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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Netmail Status Monitor Terms and Restrictions ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
(C) Copyright 1994, Jim Dailey, FidoNet 1:106/202, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
NETMAIL STATUS MONITOR HEREIN REFERRED AS NMS, IS AND WILL REMAIN THE
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OF JAMES DAILEY. BECAUSE NMS IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE,
I PROVIDE ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY AND WILL ONLY GUARANTEE THAT NMS WILL TAKE UP
SPACE ON YOUR DISK. NMS IS OFFERED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE
RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF NMS, AND THE ACCURACY OF ITS
ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTATION, IS WITH YOU. SHOULD NMS OR ITS ASSOCIATED
DOCUMENTATION PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING,
REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
A LICENSE TO FREELY USE NMS IS GRANTED TO ALL NON-COMMERCIAL USERS. IF YOU RUN
A SUBSCRIPTION BBS, OR RUN A BBS IN SUPPORT OF YOUR BUSINESS, YOU ARE REQUIRED
TO MAKE A ONE TIME $25 DONATION TO A CHARITY THAT SUPPORTS ABUSED CHILDREN.
YOU MAY POST NMS FOR DOWNLOADING FROM YOUR BBS, OR DISTRIBUTE NMS THROUGH
FIDONET FILE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS UNDER THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
1. YOU ARE NOT TO MODIFY THE ORIGINAL DISTRIBUTION FILE INCLUDING RE-ARCHIVING
THE DISTRIBUTION FILE.
2. YOU ARE NOT TO REVERSE ENGINEER, MODIFY IN ANYWAY ANY FILE IN THE
DISTRIBUTION ARCHIVE.
3. YOU ARE NOT TO SELL OR CHARGE A FEE FOR NMS. IF YOU RUN A SUBSCRIPTION
BBS, NMS IS TO BE FREELY AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD OR NOT AVAILABLE AT ALL.
4. YOU ARE PROHIBITED FROM CHARGING FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF NMS.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Program Description ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.1. What NMS Does ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
NMS is a PM program that monitors your FidoNet <tm> *.MSG format netmail
directory, looking for unread netmail addressed to your FidoNet nodenumber and,
optionally, checks upto 4 addressee names.
NMS provides a button titled "EDITOR" in it's window. Selecting this button
will launch your favorite message editor. Your message editor is defined to NMS
in the configuration dialog. If a message editor is not defined, this button
will be disabled.
There are 2 sets of numbers in the NMS window. The numbers in RED are the
number of unread messages, and the numbers in BLUE are the total number of
messages in your netmail directory.
NMS, optionally, has a digital clock that displays the current date and time.
The display of this clock is controlled via an option on the configuration
dialog.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.2. Running NMS ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
NMS can be launched from the command line. Ideally, it should be placed in
your startup folder so that it is started automaticall every time your system
is booted. Neither NMS or it's companion program, NMSCAN, require any command
line parameters.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.3. Scanning for New Mail ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
NMS scans for mail in one of 4 ways:
1. NMS automatically scans your netmail directory when it is started.
2. The companion program, NMSCAN, will send a command to NMS to perform the
scan. Ideally you should launch NMSCAN at the end of your inbound mail
processing.
3. You can set a timer in the configuration dialog. When the timer expires,
NMS will scan for new mail.
4. The popup menu has an option that cause a scan for new mail.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.4. New Mail Notification. ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
If unread netmail is found, 2 possible alarms (one obnxious) are invoked to
notify you of the momentous event. Once an alarm has been invoked for a
particular message, the alarm will not be invoked again for that message unless
NMS has been stopped then restarted.
You are alerted to new message arrival by 1 or 2 optional alarms:
Flashing Window The window bar will flash when a new message arrives. It
will continue flashing, until all unread messages are read,
and NMS performs a scan of the netmail directory and no new
unread mail is found, or the alarm is manually turned off
from an option in the popup menu. When the window starts
flashing, 5 beeps will be heard. Unfortunately, I have no
control over these beeps.
Audible Alarm An audible alarm can be sounded when a new message arrives.
These alarms are optional and independent of each other. In other words, one
or both of them can be used for new mail notification.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.5. Configuration Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The first time NMS is launched, a configuration dialog is invoked. The
configuration dialog can also be invoked via an option on the popup menu.
The configuration dialog request the following information:
Node Number This is your node number. A message is considered
addressed to your node if the net and node match the net
node entered here.
Netmail Path This is where your *.MSG format messages can be found or it
can be the name of a Squish style message base. If this is
a Squish style message base, prefix the name with a '$'.
Do not include the extension when specifying the name of a
Squish message base.
Names Optionally, one SysOp name and 3 AKA names can be entered.
If any names are entered, one of them must match the
Addressee of the message to be considered a candidate for
new mail.
Mail Reader Specifies the path and name of your favorite message
reader/editor. If an editor is specified, clicking the
button will launch your editor. If no editor is specified
here, the "EDITOR" button in the NMS window will be
disabled.
Work Directory The directory that contains your message editor and it's
required files.
Scanner Timer Sets the time interval between automatic scanning of your
netmail directory. If both of these values are 0, no
automatic scanning will be done.
Check Boxes 3 check boxes control the following options:
1. "Display Clock" determines if the real time clock will be displayed in
the NMS window.
2. "Alarm When New Mail Arrives" will sound an obnxious audible alarm when
unread mail is found in the netmail directory.
3. "Flash Window Bar" cause the NMS window bar to continually flash after
unread mail has been detected after a scan.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.6. Popup Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Clicking the right mouse button when the mouse pointer is over either one of
the message counts, will invoke a popup menu offering several options:
Scan Manually forces NMS to scan for new unread mail.
Configuration Invokes the configuration dialog.
New message reset Turns off the flashing window alarm. If a message remains
unread, the flashing will not be turned on after a rescan
unless, a new unread message is found. In other words, an
alarm will only be sounded once for any given message
unless NMS is restarted.
Exit Terminates NMS. This is the only way to terminate NMS.
Product information Brag dialog. Every PM program needs one of these.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.7. Program Support ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Any question, bug reports, or suggestions will be gladly accepted via netmail
to my FidoNet address, 1:106/202. I also monitor the OS2BBS echo and will
answer any question there.
NMS from it enception was developed to be a netmail monitor. I have no
intention of including options or enhancements to scan echomail areas for mail
addressed to you.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.8. Program Distribution ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The official distribution mechanism (aka FileBone) will be FERNWOOD, as it is
dedicated to the distribution of OS/2 software. All new releases of NMS will be
hatched via FERNWOOD.
The most current version of NMS can always be obtained from 1:106/202 by
requesting the magic name of "NMS".