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  W i n N E T (TM)  M a i l   a n d   N e w s

  Copyright (c) 1994 by Computer Witchcraft, Inc.
  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

  Computer Witchcraft, Inc.
  Post Office Box 4189
  Louisville, KY 40204

  Telephone:       [phone]
  Fax:             [phone]
  Internet Mail:   [e-mail]
  CompuServe Mail: 76130,1463

  Note: This file assumes that you are planning to use
  Computer Witchcraft as your Internet/Usenet service
  provider.  If that is not the case, please read the file
  ALT.TXT instead of this file for introductory information.

  (READ_1ST.TXT)

  Please read this file *carefully* before installing or
  attempting to use WinNET Mail.  Getting WinNET set up on
  your system is quite straight-forward, but if you don't
  read this file before getting started, you will overlook
  important information necessary for proper operation of
  the software.

    C o n t e n t s

    What is WinNET?
    What you need to Run WinNET
    Costs of Using WinNET Mail
    Setting up WinNET Mail on Your System
    Upgrading From an Earlier Version of WinNET
    Problems with WinNET Setup
    Distribution of WinNET Mail


    W h a t   i s   W i n N E T ?

  WinNET Mail (TM) is a Windows 3.1 application for
  sending and receiving Electronic Mail and News articles with
  the world-wide Internet and Usenet networks using just your
  Windows system and a modem.  The connection with the
  Internet and Usenet is provided through Computer
  Witchcraft's computer system providing WinNET (SM)
  service, or through the provider of your choice.  If
  you do not use Computer Witchcraft's service, WinNET
  is shareware software with a registration fee of $99.00.


    W h a t   y o u   n e e d   t o   R u n   W i n N E T

  1. Intel 80386/486/Pentium system
     with a miuimum of 2 Mbytes RAM.

  2. Microsoft Windows, version 3.1, OR Chicago
     OR Microsoft NT OR OS/2.

  3. A Hayes compatible modem.

  4. A UUCP provider -- For WinNET to be able to
     communicate with the rest of the Internet, you need to
     have a UUCP service provider (unix-to-unix-copy).

     WinNET comes with a module that allows you to set up a
     UUCP account with Computer Witchcraft, Inc., via its
     1-800 telephone number (or, if you like by a direct
     dial number).  Alternatively, you may use WinNET with
     a provider of your own choosing.

     Provider notes:

     The WinNET software is designed to work "hand and glove"
     Computer Witchcraft's Internet/Usenet (UUCP) service.
     However, the software has been carefully tested and works
     well with other UUCP providers as well.  If you decide to
     use WinNET with another provider, please see the file
     ALT.TXT for useful information.



    C o s t s   o f   u s i n g   W i n N E T   M a i l

  The WinNET Mail software is provided to you free of charge
  for the purpose of connecting with the WinNET system.  The
  WinNET system is your connection with the Internet and Usenet
  networks and usage is billed to you on a connect time
  basis.

  The rate for on-line usage of the WinNET system is:

              $8.00 per hour.

  There is a monthly minimum charge of $9.95 while you
  have an account with us.  This means that if you use less than
  $9.95 worth of connect time (billed at $8.00 per hour), you
  will be billed the minimum of $9.95.

  There is a per account minimum charge of $9.95.  Accounts
  created and then ended shortly thereafter will be billed at
  minimum $9.95.

  Unlike many on-line services and bulletin boards, you are
  only connected to WinNET for just long enough to send or
  receive any pending E-Mail at speeds as fast as your modem
  will go.  This results in connection times of typically 1 to
  just a few minutes.  In our experience, customers average
  1.75 hours of connect time per month or just $14.00 in
  charges. See TERMS.TXT for full details.

  U.S. 1-800 Number Service

  Computer Witchcraft also offers a very economical 1-800 number
  service that can be used to access us.  This is *optional* --
  it is fine to call our direct number if your location is
  local to ours, or if you have a calling plan with your long
  distance company that provides a savings.  Our rates for
  1-800 number service are:

          M-F, 8am-5pm(ET):       18 cents/min
          All other times:        12 cents/min


  (Computer Witchcraft also has a Canadian 800 service,
  1-800-284-6599.  See TERMS.TXT for rates.)

      S e t t i n g   u p   W i n N E T   M a i l

        o n   Y o u r   S y s t e m


  Following are instructions for setting up WinNET Mail on
  your system.

  STEP 1.  If you received WinNET from CompuServe or some
  other electronic bulletin board, create a temporary
  directory and copy the wnmail.zip file to this directory.
  Run the pkunzip prgram (commonly available shareware from
  PKWARE) to unzip the wnmail.zip file in this directory.

  STEP 2.  From the Windows program manager File menu, or
  directly from the Window's File Manage program, Run the
  SETUP.EXE program supplied with the WinNET distribution.
  Use the More Information button to get more information on
  each screen.

  STEP 3.  Run the CWI Account Setup program (ACCOUNT.EXE).
  This will ask you for billing and credit card information.
  The program will call the Computer Witchcraft WinNET server
  and submit your account request.  After a one minute
  pause, the program will call back to verify that the
  account was accepted.

  All account requests will be accepted unless the System
  Name that you choose under SETUP is already taken by
  another WinNET customer.  If the account request is not
  successful, you will need to re-run SETUP, select a different
  System Name, and re-run the account program.



      U p g r a d i n g   f r o m   a n

        e a r l i e r   v e r s i o n   o f   W i n N E T

   The instructions for upgrading a previous version of
  WinNET are basically the same as outlined in the above
  steps describing a new installation.  Make sure that you
  put the distribution .zip file wnmail.zip in a *temporary*
  directory before you start (NOT the directory that
  currently contains WinNET) and run setup from this
  temporary directory.  When you are asked to specify the
  directory where WinNET should be installed, specify the
  same directory where your old copy of WinNET was
  installed.  This will cause the setup program to overwrite
  the old WinNET files with the files from the new version.
  Your old setup parameters will be detected and appear as
  the defaults in the setup process.


    P r o b l e m s   w i t h  W i n N E T   S e t u p

  The most likely source of problems that you may have with
  WinNET Mail is the SETUP Communications Parameters:

    1.  Make sure that the COM port is set to the port that
        your modem uses.

    2.  Make sure that the interface speed it not set faster
        than your modem can handle.

    3.  Verify that the telephone number being dialed will
        work correctly from your facility and area.

        The telephone number of the WinNET server is:

                [phone]

        Which is located in Louisville Kentucky,
        U.S.A.  If you are local to Louisville, use
        589-4131.  You may also need to add digits
        to obtain an outside line or for credit card
        dialing.

  You can verify that these settings work for your system by
  using the Windows Terminal program.  You can also check that
  the modem strings supplied on the Communications Parameters
  screen work with you modem as well.

  Please see TROUBLE.TXT for more possibilities.

  FOR THOSE WISHING TO DISTRIBUTE WinNET MAIL (TM), PLEASE
  READ ON.


    D i s t r i b u t i o n   o f   W i n N E T   M a i l (TM)

  COMPUTER WITCHCRAFT, INC., UNCONDITIONALLY RETAINS ALL
  RIGHTS PURSUANT TO THE COPYRIGHT LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.

  That said, we very much encourage distribution of this
  product, under the following conditions:

  1.  Any person serving as a distributor of WinNET Mail (TM)
      must retain exactly the original form of the
      Computer Witchcraft, Inc., distribution by including
      ALL files in unmodified condition.

      The following files that are included with the WinNET
      Mail (TM) distribution:

          REGISTER.TXT
          READ_1ST.TXT    SETUP.007       QUEUED.EX_
          TERMS.TXT       SETUP.008       CLEANUP.EX_
          TROUBLE.TXT     SETUP.009       MEGAED.DLL
          VENDOR.TXT      ACCOUNT.001     BWCC.DLL
          CHAT.TXT        SETUP.EXE       WNMAIL.HL_
          ALT.TXT         VIEWER.EXE      CLEANUP.HL_
          SETUP.001       WNMAIL.EX_      QUEUEED.HL_
          SETUP.002       UUCICO.EX_      SOURCE.DAT
          SETUP.003       MAILMAN.EX_     ENCODE.EX_
          SETUP.004       ACCOUNT.EX_     DECODE.EX_
          SETUP.005       MAILCALL.EX_    FILE_ID.DIZ
          SETUP.006       DAEMON.EX_

  2.  Owners or operators of Electronic Bulletin Boards
      (EBB's), such as CompuServe, may acquire or accept, and
      then distribute copies of WinNET Mail (TM) through
      their EBB service, subject to the conditions above, and
      may further do so in the context of charging subscribers
      to their services a general fee for belonging to the
      membership of the service, and/or for time on-line, as
      long as these charges are not specifically related to
      overt sale of the WinNET Mail (TM) product.  This should
      in no way be construed as relinquishment, by Computer
      Witchcraft, Inc., of its copyright protection and sole
      ownership of WinNET Mail (TM).

  3.  Persons wishing to contact Computer Witchcraft, Inc.,
      for the purpose of negotiating limited distribution
      rights for WinNET Mail (TM) should review the file
      VENDOR.TXT, included with this distribution, which
      contains an application form that distributors may use
      to initiate the process.

  4.  Any persons possessing a bona fide copy of WinNET Mail
      (TM) as originally distributed by Computer
      Witchcraft, Inc., may freely copy and distribute the
      product to whomever they like, as long as exactly the
      original form of the distribution is retained, by
      including ALL files, in unmodified condition,
      especially but not limited to all documentation files,
      as long as they assess no fees beyond those required for
      materials needed in distributing the product, i.e.,
      matching exactly the cost of floppy disks, mailing
      materials and costs, or long-distance phone charges
      relevant to electronic distribution.

  5.  With the exceptions of EBB operators, under the
      conditions described above, and that of persons entering
      into written contractual distribution agreements with
      Computer Witchcraft, Inc., other persons engaged in the
      distribution of software for profit ARE EXPLICITLY
      PROHIBITED from marketing or selling, in any form, any
      files or parts of files, or modified versions of files,
      that are part of Computer Witchcraft's distribution.

  6.  Developers of software products who incorporate ANY
      portion of the binary portions of the author's product,
      or who copy features or aspects of the user-interface of
      the product subject to protection by the laws of
      copyright, SHALL BE PROSECUTED, unless they have the
      express, written permission of Computer Witchcraft,
      Inc., to do so.