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- EzPop v. 1.1
- (c) 1999 Thibaud Djian
- 09/19/99
-
- Author : Thibaud Djian
- email : tdjian@glabouni.com
-
- For more info, news, etc. check my homepage :
- http://www.glabouni.com/EzPop/
-
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- CONTENTS
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-
- 1. What is it ?
- 2. What's new ?
- 3. Features
- 4. Setup
- 5. Default skins
- 6. Create a skin
- 7. Price
- 8. Version history
- 9. Uninstall
- 10. License
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- 1. WHAT IS IT ?
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-
- EzPop is a skinnable email notification tool.
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- 2. WHAT'S NEW ?
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- New features :
-
- * Tray support
- * Option for activation/disactivation of Pop accounts
- * Support for switches in the command line used for launching the
- mail client.
- Put a comma between the .exe name and the switch. Ex. :
- c:\program files\netscape\...\netscape.exe,-mail
- * New configuration panel
-
- Squashed bugs :
-
- * New passwords encrypting/decrypting routine.
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- | IMPORTANT !!!!!!!! |
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- | If you upgraded from a older version, you must configure |
- | again your accounts. Old passwords don't work anymore ! |
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- For the skinners :
-
- * The transparency color for the buttons is now the
- Great Pink (TM) color (RGB 255/0/255).
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- 3. FEATURES
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- * Check your Pop(s) server(s). 1-99 minutes between checks
-
- * Fully skinnable, with support for transparency
-
- * Launch button for the mail client
-
- * Alarm sound
-
- * Memo window to read the messages, with "delete" & "reply to"
- buttons
-
- * Lot of options :
- Auto-connect at start-up
- Always on top
- Headers display only
- Tray support
- etc.
-
- * Three great default skins
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- 4. SETUP
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- * Unzip EzPop.zip anywhere on your hard drive.
-
- * Modify the default path for the current skin in EzPop.ini
- (first line) to match your install folder. Ex. :
-
- The default path is :
- "current_skin = C:\EzPop\Skins\Abaca\"
- If you unzipped EzPop.zip in
- "C:\Program files\",
- change the line to read :
- "current_skin = C:\Program files\EzPop\Skins\Abaca\"
-
- * That's all ! To launch EzPop, double-click on EzPop.exe.
- To configure it, right-click on the main window.
- To view your messages, double-clic on the status line.
- To save your attachments, right-clic in the message window.
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- 5. DEFAULT SKINS
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- The default skin, "Abaca", is a creation of Lorene Lalonde, well-
- known in the skinners community and LAUNCHkaos contest winner.
- Check her homepage : http://welcome.to/lorene
-
- The second skin released with EzPop is "Gold", signed by Trond,
- another well-known skinner.
- Check his homepage : http://home.eunet.no/~tgimre/Skins/
-
- The third one, The Borg, was created by MorpheusX, Litestep themer
- supreme. Check his homepage : http://www.chunkymunky.com/morpheusx
-
- For other EzPop skins, check :
-
- * Glabouni (http://www.glabouni.com)
- * Skinz.org (http://www.skinz.org)
-
- Don't forget we're waiting for yours !
-
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- 6. CREATE A SKIN
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-
- The skin.ini of the default skins is commented, so you can
- understand most of the procedure. For more tips, check the online
- tutorial at http://www.glabouni.com/EzPop/
-
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- 7. PRICE
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-
- Nothing ! EzPop is freeware. If you want to contribute, please
- create great skins and share them with everybody.
-
- And if you don't know the other soft of Thibaud Djian, NextView,
- check his site at http://www.glabouni.com/NextView
-
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- 8. VERSION HISTORY
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- v. 1.0 :
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- * Support for multiple Pop accounts (up to ten)
- * Choice of associated mail client
- * Option to download headers only
- * French version
- * A hint on the message number displays every account's content.
- * New configuration box
- * Display of the number of attachments in the message window
- * Info line now read "Account name-info".
- Ex. : "Schloubidou- 1 message"
-
- Bug corrections :
- * Refresh of the message number when read by the mail client
- * Some flicker in the message window
- * "Reply to" problem with some mail clients (including Netscape)
- * "On top" option with the message window
- * Encrypting/decrypting of some passwords
- * ... and a lot of code optimization
-
- For the skinners :
- * Option to display the message font in bold, italic or both.
- Simply add a "FontStyle" line in the "Memo_MsgWindow" section
-
- Ex. :
- [Memo_MsgWindow]
- FontStyle = bold
- or
- FontStyle = italic
- or
- FontStyle = bold, italic
-
- Without this line, the standard font is used
-
- v. 0.90 :
-
- * A new skinnable window to read your messages, with
- buttons to delete and reply and a transparent background.
- * Management of attachments.
- * Optional associated sound.
- * Updated versions of Lorenela and Trond's default skins.
- * Now with a third default skin by MorpheusX !
- * ... and of course some bugs squashed.
-
- The formatting of the skin.ini is now fixed. Seeing EzPop's
- immediate popularity, that was the priority.
-
- v. 0.50c : First public release
-
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- 9. UNINSTALL
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- Simply delete your EzPop folder and it's gone ! EzPop doesn't
- write anything else on your hard drive. No registry pollution !
-
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- 10. LICENSE
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-
- License agreement for the package EzPop 1.0 beta
-
- This license agreement is a legal agreement between you (either an
- individual or a single entity) and the author of this software
- package, Thibaud Djian. By installing or otherwise using this
- software you agree to be bound by this agreement. If you do not
- agree to the terms of this Agreement, you may not install or use
- this software.
-
- You may install and use for free an unlimited number of copies of
- this software on your computer.
-
- You are not allowed to sell or redistribute this package without
- the permission of the author.
-
- You may not disassemble or reverse engineer any part of this
- software. You may not rent or lease the software.
-
- All rights in the Software (including any images or text incorpo-
- rated into the Software and excluding the three default skins)
- are owned by the author of this software.
-
- All rights of the three default skins packaged with the software
- are owned by their authors.
-
- This Agreement will immediately and automatically terminate
- without notice if you fail to comply with any term or condition
- of this Agreement. You agree upon termination to promptly destroy
- the Software Product together with all of its component parts,
- prior and replacement versions, and all copies and modifications
- thereof in any form.
-
- The author of this software does not guarantee that this software
- is free from bugs or from viruses.
-
- The author will not make available Technical Support for this
- Software. The author may, from time to time, revise or update the
- Software. In so doing, the author incurs no obligation to furnish
- such revision or updates to you.
-
- TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE SOFTWARE
- AND DOCUMENTATION ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS
- ALL OTHER WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
- INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABI-
- LITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, CONFORMANCE WITH
- DESCRIPTION, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS
-
- TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT
- SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
- CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES OR LOST PROFITS
- WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF
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