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Mgpm Version .01
Copyright (c) 1995, Dave Hamilton
Mgpm is a PM-based version of MailGate. Mgpm replaces MailGate.exe
as a mail import/export utility. Please read MailGate.Doc for
setup instructions.
Mgpm is BETA software. This means it probably has bugs. The
underlying code that imports and exports the mail is shared
(the same) in both MailGate and Mgpm, so Mgpm's mail handling
should be identical to that of MailGate.
This version of Mgpm doesn't have a software installation
program (though future versions will) so you will have to
create a desktop object for it by dragging a program object
from your templates folder and manually naming the path
to mgpm.exe.
Known Bugs:
The only bug we've seen is that when you minimize mgpm,
the icon is messed up. Since everything else seems to
work well, we're releasing this for beta testing.
Additions to MailGate.Cfg
mgpm uses your existing MailGate.Cfg as-is, with the following
exception:
For Registered Users Only:
You can have mgpm poll the status of incoming, outgoing,
and queued mail at intervals you specify. You can just
leave it running and it will do your processing for you.
The three possible lines you can add to MailGate.Cfg are:
PollIn=interval
PollOut=interval
PollQueue=interval
PollStatus=interval
where: interval is a time specified as seconds, minutes,
or hours. For example:
PollIn=30m
PollOut=2h
PollQueue=30s
will cause mgpm to check for incoming mail every 30 minutes,
to check for outgoing mail every 2 hours, and to check
the Sendmail queue every 30 seconds. These are not suggested
values you should use, they're here to illustrate how to
configure polling. A more likely configuration is:
PollIn=15m
PollOut=30m
PollQueue=2h
This will check for inbound mail every 15 minutes, outbound
every 30 minutes, and will check the queue status every
2 hours. The queue would normally be empty. Mail that
stays in the queue indicates a problem getting internet
mail out of your system. Such problems do occur, however,
when users specify ivalid addresses or there's a routing
issue, so mgpm has an ability to watch the queue for you.
PollStatus simply refreshes the information in the
status window without processing mail.
Running mgpm
Normally, you will just start it up without any options. mgpm
will read the MailGate.Cfg file, scan for evidence of incoming,
outgoing, and queued mail, and display its screen.
The only command line option you may want to use is -l, to
turn on logging. All other command line options supported by
MailGate, except for -v (verbose), are supported by mgpm.
The Status Windows
mgpm has a status window for each of incoming, outgoing, and
queued mail. In it you will either see "Yes", which indicates
you have mail pending in that area, or the window will be blank.
Processing Mail
If the incoming status window indicates you have mail pending,
click on the "Import" button to process inbound mail. mgpm
will import the internet mail in your inbox to your Squish
or *.MSG data base.
If the outgoing status window shows you have outbound mail
pending, click on "Export". mgpm will scan your email area
and export mail to the internet.
Peeking at Pending Mail
For any area that has mail, click on "Peek", to see the
to/from information of all the pending mail. This will
update the status windows and show you the mail, but it
will not process it.
Updating the Status Windows
If you have registered MailGate, you can have mgpm poll
for status and process mail automatically.
In the evaluation version, just click on "Peek" to update
the status of any area.
Final Notes:
Let us repeat, please read the documentation for MailGate
to understand what either the command line version or the
PM version does and how to configure them.
Also, it bears repeating that this is BETA software. Still,
problems can be reported to, and suggestions are welcome at:
mailgate@proven.com
New versions can be checked for and downloaded from the /os2/inet
directory at:
ftp.proven.com
We hope you will join the ranks of registered MailGate users
and enjoy the benefits of MailGate, mgpm, and it's utilities.