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██▐███ ██▐███ ██ ██ █▐███ ██▐████ █▌████ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██▐█ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ █▐ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██▐███ ██▐███ ▐██ █▐███ ██ ██ ██ ██▐███ █▐███ ██▐███ █▌████ ██ ██ █████ ██▐███ ██▐███ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██▐███ ██ ██ ██▐█ ██ ██ █ ██ ██▐████ ██▐███ ██▐█ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ █ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██▐███ █▐███ ██ ██ █▐███ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██▐███ I N C O R P O R A T E D 1300 South Frazier, Suite 111 Conroe, Texas 77301 ╒══════════════════════════════╕ │ Orders Only (800) DEVONT-1 │ │ Business (409) 788-1881 │ │ Facsimile (409) 788-2181 │ │ 24 Hour BBS (409) 788-7771 │ ╘══════════════════════════════╛ ┌───────────────────────────────┐ │ Welcome to ConnectivEmail!! │ │ Network Independent Version │ └───────────────────────────────┘ More than just e-mail, ConnectivEmail is full of features to help you get the most of your network. In addition to industry-standard MHS compatible electronic mail and telephone messaging, ConnectivEmail contains such office productivity features as private and shared Rolodexing, calendaring and scheduling, to-do lists, group chat, network utilties and much more. You'll find ConnectivEmail contains twice as many features as the leading MHS e-mail system at less than half the price. While ConnectivEmail is an industry-standard MHS application, you do not need to own MHS in order to benefit from the program. If you need only to send mail within your physical location on the same server, ConnectivEmail can deliver mail all by itself, eliminating the need for gateways or dedicated mail servers. In other words, everything you need to get started using ConnectivEmail is in one box. If you add MHS capabilities to your network in the future, ConnectivEmail instantly becomes a global electronic mail and messaging system, compatible with Novell's SMF-70 and SMF-71 standards. This allows you to send mail to other e-mail systems or networks, or connect all your office locations to create an enterprise-wide electronic mail and scheduling software package. ┌────────────────┐ │ About the Demo │ └────────────────┘ This demonstration version of ConnectivEmail is just like the real thing, except for a few limitations (see Registration for more information regarding demo limitations). The program comes complete with this installation guide and context-sensitive online help to get you started. Additional documentation and other materials are supplied to commercial users. If you should require more information than provided in this package, please do not hesitate to contact us. ┌───────────────────┐ Page i │ Table of Contents │ └───────────────────┘ Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 User Import Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Upgrading From Older ConnectivEmail Versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 The ConnectivEmail Batch File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 The ConnectivEmail Variable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Novell Netware Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Resident (TSR) Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Example CONFIG.SYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 The /SWAPPATH Parameter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Price List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 ┌──────────────┐ │ Requirements │ └──────────────┘ ■ Network Operating System (Personal Netware, LANTastic, Vines, Web, etc.) ■ IBM PC/AT Compatible wokstation. 286 minimum. 386/16 or higher recommended. ■ 500K RAM Free after loading network shells and logging into the network. - Program runs best on machines with 530K or more RAM Free. ■ Local hard disk recommended. ┌────────────┐ │ Trademarks │ └────────────┘ ConnectivEmail is a trademark of Devont Software Incorporated. Personal Netware, MHS and Netware are trademarks of Novell, Inc. PC/AT is a trademark of International Business Machines, Inc. ┌──────────────┐ Page 1 │ Installation │ └──────────────┘ You must be a network supervisor with all trustee rights to install ConnectivEmail on your network. 1. Create a directory anywhere on a shared network volume, then make it the current directory. Use a volume that has the most space and/or has the least amount of traffic. Plan on using about 1 Megabyte per user for a mature installation. 2. Grant sufficient access rights to the new directory to those you want to be able to run the program. Users need to be able to create new files, erase and modify existing ones, and create subdirectories. In other words, grant *all* rights to this new directory to all users that you want to be able to run the program (better yet, create a network group and assign rights to the group instead of granting to specific users). 3. Copy the contents of the ConnectivEmail diskette into the new directory created in step 1. For example: COPY A:\*.* F:\CONNECT 4. Create a plain ASCII text file that defines each of the users on your network. This file structure is defined in the section "User Import Structure" on the following page. If you do not create this file, you can define each of your users manually in the Administration Program (the Edit UserList Function). 5. Run the ADMIN program from the directory created in step 1. You will be prompted to create a new installation. When prompted to type the name of your user import file, specify the file created in step 4. Exit ADMIN when you have completed defining your users and have created all mailboxes. 6. Run the CMAIL.EXE program with the following optional parameters: /U:(name) Login as User (name). If not specified, you are prompted to login to the e-mail system on startup. /H:(server) Specify your local server name instead of "LOCAL." If you specify this option, all other local users must be defined with this server name in the UserList. Otherwise, they will be considered remote users that can only be accessed via MHS. If you do not own MHS, you can only send mail to locally defined users. /MHS:(path) Location of the MHS directory structure. The \MHS is assumed, so do not specify it in the string. If you have MHS, you can send mail to users on other file servers, or to other e-mail systems, such as the Internet, MCI mail, or other MHS sites. Page 2 /PATH:(path) Location of ConnectivEmail server directory. This should point to the directory created in step 1. You must specify this option if you run the CMAIL.EXE program from a local hard disk or any location other than the main file server directory. /SWAPPATH:(path) Write any temp files to specified path. Temp files may be created if your workstation has less than 2M RAM and are running ConnectivEmail in TSR mode. This should point to a local directory for optimal performance. /PERSONAL If you go on the road and need to communicate with your network users, you can use this switch and ConnectivEmail becomes a complete remote office environment! You must have a copy of Novell's Personal MHS and be running MHS on your server to transmit mail. You must also include the /MHS: and /H: parameters. /R Run ConnectivEmail as a TSR, or Resident program. The default Hot Key is <Alt>+<Ins>. /W Install a Windows-compatible mouse (Use if you run ConnectivEmail in a DOS window) 7. ConnectivEmail installation Complete! See the remainder of this document to see how you can integrate ConnectivEmail with your network. ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ User Import Structure │ └─────────────────────────┘ When prompted to type an import file name for your UserList information, you can create an ASCII text file which defines each of your users on the network. This structure must be defined as follows: UserID: A Valid Network User ID. Full Name: The User's Full Name (optional). Server Name: The Local Server Name (optional). If specified, you must use the /H: parameter, as defined above. This parameter should be used only by those running MHS on the network. The following is a valid User Import File: KENNEDY,Jack Kennedy,DEVONT JOHNSON,Lyndon Johnson,DEVONT NIXON,Richard Nixon,DEVONT FORD,Gerald Ford,DEVONT CARTER,Jimmy Carter,DEVONT REAGAN,Ronald Reagan,DEVONT BUSH,George Bush,DEVONT CLINTON,Bill Clinton,DEVONT Simply create a plain ASCII text file with the structure as defined above, then specify this file when prompted to type an import file name, and your users will be imported into the UserList using this file. If you are not running MHS, you should define only the User ID and Full Name, allowing ConnectivEmail to define the default server name (LOCAL). If you are running MHS, you should specify the name of your MHS Hub as the Server Name in the User Import File (and use the /H: parameter). ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────┐ Page 3 │ Upgrading from Older ConnectivEmail Versions │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────┘ If you are upgrading from an earlier release of ConnectivEmail, you simply need to copy the contents of the new distribution diskette on top of your old ConnectivEmail data. Then, run the new ADMIN program and pack all your user's mailboxes (Select Mailbox then Pack from the Main Admin Menu). ┌───────────────────────────────┐ │ The ConnectivEmail Batch File │ └───────────────────────────────┘ The sample batch file below is an example of loading ConnectivEmail as a TSR program. Note the use of DOS' EXIST command to verify the existance of a temporary swap directory, and deletes any files if they exist in the directory. ┌───────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Example CONNECT.BAT │ ├───────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ @echo off │ │ map root m:=sys:apps\connect >>nul │ │ c: │ │ if not exist c:\temp\*.* md c:\temp │ │ if exist c:\temp\*. del c:\temp\*. │ │ cd\temp │ │ m:cmail /r /path:m: /swappath:c:\temp │ └───────────────────────────────────────────┘ Note the MAP command above uses Novell Netware syntax. Replace this command with your network drive mapping command. ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │ The ConnectivEmail Variable │ └─────────────────────────────┘ If you do not want to type the startup parameters for ConnectivEmail each time, create a DOS environment variable to contain all startup parameters. From a DOS prompt or batch file: SET CONNECT=/path:m: /swappath:c:\temp /r Using an environment variable allows you to place a copy of CMAIL.EXE into a public directory or in a search path and run ConnectivEmail from any directory simply by typing CMAIL at the DOS prompt. ┌──────────────────────┐ │ Novell Netware Notes │ └──────────────────────┘ If you run Novell Netware 2.1x or higher, you should be using the Netware-specific version of ConnectivEmail. This version reads the Novell Bindery information directly from the file server, which means you do not have to create an import file for your UserList. In addition, The Netware specific version allows you to send mail to Novell Groups, and other helpful features. Contact Devont Software for more information. ┌─────────────────────┐ Page 4 │ Resident (TSR) Mode │ └─────────────────────┘ ConnectivEmail can optionally be made to operate in TSR mode simply by supplying a startup parameter on the command line. If the "/R" parameter exists on the command line, ConnectivEmail will load as a TSR program. Then, you'll be able to press ConnectivEmail's hot key while working in other programs, and have it pop up right on top of your work in progress. When you are finished with ConnectivEmail, another press of the hot key will return you to the exact place you left off. The ConnectivEmail TSR takes up about 19K low DOS RAM. This kernal cannot be loaded into high memory using the LH command. You should load ConnectivEmail after any other TSR programs when possible. If you load ConnectivEmail as a TSR program, you should have at least 2 megabytes of total system memory. Your CONFIG.SYS file should contain a memory manager such as HIMEM.SYS and EMM386.EXE. If you do not know how to configure 386 workstation memory, please consult your DOS manual. While we use the the following CONFIG.SYS on PC-compatible workstations running DOS 5.0 and higher, your needs may differ slightly. ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Example CONFIG.SYS │ ├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ shell=c:\dos\command.com /e:512 /p │ │ device=c:\dos\himem.sys │ │ devicehigh=c:\dos\emm386.exe noems frame=e000 │ │ devicehigh=c:\dos\ansi.sys │ │ dos=high,umb │ │ files=40 │ │ buffers=40 │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ The /SWAPPATH: Parameter │ └──────────────────────────┘ During normal operation, ConnectivEmail creates temporary work files for various functions. If you do not specify the /SWAPPATH: parameter on the command line or in the CONNECT environment variable, ConnectivEmail will create these files in the directory in which ConnectivEmail was started. If users start the program from a drive/directory in which they do not have sufficient WRITE rights, these files will not be able to be written and the program may fail. Make sure users start the program from a directory in which they have sufficient rights (like their home directory), or use the /SWAPPATH: parameter to specify a local disk (preferred) or network directory in which they have sufficient rights. ┌──────────────┐ Page 5 │ Registration │ └──────────────┘ By default, ConnectivEmail operates in Demonstration mode. This mode allows you to create e-mail messages no longer than 5 lines, and displays a notification of this fact every 10 or so minutes. Attempts to add text to a message that would exceed the 5 line limit will fail. This includes block operations such as Cut & Paste, etc. In addition to the 5 line limitation and demonstration mode banner, the demonstration version does not contain all the necessary print forms for the Calendar and Address Books, or the files necessary to create the spelling dictionary. These files are supplied upon registration. When you have decided ConnectivEmail is the package for you, call us for a a live activation key. With this activation key, the 5 line message limitation is removed and the program no longer displays the demonstration mode notification. You will then receive a standard package from us, including the latest version of the program, manuals, additional print forms and mailing label formats, warranty and license agreements, BBS access, and 1 year free technical support. ╒═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ │ Devont Software Incorporated │ │ 1300 South Frazier, Suite 111 │ │ Conroe, TX 77301 │ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ Orders Only: (800) DEVONT-1 │ │ Tech Support: (409) 788-1881 │ │ BBS: (409) 788-7771 │ │ Fax: (409) 788-2181 │ ╘═════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ┌────────┐ │ Prices │ └────────┘ Prices are current to August 1, 1994. Please call for pricing after this date. ConnectivEmail User License Network Independent Version =========================================================================== 5 User Server License 199.00 10 User Server License 299.00 20 User Server License 499.00 50 User Server License 699.00 100 User Server License 899.00 250 User Server License 1099.00 Dealer inquries welcome. Discounts available for non-profit, government, and educational institutions. Please call for corporate site license information and multi-unit discount rate schedule. Thanks for looking at ConnectivEmail! IF THIS PROGRAM IS NOT FOR YOU, PLEASE PASS IT ALONG TO SOMEONE ELSE WHO MAY BE INTERESTED.