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Internet Pager2 0.08
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By Andrew Freeman
Introduction
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Internet pager provides a simple method of quickly sending text messages
between two RISC OS computers connected to the internet, or any other network
running TCP/IP protocols (sometimes referred to as Intranets). The pager
itself is a small (124k) multitasking application, which handles both sending
and receiving of pager messages. You do need JFshared how ever
Paging messages are sent directly from one machine to another, without
any processing or queueing by intermediate servers. This means the Pager is
most useful when the receiving machine is permanently connected to the
network. Unlike electronic mail, paging message cannot be held up at any
stage---when the application tells you that a paging operation is complete,
the message will already have been displayed on the recipient's screen.
Paging a remote user
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To page a remote user on another machine, Enter a suitable pager address (of the
form user@host.net:port (the port is optional))
Type in a message and your name then click on 'Send'.
Reading your pages
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To read your pages that you have already recieved click on the button messages
then use the arrow buttons to scroll up and down the pages you have recieved
At the moment unfortunatly you cannot delete messages this will be rectified
soon
Setting user aliases
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The internet pager allows you to maintain a list of aliases (shortened forms
of addresses). To page a user who has an alias set, simply enter the alias
instead of their full address when you page them.
To edit the aliases database, click on the Aliases button in the Main
dialog box. The aliases database is a simple text file containing a list of
aliases.
Security
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The !Pager application provides no known mechanisms whereby users on other
machines can introduce foreign code, or execute unauthorised commands on your
machine.
Paging messages are sent across the network as unencrypted text, using the
TCP protocol. You should be aware that such messages are subject to
interception by techniques such as packet sniffing. However, IPP (internet
paging protocol) is no less secure than the SMTP protocol used for
routine transmission of electronic mail. However there is a simple
encryption technique built into it as of versoin 0.07
There is currently no method of authenticating the sender of an IPP message.
This may be rectified in future versions of !Pager2.
Licence
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The !Pager2 application is Freeware by Andrew Freeman, and may be freely
distributed so long as it remains unmodified, and it is always accompanied by
this file.
This software is supplied in good faith, in the hope that it will be
useful. However, the author accepts no liability for any loss or damage
caused by the use of this software.
Contacting The author
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Bug reports and suggestions of upgrades for future relases of !Pager2 are
always welcome, to any of the addresses below. Although !Pager2 is freeware,
if you use it regularly, I would appreciate it if you could contact me, to give
me an estimate of the user base.
I can be contacted by the following means...
E-mail/Pager
statto@greabo.demon.co.uk
IRC
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