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▄▄ ▄▄ ▀▀▀▀█▀▀▀▀ █▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ ▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ █▄ █ █▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀█▄ ▄█▀ █ █▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ █▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █ ▀▀▄▄ █ ▀▀▀▀▀▀█ ▐█▌ █ █ █ █ █ █ ▀█ ▄▄▄▄▄▄█ ▄█▀ ▀█▄ ▄█▀ ▀▀ ▄█▀ Mailer Internet/Fidonet Transporter ▄█▀ Copyrighted Multiboard Communications Centre, 1995-1996 All rights reserved ▄█▀ ▄█▀ ╓────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╖ ║ Introduction ║ ╙────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╜ What is it? ■ TxMAILER is a package that will use SMTP and POP3 to send and retrieve TransX mail bundles from your standard email account. ■ TxMAILER is only designed to be used with TransX v1.1 or higher and does not function as a stand-alone package. How does it work? ■ What it does is dial your internet provider over a SLIP/PPP link and once connected sends your outbound TransX bundles with SMTP then scans your POP3 mailbox for any TransX mail. If it finds any, it will save them to disk for TransX to process and remove them from your mailbox. ■ If you normally use this same mailbox for your personal mail and download it with something like Eudora(r), Microsoft Exchange(r) or Microsoft Mail/News(r) you will need to take precaution to make sure that mail for TransX is not deleted from your mailbox when you transfer mail from your host to your machine. Some of the readers mentioned above will allow you to specify whether mail should automatically be deleted from your mailbox. If not you must always run TxMAILER before downloading your mail otherwise your regular mail client will download all the mail and delete it from the mailbox, including the TransX mail rendering TxMAILER useless. ■ An optimal solution would be to ask your internet provider if you can have a secondary mailbox. Most providers will do this for free or for a very nominal charge. Get your second mailbox named something like "userid-tx", in my case "rocca-tx" this would become your robot name in TransX, as well as your mailbox name. Then all of the TransX mail could be sent and received from "userid-tx@yourisp.com" leaving your personal mailbox untouched by TransX or TxMAILER. How much work is it to run and maintain? ■ Once setup, this send and receive transfer process is fully automated and runs from a batch file which is automatically created each time you run TXBUILD.EXE ╓───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╖ ║ Installing ║ ╙───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╜ Installing TxMAILER couldn't be simpler. 1) Simply extract the archived package into the SAME directory you have TransX installed into. (if you have not yet installed TransX you will need to before installing TxMAILER) 2) Run TXSETUP.EXE (from your original TransX installation) Configure TransX to use SMTP as the Advanced Spool Type. Also specify the SMTP In and Out directories. ┌──┤ Advanced Options ├──────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ Advanced spool │ │ └ Type : SMTP (In/Out) │ │ │ │ SMTP options │ │ ├ SMTP In : M:\TRANSX\SMTP\IN\ │ │ ├ SMTP Out : M:\TRANSX\SMTP\OUT\ │ │ └ Time zone: -0500 │ │ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Please note that the In and Out directories MUST be different from each other, otherwise you will lose mail packets. You'll also need to configure your General Information to reflect your SLIP/PPP setup. ┌──┤ General Information ├─────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ Sysop : Joe User (a) │ │ System name : Joe's BBS System (b) │ │ Domain : yourisp.com (c) │ │ Site address : 1:999/9238 (d) │ │ Gate address : 0:0/0 (e) │ │ Gate netflags : Kill/Direct (f) │ │ Robot name : transx (g) │ │ │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ (a) Your name (b) Your BBS name (c) Your providers domain name (d) Your main Fidonet style address (e) 0:0/0 (f) Kill/Direct (g) Your mailbox name (usually) 3) Edit the LOGIN.CMD and LOGOUT.CMD script files to log you on and off your internet provider. The commands that are available are as follows: START - The script begins with this line DEBUG ON - You can turn on display debugging HANGUP - Attempt to hangup SEND <string> - Sends the 'string' to the modem SEND - Sends a CR/LF to the modem WAIT <time> <string> - Waits up to 'time' seconds for 'string' WAIT <time> - Waits 'time' seconds PRINT <string> - Displays 'string' to the console FINDIP - Start searching for a dynamic IP number END - Signal that the script was successful There are sample LOGIN.CMD and LOGOUT.CMD files included. 4) Run TXBUILD.EXE, and fill in the required information. There is also online help available by pressing "F1". Each time this program exits, it will create/update the TXFULL.BAT file which is what you will need to run in order to handle all of the processing. ╓───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╖ ║ Running ║ ╙───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╜ Now you just run TXFULL.BAT to transfer your mail whenever needed. This batch file will: * Make sure that all the required files exist * Make sure that all the drivers are loaded * Export your TransX mail * Dial your internet provider * Transfer the mail * Hang up * Unload the installed drivers * Import any TransX mail received ╓────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╖ ║ Common Questions and Answers ║ ╙────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╜ First of all, thanks for reading this section! Q) Which do you recommend SLIP/CSLIP/PPP? A) If you have the option, we would suggest using the SLIP or CSLIP installation, as we have found those drivers to be the most reliable. In addition the dialer PPP does not have as much functionality as the TxDIALER package. Q) The mail gets downloaded from my provider ok, and I see it sitting in the inbound SMTP directory I have defined, but TransX just ignores it? A) This is often caused by having the incorrect domain address for your provider. Many providers have their 'root' domain, for example "site.com", but email addresses are on another domain for example "galaxy.site.com". You can find out for sure by turning on DEBUG logging in TXSETUP, then when you run TransX you should see something like: = Opening at 15 Jun 96 09:50:38 & 0 routing entries & Skip; to userid-tx@storm.site.com (SMTP), from ... = Closing at 15 Jun 96 09:50:38 In this case, the domain name is "storm.site.com", and the robot name should be "userid-tx" Q) I can only get one mailbox from my provider, will TxMAILER delete my non-TransX mail? A) TransX will only download mail that has "Receipt" or "Transport" as the subject line. There is a chance that other mail could have these subject lines. If this is a heavy concern, you should seek out another provider who can offer you a second mailbox. Q) TxMAILER says it can't resolve <name>? A) Make sure that your Gateway, Netmask and Name Server entries are correct in TxBUILD. If you are unsure of what the values should be, then please contact your internet provider for the correct addresses. Q) I keep getting an error message saying <something> but can't get past it? A) Please send us a copy of your log file and we will try to get it solved as quickly as possible. ╓───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╖ ║ Support ║ ╙───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╜ If you have any questions or comments, you can netmail us at FidoNet address 1:2401/305 (CM,V34,VFC). Please poll back for your replies as we get dozens of messages a day or optionally make a note that you would like your message routed back to you. You can also contact us via the internet for faster responses, and directly sent out replies. The address is "support@multiboard.com" You can also find us in the RA_UTIL echo conference, as well as the MCC_SUPPORT echo of course. The newest MCC software is also available via the internet: http://www.multiboard.com/ ftp://niesc.k12.in.us/pub/multibrd/ ftp://pcmicro.com/multiboard/ You can also "FREQ" the files from us via FidoNet at 1:2401/305 Our system is online and taking requests 24 hours/day The magic name for the newest version of TransX is "TRANSX" The magic name for the newest version of TxMAILER is "TXMAILER" Freq "CATALOG" for the newest list of our other products. You can help us direct your messages by using the alternative email addresses when posting us mail: (1) support@multiboard.com - general inquiries (2) sales@multiboard.com - registrations/commercial info (3) suggestions@multiboard.com - suggestions (4) reports@multiboard.com - bug reports Thanks for your interest and support! ╓───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╖ ║ Changes ║ ╙───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╜ v1.0 - First release v1.1 - Made some small changes to the dialing package - Fixed a bug that would cause it to not be able to detect the IP address in SLIP mode if your provider used a particular type of IP notification message - Fixed a bug that could cause a lockup while trying to send the encoded messages ╓───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╖ ║ License and Disclaimer ║ ╙───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╜ TxMAILER is FREE, provided you have registered or bought a commercial copy of "TransX". If you are using the unregistered shareware version of TransX, then you have fourteen (14) days to evaluate TxMAILER. TransX is being marketed under the "try before you buy" or the shareware concept. You are entitled to use TransX for a period up to thirty (30) days, after which you MUST register or stop using the program. Registration will also you to use all of the available functions of TransX, and help to continue the development of this program. (not to mention maintain the legality of this agreement) By running any of the executable programs included, you agree that Pete Rocca, Darryl Olthoff, Multiboard Communications Centre nor any affiliates of the above mentioned are responsible for any damage or loss experienced, however so created. If you cannot agree to this, then your privilege to use any of these programs is revoked and it becomes illegal for you to execute any programs included with this documentation. You may freely copy and distribute the shareware version of TransX as long as its original archived contents are not modified in any way. You may NOT distribute any registration keys without the expressed written consent of Pete Rocca of Multiboard Communications Centre. You may not use a registration key that is not licensed to you by Pete Rocca, or any of the registration sites appointed by Pete Rocca. It is illegal to edit, alter, hack, reverse engineer and / or modify any components of TransX or its archive components in any manner. TransX and its encoding and security algorithms are the legal property of Multiboard Communications Centre. They may not be used in any other program other than TransX without the express written consent of Pete Rocca of Multiboard Communications Centre. This product, concept and design are protected by Canadian copyright laws and international treaty provisions. If dispute of any issues on legal grounds said above, then governing law of Ontario, Canada will rule. If you agree to all of the above, then you may use these programs. * REMEMBER THAT REGISTRATION IS QUITE INEXPENSIVE FOR ALL YOU SAVE * The TCP/IP stack of this product was developed with the WATTCP TCP/IP library routines copyright (c) 1990-1993 Erick Engelke. The TxMAILER package is also bundled with the CSLIPPER packet driver courtesy of and copyrighted by Peter R. Tattam. The PPP packet driver is courtesy and copyrighted by Merit Network Inc. Eudora(r), Microsoft Mail/News(r) and Microsoft Exchange(r) are owned, copyrighted and/or trademarked by their respective companies.