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Tagline Add-In 1.0a for PMMail 1.5x
===================================
Contents
========
1) Overview
2) License
3) Disclaimer
4) Requirements
5) Installation
6) Usage
7) Known Bugs
8) Planned Features
9) Revision History
10) Contact Information
11) Copyrights
1. Overview
===========
Back in the days of Fidonet and BBSes, one neat thing about sending and
receiving electronic messages was the tagline. A tagline is an often
funny one-liner at the bottom of a message intended to reflect the
writer's personality.
Taglines became a big thing. People would collect thousands of
taglines and have their mail reader select one at random every time
they wrote a message.
Well, the other day I was browsing through the Hobbes OS/2 FTP site for
new files and I tripped over Stephen Berg's PMTagLine 1.1a for PMMail.
This program promised to offer the same functionality, only now in my
favourite e-mail client for OS/2 -- PMMail 1.5x (which I strongly urge
you to check out and *register* if you intend to use it!).
Well, I liked PMTagLine, but the clumsy VREXX dialogs didn't look
particularly nice, and I decided I could do a better job. Also, I
didn't especially like the copyright notice that was tacked on all
my messages. The result of 3 hours work in VX-REXX -- TagLine Add-In
1.0.
TagLine Add-In 1.0a basically offers the same features that PMTagLine
1.1a, except for the text search feature. I didn't really plan to
use this feature myself, so I didn't include it in TagLine Add-In. If
someone out there wants it implemented I'd be glad to do so.
2. License
==========
Tagline Add-In is "freeware", that is to say I grant permission for
anyone to make use of it without charge. This only extends to personal
use. If this program is to be used commercially a nominal fee must be
payed to the author, Kevin Yank. Please contact him for more
information (see below).
I would, of course, appreciate a short e-mail if you decide you like
this program. I could have spent those three hours studying, you know,
so I'd like to hear that I didn't waste my time. :)
3. Disclaimer
=============
Before you continue, please understand that Kevin Yank (the author)
will not be held responsible for any damages, problems, etc. that occur
as a direct or indirect result of using this software. I have tried to
make this program as bug-free and system-friendly as possible and have
tested it to excess, but if you have any concerns feel free to contact
me (see below).
4. Requirements
===============
- Any system capable of running OS/2 Warp and PMMail 1.5x.
- OS/2 Warp 3.0 or above (4.0 is recommended, as I have made extensive
use of the new WarpSans system font).
- PMMail 1.5x.
- VROBJ.DLL 2.1d. This is a VX-REXX program, and as such requires the
VX-REXX runtime library. This should be available from wherever you
obtained TagLine Add-In.
- A few minutes to set it up. :)
5. Installation
===============
Installation is quite simple. Just unzip the contents of the archive
into your PMMail program directory (wherever PMMAIL.EXE resides... e.g.
C:\SOUTHSDE\PMMAIL). Then, open PMMail and (while in the account to
which you want to add tagline functionality) select "Utilities
Settings..." from the "Account" menu. In the Utilities notebook, click
on the "REXX Exits" tab. Make sure that the "Message Send Exit"
checkbox is selected, and enter "TagAdd.EXE" in the "Script To Run"
entryfield.
Also, make sure VROBJ.DLL is in a directory on the LIBPATH.
From now on, PMMail should query you on how to handle the tagline for
every outgoing message in that account.
To setup your library of tagline files, simply edit the "Taglines.TGL"
file included (plain text, one tagline per line), or create a new
tagline file (see below). The provided "Taglines.TGL" file is the same
one provided with PMTagLine 1.1a. Once again, hats off to Stephen
Berg!
6. Usage
========
The Tagline Add-In interface is really quite easy to use. Firstly, you
select one of the four radio buttons to define how the program should
handle the tagline for this message:
Automatically select a random tagline...
----------------------------------------
This allows you to tell Tagline Add-In to choose the tagline randomly
from the currently selected tagline file. The tagline that will be
used is shown in the field just beneath the radio button. If you do
not approve of this random selection, just click on the "Another
Tagline" button to make another random selection. If you want to
choose a tagline from a different file, click the "Another File..."
button and specify the file to be used.
Choose a specific tagline...
----------------------------
This option lets you browse through the list of taglines available in
the currently selected tagline file and make your selection from there.
Again, the "Another File..." button allows you to jump to a different
tagline file if you so choose.
Enter a tagline manually...
---------------------------
If you're feeling creative, you can use this option to type in a
tagline manually. If you select the "Add to file" checkbox, the new
tagline will be added to the bottom of the currently selected tagline
file. Again, an "Another File..." button is provided to select which
file the new tagline will be added to.
Do not add a tagline
--------------------
If you decide a tagline would not be appropriate on a particular
message, simply select this option to forego the addition of a tagline.
Once you have specified how the tagline should be handled, click the
round, green "Checkmark" button in the bottom-right of the window. The
selected action will be taken, and PMMail will go ahead and attempt to
send the message.
7. Known Bugs
=============
None as yet... I was hoping someone could spot one or two? :)
8. Planned Features
===================
I can't say that anything pops into my head when I ask myself what I
might want more out of this program. I am, however, *very* receptive
to any suggestions you might have.
9. Revision History
===================
1.0, 28th of October, 1996
Initial Release
1.0a, 1st of November, 1996
Bugfix: Messages with files attached (MIME or BinHex only) did not
have taglines added to them.
10. Contact Information
=======================
Kevin Yank can be contacted by e-mail at:
kyank@sentience.com.au
11. Copyrights
==============
Tagline Add-In is Copyright ╕ 1996, Kevin Yank
PMTagLine is Copyright ╕ 1996, Stephen Berg and Iceberg Software Productions
PMMail is Copyright ╕ 1994, 1995, 1996 Southside Software
OS/2 and OS/2 Warp are Trademarks of IBM coporation
VX-REXX is Copyright ╕ 1993, 1995 Watcom International Corporation