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MAIL v.2.4 by Chance C. Geurin 04/18/94
This is a text mode mail reader for IBM's TCP/IP. I found that I needed
this in order to read my mail remotely.
New Features:
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- Added quoting of original message
- Added Cc: line on send
- Changed user interface slightly (hit '?' for help) - Some new commands.
- Mail now queries the size of the window it's running in and
automatically adjusts, so you can run it in 80x80 if you want.
- Fixed several minor bugs:
1. Fixed my internal version of more to wrap for lines >80
2. Mail now re-scans the INBOX before updating at quitting time
3. At startup, the current message pointer now points to the first
unread message.
4. Changed _all_ path references to get rid of the trailing '\'
Therefore, you can change your SET statement in your config.sys
(see below) if you want (it will still work the old way).
The path for the INBOX also changed in the MAIL.CFG - check out
the included sample one.
5. Change the way I called sendmail. The old way sometimes resulted
in the receiving two copies.
5. Other stuff that I've now forgotten about
NOTES:
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MAIL will update the INBOX.NDX. If you are running LaMail concurrently,
LaMail won't know about the messages you deleted. Before reading _any_
mail in LaMail, hit F2 (refresh). This will cause LaMail to re-read the
INBOX.NDX file. If you don't refresh, and click on a message that you
deleted using MAIL, LaMail WILL crash!
The Auto Check for mail will peg Pulse. This is because of the tight
loop which is constantly checking either the keyboard or the elapsed time.
I'm sure there's a way to do Auto Checking that doesn't peg the CPU meter,
but I don't know how. Of course, with Auto Checking turned off in the
MAIL.CFG, the CPU meter isn't pegged.
When saving messages, if the default filename is satisfactory, press
Enter. If the file name specified exists, messages will be appended.
One can hit 'q' when prompted with '--MORE--' to quit to the menu.
Pressing <Return> at the menu will cause MAIL to refresh. Use this to
check for new mail if Auto Check isn't enabled in the MAIL.CFG.
Max messages are 500, if this is too little, let me know.
INSTALL:
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- Put the following statement in your CONFIG.SYS:
SET MAILDIR=C:\PATH
Where PATH is the place that you put MAIL.CFG.
- Edit MAIL.CFG. It is documented and self-explanatory
- Make sure your mailer program is in your path.
Special thanks to Adam M. Lambert for testing the popmail part out.
Released into the public-domain but Copyright retained by:
Chance C. Geurin (1994)
geurin@nosc.mil