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README.1ST 22 Sep 1996 (from YRNDL140.ZIP)
(c) 1996 by Jerry Levy Marblehead, MA USA
jlevy@ibm.net
README.1ST is a shortened version of YD.DOC. YD.DOC is the
documentation file accompanying YARNDIAL in YRNDL140.ZIP.
Any comments, problems, bugs, irregularities or inconsistencies
in operation, and suggestions should be sent to me at
jlevy@ibm.net. I will try to respond to every one.
YARNDIAL v. 1.40 is the full release version.
Version number of installer (YDINSTL.CMD) is also set to 1.40.
No significant changes were made to YD.DOC in going from v.
1.34 to 1.40. (Some sections were significantly upgraded in
going from 1.3 to 1.34).
YARNDIAL.CMD is a menu-driven front end for C.T. Huang's
OS/2 Souper and Yarn off-line News and Mail reader programs.
YARNDIAL is a ReXX utility running under OS/2 Warp. It is
designed to automate the steps needed to retrieve and send news
articles and mail and while doing so to provide a more versatile,
friendlier interface for users than could be accomplished using
ordinary batch files.
IN-JOY ALERT
If you use the IN-JOY dialer, read over Section 16.00 very
carefully. Give serious thought to setting a routing interface
name in each host setup that is unique and different from all
other interface names used by IN-JOY or your other dialers (if you
use others). This interface name is set in an options page for
PPP and no doubt will be equally configurable in a corresponding
SLIP options page when SLIP is supported by IN-JOY. YARNDIAL
will use this interface name you assign to positively correlate an
existing connection to the YARNDIAL installation when YARNDIAL
starts up. It can only do this competently if you use unique
interface names, different for all connections and providers.
A fix is now implemented that addresses the IN-JOY problem where a
phantom router interface is sometimes left standing when phone
connection and connection to the router (i.e., to your Internet
Service Provider) have been terminated. INTERFACE_REMOVALE in
the YD_PARMS.DAT file may be edited to enable the fix. Options
are discussed in Section 16.00 and again summarized in the
YD_PARMS.DAT file created upon installation of YARNDIAL. Default
is INTERFACE_REMOVAL=0 (does not enable a corrective action).
If INTERFACE_REMOVAL is set equal to 1 or 2 (refer section 16.00),
and a routing wass left up when YARNDIAL exits, it is removed and a
message is returned indicating deletion of the routing, with indication
of the destination and router addresses.
YARNDIAL and its installer (YDINSTL.CMD) should work with any
version of OS/2 Warp (3.0). Beta testers have confirmed that fixes
applied to YARNDIAL v. 1.32(beta) and beyond permit it to work with
the OS/2 Merlin beta.
ReXX must be installed for YARNDIAL and its installer to run.
Yarn and Souper must also be correctly installed and
functioning (the true test of "correctly installed").
YARNDIAL only functions as a front end and control panel for
Souper and its interfaces with Yarn, and is not a substitute.
YARNDIAL's opening menu allows you seven choices:
MAIN SELECTION MENU
1 Only import Mail
2 Only import News Articles
3 Only import, but both Mail AND News
4 Only export (send Mail, Posts, Replies, and Follow-ups)
5 Everything: Get mail and news AND send Posts, Replies,
and Follow-ups
6 Complete an interrupted importation of mail/news
or rebuild a corrupted YARN history file
7 Souper options: one-time-only changes in how souper
runs:
Catchup on News
Maximum News Packet Size
Do not retrieve newsgroup articles longer than set
number of lines
Read-only for Mail: Don't empty POP3 mailbox
Press:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Executes functions as shown; goes
off-line when done
or ! @ # $ % ^ & Same functions; connection remains up
To exit now and close connection: Escape key
To exit YarnDial, but leave any existing connection up: CTRL-Q
Enter Selection:
Note: The ! @ # $ % ^ & choices represent shift-1, shift-2,
through shift-7 on a US-English keyboard. Those alternates may be
changed to suit your own keyboard.
INSTALLATION FOR THE IMPATIENT USER (ASSUMES YARN AND
SOUPER ARE INSTALLED AND THEY WORK)
1.10 First unzip YRNDL134.ZIP archive into a temporary
folder. You have probably done that if you are reading this.
Files in the YRNDL134.ZIP archive are
FILE.DIZ Zipfile Description
README.1ST A lot shorter than YD.DOC
YD.DOC This file
YDINSTL.CMD The installer
YARNDIAL.CMD
GO.EXE From GO_15.ZIP, needed by YARNDIAL
GO_15.ZIP Please open at your leisure, read
the documentation and send Carsten
his postcard.
Also an \ICONS\ subdirectory containing all of the icons
needed
If you unzipped YRNDL134.ZIP with PkZip without using the -d
option, you will not have a subdirectory named ICONS. That
will not interfere with installation. YDINSTL will manage
to find the icons.
1.20 If you are using the IBM/Advantis IAK Dialer
proceed directly to the next step (1.30).
If you are using either SLIPPM (the IBM Dial-Other-Internet-
Providers utility) or the ILINK/2 dialer, you MUST set up
SLIPPM and verify it can connect to your provider successfully
before you run YDINSTL.CMD to install YARNDIAL.
If you are using either the IN-JOY dialer, or a SLIP.EXE or
PPP.EXE dialup string to connect, you SHOULD set up
SLIPPM and verify it can conect to your provider successfully
before you run YDINSTL.CMD to install YARNDIAL. This is
because the YARNDIAL installer (YDINSTL.CMD) can extract
parameters from the TCPOS2.INI file used to store SLIPPM
setup information.
In setting up SLIPPM, you MUST fill in the names of your news
server, your mail gateway (i.e., your SMTP server), your POP
mail server, your pop login ID, and your pop password. This is
not required for SLIPPM operation but the YARNDIAL installer
(YDINSTL.CMD) needs them and will automatically incorporate those
parameters into YARNDIAL's data file.
1.30 Double-click on YDINSTL.CMD and follow the
instructions in screen prompts.
YD.DOC FILE: CONTENTS
1.00 Installation For The Impatient User (Assumes Yarn And
Souper Are Installed And They Work
2.00 What Is Yarndial?
3.00 Key Features
4.00 Copyright Notice And Disclaimers
5.00 Passwords - Disclaimer
6.00 How Does The Installer Work?
7.00 Example: Setting Up For Two Users (My Installation)
8.00 What Does YDINSTL.CMD Do?
9.00 .CMD Files Created - Meaning Of Customization
10.00 Recreating Objects (Running OBJECTS.CMD - A Peculiarity)
11.00 Warp, Souper, Yarn: Versions Tested
12.00 You Have Not Installed Yarn And Souper Yet?
13.00 History
14.00 Should You Upgrade Anything Before You Install?
14.10 Souper
14.20 IBM/Advantis IAK Dialer
14.30 SLIPPM.EXE (Dial-Other-Internet-Providers Utility
and SLIP Upgrades
15.00 Before You Run YDINSTL.CMD
16.00 Notes On Using the IN-JOY Dialer
17.00 About The Fix-Interrupted-Import Option On The Main
YARNDIAL Menu
18.00 Souper Command-Line Options
19.00 Issues That May Come Up During Or After Install
20.00 Manual Install
21.00 Manual Install: The Password Problem
22.00 Connection_Type: The Different Choices
23.00 More About Dialup_String: A Programming Note
24.00 Zip And UnZip Files
25.00 Compression Executables: OS/2 Versus MS-DOS
26.00 Some Other Breed Of Compression Utilities
27.00 Files For Setting Up Yarn And Souper From Scratch
28.00 Install EMXRT, METAMAIL, MIME64 (recommended)
28.10 EMXRT09B (optional)
28.20 MIME64 (optional)
28.30 METAMAIL (optional)
28.31 Metamail Tricks
28.32 Doing Attachments Under Yarn, Metamail
Operation, Decoding Multipart Messages, and
Handling Non-Conforming MIME Attachments
28.321 Doing Attachments Under Yarn, etc.
28.322 Decoding Non-Conforming Mime Attachments
28.323 Decoding MIME With MIME64.EXE
28.324 Content-type Editing: MIME Associations
29.00 Step-By-Step Installation Of Yarn and Souper
30.00 Note About Adding Newsgroups
31.00 Setting Up And Installing For Multiple Users
32.00 Connection Killed Or Not When YARNDIAL Ends
33.00 Where To Get Software And Helpful Documentation
34.00 Bugs and Error-Trapping
Marblehead, MA JL