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AEMAIL.README
(March 20, 1997)
Contained in this archive is version 1.14 of AEMail, an Internet Mail User
Agent (Client), which can be used to retrieve mail fron a POP Server and
send mail to a SMTP server. It requires AmiTCP, or a TCP/IP stack that
is compatable with AmiTCP, and AmigaDOS 2.1 or later. AEMail has been
successfully tested with TCP/IP stacks used by AmiTCP, TermiteTCP, and
Miami.
AEMail can also be used as a "MailTo" agent in WWW browsers, such as
Voyager and AWeb, which allow the user to specify such an agent for
composing and sending email.
This version corrects a number of bugs that were discovered in the
1.13 version released to AmiNet. A list of the bugs corrected is given
in the version history below.
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WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING
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When you send your first message with any new version AEMail, a special
"Registration" message will be sent to me. Besides the normal header
information, the body of this message will contain the following information
(obtained from your configuration file):
Your email address
Your Real Name
Your POP3 Server name
Your SMTP Server name
Your SMTP Domain Name
Your editor call
your Display ID (from the screen mode setting)
Your Overscan Type (from the screen mode setting)
Base configuration file name
Currently active configuration file name
Mail directory
This information is provided to help me determine and debug problems with
AEMail. Future versions may contain more or less information as the need
arises.
Most of the Internet information is public information and can be obtained
from your service provider.
I WILL KEEP THIS INFORMATION IN STRICT CONFIDENCE. IF YOU DO NOT WANT
THIS INFORMATION DIVULGED TO ME, DO NOT USE AEMAIL!
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I am including this warning because of concerns expressed to me by some
people.
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WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING
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Later versions of AEMail are planned which will provide:
AREXX Support
Filtering incoming messages to specified folders
Asynchronous retrieval of messages from a POP server
Asynchronous sending of messages to the SMTP server
faster message display routines
Built in message editor
Other features suggested by users
AEMAIL is copyright (c) 1996, 1997 by John F. Zacharias, all rights reserved.
This version is "Freeware". Permission is given to to test and evaluate
the program in return for feedback on the use of the program and reporting
of any bugs encountered. Later versions will become "shareware".
This archive contains the following:
The AEMAIL executable
The Install_AEMail install script for installing AEMail.
This AEMAIL.README file
AEMAIL documentation in the file AEMail.doc (for printing)
AEMail documentation in AmigaGuide format in the file AEMail.guide
StartNet and StopNet scripts for Miami
A sample mailcap file to be used with AmigaDos 3.0 or above
Before attempting to use AEMail you should read the documentation in
AEMail.guide AND the INSTALL.TXT file. After the install process the
default tool for the AEMail.guide file will be MultiView if you are
running under 3.0 or later, or AmigaGuide if you are ruinning under 2.1.
AEMAIL, version 1.14, release date: 03/20/97
As payment for receiving and using this BETA version of AEMAIL, I would like
any bugs, comments, or suggestions reported to me. You can send me email at
jzachar@calweb.com
A entry will be automatically added to your address book with a nickname of
AEMAIL which can be used for routing email to me.
I would appreciate any suggestions that you have for improving AEMAIL.
I will not guarantee that I will accept all suggestions or that I will
necessarily implement them in the next release; however, I do take each
suggestion seriously. In the past I have implemented a number of suggestions
made by my testers. I will attempt to respond to each suggestion that is
made.
In making suggestions keep in mind some of the restraints that I have placed
on AEMAIL: (1) The program should be able to be run on any version of
AmigaDos 2.1 or greater, and (2) with the exception of AmiTCP or a TCP/IP
compatible with AmiTCP (TermiteTCP or Miami), AEMAIL should not require any
extension to your system that does not come with a standard AmigaDOS release.
This effectively rules out MUI. Using an editor of your choice meets this
criteria since you can use the standard AmigaDOS editors, ED or MEMACS, which
come with the standard Amiga systems.
There have been extensive changes made to the documentation and .guide files
for this version and some errors are inconsistancies may have crept in in
the process. Reports of bugs or inconsistancies in the documentation
are also appreciated.
When reporting bugs or making suggestions, please be as complete as possible
in describing the circumstances that brought about the problem or how the
suggestion could be implemented.
If you give this program to anyone else to use and evaluate, please include
the complete archive including the readme and documentation files and make
clear to them that this is a prelimary version of the program.
An automatic registration procedure has been provided which will automatically
send me an email message the first time any mail is sent from AEMAIL. This
message will also be sent any time the user upgrades to a new version.
THE FUTURE
This version of AEMail is version 1.13, and is the tenth BETA release. At
this point it is still under evaluation and is "Freeware" to encourage as
much wide spread use of the program as possible. This "Freeware" version
can be distributed to any and all BBS's provided the entire archive is kept
intact.
I also hope to shortly develop my own "home page" where the latest version
can be obtained. However, as a user of the program you will receive updates
via email or a notice when a new version is posted to AmiNet.
When certain features such as:
AREXX
Background retrieval and sending of mail.
Directing retrieval of mail to selected folders.
Faster mail display.
are implemented, AEMAIL will be released as shareware. When this occurs, a
number of these features will be disabled until the shareware fee is paid.
Since the doc file is quite large, I am also considering a printed manual
that will be sent to registered users that pay the shareware fee. The
availability of this manual may be before the features listed above are
implemented.
-John Zacharias
March 20, 1996
jzachar@calweb.com
VERSION HISTORY
Version 1.14 Released March 20, 1997. Minor correction release.
Fixed Installation script (Install_AEMail). It would
not properly install AEMail if AEMail had not been
installed previously.
Insured that the Mail directory and the Mailcap
directories ended with either ':' or '/'. If the
definitions did not, an '/' was appended to the
path definitions.
Corrected a problem where the Mailcap directory was
being used instead of the Mail directory hor the
.header file (this was not apparent in the Mail
directory and the Mailcap directory were the same).
Corrected a problem where the .header file was being
read before the configuration file. This again
probably would not have been an apparent problem.
Corrected a problem with the "Remove DELETED Msgs"
menu item in which selecting [CANCEL] would go
ahead and delete the messages anyway. [CANCEL] will
now exit without deleting any messages.
Corrected a problem when AEMail was called from the
shell. The "config=" parameter was not working
properly. It now works correctly.
Version 1.13 Released March 10, 1997.
AEMail now allows for multiple configuration files. The
"Project/Configuration" menu item now has five sub-items:
"Open", "Edit", "Save", "Save As" and "Restore Default"
The old "Save Settings" and "Restore Settings" menu items
have been removed.
A "Save As" button has been added to the Configuration
screen.
To accomodate multiple configurations, the "Mail Directory"
has been removed from the "Paths" Configuration page. It
is still available as a Tool Type, however.
A CONFIG= Tool Type has been added to allow AEMail to start
up with a specified configuration file.
Miami Start Net and Stop Net scripts have been provided.
A special CygnusEd script has been provided to properly
use CygnusEd (CED) as your editor.
If a message file is missing, AEMail no longer terminates
if you try to access that file.
A busy pointer has been added to a number of processes.
When AEMail terminates and you don't want to check for mail,
AEMail no longer attempts to access your POP server. This
can result in a requester, however, that states you are online,
even when you are not.
Duplicate hot key menu calls have been eliminated.
The Install script has been modified to provide for the
added configuration items.
"text/*" and "message/*" have been added to the mailcap
file using MultiView (3.x users only). This allows you to
view long text attachments that are not "SHOWN" (see
Version 1.12 enhancement).
Other minor corrections have been made.
Version 1.12 Released February 15, 1997. This version was a special version
without updated documentation or install script. It was not
uploaded to AmiNet. It featured the following corrections and
enhancements:
The configuration screens have been totally revamped. Some new
items have been added and others re-named or moved to other
configuration 'pages'. The heading for the "Required" screen
has been changed to "Identity" to more clearly indicate its
purpose and the buttons to call the various configuration
'pages' have been moved to the top of the screen. When you
select a configuration page, the button for that page will
"light" up and stay "lit" while you are on that page.
A From: (your email address), Reply To: and Organization
item has been added to the "Identity" page. New Tool Types
have also been added to correspond to these items.
The "Mail Directory:" item has been moved to the "PATHS" page
and "Edit Call:" to the "GENERAL" parameter page.
The TCP Logging File process has been changed to provide
additional menu control over the logging file. A new menu
sub-group called "TCP Logging File" has been added under
the "TCP/IP" menu group. This sub-group has three menu
sub-items called "Active", "Purge", and "Display/Edit...".
A new checkmarked item is added under the "TCP Logging File:"
item in the PATHS page of the configuration screen called
"TCP Logging active on AEMail startup".
Under the Folders menu group, an item called "Remove DELETED
Msgs" has been added. This will IMMEDIATELY delete ALL messages
marked for deletion in the current active folder.
A new menu item has been added under the "Messages" menu group
called "Edit...".
When you reply to a message, the compose message routine will
first try to send the reply to any "Reply-To:" address that
was in the message you are replying to. If the "Reply-To"
header was not present, it will then send the reply to the
"From:" header address.
The same applies to transferring addresses to the address book.
If you want to transfer the address from a message you are
reading (by clicking on the address book icon), it will first
try to transfer the address in the "Reply-To: header. If that
is not present, it will use the "From:" header address. YOU
CAN FORCE it to use the "From:" header address by pressing
the SHIFT key when you click on the Address Book.
There was a limitation (or bug) in the address book routine
which limited the number of addresses you could store in a
group to 255. This limitation has been lifted. You can now
store up to 32,000 addresses in a group.
The address book screen has been modified to include a check
mark item for group addresses to send only the group header in
any message sent to a group rather than the email addresses of
each member of the group.
When sending a message to a group, the messages will be sent
in groups of 50. This is to allow for limitations in some
SMTP servers that will not allow a message to be sent to more
then a difinitive number of recipients. Most SMTP servers
should be able to handle 50 recipients at a time.
A busy pointer is now being displayed while a message is being
read into the viewer. You can not scroll the message display
while this busy indicator is being displayed.
Attachments that are text attachments are generally shown in
the message window itself with "SHOWN" indicated for the
attachment in the Attachment requester. The behaviour of
AEMail has been changed for messages with attachments
exceeding 5000 bytes. Now, with such messages, the text
attachment will not be shown, but you would be able to save
it with the attachment requester.
The buttons to call up file requesters have been changed
from "DIR" to "REQ".
Other minor corrections have been made including the
recognition of additional UUencoding formats.
Version 1.11 Released October 14, 1996. This version corrects some minor
bugs as follows:
Corrected the installation script which incorrectly identified
the "Amitcp:bin" directory.
Corrected bug that did not allow files in the file requester
for the "stopnet" script in the Configuration screen.
Implemented the 9 character NickName for the address book that
was suppose to be implemented in Version 1.10.
Made minor revisions in the printout formats for message lists
and the address book.
Corrected the display of dates in the mm/dd/yy format when the
year was beyond 2000.
Version 1.10 Released September 29, 1996. The following bugs have been
corrected (includes bugs corrected with Versions 1.04 a, b,
and c.):
Corrected bug caused by multiple line SMTP responses. This
would result in a "hang" when trying to send messages.
Prevents a GURU (8000005 - Divide-By-Zero error) from
occuring when AEMail was unable to determine the size of
a message that was being retrieved from the POP Server.
Corrected a bug in which not enough memory was being
allocated for error message requester displays. This
caused a GURU after the error message was displayed.
When a group address book entry had an actual UserID
rather than a Nickname for one of it's addresses, the
entire group was not sent.
A guru or freeze occurred when reading certain messages.
These messages had an incomplete Content-Type: header.
Some requester windows had overlapping fields when a
large Screen Text font was used.
If you tried to change your .signature file after you
composed a message, you could not save your .signature
file (the .signature file was left open).
If you composed a message without an ending Carriage
Return and you added attachments, the attachments were
not correctly recognized. AEMail now forces a Carriage
Return before attachments are added to the file.
Headers were not being printed when you printed a message.
Did not properly decode quoted-printable Content-Transfer-
Encoding.
Times from 12 noon to 1 PM and from 12 midnight to 1 AM
were incorrectly displayed. Changed from 0:xx PM to
12:xx PM and from 0:xx AM to 12:xx AM.
Changed install script so that it does not require AmiTCP:
assign or TermiteTCP environmental variable at the Novice
level. If the AmiTCP: assign is not present, AEMail will
be installed in a AEMAIL directory on your largest disk
partition. Also corrected some problems with install
script.
Did not save default "Save Attachment Path" in AEMail.cnfg
file.
Version 1.04c Limited release on September 11, 1996.
Corrected bug caused by multiple line SMTP responses.
Version 1.04b Limited release on September 4, 1996.
Corrected divide-by-zero error with progress indicator.
Version 1.04a Limited release on September 2, 1996.
Added the time zone capability and corrected a number
of bugs.
Version 1.03 Released August 28, 1996
Corrects bug in which clicking on a folder after the
folder strip was slid to the side selected the wrong
folder. This occurred when more folders were present
than could fit on the display. The correction of this
bug was considered important enough to immediately
release this version.
Corrected a bug when messages that were not read were
transferred to another folder. The number of unread
messages on the folder strip was incorrect. Also, if you
delete a message that was unread, it will reduce the
unread count for that folder (the total message count
still includes messages marked for deletion). If you
undelete a message that was never read, the unread count
will increase.
Version 1.02 Released August 25, 1996
Major bug found and corrected! When sending email there
was a problem with parsing the email addresses of the
recipients of the message which could cause the system
to freeze or guru.
Made minor changes to accomodate TCP/IP stacks other than
AmiTCP, but which are compatable with AmiTCP. Tested with
TermiteTCP and Miami.
Added arguments when invoking AEMail from the shell. This
was to allow AEMail to be used as a "mailto" agent with
several Amiga web browsers. Tested with Voyager and AWeb.
Consult AmigaGuide (MultiView) document for how to
implement this feature.
Set default editor to C:ed.
Made changes to install script to create an easier
installation.
Corrected bug when Text Attachments had lines longer than 100
characters.
Changed Start Net and Stop Net menu items to provide for
starting and stopping the network connection when your
TCP/IP does not provide an automatic way to start or
stop the Internet connection (signing onto your provider).
See the AmigaGuide (MultiView) document on the TCP/IP
parameters of the Configuration screen on how this function
works.
(some of the above changes were in the 1.01 release)
Version 1.01 Released August 5, 1996
Limited release incorporating some changes for TermiteTCP.
Version 1.0 Released July 24, 1996. First BETA release.
This is the first public version of AEMAIL released at the
Sacramento Amiga Computer Club meeting. The release includes
the complete AEMAIL package including an installation script
and documentation in AmigaGuide (MultiView) format.
Version 0.06 Released July 8, 1996. Last ALPHA release.
Implemented expanded configuration windows.
Added feature in which AEMAIL periodically checks for
mail on your POP Server.
Added the "Iconify AEMAIL" feature and the menu item that
supports it.
Version 0.05 Released June 18, 1996
Added UUENCODED attachment support.
Added "Change Password" capability to main "Configure" window.
Added requirement that minimum configuration data be entered
prior to starting AEMAIL.
Added QUEUED message check at program startup and when
StartNet script is executed.
Added POP message and QUEUED message check at program
termination.
Version 0.04 Released June 2, 1996
Added the "About" menu item.
Added the delete folder menu item.
Implemented the printing of messages with your preferences
printer.
Added "Progress" Windows to both the Send Message and
Receive message processes.
AEMAIL now automatically recognizes whether it is connected to
your Internet provider on program startup.
A Tool Type was added (AUTOCONNECT=YES) which automatically
executes the StartNet script at program startup.
Added check to automatically to see if any messages are
currently available on your POP server at program startup
or when the StartNet script is executed.
Version 0.03 Released on May 21, 1996
Added the "Startnet" and "Stopnet" menu items under a new
"AmiTCP" menu and added the Tool Types to specify the calls
for the STARTNET and STOPNET scripts.
Added the Configuration screen activated by the "Configuration"
menu item under the PROJECT menu.
Version 0.02 Released on April 20, 1996.
Added MIME support for attachments.
Version 0.01 Released on March 20, 1996. First ALPHA version.
This initial version could handle sending and retrieving text
messages only; no attachment capability was present. Certain
features were not yet available and configuration was by
Tool Types only.