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- MailCheck Version 1.1
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- Automated E-Mail checking with Miami and YAM
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-
- by
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- Robert Wilson
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- Disclaimer
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-
- I wrote MailCheck originally for my own personal use. I have been using it
- now for several months and have never experienced any problems with it. I
- will not take responsibility in any way if my scripts fail to disconnect
- your modem from your Internet Provider. If you end up with a massive
- telephone bill, don't come to me - I'm not interested.
-
- USE THESE SCRIPTS AT YOUR OWN RISK!
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-
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- Introduction
- ------------
-
- When I first started using e-mail, I thought it was wonderful. Then as
- time went by it became such a drag having to remember to dial up and check
- my mail. What I needed was my Amiga to do this for me.
-
- So I set about writing an AmigaDOS/ARexx script to do this for me, and here
- you have the results of my work. For some time I still launched the script
- manually, but then I came across 'EZCron' and at long last the operation
- was 100% automatic.
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- Requirements
- ------------
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- Amiga (2.04+) - Funny that! Only tested with 3.1 - should work.
- CheckModem 1.1 - Modem status tester by Nils Görs.
- rexxtricks.library - ARexx function library by Jürgen Kohrmeyer.
- YAM - Amiga mailer by Marcel Beck.
- Miami - TCP/IP stack by Holger Kruse.
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- All the programs required are available on the Aminet.
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- Features
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- It's free...
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- MailCheck is FreeWare. Pass it on to your friends as much as you like.
- Do not sell it or try to take credit for my work.
- If you use it regularly, then mail me to say hello - address below.
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- Intelligent checking...
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- Script will quit if modem is not ready.
- Will not disconnect after checking, if you're on line.
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- Log file...
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- All operations are recorded to log file (S:MailCheck.log).
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- It's on an Amiga...
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- Try doing this with Win95, 4 years on and still the OS kicks ass!
- Isn't ARexx wonderful?
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- Installation
- ------------
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- This is easy...
-
- 1) If you haven't done this already, install 'rexxtricks' and 'CheckModem'
- now! 'CheckModem' must be in your path somewhere - I would suggest C:.
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- 2) Copy 'MailCheck' into S: - ensure the 's' bit is still set.
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- 3) Copy 'MailCheck.rexx' into Rexx:.
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- 4) Edit the serial device name in MailCheck (the one in S:). It is
- currently set to 'squirrelserial.device'. Change this to
- 'serial.device', 'artser.device' etc as required. See 'CheckModem' docs
- for more info.
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- 5) Make assigns (if you haven't already) to both YAM: and Miami:.
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- 6) Mail me and tell me what you think?
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- Usage
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- Either from the Shell or with a scheduling program like 'EZCron', launch
- 'MailCheck'. Miami will now dial your Internet Provider and YAM will check
- for new mail. If there is any, it will be downloaded and then Miami will
- disconnect (if you were not connected prior to the script being launched).
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- My Suggestions
- --------------
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- I've set (in the MUI settings) so that both Miami and YAM start iconified.
- This prevents them from suddenly popping up when your working on something
- else. I like to keep the mail checking as transparent as possible.
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- Your Suggestions
- ----------------
-
- I always looking for ideas and ways to improve my work. If you have any
- comments, be them good or bad - let me know!
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- The Future
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-
- There are a few things which I may do this script...
-
- 1) Option to automatically encrypt and forward incoming mail to another
- address.
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- 2) Option to automatically reply to incoming mail (kind of like an
- answerphone) - thought this may be useful if you go away?
-
- 3) Play samples on receipt of new mail etc...
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- 4) Pop-up requesters - in addition to the logfile. The only problem I see
- with this is that the requesters would really need to time-out after a
- period of time, otherwise you could end up with loads of them on the
- screen. Probably best to let MCP take care of this?
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-
-
- History
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-
- Version 1.0 - Not released, my use only.
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- Version 1.1 - This version. Scripts cleaned up (a bit) and quick docs
- written. Distribution with EZCron.
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- Bugs
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- None known at the moment. I have only tested this on my Amiga. Software and
- Hardware as below...
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- Miami 2.0e - Current version at time of writing
- YAM 1.3.4 - Current version at time of writing
- Workbench 3.1 (40.42)
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- A1200 (Commodore)
- Kickstart 3.1 (40.63)
- Blizzard A1230 IV
- 16 MB Fast Ram
- SurfSquirrel
- 33,600 'no name' DVF modem
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- Other Things?
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-
- So far this is only the second public release that I've made. The other
- one being 'DOpusDoubleClick', available on Aminet biz/opus. Like
- 'MailCheck' it is an AmigaDOS/ARexx pair of scripts. It allows you to
- 'DoubleClick' on files from the shell...? Check it out!
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- Contact
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- Any suggestions for scripts or anything Amiga...
-
- robert.wilson@bigfoot.com
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