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- V3.71
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- A universal offline message and file handling-system for use
- with ALL Bulletin Board Systems and ALL communication
- programs featuring a script language or ARexx.
-
- DESCRIPTION
- -----------
- Amiga ReadMail is a tool for use with any commsprogram which
- contains a script language. It was made by Torkel Lodberg,
- the author of NComm V2.0.
-
- Amiga ReadMail lets you read, answer and enter messages from
- any bulletin board system offline. Some file functions are
- also implemented. This means that you may even order
- uploads and downloads, or take a look at the list of new
- files. Most bulletin board operations can be performed
- while being offline, saving you a lot of time and money.
- Many message handling functions are included, making it easy
- to read only those messages that *you* are interested in.
-
- Amiga ReadMail does not actually do any communication with
- the bulletin board system itself. Amiga ReadMail generates
- a script that uploads all the messages to the board and
- grabs new messages. Information about new files may also be
- collected.
-
- You may change the scripts as you like, i.e they can be used
- with any commsprogram which contains a script language.
- Scripts for NComm (V2.0 or higher) are included but Amiga
- ReadMail may of course be used with other communication
- programs that contains a script language or ARexx.
-
- Currently I have included scripts for the ABBS, MBBS,
- MiniBBS, AmiExpress and PCBoard systems but Amiga ReadMail
- can easily be customized for use with any other bulletin
- board system by making new scripts and a new header file
- describing the header format in messages. See RM_Script.doc
- for further information.
-
- Why would I want to use Amiga ReadMail?
- ---------------------------------------
- 1) First of all, it would save you a lot of money. You don't
- have to be logged on while writing messages. Write your
- messages in Amiga ReadMail and they will automatically
- be sent the next time you log on.
- 2) Amiga ReadMail has a standardized set of commands. You
- don't have to learn how to use a bulletin board system
- as long as you know how to use Amiga ReadMail.
- 3) It's easier to use than most bulletin board systems.
- 4) It's a *universal* offline reader that can be used with
- *any* bulletin board system and *any* communication
- featuring a script language. Most other offline readers
- are limited to one or two bulletin board systems.
- 5) All scripts and script-commands are put on file and may
- easily be changed any way you like them.
- 6) Amiga ReadMail has an inbuilt full-screen editor (but
- you may choose to use an external one if you like).
- 7) ARM is fully intuitionized, with gadgets, menus and
- requesters, but may also be used "keyboard-only".
- 8) It supports more bulletin board commands and features
- than any other mailreader I currently know of. This
- includes features such as quoting, taglines, signatures
- and a whole lot more...
- 9) You may easily "undo" commands and change messages that
- have been previously written. Orders are remembered
- after quitting ReadMail, you may easily continue to
- add to the list of orders by starting ARM again...
- 10) Amiga ReadMail has its own inbuilt custom font support
- and does not use the console.device for displaying messages.
- This means that all sorts of IBM graphics may be displayed
- within ARM. This is not possible with programs that use
- the console.device.
- 11) It works with any Amiga and does not need a harddisk.
- (Apx. 200K needed when using a 4-color screen). The
- grabfile does not have to be loaded into memory, ARM may
- work on a grabfile directly on disk, but also supports a
- filebuffer, making this a very quick mail-reader.
- 12) It's cheap. The current pricing is 200 NOK / $35.
- 13) It has been enhanced continously during three years,
- making this a very stable mail-reader. The program
- is still being developed and has its own support BBS.
-
- VERSION
- -------
- 3.71 / 12-Mar-92. Comments, suggestions and bug reports are welcome!