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- AEMail230 - Release 2.30 of AEMail
- March 31, 2000
-
- AEMail is copyright (c) 1996-2000 by John F. Zacharias, all rights
- reserved. Permission is given to unregistered users to test and evaluate
- the program in return for feedback on the use of the program and reporting
- of any bugs encountered.
-
- AEMail comes in three formats: a archived release received over the
- internet, a CD-ROM, and a two disk set. All of the formats contain
- the same files; although, the documentation and ARrexx directories are
- compressed in the diskette set.
-
- The files contained in the release are as follows:
-
- AEMail, the AEMail executable
- AEMail.inf, a file used to create the AEMail Project icon files
- AEMAIL.Readme
- AEMAIL.Readme.info
- AEMR
- Installer
- Install.txt
- Install.txt.info
- Install_AEMail
- Install_AEMail.info
- mailcap
- startnet.miami
- stopnet.miami
- registration.form
- registration.form.info
-
- The directories are:
-
- ARexx This directory contains the ARexx documentation and
- sample ARexx scripts. Read the ARexx.reaadme in this
- directory to see what's in it.
-
- C This directory contains the display program "more",
- "lhex", a program used to expand .lha files in the
- diskette version, and "CheckAssign" used by the
- ClassAct installation.
-
- Classes This directory contains the ClassAct classes used by
- AEMail.
-
- Documentation This directory contains the following documentation
- files:
-
- AEMail.doc
- AEMail.doc.info
- AEMail.guide
- AEMail.guide.info
- email.txt
- email.txt.info
-
- Prefs Used by classAct
-
- S This directory contains a script, AEMced.scr, for
- calling the CygnusED editor. The "AEMced.scr" script
- is no longer needed but is left in to show how a script
- can be used to call an editor.
-
- When you un-archive the lha file received over the Internet, you will find
- that the above files and directories are in a directory called "AEMail230".
-
- If you received AEMail on CD-ROM, it will have the same files as the
- archived version of AEMail, but they will be in an unarchived state. The
- CD-ROM is labelled: AEMAIL_V2_30CD
-
- If you received AEMail on diskette, you will now find that it is now a two
- disk set. The two disks contain:
-
- AEMail_V2.30-Disk_1:
-
- C directory
- S directory
- AEMail, the AEMail executable
- AEMail.inf, a file used to create the AEMail Project icon files
- AEMAIL.Readme
- AEMAIL.Readme.info
- AEMR
- Disk.info
- Installer
- Install.txt
- Install.txt.info
- Install_AEMail
- Install_AEMail.info
- mailcap
- startnet.miami
- stopnet.miami
- registration.form
- registration.form.info
-
- AEMail_V2.30-Disk_2:
-
- C directory
- Classes Directory
- Classes.info
- Prefs Directory
- Prefs.info
- documentation.lha when expanded after the install contains:
- AEMail.doc
- AEMail.doc.info
- AEMail.guide
- AEMail.guide.info
- email.txt
- email.txt.info
- ARexx.lha archive when expanded contains ARexx documentation and
- sample ARexx scripts. Read the ARexx.readme in this directory
- after the install to see what's in it.
-
- The program AEMR is used by the installation script to upgrade to a
- registered version of AEMail. If you already have a registered version,
- your new version will be automatically upgraded to a registered version.
-
- There is a very convenient Install script (Install_AEMail) for installing
- (and configuring) AEMail. It uses Amiga Technologies Installer program
- which is included with the archive. Please read the "Install.txt" file
- before attempting to install AEMail.
-
- THE INSTALL SCRIPT MUST BE USED TO INSTALL AEMAIL. You will not be able to
- have a registered version without using the install script.
-
- If you are updating from a version of AEMail prior to 1.10 you should use
- the "Expert" level of the Install script in order to locate where you
- previously located AEMail. Releases after 1.10 will be able to determine
- where AEMail has been placed if you use the Install_AEMail script to
- install both the prior version AND this version.
-
- The mailcap file is used to specify programs to display different
- attachments to email on your computer. This can also be done with the
- viewer page of the configuration setup window. The standard mailcap which
- is installed DOES NOT display HTML attachments in web browser format. An
- alternate mailcap is provided in the ARexx directory which does allow you
- to display HTML attachments with your browser through an ARexx script
- called "html.aem". Both IBrowse and AWeb are automatically supported with
- this ARexx script.
-
- You can install the alternate mailcap file if you install at the "expert"
- level. However, in order for this to work correctly you will need to be
- sure that the ARexx scripts are placed in an ARexx directory of your main
- AEMail program directory. The defaults in the script will do this.
-
- When you install AEMail you will be asked which type of installation you
- are performing:
-
- A Demo Version
- A Previously Registered Version
- A New Registered Version
-
- If you are installing a new registered version you will need a key code
- which was provided when you purchased AEMail.
-
- This is Version 2.30 of AEMail (Amiga EMail), an InterNet Mail User Agent
- (Client), which can be used on an Amiga to retrieve mail from, and send
- mail to, a POP3 server. It requires a TCP/IP stack compatible with AmiTCP
- and AmigaDos 2.1 or later. AEMail has been tested with AmiTCP, TermiteTCP,
- and Miami.
-
- AEMail can also be used as a "MailTo" agent in WWW browsers, such as
- IBrowse, Voyager and AWeb, which allow the user to specify such an agent
- for composing and sending email. You can also call AEMail with an already
- composed message from another program and queue or send the message.
-
- A complete list of new features, changes and the bugs corrected with
- version 2.30 given at the end of the AEMail.readme file and also in the
- AEMail.guide file.
-
- This version of AEMail provides certain features only to registered users
- (those paying the shareware fee). These features (not available to
- unregisterd users) are:
-
- Ability to use multiple signature files.
- Ability to add user defined headers to a message.
- Ability to shrink or expand group entries in Address Book displays.
- Password protection for separate configurations.
- Filtering messages on "Other Message Hdrs".
- Filtering messages on the content of the message body.
- Certain ARexx commands (consult AEMail-ARexx.doc).
- Saving font changes.
- Saving function key assignments for ARexx commands.
- Ability to disable the "Notification" message requester. Unregistered
- versions will always display the "Notification" message requester.
-
- AEMail is shareware with a registration fee of $30 (US dollars). Read the
- details of this in the AEMail.Readme file or the AEMail.guide file. The
- file "registration.form" is the registration form which should be submitted
- when upgrading to a registered version. The Default Tool in the
- registration.form icon is SYS:Tools/PrintFiles so that by double clicking
- on the registration.form icon you can get a printout of the registration
- form.
-
- Besides the AEMail.Readme file, three documentation files have been
- provided: AEMail.doc, AEMail-ARexx.doc, and AEMail.guide. The AEMail.doc
- and the AEMail-ARrxx.doc files are flat ASCII files that are designed to
- create a printout of the documentation. Except for form feeds, NO
- FORMATTING COMMANDS ARE EMBEDDED IN THIS FILE so you need a file printing
- program to print it out.
-
- AEMail.guide, on the other hand, is an AmigaGuide file. It's icon calls
- MultiView; however, after the install operation the icon's default tool
- will be changed to AmigaGuide if you are running under AmigaDos 2.1.
-
- All of the other documentation files use the program "More" to display the
- file. WARNING: AmigaDOS 3.5 users may find that the "More" program on the
- 3.5 release will guru when executed. You can replace the "More" that comes
- with 3.5 with the "More" contained in the C directory of the AEMail release
- and you will no longer have this problem.
-
- AEMail-ARexx.doc is an extraction of the ARexx section from the .doc file
- and stored as a separate file. This file, like the AEMail.doc file, can
- be printed out and consulted separately. It is found in the ARexx
- directory under the main AEMail directory after the install.
-
- Also included is a special file called email.txt which is a general
- discussion about email. Beginning users who are not knowledgable as to how
- email works or are unfamiliar with some of the terminology should read this
- file. It will be found in the documentation drawer after the install.
-
- In both the archived and the CD-ROM versions, the AEMail.doc, email.txt,
- AEMail-ARexx.doc, and AEMail.guide files can be read directly from the
- release before the installation. Since these files are archived on the
- diskette version, you must install AEMail before you can read these files.
-
- Thanks,
-
- - John Zacharias (jzachar@calweb.com)
- http://www.calweb.com/~jzachar
- March 31, 2000
-
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