EnigmA Amiga Run 1996 March/EnigmA AMIGA RUN 05 (1996)(G.R. Edizioni)(IT)[!][issue 1996-03][Skylink CD IV].iso/earcd/comm2/vood1103.lha/Voodoo/README

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 THIS FILE CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION. PLEASE READ IT COMPLETELY.
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This is the first so-called final release of Voodoo. While Voodoo has
undergone a long beta and gamma testing period, it is likely that several
of bugs still exist. These bugs should not, however, be critical to the
use of Voodoo.

To install Voodoo, just click on the Install script. You can also just
run it from the directory. The Installer will copy the ClassAct libraries
to your system and optionally install AmiPOP and Sabot for you.

Many of you may have heard of Voodoo before, and expect some things of it.
I hope the program lives up to the expectations. One thing that was on the
spec sheet from the start, but of which you can not see a trace in the
program, is PGP support. This is one of the main things I have yet to
implement, it being quite tricky to integrate with MIME, but it will be
in the registered Serious Voodoo version. One more reason to buy that
program.

Oh, one thing. Voodoo's mail folders are _not_ files. They're directories,
with every message in a separate file. Keep that in mind while configuring..
If you want to import your old UNIX mailbox format mail folders (such as
those from AmigaElm) to Voodoo, that can be done simply by configuring that
file as the mail spool file and then "get new mail". Make a backup of the
folder first, since Voodoo will wipe the spool file after import.

One thing not included in this distribution for legality reasons is a mail
delivery agent for sending messages out from your machine. I would recommend
SMTPpost from INetUtils, on Aminet as:
IU-14-as225.lha      comm/net   387K+AS225r2 SMTP/NNTP utilities v1.4 INetUtils
IU-14-amitcp.lha     comm/tcp   392K+AmiTCP SMTP/NNTP utilities v1.4 INetUtils

Helpful notes about installing SMTPpost can be found in Voodoo.guide if the
INetUtils documentation is not sufficient.

The included BOOPSI gadget and image classes are part of ClassAct,
copyright Phantom Development, written by Chris Aldi, Tim Aston, Greg Block,
and yours truly. For information about using Voodoo in your own applications,
refer to http://www.warped.com/~timmer/classact.html, or
http://www.nai.net/~caldi/.

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all of my beta testers for a job
well done:

 Heikki Kantola <[e-mail]>
 Magnus Lilja <[e-mail]>
 Gregory Block <[e-mail]>
 Dan Murrell, Jr <[e-mail]>
 Mike Latinovich <[e-mail]>
 Chris Aldi <[e-mail]>
 Paul Reece <[e-mail]>
 David Swasbrook <[e-mail]>
 Timothy J. Aston <[e-mail]>
 Scott Ellis <[e-mail]>
 Addison Laurent <[e-mail]>
 Michael Hohmann <[e-mail]>

Thanks a bunch guys, I couldn't have done this without your help.

A big extra thanks also goes to Scott Ellis for AmiPOP and Sabot, included
in this distribution.

I hope you like this program. In case you have problems or you otherwise wish
to contact me, I can be reached at the address below. For complete contact
information, please refer to the AmigaGuide manual.

Osma Ahvenlampi <[e-mail]>

PS. Don't forget to check the Voodoo Web page for any recent developments.
The URL is http://www.niksula.cs.hut.fi/~oahvenla/voodoo/. Voodoo also
has a mailing list devoted to it. If you want to get on the mailing list,
send a message to [e-mail] with the text "subscribe voodoo" in
the message body.