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- InterMail Manager 1.10 07-Mar-1996
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Thank you for being interested in taking a look at this new version of
- InterMail Manager. This release is basicly a version fixing bugs found
- in the 1.00 release and enhancing its features. There aren't many
- completely new features introduced in this version.
-
- One of the most important changes when compared to the previous release
- is that IMMGR has got its original name back, InterMail Manager. The
- word "Task" in the middle has been removed.
-
- I am also now monitoring InterMail's international support conference,
- IM_USER and will give technical support there along with the worldwide
- registration team.
-
- INSTALLATION
- ------------
-
- To install from a scratch, create the following (or similar) directory
- structure:
-
- IMMGR System files and executables
- ├BATCH Batch files (BATCH.ZIP)
- └REGISTER Registration information (REGISTER.ZIP)
-
- Unarchive 'IMMGR.110' to the System directory. Within the 'IMMGR.110'
- you'll find BATCH.ZIP and REGISTER.ZIP. To keep the directory structure
- as clean as possible you should unarchive them to their own directories.
-
- After all the files have been unarchived start IMMSETUP.EXE. When
- started for the first time it will import as much information as
- possible from existing configurations such as InterMail.
-
- UPGRADING FROM A PREVIOUS VERSION
- ---------------------------------
-
- This release doesn't include any major changes in the file structures.
- Only the structures of EVENT.MGR have changed. The easiest way to
- upgrade is to delete the existing EVENT.MGR and to start IMMSETUP and
- Event manager. It will save you a lot of head ache.
-
- The registration system has not gone through any changes. If you're a
- registered user you're entitled to use the Professional version and your
- current registration code will continue to work. Please note that this
- version is the Evaluation version and does not contain the features
- introduced in the Professional version. Please contact your local
- registration site for the Professional version. All the registration
- sites are listed in REGSITES.LST (included in REGISTER.ZIP).
-
- WHAT ABOUT THE NEW FEATURES?
- ----------------------------
-
- It is impossible to list all the new features and bugs that have been
- fixed in this release. Here is a brief list of the most interesting
- stuff.
-
- o To avoid conclusion the executables are now named differently. The
- SETUP maintenance utility is called "IMMSETUP.EXE", and the program
- itself "IMMGR.EXE".
-
- o Memory usage has been optimized a great deal.
-
- o Added a new Mail session variable: "%SESSLEN%" will be replaced
- with the mail session length in "hh.mm.ss" format.
-
- o Added a new Mailer asleep variable: "%STATUS%" will be replaced
- with the status of the current task. At the moment the status will
- only be 'Asleep'.
-
- o Numeric, date and time separators are now taken from the operating
- system's country information.
-
- o IMMSETUP: Event manager was completely rewritten. Several bugs have
- been fixed and a couple of new features such as sorting events was
- added.
-
- o IMMSETUP: Nodelist manager was completely rewritten. Nodelist
- entries are sorted in alphabetical order. <F4> can be used to scan
- the Nodelist directory for undefined nodelists.
-
- o Added a new User on-line variable: "%LOGIN%" will be replaced with
- the user's login time.
-
- o Enhanced keyboard routines didn't function as supposed. Fixed.
-
- o Some IMMGR-related semaphores have been renamed:
-
- IMNOEXIT.MGR Disables exiting
- IMNOSCAN.MGR/.NOW Disables rescanning
- IMNOMAIL.MGR Disables tossing of new mail
- IMNOFILE.MGR Disables processing of new files
- IMNOMSGS.MGR Disables msgbase scanning
- IMNOLIST.MGR Disables nodelist updating
-
- o IMMSETUP: Node specific semaphores has been rewritten and renamed
- to "Node status". In the MultiLine version <Del> can now be used to
- remove the node entry completely.
-
- o Multitasker routines have been replaced completely by internal
- multitasking routines. Please note that spawning of new sessions is
- not possible in this release. Multitasker support can be disabled
- completely by choosing "Disabled" in Multitasker options or by
- using a command-line parameter "NOMULD".
-
- o Screen saver routines have been rewritten. Previously the screen
- saver had problems when running under different multitaskers.
-
- o If NetMail Import utility is defined it will automatically be
- executed if new NetMail is found from the NetMail folder.
-
- o IMMGR.ERR file was renamed to IMMERROR.LOG. This ASCII file will
- contain detailed information of possible run-time errors. All
- information is appended at the end-of-file, existing file is not
- overwritten. IMMERROR.LOG is located in the System directory.
- Incase of a run-time error please send this file to the
- registration site.
-
- o Added TRUE MultiLine support to the Professional version! Since the
- maximum number of nodes visible at a time is ten (10) cursor pad
- can be used to scroll the node information window.
-
- o On-line messages are now handled properly, e.g. IMMGR will check if
- no user is on-line before sending the message. This avoids old
- on-line messages to be sent in a new log in after the previous one.
-
- o All date/time comparisons are now made using Unix timestamps to get
- more exact results.
-
- o The cookie file, "COOKIE.MGR" used with "%COOKIE%" can now contain
- user comments. Empty lines and text after a semi-colon (ASCII 59)
- are ignored.
-
- o RemoteAccess' "USERON.BBS" was sometimes opened using a wrong file
- mode which could have caused conflicts between IMMGR and other
- utilities reading it. Fixed.
-
- o Inbound directories are now scanned for new nodelists only if
- Nodelist manager contains entries. Nodelist scan is done before the
- incoming files are processed.
-
- o Empty poll messages are now created as 'ARCmail' type messages, and
- should not be sent out by InterMail.
-
- CONTACT INFORMATION
- -------------------
-
- FINCOMM SYSTEMS Telephone: +358 40 545 0605
- Attn. Thomas Raehalme Modem: +358 14 724 293
- P.O. Box 110 ISDN: +358 14 724 234
- FIN-11101 RIIHIMÄKI FidoNet: 2:220/470@fidonet.org
- Finland 2:220/471@fidonet.org
- InterNet: raehalme@freenet.hut.fi
-
- If you have problems installing IMMGR please contact your nearest
- registration site, or write a message enquiring advise in IM_USER.
- When enquiring for help please be as specific as possible, and remember
- to tell all the details about your system.
-
- Regards,
- Thomas
-
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