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- README for Microsoft Internet Mail and News
- Beta 3
- July l996
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-
- (c) Copyright Microsoft Corporation, 1996
-
-
- This document provides complementary or late-breaking information to
- supplement the documentation.
-
-
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- HOW TO USE THIS DOCUMENT
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-
- To view Mailnews.txt on screen in Notepad, maximize the Notepad window.
-
- To print Mailnews.txt, open it in Notepad or another word processor,
- then use the Print command on the File menu.
-
-
- CONTENTS
- ========
-
- WHAT'S NEW IN THIS RELEASE
- General
- Internet Mail
- Internet News
-
- MICROSOFT INTERNET MAIL
-
- MICROSOFT INTERNET NEWS
-
- KNOWN ISSUES IN THIS RELEASE
-
- TROUBLESHOOTING
-
- TIPS AND TRICKS
-
- SUPPORT FOR MICROSOFT INTERNET MAIL AND NEWS
-
-
- WHAT'S NEW IN THIS RELEASE
- ==========================
-
- General
- -------
- - You now have the ability to create and view basic HTML messages,
- including formatting such as different fonts, colors, sizes,
- bullets, and justification.
- - You can send text in plain format or as HTML rich text.
- - URLs are now automatically detected and highlighted.
- - You can customize and resize the toolbar.
- - Internet Mail and News now provides multiple language support.
- - The Address Book includes distribution lists and robust sorting
- options.
- - You can now import an Address Book from Exchange.
- - You can now import messages from and export messages to Exchange.
-
- Internet Mail
- -------------
- - You can specify that you want to empty the Deleted Items folder
- when you exit the program.
- - Internet Mail now provides basic Find functionality.
-
- Internet News
- -------------
- - You can batch download new messages from a newsgroup to make offline
- newsreading quicker and easier.
- - Outbox and Posted Items folders have been added.
- - Connection management, per server, for dialing up to your Internet
- service provider, is now available.
- - You can now disconnect after dialing.
- - You can specify a default newsgroup to start in.
- - When you reply to newsgroups, you can automatically copy the author.
- - A copy of each article you post is saved in the Posted Items folder.
- - A Saved Items folder is available for keeping copies of interesting
- news messages.
- - Internet News now provides better feedback and improved performance.
- - Local (cache) file management has been improved. There are new
- automatic compact and purge features.
-
-
- MICROSOFT INTERNET MAIL
- =======================
-
- Internet Mail is a new e-mail program designed specifically for
- the Internet. At this time, you cannot use Microsoft Internet Mail
- to access your e-mail account with any of the following services:
- MS Mail, cc:Mail, The Microsoft Network (MSN), CompuServe, America
- OnLine (AOL), and Microsoft Exchange Server. If you don't know
- whether your system uses these services, contact your administrator
- or your Internet service provider and ask if they support SMTP/POP3
- mail clients.
-
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- MICROSOFT INTERNET NEWS
- =======================
-
- Microsoft Internet News enables you to read bulletin-board discussion
- groups, such as the Usenet, using NNTP-based news servers.
-
- Contact your Internet service provider for the name of the news server
- that you should use.
-
- This product can also be used for support on a variety of Microsoft
- products via msnews.microsoft.com.
-
-
- KNOWN ISSUES IN THIS RELEASE
- ============================
-
- For the latest information about known issues, see our Web page
- at http://www.microsoft.com/ie/imn/imnissue.htm.
-
- - In order to send e-mail to someone who is not in your Address
- Book, you must enter a recognizable Internet e-mail address (that
- is, user@server).
-
- - The Address Book recognizes a name only if the full name matches.
- If you type only the first name, Address Book displays a dialog box
- with a best guess.
-
- - The name you enter on the Server tab in the Options dialog box in
- Mail might not actually be the name that gets sent. Your mail server
- might change this information.
-
- - If you quit Internet Mail and News while there are still unposted
- items in your Outbox, no warning message is displayed. Also, when
- you start the program, it does not check the Outbox for unposted
- messages.
-
- - If you select a thread and then choose Expand from the View menu,
- only the first level of the thread is expanded. To expand the
- whole thread, click the News menu, and then click Options.
- Click the Read tab, and then select the Auto Expand Conversation
- Threads check box.
-
-
- TROUBLESHOOTING
- ===============
-
- - If you run into a problem, try the troubleshooters in online Help.
- To start the troubleshooters, carry out the following steps:
-
- 1. In Internet Mail or News, click the Help menu.
- 2. Look up "Troubleshooting" in the Help Index.
-
- - Check your connection to your Internet service provider.
-
- - If you are unable to send or receive mail, check the following:
-
- - The TCP/IP protocol is installed on your computer.
- - All cables are properly connected to your computer, modem,
- or LAN.
- - You have a PPP or SLIP account with your Internet Provider.
- - Your Internet Provider or LAN server supports POP3 and SMTP.
- - Your modem communication parameters (baud rate and type of
- protocol) are set correctly.
-
- - Make sure that you use an account name and password for a news
- server only if it requires them. If you use an account name and
- password and they are not required, you will not be able to connect
- to the news server.
-
- - To access the Microsoft peer product support newsgroups, carry
- out the following steps:
-
- 1. Click the News menu, and then click Options.
- 2. Click the Server tab, and then click Add.
- 3. Type msnews.microsoft.com as the name of the server.
-
- If that name isn't found by your Internet Service Provider, you
- can enter 131.107.3.27 instead.
-
- You do not need to enter an account name or password.
-
- - If your mail server times out while you are sending mail, you might
- get an error message indicating that a recipient is unknown. If this
- happens, you should increase the timeout for your server. To do this,
- carry out the following steps:
-
- 1. Click the Mail menu, and then click Options.
- 2. Click the Server tab, and then click Advanced Settings.
- 3. Drag the slider to increase the timeout for your server.
-
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- TIPS AND TRICKS
- ===============
-
- - You can change the sound that notifies you that you have received
- new mail. To do this, open Control Panel, and then double-click
- the Sounds icon.
-
- - You can move the icon bar by right-clicking it and then clicking
- Left or Top. You can turn on the icon bar or regular toolbar by
- clicking the View menu, and then clicking Icon Bar or Toolbar.
- To customize the icon bar, right-click it, and then click Customize
- Toolbar.
-
- - You can resize the preview pane or the message list by dragging the
- divider between the preview pane and the message list.
-
- - You can change how the preview pane splits, or turn it off entirely
- by changing the options under Preview Pane on the View menu.
-
- - You can specify that you want to see only unread News messages. To
- do this, click the View menu, and then click Unread Messages Only.
-
- - You can set articles to automatically download to the preview pane
- by clicking the News menu, clicking options, and then selecting the
- appropriate check box.
-
- - To view the e-mail address of someone who has sent you a message,
- double-click the message to open it, then double-click the author's
- name in the From field. You can also add this person to your
- Address Book by right-clicking the name, and then clicking Add To
- Address Book.
-
- - To view responses to a particular message in a newsgroup, click the
- plus sign (+) next to the message. The responses appear below it.
-
- - You can use HTML formatting to send messages only to recipients who
- have e-mail software that can display HTML. Otherwise, send messages
- as plain text, which is the default.
-
- - In Internet Mail, you can leave a copy of your messages on the
- server. To set this option, click the Mail menu, and then click
- Options. Click the Server tab, and then click Advanced Settings.
-
- - In Internet News, you can search for newsgroups that contain
- several keywords. To do this, click the News menu, and then click
- Newgroups. In the Search box, enter the keywords separated by a
- space. You can also search newsgroup descriptions. If you cannot
- see the descriptions, click the News menu, click Options, and then
- click the Server tab. Click a news server, click Properties, click
- the Advanced tab, and then select the Use Newsgroup Descriptions
- check box.
-
- - You can have your signature added to all messages, including those
- that you reply to or forward. To do this, click the Mail menu, and
- then click Options. On the Signature tab, select the following check
- box: Add Signature To The End Of All Outgoing Messages.
-
- - To switch to your Inbox, you can press CTRL+I.
-
- - To reorder columns, you can drag and drop column headings.
-
- - To save an attachment with a message from the preview pane, click
- the paper clip icon, and then hold down the CTRL key while you
- click the file you want to save. The Save As dialog box appears.
-
- - You can view all the headers for a news message. To do this,
- double-click the message to open it in a separate window, click
- the View menu, and then click Full Headers.
-
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- SUPPORT FOR MICROSOFT INTERNET MAIL AND NEWS
- ============================================
-
- Because this is a beta release, no formal product support is available
- from Microsoft at this time. However, two new newsgroups are dedicated
- to the discussion of Microsoft Internet Mail and News and provide a
- great deal of informal support:
-
- - news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.internet.mail
- - news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.internet.news
-
- To read them, follow the procedure in the Troubleshooting section above.
-
- This site is the best place to go if you are experiencing a problem,
- as the solution might already be posted by someone else who experienced
- the same problem.
-
- You can also submit bugs at the following sites:
-
- - http://www.microsoft.com/ie/support/imail.htm (for Mail)
- - http://www.microsoft.com/ie/support/inews.htm (for News)
-