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- Post Road Mailer Version 3.0
- October 24, 1997
-
- Licensing
- =========
- If you have downloaded this package as a demonstration version, the program
- will expire 30 days after the first time you use it. The expired Post Road
- Mailer will still be fully functional, giving you complete access to the mail
- you have stored with it, with the very important exception that it will no
- longer send or retrieve mail.
-
- If you have downloaded this package after purchasing a license for it directly
- from InnoVal, enter your license number into the "License the software" dialog
- (via the main menu option by the same name), and the program will become a
- fully functional, non-expiring, non-demo, licensed copy.
-
- If you have downloaded this package after purchasing a license for it from a
- reseller, then either you have been provided with a license number, or the
- software has been pre-licensed. If the latter, DO NOT DELETE YOUR RETSAMRP.INI
- FILE! If the former, then the software will think that it's a demo version
- until such time as you enter your license number into the "License the
- software" dialog (via the main menu option by the same name), at which time
- the program will become a fully functional, non-expiring, non-demo, licensed
- copy. Either way, please send an email to innoval@ibm.net, giving us your
- license number and/or the name of the reseller from which you purchased the
- product, so that we will be able to notify you about future upgrades. A form,
- REGISTER.TXT, is included for this purpose, for your convenience.
-
- If you have downloaded this package as an upgrade to an older version of the
- same program, its behavior will depend upon whether you have purchased and
- entered (into that same "License the software" dialog) an upgrade license
- number or not. If not, then the program will run as a demo version until you
- do so, or until it expires. This upgrade is free only to those who purchased
- their current version within 90 days of the release of the new version; such
- users should have received (or should very soon receive) an email from us,
- containing their new license number.
-
- Installation
- ============
- If you are installing this program for the first time, simply unzip it into an
- empty directory and run the included INSTALL.CMD to create a program object on
- your OS/2 desktop. That's all there is to it.
-
- If you are upgrading from an older version of the same program, you should
- unzip this package into the same directory where your old version is.
- Exception: If the old version is Post Road Mailer 1.05 or earlier and you will
- want to migrate any of your old inbaskets, unzip this package into an empty
- directory, run INSTALL.CMD to update or create your desktop program object,
- reboot your computer before trying to start the new version, and see the
- section, below, about "Upgrading from any Post Road Mailer 1.03a to 1.05
- version", instead of following the steps just below.
-
- The following is a logical order in which to execute the necessary steps:
-
- 1. Make sure the old version of the program is not running.
-
- 2. Make a backup of the existing program directory and all of its
- subdirectories. And don't forget OS/2's object orientation: If you move or
- rename the old *.EXE file as part of the backup procedure you use, the
- program object on your desktop will continue pointing to that file, rather
- than pointing to the new *.EXE file you're going to put into that
- directory. It is very common for people to think they're running the new
- version after starting the program object on their desktop, when they're
- actually still running the old version. Check to make sure your desktop
- object is still pointing to the correct filename in the correct directory,
- if you're not positive that your backup method isn't going to cause this
- problem.
-
- 3. As each file is unzipped, if a file by that name already exists in the
- directory, your unzip program will ask you whether to overwrite the
- existing one or not. Say yes to each one, unless you know that you have
- deliberately made changes to any of them, such as the POSTROAD.TAG tagline
- file, or FORWARD.CFG, or any of the *.CMD files, etc. Be aware that the
- old *.CMD files may not work properly with the new program version; so if
- you need to keep your old ones that you've customized, you need to also
- incorporate into them whatever changes were made to the new ones.
- Furthermore, the MAILCAP file has not changed since version 2.1, so if you
- have one from 2.1 or later to which you've made changes, you may keep
- yours rather than overwriting it with the new one; however, if your
- MAILCAP file is from 2.0 or earlier, you must incorporate your
- customizations into the new one rather than continuing to use the old one.
-
- 4. If you have not rebooted your computer since the last time you ran the
- old version of the program, do so now.
-
- 5. When you start the new version, go to the Product Information screen via
- the Help menu, and make sure that you are indeed running the new version.
- If it says it's still the old version, read these steps again and catch
- the part you missed the first time.
-
- 6. If you decide to change the drive letter or directory name of your Post
- Road Mailer installation, be sure and follow the complete instructions on
- the "Moving the Program Installation" page of the online help so that
- things will continue to work smoothly in the new directory.
-
- 7. See the WHATSNEW.TXT file for the complete list of changes since the
- previous version.
-
- 8. If you have PMLCARD.DLL, PMLTRANS.DLL, PMLASSOC.DLL, or PICTBOX.DLL files
- in your Post Road Mailer directory, you may delete them, as they are not
- used by the new version.
-
- 9. A problem in version 2.0 of the Post Road Mailer allowed the "Wait time
- for connection" setting (on the first page of the settings notebook) to
- work when set to 0, under conditions in which it should not have worked.
- Now that that problem has been fixed, the program can only work with that
- setting set to 0 if you have a server which responds extremely fast! So if
- you have that setting set to 0, and the new version can't connect, change
- that setting to 1.
-
- Users of "SpellGuard for PostRoad"
- ==================================
- The version of SpellGuard for PostRoad which worked with the Post Road Mailer
- versions 2.0.13 and earlier, does not work with PRM 2.0.14 or later. The
- version which was shipped for use with PRM 2.1 through 2.6, had a bug in it
- which has been fixed (the last entry in the WHATSNEW.TXT file), so even if you
- have already upgraded to that version, you will want the newer one now. We
- have sent instructions to everyone who had requested the last upgrade. If you
- own a license for SpellGuard for PostRoad and you haven't received a letter
- from us about this SpellGuard for PostRoad bug fix (which was sent on October
- 20th), please contact us now, at info@innoval.com.
-
- HPFS vs. FAT?
- =============
- If you have an HPFS partition available, we do strongly recommend installing
- our programs on it rather than on a FAT partition. Not because they can take
- advantage of long filenames or anything like that, but just because of the
- disk space savings and speed of access of EAs and small files on HPFS as
- compared to FAT. The Post Road Mailer uses a lot of small files with EAs. (See
- the Frequently Asked Questions page of the Post Road Mailer online help if you
- want more details on that.)
-
- New release information
- =======================
- To get the latest news about new releases and plans for such, click on Release
- Information in the Help menu to download the current copy of RELEASE.TXT, or
- watch for updated information on our web page, www.innoval.com/.
-
- Getting in touch with us
- ========================
- If you have any questions, problems, suggestions, etc., please contact us.
- Email is the easiest way. Just send a note to helpdesk@innoval.com if you have
- a problem or a how-to question, or to info@innoval.com with suggestions. Your
- input is very important to us!
-
- Uninstalling
- ============
- To uninstall the program, all you need to do is delete its directory and its
- desktop icon. There are no config.sys file changes to be undone. If you have
- an .INI file editor, you can remove the DCKMK, DOWNQUEUE, PMAIL, PMLCARD,
- PMLTRANS, POSTROAD, POSTROADMAILER, PRMFOLDER, PRMPREVIEW, PRMSCAN, and
- ZFILELIST entries from your OS2.INI file, also.
-
- Upgrading from any Post Road Mailer 1.03a to 1.05 version
- =========================================================
- The Migrate function can be used to convert a PRM 1.03a or 1.05 beta inbasket
- to the 2.x format. The Migrate function must not be used for 1.99, 2.x, or 3.x
- inbaskets, as they are already in that format! Users of versions earlier than
- 1.03a must apply the 1.03a upgrade before using the Migrate function.
-
- Be aware that a PRM 2.x folder will take more disk space than the same notes
- in the format of a PRM 1.0x folder. A folder in 1.0x is one data file and one
- index file; whereas in 2.x each note in a folder is itself a file. (If you
- don't understand why 20 1K files take more disk space than 1 20K file, you
- might like to read the question, on the Frequently Asked Questions page of the
- online help, about HPFS vs. FAT.) However, the benefits of the new
- one-note-per-file architecture of our folders greatly outweigh the drawback of
- some extra disk space usage.
-
- The Migrate function has a limit of 10,000 notes per folder, so if you have a
- folder larger than that, please contact us for instructions on how to work
- around that limit.
-
- Acknowledgements
- ================
- The Post Road Mailer was packaged using Info-ZIP's compression utility.
- Info-ZIP's software (Zip, UnZip and related utilities) is free and can be
- obtained as source code or executables from various bulletin board services
- and anonymous-ftp sites, including CompuServe's IBMPRO forum and
- ftp.uu.net/pub/archiving/zip/*.
-
- IBM and OS/2 are registered trademarks of the IBM Corporation. Post Road
- Mailer is a trademark of InnoVal Systems Solutions, Inc. All other brands,
- both cited and not cited, are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service
- marks of their respective companies. The Post Road Mailer is licensed software
- and is copyrighted.
-
- Demonstration license
- =====================
- If you downloaded or copied the demonstration package of the Post Road
- Mailer, and you do not have a full license for the code with a license
- number issued by InnoVal Systems Solutions, Inc., you agree to the
- following usage guidelines. If you do not agree, you should not use the
- software.
-
- License to Use:
-
- This program, Post Road Mailer Demonstration, hereinafter referred to as
- the Software, is licensed for demonstration and evaluation use only. You
- may use the program for thirty days only, unless you obtain a full license
- from InnoVal Systems Solutions, Inc. or from an authorized supplier.
-
- You may not modify, reverse assemble, or reverse compile the Software.
-
- You may not license, rent, lease, or sell the Software.
-
- InnoVal will not be liable for any lost profits, lost savings, or any
- incidental damages or other economic consequential damages that may arise
- from the use of the Software even if InnoVal, or an authorized supplier,
- has been advised of the possibility of such damage. InnoVal will not be
- liable for any damages claimed by you based on any third party claim.
-
- This license, granted to you, is effective for thirty days from the day
- you obtain the Software. You may terminate this license at any time if you
- destroy all copies of the Software.
-
- This license is governed by the laws of the state of New York or the
- country in which you acquired the Software.
-
- (c) 1995, 1996, 1997 InnoVal Systems Solutions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
-