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- A list of frequently asked questions.
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- Q: There are several install files (install.inf, install.win, install.app
- and install.sys). What can I do with them ?
- A: The four files are used for different flavours of installation.
- - install.win copies several dll's to the windows directory
- - install.sys copies several dll's to the windows sys directory
- - install.app copies the dll's to the application directory
- - install.inf is the same as install.sys
- Install.sys or install.win is preferred because Atismail can find
- all it's components (almost) for sure.
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-
- Q: I used the default setup, but the setup-program stops because of some
- disk error. I checked the diskettes and they seem to be ok. What am I
- doing wrong ?
- A: If you used the default installation, most dll's are copied to the windows
- system directory. It might be that the system directory is on a network
- drive and is write protected. You must have write permission in that
- directory. If you don't have writepermission (and you can't get it too)
- use the install.app instead. (rename install.app to install.inf).
- After step 1 from the setup make sure that the directory you have choosen
- is in the path (set path=......) in your autoexec.bat.
-
- Q: Installation seemed to work ok, but I always get an error : "Unable to
- create Window" when I start Atismail. What's wrong ?
- A: Atismail uses the bwcc.dll from Borland C/C++ version 4.5. It might be that
- an older dll is in the path somewhere and is used instead of the one that
- came with Atismail. Make sure to use the one that came with Atismail.
- (exchange the older one with the newer version)
-
- Q: Atismail can be started, but when sending mail it reports it is unable
- to find an SMTP host.
- A: There is a small file called hosts in the application directory.
- This file contains a line : "smtp bsd1.atis.nl:25". Change this line to
- so the hostname is the smtp host you want to use.
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- Q: I changed the SMTP host name, but it takes very long before mail is sent
- or isn't sent at all. What now ?
- A: It might be that the hostname can't be resolved, use the ip-address instead
- of the hostname.
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- Q: How do I set up the default mailbox ?
- A: By clicking the right mouse button in the client-area of the mainwindow.
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- Q: I set up a mailbox, but why does it take so long to connect ?
- A: It might be that a nameserver doesn't exist or maybe it is slow.
- change the hostname to the ip-address.
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- Q: I had to use the install.app and the installation process stops with an
- error. Am I forgetting something ?
- A: Probably. After step 1 you windows must be able to locate several dll's.
- make sure windows can find them. Include the directory in your path, or copy
- the dll's to the place you need them.
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- Q: I want to use pgp (or pem) what do I have to do ?
- A: Everything in the atismail.cfg file is already setup for you.
- you just need to install pgp (pem) properly. (Including the environment
- variables). After that make sure that the directory pgp is in is included
- in the path. Also make sure that the "application/pgp... " in the MIME-
- section include the full path to the mimebtch.pif file. This file is in
- the directory used in the 2nd step of the installation
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- Q: Atismail starts, shows me a message that a directory for temporary files
- couldn't be found and stops. What to do ?
- A: Create the directory. Atismail needs it to work with multimedia messages.
- The name of the directory is mentioned in atismail.cfg (temp-dir= variable)
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- Q: Atismail doesn't seem to find several data files. How do I solve that ?
- A: In the Atismail.cfg file two variables are mentioned.
- - home-dir (this is the directory specified in step 1 of the setup)
- - mail-dir (this is the directory specified in step 2 of the setup)
- just mention those two directories
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