Table of Contents

Introduction  ..................................................................  4
Getting started  ...............................................................  5
             Connection settings dialog  .......................................  6
             Reading your mail  ................................................  7
             Replying to mail  .................................................  7
             Forwarding mail  ..................................................  8
             Creating a new outgoing message  ..................................  8
Services  ......................................................................  9
             Service window  ...................................................  9
             Connection settings  .............................................. 10
             Mailbox settings  ................................................. 11
             Exchange settings  ................................................ 12
             File transfers  ................................................... 14
Mailboxes and Archives  ........................................................ 16
             Relationship between Services and Mailboxes  ...................... 17
BulkRate Windows  .............................................................. 18
             Service window  ................................................... 18
             Incoming message list window  ..................................... 19
             Incoming message window  .......................................... 20
             Outgoing mail list window  ........................................ 21
             Outgoing mail window  ............................................. 22
             Address Book window  .............................................. 23
             Palette window  ................................................... 25
             Mail log window  .................................................. 26
             Exchange Status window  ........................................... 27
Menus  ......................................................................... 28
             File  ............................................................. 28
             Edit  ............................................................. 29
             Mail  ............................................................. 31
             Service  .......................................................... 33
             View  ............................................................. 34
             Speech  ........................................................... 35
Preferences  ................................................................... 36
             General Preferences  .............................................. 36
             FirstClass Preferences  ........................................... 37
             Quoting preferences  .............................................. 38
File transfers  ................................................................ 39
             Downloads  ........................................................ 39
             Uploads  .......................................................... 41
             File transfer protocols  .......................................... 41
Threaded replies  .............................................................. 42
             Drawbacks  ........................................................ 42
             How threaded replies work  ........................................ 42
             Threaded or not?  ................................................. 43
Scripting  ..................................................................... 44
.fcl log on scripts  ........................................................... 46
             How logon scripts work  ........................................... 46
             Do I need a logon script?  ........................................ 46
             How do I set up a logon script?  .................................. 46
             How do I write a logon script?  ................................... 47
             BulkRate and FC Server on Windows NT  ............................. 48
Modems  ........................................................................ 48
             Serial ports  ..................................................... 49
             Modem speed  ...................................................... 50
             Hardware Handshaking  ............................................. 50
             Initialization strings  ........................................... 51
TCP/IP  ........................................................................ 52
Limitations  ................................................................... 54
Hints and tips  ................................................................ 55
Registering BulkRate  .......................................................... 57

Appendices
            A: Support  ........................................................ 59
            B: Credits  ........................................................ 60
            C: Version History  ................................................ 61
            D: More On Scripting  .............................................. 72
How To Use This Document  ...................................................... 74