Aminet 15/Aminet 15 - Nov 1996.iso/Aminet/comm/mail/AEMail.lha/aemail110/INSTALL.TXT

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                             INSTALLATION OF AEMAIL

PLEASE NOTE:  If you are installing from an AEMail installation disk, that disk
must NOT be write protected when you install AEMail.  It will be written to
during the install.

    If you need further information on the AEMail install and some of the items
    mentioned in this document, please consult either the "AEMail.guide" or the
    "AEMail.doc" documents on the AEMail installation diskette (or the AEMail
    archive).

    The AEMail Install Script uses the Installer program first provided by
    Commodore and later revised by Amiga Technologies.

        Installer and Installer project icon
        (c) Copyright 1995-96 Escom AG.  All Rights Reserved.
        Reproduced and distributed under license from Escom AG.

        INSTALLER SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS-IS" AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE;
        NO WARRANTIES ARE MADE.  ALL USE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK.  NO LIABILITY
        OR RESPONSIBILITY IS ASSUMED.

    An installation script has been provided for the installation of AEMail.
    To install AEMail simply double click on the "Install_AEMail icon".  The
    install script provides three user levels that the user can choose:

        Novice
        Intermediate
        Expert

    The action that takes place at the Novice level is slightly different
    depending on whether AmiTCP has been installed or not.  The installation
    script determines if AmiTCP is installed by checking for an assignment
    to AmiTCP:. This AmiTCP: assignment was automatically created when you
    installed AmiTCP.

    The AmiTCP: assignment determines where the installation script will
    place the AEMail executable.  For AmiTCP the executable is placed in
    the AmiTCP:bin drawer.  If it is not present, the placement of the
    executable defaults to an AEMail drawer (created by the script if it
    does not already exist) on the largest partition on your hard drive.

    If you wish to control where AEMail will be placed, you will need to
    execute the Install script at the "Expert" user level.

    The reason that AEMail is placed in the AmiTCP:bin drawer is that the
    assumption is made that you are using AmiTCP.  The "startnet" and
    "stopnet" scripts should be in the same directory that contains AEMail
    if they are to work without modification.

    If you select the Novice user level you will not be able to give any input
    for the install.  The following actions will automatically be taken:

        The AEMail executable file will be placed in AmiTCP:bin or, if AmiTCP
            was not installed, on the largest partition on your hard drive.
            Note: No special directory will be created if AmiTCP:bin is
            present, otherwise a directory of "AEMail" will be created for
            containing the AEMail executable.  When the installation script
            terminates it will tell you where it placed the AEMail executable.

        Your AEMail mail directory will normally be a directory called
            AEMail_Mail in AmiTCP: or, if AmiTCP: was not present, in the
            AEMAIL directory. The AEMail mail directory will be assigned to
            AEMAIL:.  If an AEMAIL: assignment already exists, that directory
            will be used as the mail directory except that it will be
            renamed to AEMail_Mail if it had been named something else.
            This operation is automatic and makes updating the AEMail program
            easy without disturbing your existing mail files.

        No configuration will be performed.  However, certain default
            configuration values will be provided (see below).

        No documentation files will be copied.

        If you are running under AmigaDos 3.0 or greater, the supplied
            mailcap file will be copied to the AEMail_Mail directory.
            No mailcap file will be copied if you are using AmigaDos 2.1.

        An AEMAIL: assign statement will automatically be placed in your
            S:User-Startup file.

    If you select the Intermediate user level you will also be able to provide
    configuration data that will be stored in the Tool Types parameters of
    the AEMAIL icon.  Further, if the AEMAIL: assignment existed at the start
    of the installation that assignment will be used.  However, if the mail
    directory had been called something else, you will be asked if you want
    to rename it to AEMail_Mail.  If you select NO, the directory will not
    be renamed; however, a new AEMail_Mail directory will be created in the
    same parent directory and used for the AEMAIL: assignment.

    In addition to what is available for the Intermediate user, the Expert
    user will be able to select what directories will be used and will be
    able to copy the documentation files to a directory of his/her choice.
    The Expert user will also be able to select an alternate location for a
    pre-existing mailcap file and, if running under AmigaDos 2.1, will be
    able to build their own mailcap file.

    Certain configuration parameters must be provided before AEMAIL will run.
    These configuration parameters are provided either by Tool Types in the
    AEMail icon or through special configuration screens when you first run
    AEMail and saved in an aemail.cnfg file in the S: directory.  For a full
    discussion on configuring AEMail, see Section IV. Configuration below.

    The installation script will try to automatically configure certain
    items to default values.  These include the switch for deleting mail
    from your POP Server once it has been transferred to your Amiga and
    the switch for stripping duplicate messages.  The edit call will
    default to c:ed and will open the editor on the Workbench.  Also,
    if you installed TermiteTCP, the installation script will obtain your
    UserID and Domain Name from the ttcp-email-address  environmental
    variable provided TermiteTCP was loaded (not necessarily on-line) when
    the AEMail installation was performed.

    The installation script at the Intermediate and Expert user levels will
    allow you to provide additional configuration parameters as Tool Types
    in your AEMail icon or to change the default ones.  However, if you are
    updating from a prior version you may already have an aemail.cnfg file
    in your S: directory which will override the Tool Types.  If the
    S:aemail.cnfg file is present, you will not be asked to provide this
    configuration data at installation time.  In this case, if you wish to
    change the information in the S:aemail.cnfg file you will have to do so
    through the Configuration menu item.

    If these parameters are not provided by Tool Types (through the installation
    script) or by an existing aemail.cnfg file, the Configuration screen will
    be displayed upon the initial startup of AEMail.  You can not proceed
    beyond this configuration screen until certain required configuration
    parameters are provided.  The absolute minimum configuration parameters
    that must be provided are:

        UserID
        Password
        Domain Name
        Edit Call
        Mail Directory      (either through an ASSIGN (see below) or by a
                             parameter)

    A POP Server name and a SMTP Server name must also be provided.  However,
    if they are missing AND, if Domain Name has been specified, default values
    will be assigned to these items.

    If you have installed and are ran TermiteTCP before you installed
    AEMail, the only configuration parameter you will have to provide is
    your password.  For AmiTCP or Miami users, you will also need to provide
    your UserID and Domain name.

    If you are using AmiTCP, it is recommended that you place AEMail in the
    same directory that contains your AmiTCP StartNet and StopNet scripts
    (usually AmiTCP:bin) although this is not an absolute requirement.  If
    the directory containing your StartNet or StopNet scripts is NOT the
    AmiTCP:bin directory or the scripts have names different from "startnet"
    or "stopnet", you will have to add the STARTNET and STOPNET tool types
    to your AEMail icon.  You can do that with the installation script at
    the Expert user level.

    If you are using TermiteTCP or Miami, there are no Start Net or Stop Net
    scripts.  With Miami it is possible to construct a StartNet and StopNet
    script since Miami has a built in AREXX port.  Such a script, however,
    is not standard with either Miami or AEMail.

    The installation script will automatically create a directory for your
    email storage (mail and configuration files) and place an ASSIGN statement
    in your S:User-Startup file as follows:

        ASSIGN AEMAIL: [your-mail-directory-path]

    The default directory that is created is AmiTCP:AEMail_Mail (if the AmiTCP
    assign exists) or a directory called AEMail_Mail in the AEMail directory
    that has been created.  If the AEMail_Mail directory already exists it will
    not be created nor will the existing mail or Configuration files in the
    directory be disturbed.

    If you want to place the AEMail_Mail directory some place else you will
    have to specify the Expert user level when you perform the installation.

    The mail directory can start out empty.  The AEMail program will generate
    any necessary configuration and support files required.  The AEMail_Mail
    directory can be anywhere on any one of your hard drive partitions (or
    on a floppy or other read/writable media); it does not have to be in
    the AmiTCP: directory.

    As stated above, you will need a "mailcap" file if you want to display
    MIME mail attachments.  A sample mailcap file is provided on the AEMail
    program disk which uses MultiView to display audio, images, and video
    content types provided that you have the appropriate datatypes loaded
    into your system.  This, of course, requires AmigaDos 3.0 or higher.
    If you are using AmigaDos 2.1, the mailcap file needs to be modified to
    reflect the display programs that you want.  The installation script at
    the Expert level will help you do this.

    If you are running under AmigaDos 3.0 or higher, the installation script
    will automatically move the supplied mailcap file to AEMAIL: unless
    you specified a different location for a pre-existing mailcap file (Expert
    level only).

    The mailcap file specifications are given in Section IX, AEMail Files:
    mailcap.

    When the installation script terminates it will store the directory
    in which it placed AEMail in the Environmental variable AEMail_dir.
    This facilitates updating to future releases of AEMail.

    HANDLING OF TIME ZONES IN AEMAIL
    --------------------------------

    At this time AEMail will only handle time zones in full hour increments.
    That is because AEMail uses either the "tz" environmental variable or the
    "locale.prefs" file that is part of AmigaDos to determine your local time
    zone.  Both of these methods only allow for full hour time zone offsets.
    A future version of AEMail will give you an option in the Configuration
    screen to set your local time zone.  At that time, half hour time zones
    will be handled.

    Currently AEMail first looks for the environmental variable "tz".  The
    format for "tz" should be aaabbbccc where aaa is the abbreviation for
    local standard time, bbb is the offset in hours from GMT (-11 to 12) which
    is SUBTRACTED from GMT to get the local standard time.  ccc is the
    abbreviation for local daylight savings time.  If the time zone has
    daylight savings time this should be present even if daylight savings
    time is not currently in effect (contrary to the specification for "Tz"
    for the SAS-C compiler).  AEMail automatically determines when DST is
    in effect.

    If the environmental variable "tz" is not present, the system then attempts
    to get the time zone offset from the "locale.prefs" file.  Only the time zone
    offset is present in this file.  The abbreviations for local standard time
    and daylight savings time are obtained from a table that is by no means
    complete.  Only the time zone abbreviations for the United States and Canada
    are contained in this table, so the environmental variable is preferred.

    if neither a "tz" environmental variable or a "locale.prefs" file is present,
    the system defaults to CST with an offset of 6.

    NOTE: the standard header in an email message has the time zone offset sign
    reversed from that of the "locale.prefs" and "tz" environmental variable.
    AEMail automatically makes this reversal, so the offset should be set to
    positive for US time zones.  They will appear as negative in the Date:
    header.

    You can set the "tz" environmental variable by using the SETENV AmigaDos
    Command.  This must be done from the shell.  The syntax to use is as
    follows:

        SETENV tz aaabbbccc

    aaa, your local time zone abbreviation must always be present.  If you don't
    know your abbreviation, use "xxx".  If AEMail sees xxx it will assume that no
    abbreviation is present and it will be left off the Date: header

    bbb is the time offset in hours from GMT.  Plus indicates that you are west
    of GMT and minus indicates that you are east of GMT.  Acceptable values are
    -12 to 24.

    If your time zone observes daylight savings time, ccc is the abbreviation to
    use for daylight savings time.  If ccc is not present, no adjustment will be
    made during the times of the year that daylight savings time is observed.

    The result of the SETENV command is only in effect while your computer is on.
    If you want to make the "tz" environmental variable always present enter the
    following AmigaDOS command after the SETENV command:

        COPY ENV:tz ENVARC:tz

    Using the "tz" environmental variable gives you more control over which
    abbreviations will be used for your time zone.  However, the locale.prefs
    file may be more useful for those that perfer the "point and click" method
    of doing things.  To set the correct time zone for locale.prefs, enter the
    Locale editor in your Prefs drawer.  You will see a time zone map with which
    you can move the white strip indicating the time zone on the map.  Click
    either to the left or right of the strip to move the strip.  The correct
    time zone offset for standard time will be shown at the top of the map.

    Since the locale.prefs does not have any abbreviations, AEMail makes certain
    assumptions as to what the abbreviation should be.  These assumptions are as
    follows:

    Time Zone Name           Standard    DST    ----------Time Zone----------
                             Time               (in "tz")    (in email Date:)

    Greewich Mean Time       GMT         BST        0              +0000

    Atlantic Time            AST         ADT        4              -0400
    Eastern Time (US)        EST         EDT        5              -0500
    Central Time (US)        CST         CDT        6              -0600
    Mountain Time (US)       MST         MDT        7              -0700
    Pacific Time (US)        PST         PDT        8              -0800
    Yukon Time               YST         YDT        9              -0900
    Hawaiian Time            HST         ---       10              -1000

    International Date Line  IDL         ---       12              -1200

    --- indicates this time zone does not observe DST

    If you want to use a different abbreviation or control whether DST is used
    or not, you should use the "tz" environmental variable.