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- GetMail - Version 1.1
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-
- INTRODUCTION:
-
- GetMail is a POP Client, it is used for receiving mail to your
- local Amiga host from an Internet POP host.
-
- GetMail was written with referance to the following mail RFC's.
- RFC-821, RFC-822, RFC-1081, RFC-1082, RFC-1225, RFC-1725.
-
-
- REQUIREMENTS:
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- Getmail requires WB 2.04 as a minimum (and will also utilise the
- file buffering of WB 3.0 where possible).
-
- GetMail is for use with AmiTCP (it will not work with AS225), it
- was developed on version 4.0 of AmiTCP but I suspect that it will
- work on version 3.0 also.
-
-
- BACKGROUND:
-
- When I signed up to get Internet access I keenly downloaded software
- from my local BBS and was immediately disapointed while reading the
- installation instructions. It was quite clear that much of the
- software was ported from the Unix/UUCP environment as the software
- wanted a lot of assigns like UULib:, UUSpool: and many environmental
- variables. Even worse, several software packages used the
- environmental variables in conflicting mannors. The Ported Unix
- code did not take full advantage to the Amiga OS and resulted in
- large executable sizes. I decided to write my own utilities.
-
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- INSTALLATION:
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- I have provided both 68000 and 68020 executables.
-
- Simply copy the GetMail executable (this is a dos command so no icon is
- required) to a library somewhere in your path. A good place for it is
- in the AmiTCP:bin drawer.
-
- I reccommend creating two environmental variables called EMAILADDR and
- POPHOST. EMAILADDR is for your full E-Mail address (Also used by PutMail).
- POPHOST is for the host name of the POP Host that holds your E-Mail mailbox.
- These assigns are not manditory but they do reduce the arguments that
- you need to pass to GetMail.
-
- Thats all (GetMail does obtain other details required for correct
- operation directly from AmiTCP), provided AmiTCP is up and running
- you can use GetMail immediately.
-
-
- OVERVIEW:
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- GetMail receives mail to the local AmiTCP user's HOME directory.
- The local file is "From " delimited (same as AmiPOP).
-
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- USAGE:
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- The command template for GetMail is "GetMail MAIL=MAILFILE/K,
- USER/K,PASS=PASSWORD/A,EMAILADDR/K,POPHOST/K,DELETE/S,VERBOSE/S".
-
-
- Lets go through the arguments one by one.
-
-
- MAIL=MAILFILE Optional argument.
-
- This is the name of your local mail message file in your HOME
- directory where messages are to be stored. It must be file name
- with no device name as GetMail appends this name to your home
- path. If the file does not exist it will be created. If it does
- exist the mail will be appended to it. The default name is "Mail.InWard".
- The argument can be specified as MAILFILE=foo or abreviated as MAIL=foo.
-
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- USER Optional argument.
-
- This is the UserID you use to access the POP Host. If you don't
- provide this argument your local AmiTCP UserID will be used.
-
-
- PASS=PASSWORD Manditory argument.
-
- This is the password you use to access the POP Host.
-
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- EMAIL=EMAILADDR Optional argument.
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- This is your full E-Mail address. If this argument is not supplied
- GetMail will use the environmental variable EMAILADDR, if that doesn't
- exist it will use your local AmiTCP UserID and the name of the host that
- you are connected to (obtained from the domain part of the local host name).
-
-
- POPHOST Optional argument.
-
- This is the name of the POP host that holds your E-Mail mailbox.
- If this argument is not supplied GetMail will use the environmental
- variable POPHOST, if that doesn't exist it will use the name of the
- host that you are connected to (obtained from the domain part of the
- local host name).
-
-
- DELETE Optional argument.
-
- This argument switches on deletion of messages read from the mailbox.
-
-
- VERBOSE Optional argument.
-
- This argument simply switches on verbose reporting of the program's
- activities and progress. If you have problems using GetMail this may
- help explain why it's not working. You can always redirect the verbose
- output to a file and post this to be if you need assistance.
-
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- DEVELOPMENT:
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- GetMail was developed on an Amiga 3000 running WB 3.1 using SAS/C 6.51.
-
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- SO LONG AND THANKS FOR THE FISH:
-
- I hope you find GetMail easy to use and usefull.
-
- Bug reports, Comments, ideas, *POSTCARDS*, E-Mail, gifts and requests
- for new utilities all welcome.
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- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- This program is freeware, use and/or distribute as you wish
- on a "NON Profit" basis.
-
- No warranty exists, use this software at your own risk.
-
- Martin V Lanza
- PO Box 8344,
- Christchurch,
- New Zealand.
-
- mlanza@southern.co.nz
-
- Home Phone 64-3-366-1618
-
- (Amiga Fidonet echo areas also monitored)
-