What is Email Remover?

A small yet efficient Win95 utility that will help you deleted unwanted mails without the hassle of having to download entire messages.  It works by retrieving only the mail headers and let’s you preview the first few lines of your messages.

Email Remover lists all the messages and let’s you choose which ones to delete.  After deletion, it can launch your regular email program to download the remaining mails.

Here are the key features of Email Remover

  small and simple, yet efficient

  unlimited accounts

  automatically run external email program on exit

Copyright and Version history

Email Remover version 2.0

Copyright Victor Javier © April 20, 1998. Singapore. Virtual Network Inc.

Created on Mar 3, 98 for ver 1.0

Updated on April 6, 98 for ver 1.11 Beta

Updated on April 20, 98 for ver 2.0


What's new in version 2.0?
What’s new in version 2.0?

Thanks to all of you who have provided many valuable feedback.  Version 2.0 has many improvements over version 1.11.

 Better user interface on email selection screen

 Better preview format

 Supports unlimited accounts

 Can configure multiple external email programs

 Allows you to set the number of preview lines

 Allows you to auto-log-in startup

 On-line tip using Win95 help system

 And many other enhancements


System Requirements

Email Remover is small, thus use only little resources of your system.  It has been tested to run on below requirements.

  Windows 95/NT

  TCP/IP installed

  Less than 400K of Hard disk space

  16MB RAM


Installation and un-stallation
Installation and Un-installation

Email Remover ver 2.0 is packed in a singled ZIP named "eremov20.zip".  This file contains the following

  eremove.exe  - Email Remover executable program

  eremove.hlp  - on line help and readme in help format

  eremove.cnt  - help file table of contents

  readme.txt   - this file!

  history.txt  - contains historical changes for different versions of Email Remover

To install, simply extract above files, preferrably store  under single subdirectory name "Email Remover".  Create an icon by dragging eremove.exe from Explorer and drop onto the Desktop.

To run, double click on the icon created.

To uninstall, simply delete all the files you have extracted.


Legal Matters

This program is free.  It is written with my best ability at my own leisure time.  I am proud to share it with the Internet community;  however, I SHOULD NOT BE HELD LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY CAUSED BY USE OR MISUSE OF THIS SOFTWARE.

I must be informed if anybody would like to distribution this program for commercial purpose.


Registration

I don’t earn any tangible benefit out of this program,  but as a human being, I still crave for some recognition.

The thought that my program is being used by more people from all over the world motivates me.  Registration also allow me to send you updates about this program.

So, please on-line at

http://home.pacific.net.sg/~thantom/remove.htm (preferred).

You can also drop me (thantom@pacific.net.sg) a mail with subject: 'Email Remover Registration'  and  use below format for the body.  This will allow me to process it electronically.

Name:

Mailing Address:

Country:

Phone:

Email address:

Comments:


Support and Contact Information

I can be at email thantom@pacific.net.sg.  I will do my best to help if I have time.

If by post, send to

Victor Javier

105 Valhalla St.

Pasay City, Metro Manila

Philippines


Pop server is the name of the computer where you retrieve your incoming messages.  You can get this information from your ISP or LAN administrator.


User id is also called account.  Usually the part of your email address to the left of the at sign (@).


Specify a number to connect to your pop server.  It is usually 100.


Password is the security code provided to you by your ISP or LAN administrator for your particular account.


Tick this box if you want your password to be saved.


Let’s you choose a default account to retrieve your mail headers.


Select a task you want to do

  choose first option to change current setup and access advance options

  choose second option to download mail headers with selected account


Tick this box if you only want know the number of mails and size of each mail.  Email remover will not download the headers.


Click this button to proceed.


Click this button to cancel changes and return or exit.


Click this button to configure advance options of Email Remover.  These include multiple email accounts and external email programs.


Lists all the accounts you have configured. You can select one of them and click on the properties to change its settings.


Click this button to create a new account


Click this button to remove one or more accounts selected.


Click this button to change the settings of the last selected account.


Lists all the external email programs you have configured.


Click this button to setup a new program.


Click this button to remove one or more selected programs.


Click this button to change the settings of the last selected program.


Tick this box if you want  to login to your default account without having to click the NEXT button when you start Email Remover next time.


Tick this box if you want to enable tracing and logging.  You will only need this if you want me to help you debug a problem. The log is saved in a file named “eremove.log” in the Email Remover directory.


Provide a space to let you specified the number of lines (in the body text) to be downloaded together with the header.  It should be a positive number or 0.  The default is 10 lines.


Provide a space to let you key in the name you want this account to be called.


Tick this box if you want Email Remover to launch an external program upon exit.


Lists all the external programs you have configured.  You can select one that you want Email Remover to launch upon exit.


Provide a space for you to key in the name you want this program to be called.


Provide a space to let you specify the location and name of your external program.  You can click the folder button at the right to select one.


Provide a space to let you specify the start up directory of your external program.


Lists the possible types of windows styles your external program can start with.


Click this button to browse the directory and choose an external program.


Click this button to bring Email Remover back to the first screen.


Click this button to End Email Remover and save changes made during this session.


Click this button to Exit Email Remover.  Some changes made will not be saved.


Lists all the mail entries on the server.

  left click on an entry to mark it for deletion

  double click to preview

  right click for more options

Note: If you have earlier chosen to retrieve the mail size only, then only size column contains valid information.  However, You can still download the details by right clicking on the item, then select preview first 100 lines or preview entire message.


You can click on the column header to sort the mail entries.  Clicking the column header another time will change the sort order, i.e. ascending to descending or vice-versa.


Click this button to confirm changes and proceed.


This area displays the body of the mail.


This area displays the mail source or the actual mail contents received.


Click this button to display Email Remover’s readme file.