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- D M A I L 5.2
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- Professional Mailing List manager
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- K. EGGER, ADELAIDE P.O. BOX 423, 36 ADELAIDE ST. EAST, TORONTO CANADA M5C 2J5
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- TELEPHONE - (416)961-7810"
- Monday to Friday, 9-5 EST COMPUSERVE ID - 71223,641
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- FEATURES OF DMAIL
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- DMAIL is an advanced mailing list system for all MS-DOS microcomputers. It has
- the following features:
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- -> Uses pull-down menus and pop-up windows to maximize ease-of-use.
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- -> Includes a built-in help system. Press the F1 key at any time for help.
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- -> Includes user-defined fields that can be used for searches and sorts.
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- -> Maintains any number of lists - limited only by disk space.
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- -> Classifies addresses with key words or your own coding system.
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- -> Sorts addresses on any of nine sort keys.
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- -> Copies selected addresses from one list to another.
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- -> Creates mailmerge data files for Wordperfect, Microsoft Word and Wordstar.
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- -> Displays data in record view or table view.
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- -> Imports addresses from text data files.
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- -> Prints addresses on labels or directly on envelopes.
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- -> Prints with any impact printer and HP LaserJet III or workalike.
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- -> Prints U.S. Postnet bar codes on envelopes (HP LaserJet III).
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- -> Sends any printer output to a text file.
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- -> Automatically records mailing date when addresses are printed.
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- -> Prints two types of quick reference lists.
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- -> Includes a built-in backup and restore feature that makes backups easy.
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- -> Performs duplicate checking.
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- -> Uses dBASE compatible data files.
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- -> Provides full support for color monitors.
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- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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- -> IBM-PC, PS/2, or compatible.
- -> A hard disk drive.
- -> 640 KB of memory.
- -> Any impact printer
- -> Optional - HP LaserJet III or work-alike laser printer. If your laser
- printer is not an HP look at your printer's manual to see if it has a
- LaserJet III emulation mode.
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- OFFICE SUPPLY REQUIREMENTS
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- -> Any of three standard tractor feed label sizes:
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- - Three and a half by fifteen sixteenths (one up) Avery #M56151A
- - Four by one and seven sixteenths (one up) Avery #M64231A
- - Four by fifteen sixteenths (two up) Avery #M64152A
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- -> Either of two laser printer label sizes:
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- - Four inch by one inch (two up) Avery #5161, AL110 in Canada
- - Four inch by one and one third (two up) Avery #5162, AL125 in Canada
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- -> Standard business size envelopes (COM10).
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- -> Three by five inch tractor feed Rolodex cards.
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- INSTALLING DMAIL
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- DMAIL is supplied as an archive file called "DMAIL52.ZIP". It contains all
- the files you need. Follow these steps to get a functioning system onto your
- hard drive:
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- 1 - At the "C:>" prompt create a new directory on your hard drive:
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- MD DMAIL <press enter>
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- 2 - Using an archive un-packing utility, unpack the contents of DMAIL52.ZIP
- into the new directory.
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- 3 - Check for a file called "CONFIG.SYS" in the root directory of the startup
- drive. If it is there it should contain the following statements with the
- minimum values shown:
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- FILES = 20
- BUFFERS = 8
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- You can see the contents of the file just by typing:
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- TYPE CONFIG.SYS <press enter>
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- If these statements are absent you can use any text editor to insert them. If
- the file does not exist, you can easily create one with the following steps:
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- 1 - Go to the root directory:
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- CD\ <press enter>
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- 2 - Create a file called CONFIG.SYS and put the two lines in it:
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- COPY CON CONFIG.SYS <press enter>
- FILES = 20 <press enter>
- BUFFERS = 8 <press enter>
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- 3 - Close the file:
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- <press F6 then press enter>
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- Thats all!
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- FILES SUPPLIED WITH DMAIL
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- DMAIL52.EXE The executable program
- DMAIL52.DBF A sample mailing list file 1
- DMAIL52.DBT A sample mailing list File 2
- DMAIL52.DOC The documentation
- DMHELP .DBF A Help system file
- DMHELP .DBT Another Help system file
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