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PCElm 3.21 - Readme File
Thanks for trying out PCElm! The following page will give you some
information on what PCElm is all about and what it can do.
This package contains the following files:
Name Description
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!README What you are reading now
ALIAS Example alias file
MAILCAP An example mailcap file for MIME
DEMOMMDF An example mailbox file with MIME-mails (MMDF format)
DEMO An example mailbox file with MIME-mails (non MMDF format)
MARVIN SIG Example signature file
PCELM RC Example PCElm configuration file
PCELM DEU PCElm message file, german language (Deutsch)
PCELM ENG PCElm message file, english language
PCELM ESP PCElm message file, spanish language (Espanol)
PCELM NED PCElm message file, dutch language (Nederlands)
PCELM MAN PCElm installation and user manual
PCELM EXE PCElm executable
SHOWPART BAT A batch file to display multipart MIME mails
Please read section 2 of the manual before installing PCElm. There is
no automatic install script for PCElm; changing the configuration file
pcelm.rc and adding an environment variable has to be done by hand. I regret
this oldfashioned approach, but I have yet to find a way to automate
the installation preocess and still have a working mail installation :-(
Release notes and a small overview of changes and additions to PCElm in
this release appear at the end of this document.
About PCElm and where and how to get it
---------------------------------------
PCElm is a mail user agent (UA) with a user interface closely
modeled after the USENET ELM. To avoid confusion, we would like to
mention that PCElm and USENET ELM are *not* related.
PCElm is intended to be used as a drop-in replacement for BM when
using the KA9Q NOS package or as a replacement for mail.exe when
using UUPC. It can also be used for other mailsystems, as all relevant
things for compatibility with MTA's (Message Transfer Agents) are
configurable.
Hilights:
PCElm has a nice user interface, with easy to learn and easy to use
commands. UN*X users will already be familiar with the more important
commands. It can be made to work with just about every mail system
there is for PC's, as PCElm makes no assumptions at all about the
underlying network software. Finally, PCElm is multilingual; you can
make all messages appear in your favorite language. Message files
for English, German, Spanish and Dutch currently exist.
PCElm in hamradio mode creates text- and workfiles directly usable
by NET or NOS for distribution with SMTP. In UUCP mode, PCElm
execs a uucp mailer (usually rmail.exe) to feed mail to your
uucp program. Since there are many uucp programs for PCs out there,
it is up to you to find the right way to exec the mailer (See the
discussion on the uucpcall parameter below). As our knowledge
of UUPC, WAFFLE etc. is limited, we can't help much there.
PCElm is Copyright (C) 1988 - 1994 by Wolfgang Siebeck and
Martin Freiss.
The executable pcelm.exe may be freely copied and distributed, provided
that all files in this package are distributed with it and provided that
the copyright notices are retained. No money may be charged for copying
PCElm. A license is given to use PCElm for an unlimited time in
non-commercial environments.
No warranty, expressed or implied, is given that PCElm does what you
think it does. The usual disclaimers apply: It works for us.
Should you want or need support in setting up PCElm beyond the scope
of this manual, want us to include special features in PCElm, want
to include PCElm with your product or otherwise use PCElm in a
commercial environment (i.e. make money out of people using PCElm),
contact us.
If you need support from us, we would request that you register PCElm
with us for a fee of 10$ (US) or the equivalent amount in your favorite
currency (20 DM or 8 british pounds at current rates). No checks or MO's
please; exchange fees for foreign currency checks are more than 10$
over here. Cash in an airmail letter is preferred, though Wolfgang Siebeck
can also process credit card orders (VISA). If you need more than
one license, we offer bulk licenses at substantial discounts - contact
us for details.
A (rather nice) printed manual is available from Wolfgang Siebeck to
registered users for an additional fee of $7. Note that this manual
is for version 3.01 of PCElm, not for the current version (3.2). There
was not much interest in the printed manual (only one person wanted it),
so we won't offer a printed manual for future versions unless there
is overwhelming demand.
Registered users will get advance notice of bug fixes and new releases
if we know their email address. We do supply bug fixes to registered
users a _lot_ faster.
If you don't need support, we wouldn't complain about a donation
either :-)
If you would like the source code (C, with Turbo C 2.0((C) Borland) or
later versions, Borland C++ recommended), the fee is 50$.
The rationale behind this is that support costs us both time and money
(as you might know, Germany has about the highest postal and telephone
charges in the world).
We can be reached at
Wolfgang Siebeck -or- Martin Freiss
Postfach 1526 Muehlenfloessstr. 60
D-52016 Aachen D-33175 Bad Lippspringe
Germany Germany
Email:
siebeck@infoac.rmi.de marvin@infoac.rmi.de
Email is preferred.
Bug reports are welcome if they are complete, i.e. please specify
all configuration parameters, your hardware, version of NOS or uucp
software, and send an excerpt of the mailbox you are having trouble
with if necessary. We can't fix bugs we can't reproduce.
Suggestions for enhancements to PCElm are of course also welcome.
Where to get PCElm
------------------
If you want PCElm, you can ftp it from the SimTel collection of files.
FTP to oak.oakland.edu:/pub/msdos/ka9q, file pcelm321.zip. You can
also access the SimTel repository by Gopher through gopher.oakland.edu.
PCElm is also available from all mirror sites of oak.oakland.edu.
If you own the SIMTEL CD-ROM, you may already have PCElm; take a look at
the ka9q or ka9q-tcpip directory.
Current version & planned versions
----------------------------------
The current version of PCElm is 3.21; the filename of the original
PCElm distribution is pcelm321.zip.
A new major release is scheduled for early '94.
Please do not use versions below 3.01 any more; there may still
be FTP servers that have these old versions, but they are severely
outdated by now.
Support
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There is a (low-volume) mailing list about PCElm; send a mail
containing the line
SUBSCRIBE PCELM-L (your name)
to listserver@stormking.com to subscribe.
You can, of course, always mail the authors with questions, bug reports,
or things that you would like to see improved or added in a new release.
When mailing, please bear in mind that both of us are away from our
mailboxes from time to time and cannot always answer your questions at once.
Also, mail does sometimes bounce or just disappear, especially if you are
living in the AMPRNET or many, many UUCP hops away from the Internet.
Please allow at least two weeks before griping about bad support :-)
Also, registered users tend to get answers faster, but we do of course
answer all mails that we get.
Changes with regard to release 3.2:
- There was (of course :-() a silly bug in the last release which prevented
people from sending mail. Fixed.
Changes with regard to release 3.1:
- A memory allocation bug was fixed.
- Bug in alias expansion fixed.
- 't' (transmit from file) command works now
- New configuration parameter "enablemime" allows optional disabling
of MIME support.
Changes with regard to release 3.01:
- Alias handling works much better now.
- The space between hostname and username in the UUCP From line confused
some sendmails. Fixed.
- Using root directory as home directory should now work.
- Reading mailbox at program startup is faster now.
- Explicit prompt for Carbon Copies
- Now works with really long headerlines too :-)
- better MMDF support
- Lots more things to configure, including among others
- optional headerlines (X-Organization:, etc.)
- delete unread mails
- drop directly into full screen editor
- use external pager
- define your own quote character(s) for replying to mails
- define your own escape character for line editor
- helplevel
- (very) rudimentary MIME support
- many other small bugs fixed & functions added