Table of Contents Introduction....................................................................................................................................................... 4 Using this document.......................................................................................................................... 5 Getting started................................................................................................................................................... 7 Modem settings dialog....................................................................................................................... 8 Reading your mail............................................................................................................................... 9 Replying to mail.................................................................................................................................. 9 Forwarding mail.................................................................................................................................. 9 Creating a new outgoing message.................................................................................................... 9 Services............................................................................................................................................................... 11 Service window................................................................................................................................... 11 Mailbox settings................................................................................................................................... 12 Exchange settings................................................................................................................................. 13 File transfers......................................................................................................................................... 15 Modem settings.................................................................................................................................... 15 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..................................................................................................................................... 24 Mail log window.................................................................................................................................. 26 Exchange Status window................................................................................................................... 26 Menus................................................................................................................................................................. 27 File.......................................................................................................................................................... 27 Edit.......................................................................................................................................................... 28 Mail......................................................................................................................................................... 30 Service.................................................................................................................................................... 32 View....................................................................................................................................................... 32 Preferences......................................................................................................................................................... 33 General Preferences............................................................................................................................. 33 FirstClass Preferences.......................................................................................................................... 34 Quoting preferences............................................................................................................................ 35 File transfers...................................................................................................................................................... 36 Downloads............................................................................................................................................ 36 Uploads.................................................................................................................................................. 38 File transfer protocols......................................................................................................................... 38 Threaded replies............................................................................................................................................... 39 Drawbacks.............................................................................................................................................. 39 How threaded replies work............................................................................................................... 39 Threaded or not?................................................................................................................................. 40 Scripting.............................................................................................................................................................. 41 .fcl log on scripts................................................................................................................................................ 43 How logon scripts work..................................................................................................................... 43 Do I need a logon script?.................................................................................................................... 43 How do I set up a logon script?......................................................................................................... 43 How do I write a logon script?.......................................................................................................... 44 Modems.............................................................................................................................................................. 46 Serial ports............................................................................................................................................ 46 Modem speed....................................................................................................................................... 46 Hardware Handshaking..................................................................................................................... 47 Initialization strings............................................................................................................................ 47 Limitations......................................................................................................................................................... 49 Hints and tips.................................................................................................................................................... 50 Registering BulkRate....................................................................................................................................... 51 BulkRate Registration Form............................................................................................................. 52 Appendices A: Support.............................................................................................................................................. 53 B: Credits................................................................................................................................................. 54 C: Version History................................................................................................................................ 55 D: More On Scripting........................................................................................................................... 62 E: BulkRate FAQ................................................................................................................................... 64