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- LAN FreeMail, Copyright 1995 by FreeMail, Inc.
- This is version 4.0 of FreeMail for Windows 95
- CHILD VERSION
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- At the end of this document are instructions on how to
- install FreeMail.
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- Terms of EVALUATION of FreeMail
- FreeMail products are provided for use for 30 days for evaluation
- purposes. If you use the software longer than 30 days or for any
- commercial purpose you must obtain a license by calling 406-586-4200.
-
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- 12/07/95 copyright 1995 by FreeMail, Inc. (406) 586-4200
-
- Hello, and thank you for taking the time to evaluate FreeMail.
-
- FreeMail is available for several different platforms:
- Windows, Windows95, WindowsNT, and Macintosh.
-
-
- Installation instructions:
- 1) From the Windows Program manager, choose the 'File' Menu, and then
- choose 'run' and run the c:\temp\setup.exe file
- 2) FreeMail will setup on your computer's hard disk. It will take about 1.5
- megs of space. When prompted for the directory that FreeMail will be
- installed to, choose the default c:\freemail, or enter a new directory; do
- NOT enter the same temporary directory where you have unziped freemail to.
-
- Running FreeMail for the first time:
- 1) To run FreeMail, open Windows's Program Manager. Double click on the
- FreeMail group icon, and then double-click on the FreeMail application
- icon.
-
- You will be asked to supply information about the FreeMail site you are
- creating in the 'This Site's Information' dialog box.
- 3) Enter your Site Name. Your site name can be up to 20 characters long. Do
- not use spaces or special characters.
- 4) Enter the area code and phone number of your modem. Press the OK
- button.
- 5) Fill in the 'Personal Information' dialog box that appears.
- 6) Make sure that your modem, if external, is properly connected to your
- computer is turned on and plugged into a functioning telephone jack.
-
- Using FreeMail. Basic Concepts:
- 1) Writing a message and transmitting it are two separate operations.
- Similarly, choosing a file and sending it are two separate operations.
- 2) When a modem-to-modem connection is made between two FreeMail sites, mail
- is transmitted in both directions. Thus, mail can be sent actively at any
- time, or can be left waiting for the recipient site to call and pick up.
- 3) Parent - Parent communications, and Parent - Child communications are
- unlimited and can be direct between each other. Child - Child
- communications must be made by calling `through' an Extended Family
- Parent (This evaluation copy of FreeMail is an Extended Family Parent).
- 4) FreeMail has a great depth of powerful features and is easy to customize
- for yourself. This evaluation copy of FreeMail, and all child copies as
- well, have a full on-line help system.
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- The most recent changes and improvements to FreeMail are
- described in the on-line help system. The on-line help system will almost
- always be more up-to-date than our printed user manual.
-
- For those of you who are not familiar with Windows on-line help
- system, you can get on-line help at any time when you are using
- FreeMail by pressing the F1 key, or by selecting the 'Help' menu choice
- in the upper right of the FreeMail screen. Once you are viewing the on-
- line help, you can search for any subject, print any subject, and jump to
- related subjects by Clicking the mouse pointer on any green text
- (underlined if you are not using a color display). You can move back and
- forth between FreeMail and the on-line help by pressing , and then
- letting go of, the Alt and the Tab key at the same time.
-
- You can view, search and print the online help system from FreeMail,
- as well as from the installed FreeMail Group box. We have also included
- an introduction help system for FreeMail, which is accessible from the
- FreeMail Group box.
-
- Please note: do not make diskcopies of any FreeMail disks (either
- Parent or Child) for the purpose of giving to other people. If you do so,
- these copies will all have the same serial number as your own copy of
- FreeMail, and will complicate message sending and receiving for you. If
- you need additional Child copies of FreeMail, please make them from
- the 'Create Child Diskette' button on a FreeMail Parent.
-
- If you need to test your copy of FreeMail, or if you need to ask a
- technical support question, you can send FreeMail E-Mail to either of
- these two sites:
-
- FreeMail-Inc (406) 586-4774 14.4 baud
- this is the main business support line for FreeMail Inc.
-
- FreeMail (406) 549-7457 14.4 baud
- this is the secondary technical support line.
-
- These two sites should already be in your Sites and Address list. If
- they are not, you can add them.
-
- Please note: calls to FreeMail and FreeMail-Inc are
- most likely long-distance calls; you are responsible for all of your own
- long-distance phone charges.
-
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- NOTE: This Windows95 copy of FreeMail only creates window 95 children.
- If you need children for Windows 3.x, please download our windows 3.x
- copies, or call our business office at (406) 586-4200
-
- ==============================================
- The most recent changes and improvements to FreeMail are
- described in the on-line help system. The on-line help system will almost
- always be more up-to-date than our printed user manual.
-
- For those of you who are not familiar with Windows on-line help
- system, you can get on-line help at any time when you are using
- FreeMail by pressing the F1 key, or by selecting the 'Help' menu choice
- in the upper right of the FreeMail screen. Once you are viewing the on-
- line help, you can search for any subject, print any subject, and jump to
- related subjects by Clicking the mouse pointer on any green text
- (underlined if you are not using a color display). You can move back and
- forth between FreeMail and the on-line help by pressing , and then
- letting go of, the Alt and the Tab key at the same time.
-
- You can view, search and print the online help system from FreeMail,
- as well as from the installed FreeMail Group box. We have also included
- an introduction help system for FreeMail, which is accessible from the
- FreeMail Group box.
-
- Please note: do not make diskcopies of any FreeMail disks (either
- Parent or Child) for the purpose of giving to other people. If you do so,
- these copies will all have the same serial number as your own copy of
- FreeMail, and will complicate message sending and receiving for you. If
- you need additional Child copies of FreeMail, please make them from
- the 'Create Child Diskette' button on a FreeMail Parent.
-
- If you need to test your copy of FreeMail, or if you need to ask a
- technical support question, you can send FreeMail E-Mail to either of
- these two sites:
-
- FreeMail-Inc (406) 586-4774 14.4 baud
- this is the main business support line for FreeMail Inc.
-
- FreeMail (406) 549-7457 14.4 baud
- this is the secondary technical support line.
-
- These two sites should already be in your Sites and Address list. If
- they are not, you can add them.
-
- Please note: calls to FreeMail and FreeMail-Inc are
- most likely long-distance calls; you are responsible for all of your own
- long-distance phone charges.
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- Known problems
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- FreeMail uses the interrupts on the modem and or the serial card in
- your computer. Most communication programs do not use interrupts,
- but instead use an inefficient method called 'polled mode'
- communications. If FreeMail can not locate or initialize your modem,
- but you are able to use other communication programs (such as
- Procomm or the Windows Terminal), most likely you have and IRQ
- conflict, which you must get resolved. Commonly, a multi-port / IDE
- disk controller cards are installed incorrectly, which will lead to IRQ
- conflicts. On these multi-port cards there are two serial ports. If you
- have an internal modem, you must make sure that one of the two ports
- on the serial card(s) is disabled.
-
- Please, if you have what appears to be an interrupt conflict, make a good
- attempt at resolving your hardware problems with the people who installed
- or sold you your computer. However, we will certainly try to help you.
-
- Other modem problems:
- We have had several tech support call from people who had the phone line
- from the wall plugged into the "phone" modem jack. Make sure that the
- phone line from the wall is plugged into the jack called "line," or "wall."
-
- If you are having trouble connecting with your other FreeMail sites,
- please locate the documentation for the modem you are using, and then
- call us.
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- Errors when starting FreeMail.
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- If when first starting FreeMail you receive the error(s) Error Opening
- XXXXX.NTX files, exit FreeMail. You do not have enough file handles
- to run FreeMail at this point. To correct the problem you may need to
- do either the first or both of the following items. First look at the
- line:
-
- FILES=XX
-
- in your CONFIG.SYS file. (This file is usually in your root directory
- on your C: drive.) Make sure you edit this with a simple ASCII or text
- editor. Change the value of the XX to 80 or greater.
-
- FILES=80
-
- Save and exit this file.
-
- Next, if you are running the program SHARE in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file,
- or sometimes in the CONFIG.SYS file, you need to add or
- modify the /F parameter. For example, if you have the following line
- in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file:
-
- C:\DOS\SHARE.EXE
-
- Modify it, adding the /F parameter with the following value:
-
- C:\DOS\SHARE.EXE /L:80 /F:8096
-
- You should now save the files and reboot the entire system. This should
- solve your lack of file handles problem
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