home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- ______________________________________________________________________
-
- GoldED 2.50 - Installation Instructions
- ______________________________________________________________________
-
-
- ______________________________________________________________________
-
- QUICK INSTALL FOR FIRST-TIME USERS
-
- GoldED contains an ultra-simple install feature. It will try to detect
- what other mail software you have installed, and will automatically
- build a simple configuration file from what it finds. If the
- auto-detect is successful, you don't have to write a single line of
- configuration to get started with GoldED!
-
- First, create a directory (for example C:\MAIL\GOLDED) and unpack the
- distribution archive(s) to the directory.
-
- If you have one of the programs listed below, GoldED can auto-detect
- and use their configurations:
-
- D'Bridge, Dutchie, Ezycom, FastEcho, FidoPCB, FMail, FrontDoor,
- GEcho, IMAIL, InterMail, LoraBBS, Maximus, ME2, Opus, PCBoard,
- Portal, ProBoard, QFront, QuickBBS, RaEcho, RemoteAccess, Squish,
- SuperBBS, timEd, Terminate (TMAIL), TosScan, WMail, XMail.
- Stand-alone AREAS.BBS files are also supported.
-
- Note that some versions of these programs may not be supported because
- they are very old or very new. Also, some program support have only
- been implemented very recently and may be untested or may not have
- been tested in a real-life setup.
-
- If you have one or more of these programs installed, run GoldED with
- parameter /INSTALL. When detecting programs, GoldED will search
- environment variables and the current directory for signs of the
- programs. If this fails, try adding a path to the program you want
- GoldED to find, like this: /INSTALL=<path>.
-
- GoldED will, as a minimum, try to get the first defined username and
- address, an originline and any mail area it can find. If any of it was
- not found after completed detection, GoldED will prompt you for the
- missing information.
-
- After completed detection and/or prompting, GoldED will create a
- GOLDED.CFG file containing the information it found and then start.
- You can use this simple configuration file as a starting point and add
- to it when you start exploring the more advanced features.
-
- This is an example of a very simple install:
-
- === Cut ===
- USERNAME Odinn Sorensen
- ADDRESS 2:236/77.1
- AREADEF NETMAIL "Netmails" 0 Net Opus C:\MAIL\NETMAIL\
- AREAFILE AreasBBS C:\MAIL\AREAS.BBS
- === Cut ===
-
- The absolute minimum that GoldED must have to start, is a USERNAME, an
- ADDRESS and at least one mail area, defined using AREA, AREADEF or
- AREAFILE. If the username and address can be found in another programs
- configuration, an AREAFILE is all that is needed.
-
-
- ______________________________________________________________________
-
- QUICK INSTALL FOR USERS UPGRADING FROM A PREVIOUS VERSION
-
- You should be able to drop-in the new *.EXE files (and the new
- GOLDHELP.CFG file) to replace your old files and get going right away.
- Don't forget to keep a backup of your old *.EXE and *.CFG files, in
- case you are not satisfied or there are problems with this beta.
-
- It must be noted that although this release has been in beta for
- years, there have been many recent changes that have not been
- extensively tested with all possible configurations and combinations
- of options. Bugs may have been introduced that could cause an existing
- configuration to fail in mysterious and frustrating ways, with
- lockups, crashes, exception errors etc.
-
- If you have problems using this beta with your existing configuration,
- please try to install it in a separate directory using the simple
- install procedure described above for first-time users. If you use a
- GOLDED environment variable, don't forget to remove it or change the
- path! If the problems go away when using the simple configuration,
- please try to determine which part or parts of your existing
- configuration that is causing problems. Comment out keywords one by
- one until the problem goes away, or add keywords to the simple install
- from your existing configuration until it fails. If lockups or crashes
- occur before the startup screen comes up, try to run GoldED with
- parameters -FF -VV and note how far it gets when processing your
- configuration. Please report your findings in the GoldED support or
- beta echoes or direct to the author.
-
-
- ______________________________________________________________________
-