning if EIMS ran out of
memory while loading accounts database. This may have been what was
causing some of the upgrade problems people were reporting.
-EIMS will no longer bounces a message back to the sender if it was the
sender address being rejected that caused the bounce. This was causing some
odd mail loops.
-Added 'mailer-daemon' to the don't bounce list.
-Added check for user names longer than 31 characters with an APOP command.
-Fixed a bug that could cause unnecessary disk thrashing with problem
messages or files.
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Changes from 1.2 - Beta 1
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-Fixed a bug that would prevent installing EIMS on a system that did not
already have EIMS preferences files.
-Fixed a bug where closing connections were not showing up in statistics
as being in use.
-Added a timeout of 30 seconds on orderly closes on all ports. This
addresses a problem with email clients that don't issue a QUIT command
when no mail is waiting.
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Changes from 1.2 - Beta 2
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-Added some missing quotes in warning dialogs, just a cosmetic problem,
some of the warning dialogs had an opening メ but no closing モ around
addresses or user names.
-Fixed problem with connection statistics changes in 1.2b2. If a
connection went from opening to closed state directly the connection
statistic would be decremented when it wasn't incremented. Resulted in
the connection statistic being smaller than it should be or showing up
as a negative number.
-Fixed the Ph server so Eudora recognises the addresses returned and
will let you use the To, CC and BCC buttons. Turns out the results
returned by the Ph server have to have the right number of spaces in the
right places for Eudora to recognise the email field.
-Changed all services to dispose of and reallocate connections after a
timeout. This is another attempt to fix the POP3 deafness problem. It
turns out that connections were getting stuck in the closed state due to
a bug in Open Transport. The easiest work around was to dispose of the
connection and reallocate it after a timeout.
-Fixed the idle mechanism to not kick in while the post office is
processing large messages. Messages over 16k in size would take longer
to be processed if there was nothing else happening on the server.
-Changed POP3 server and SMTP client buffers from 4096 to 4380 bytes.
4096 doesn't fit nicely into typical Internet packets which are 1500
bytes in size (1460 is 1500 bytes minus the IP and TCP headers). Before
transfers would go something like 1500 bytes, 1500 bytes, 1216 bytes,
1500 bytes ... Now all packets are 1500 bytes.
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Changes from 1.2 - Beta 3
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-Added registration dialog. This comes up the first time EIMS is
launched, or any time EIMS is launched and it is 3 days since the last
time the registration window was open. If a registration is sent in or
the Never Register button is pressed, the registration dialog will never
appear again unless you use the menu to bring it up. When the Register
button is clicked (or the return or enter key pressed) a registration
message is given to EIMS to deliver.
-Optimised mail store compaction. When compacting each message, EIMS
would write the 20 byte message block header, then read a chunk of the
message, then write a chunk of the message, etc. The write for the 20
byte message block header is now combined with the first message chunk
write, this should reduce hard disk thrashing by 50% for messages of
~16k or less in size.
-Changed bad sender bouncing to only bounce to postmaster on a 550
error. One of the changes for EIMS 1.2 is to bounce a message directly
to the local postmaster if the sender was rejected. EIMS was treating
all errors to a MAIL FROM command as sender rejections, when often they
are actually rejecting the SIZE parameter passed with the MAIL FROM
command. Only a 550 response code is considered a sender rejection now.
-Changed the Ph server to require a space after PH or QUERY to be
recognised as a command. This prevents EIMS from treating names that
start with "Ph" such as "Phillip" as a PH command.
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BUG REPORTS
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Email: eims-beta@eudora.com
If you experience something you think might be a bug in the Eudora
Internet Mail Server during the beta phase, please report it by sending
a message to eims-beta@eudora.com. Describe what you did, what happened,
what version of EIMS you have, any error messages EIMS gave, what kind
of computer you have, what version of System Software you're using, and
anything else you think might be relevant.
You will receive an automated response indicating that your bug report has
been received and forwarded to our enigineering staff. Unless additional
information is needed, you will not receive a direct response.
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REQUESTS FOR FEATURES
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From time to time, everyone comes up with an idea for something they'd like
their software to do differently. If you come across an idea that you think
might make a nice enhancement to Eudora, your input is always welcome.
Please send any suggestions or requests for new features to
eims-suggest@eudora.com.
You will receive an automated response indicating that your suggestion has
been received and forwarded to our enigineering staff. Unless additional
information is needed, you will not receive a direct response.
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LICENSE AND LEGAL INFORMATION
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QUALCOMM grants to the user a nonexclusive license to use this Eudora
Internet Mail Server Software solely for User's own personal or internal
business purposes. The user may not commercially distribute, sublicense,
resell, or otherwise transfer for any consideration, or reproduce for any
such purposes, the Eudora Internet Mail Server software or any modification
or derivation thereof, either alone or in conjunction with any other product
or program. Further, the user may not modify the Eudora Internet Mail
Server Software, other than for User's own personal or internal business use.
THE EUDORA INTERNET MAIL SERVER SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED TO THE USER ''AS IS.''
QUALCOMM MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO
THE MACINTOSH EUDORA INTERNET MAIL SERVER SOFTWARE AND/OR ASSOCIATED
MATERIALS PROVIDED TO THE USER, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTY OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR AGAINST INFRINGEMENT.
QUALCOMM DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN THE SOFTWARE WILL
MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, OR THAT THE OPERATION OF THE SOFTWARE WILL BE
UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, OR THAT DEFECTS IN THE SOFTWARE WILL BE
CORRECTED. FURTHERMORE, QUALCOMM DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS
REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE SOFTWARE OR ANY
DOCUMENTATION PROVIDED THEREWITH IN TERMS OF THEIR CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY,
RELIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE. NO ORAL OR WRITTEN INFORMATION OR ADVICE GIVEN
BY QUALCOMM OR A QUALCOMM AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE SHALL CREATE A WARRANTY
OR IN ANY WAY INCREASE THE SCOPE OF THIS WARRANTY.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY -- QUALCOMM AND ITS LICENSORS ARE NOT LIABLE FOR
ANY CLAIMS OR DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING PROPERTY DAMAGE, PERSONAL
INJURY, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFRINGEMENT, LOSS OF PROFITS, OR
INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS, OR FOR ANY SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL
DAMAGES, HOWEVER CAUSED, WHETHER ARISING OUT OF BREACH OF WARRANTY,
CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE.
Copyright (c) 1993-1997 by Apple Computer, Inc., QUALCOMM Incorporated
AppleTalk, Macintosh and Power Macintosh are registered trademarks of
Apple Computer, Inc.
LocalTalk, MacTCP and Communications Toolbox are trademarks of
Apple Computer, Inc.
Eudora is a registered trademark and Eudora Pro and Eudora Light
are trademarks of QUALCOMM Incorporated.
QUALCOMM is a registered trademark and registered service mark of
QUALCOMM Incorporated.
All other trademarks and service marks are the property of
their respective owners.
7/7/1997