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Welcome to the Termite Mail Demo
If you have any questions please feel free to contact us at:
Oregon Research
16200 SW Pacific Hwy, Suite 162
Tigard, OR 97224
Phone: 503-620-4919
Fax: 503-624-2940
Technical Support: 503-968-9250
E-Mail: orders@orres.com info@orres.com
WWW: www.orres.com/~orres
Using Termite Mail
******************
Termite Mail is a Termite TCP client designed to provide basic
electronic mail send and receive capabilities.
Mail Settings
****************
These settings specify the Internet mail resources that you
will use and how you will identify yourself. These are required
to send or receive any mail.
Real Name This is the name that will be used to identify
yourself in addition to your e-mail address. It can be your
real name or a handle. It is pre-pended to your e-mail
address in the From: field of the mail header when sending
mail. example:
From: Real Name <e-mail.address>
E-Mail Address This is your Internet electronic mail address.
It is usually in the form:
UserName@isp.domain
POP 3 Server This is the name of your ISP's POP3 mail server.
This is the service used to receive mail. It is usually of
the form:
mail.isp.domain
POP 3 User Name This is the user name you need to use to
access your mail. This is usually the same as your regular
login Username.
POP 3 Password This is the user name you need to use to
access your mail. This is usually the same as your regular
login password.
SMTP Server This is the name of your ISP's SMTP mail server.
This is the service used to sned mail. It is usually of
the form:
mail.isp.domain
and is often the same as the POP 3 Server name.
Path Settings
**************
The Path settings window allows you to tell Termite Mail where
to put mail and what editor to use.
Inbox drawer Where new mail files will be saved and kept
pending disposition.
Save Mail Drawer This is the path where mail that you decided
to save will be stored.
Sent Mail Drawer This is the path where mail that you send
will be stored.
Temporary drawer This a drawer for Termite Mail to use for
temporary storage T: is recommended.
Mail Editor This the program that you want to use for
editing mail before sending.
Save Settings
*************
You have now completed all of the steps necessary to connect
and access your Internet Mail account. It is important to save
your settings so Termite Mail remembers them the next time you
run Termite Mail.
Inbox Window
************
When you run Termite Mail the Inbox window is displayed. This
is the basic window that all Termite Mail's functions are
accessed. The Inbox List displays information on each letter
in your Inbox:
Status This is a three letter code to denote the current
disposition status of the letter. The codes are:
* New denotes New, unread mail
* (three spaces) denotes the letter has been read, but
has no special status.
* Ans denotes a letter that you have answered (replyed to)
* Fwd denotes a letter that you have forwarded to someone
* Sav denotes a letter that has been saved
* Del denotes a letter that will be deleted when Termite
Mail is closed.
Date This is the date the letter was received at your
mail server.
From This person that sent you the mail, it is derived
from the From: field of the mail header.
Size The size of the letter in bytes
Subject This the subject of the letter, it is derived
from the Subject: field of the mail header.
Termite Mail Functions
**********************
Get Mail Click on this button to retreive new mail for your
server. The Receive Mail window will appear telling
you the number of new letters are left to retrieve
The Demo version of Termite Mail will not delete
the retrieved mail from your Server.
Send Mail Click on this button to access the Send Mail function
to compose a new mail message.
Read Mail This button will allow to read the currently selected
Inbox letter. When reading mail two new button gadgets
appear. These are <<Previous and Next>> which allow
you to read the previous and next letters.
When reading mail, the button changes to Inbox.
Clicking it will return you to the Inbox list view.
Save Mail This will save the currently selected letter in the
designated Save Mail drawer.
Reply Mail This will start the Send Mail process allowing you
to send a reply to the person who wrote the currently
selected letter. You have the option of including
the original letter in your reply.
Forward Mail This will start the Send Mail process allowing you
to send a forward the currently selected letter to a
third party.
Delete Mail This willcause the currently selected letter to be
deleted when Termie Mail exits.
Undelete Mail This unmark the currently selected file for
deletion and return the letter to it's previous
status.
Send Mail Window
****************
The following describes the functions found in the Send Mail
window. The same window and functions are used for the sending
a new mail, or replying to, or forwarding a letter.
To This is the e-mail address of the person you are sending
the letter. It may be specified in one of two forms:
1) username@isp.domain or
2) Real Name <username@isp.domain>
Cc A copy of the letter will be sent to the address specified
here as well as to the main recipient.
Subject A short description of the subject of the letter.
Mail File This is the file containing the letter to be sent.
In most cases you will not want to change this because
Termite Mail will take care of it for you. The only
reason to change this is to send a specific precomposed
mail file.
Include Reply? This allows to you automatically include the
original letter in a reply.
Save Sent Mail? This allows you to specifi whether you want the
letter to be saved in the Sent Mail drawer.
Edit Mail This will launch your chosen mail editor using the
file specified in Mail File.
Send Mail Choose this option to actually send the file
specified in Mail File to the recipient specfied in To.
If the mail is successfully sent you are returned to the
Inbox window.
Cancel Choose this option to return to the Inbox without
sending anymail.
Tooltype support
****************
Tooltype support is included for specifying configuration
information via tooltypes specified in the TermiteTCP program icon.
To edit the tooltype settings, click on the TermiteTCP icon and
select Information from the WorkBench Icon menu.
The following Tooltypes are currently recognized:
AUTODELETE
Termite Mail will automatically detele succesfully retreived
mail from the server if this tooltype is set to TRUE.
This option has no effect in the Demo version
AUTOEDIT
Termite Mail automatically launch your editor when replying
to a letter if this tooltype is set to TRUE.