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CENTURION
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InfoMail 1.10
An Document Server for Fidonet Systems
Copyright (C) Damian Walker 1996
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GREETINGS!
Welcome to InfoMail
Thank you for showing an interest in InfoMail 1.10. Since
InfoMail 1.00 was released I have been surprised by the amount
of interest this program has generated. So I took to the
creation of a more refined program to contain the features which
existing InfoMail users had asked for. With the help of my beta
testers, I can now present you with InfoMail 1.10, the result of
these efforts.
Quick Start
For those of you who don't like documentation, this little
section of text will help you get started with InfoMail.
1. If you're already using InfoMail 1.00, read UPGRADE.NOW for
instructions on safe upgrading of your InfoMail installation.
2. To set up InfoMail's global parameters, run INFOMAIL -S from
the command line. The options on the screen should be self
explanatory.
3. To add documents to InfoMail, run INFOMAIL -L from the
command line. Select the empty entry from the list and press
ENTER to enter the details of a new document.
4. Set an environment variable INFOMAIL to point to the
directory in which InfoMail and its data files are installed.
This will need to be done before each time you run InfoMail, so
you might want to put it in a batch file. Add InfoMail's
directory to your path if you don't want to specify its pathname
every time you run it.
5. Run INFOMAIL (with no parameters) after each time your mail
has been tossed into your *.MSG netmail directory (you do use a
*.MSG netmail directory, don't you?) This will search for
messages and create replies.
That's it! If these steps aren't detailed enough for you, you
want to use InfoMail to its full potential, or you're having
problems, then there's a nice 27-page manual called INFOMAIL.DOC
which I hope has in it everything you would ever wish to know
about InfoMail.
About the Author
The author (that's me!) is Damian Walker. Currently studying
Computer Science at the University of Hull, I am learning C in
my own time, and more general software issues at the University.
I run a Fidonet node Centurion (which is why the name Centurion
is plastered all over the docs) 2:2502/666. There used to be a
BBS here but I closed that down when it was taking up too much
of my study time. It's now a 24 hour mailer with a number of
points and a small but growing file base.
I am interested in Fidonet as a low-cost (free!) entry into
communications for new users, and as a cheap way for someone to
run their own system for their own enjoyment and the benefit of
others (something that is a little more expensive to do via the
Internet!)
InfoMail 1.00 was only the first attempt to provide functions
for Fidonet nodes which were either non-existent before, or not
widely known (I found out that other Fidonet document servers
already existed after InfoMail 1.00 was released).
If time allows, I hope to develop other, more innovative,
software for Fidonet in the hope that those who use Fidonet will
find it a little more useful or attractive for my efforts.
As to what that software might be? You'll have to wait and
see... :-) Thanks for reading this far.
Damian Walker
Hull, UK
26/5/96.