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- copyright © '97 by
- Mario 'padrino' Cattaneo
-
- 1. Introduction
- ------------
-
- The description of this archive is rather easy. It consits of (for now)
- different executables which allow you to convert the alias files of some
- mailer programmes to the ".addressbook" of YAM 1.3.x. Currently supported are
- elm and pine. In the future there will probably be only one binary (if there
- seems need for it) to do all the jobs... Please note, that the executables found
- in this archive are in beta stage! They don't handle errors and depend very
- much on the user giving the the correct syntax! I would suggest that the
- outputfile given should be in RAM: as the programme might crash, if the source
- file is bugy or of a wrong type.
-
-
- 2. Disclaimer
- ----------
-
- This software is provided AS IS. Neither do I claim it bugfree (or complete) nor
- do I give any warranty at all. Any damage that might happen to your system by
- using this package is not my fault. Use this software at your own risc!
-
- Be warned, THIS IS BETA SOFTWARE!!!
-
-
- 3. It does and does not
- --------------------
-
- 3.1. What this software does :-)
- -----------------------
-
- - It converts elm or pine (for now) alias files to YAM 1.3.x .addressbook-file
- - It handles comments containing spaces!
- - It should work with any alias file created (non manually changed)
- with the supported mailers
- - It converts elm groups to YAM lists!
-
- 3.2. What this software does NOT! :-(
- ----------------------------
-
- - It does not handle names containing spaces (would this make sense? :)
- - Number of email addresses per group/list is limited to 40 (no shareware
- limitation ;^)
- - FCC of pine is not supported... well, does YAM support it?
- - If you did edit the source files by hand, and did it not 100% like the mail
- soft would (e.g. TABS, syntax), conversion will probably be bugy, or your
- Amiga might even crash.
- - The entries will not be sorted.
-
-
- 4. Requirements
- ------------
-
- Of course you need an Amiga, well UAE should work, too ;-)
-
- Additionally you need at least:
-
- - AmigaOS 2.x (not included ;)
- - ixemul.library V41.1 (not included either)
- - enough free memory :)
-
- 5. Usage
- -----
-
- Usage should be very easy, as the options are not really a lot ;-)
- Start it from shell by typing:
-
- elm2yam sourcefile destinationfile
-
- or :-)
-
- pine2yam sourcefile destinationfile
-
- *NOTE* You MUST specify source- AND destinationfiles (I would suggest maybe
- you should use RAM as destination... for the safety of your HD ;)
-
-
- 6. FEEDBACK
- --------
-
- This software (of course) is FREEWARE... BUT :-)
- If you like it *please* have a look at my others project, which can be found at
- http://fsinfo.cs.uni-sb.de/~cattaneo/projekte.e.html or aminet. There are:
-
- - TinyMWBCollection
- - SmileFonts
- - MagicMenu2MUI
- - pad-Diavolo (prerelease)
- - ...
-
- And If you like those (or at least some) too, please contact me, write me a
- postcard, just FEEDBACK, feedback...
-
- Mario Cattaneo
- Paul-Marien-Straße 6
- D-66111 Saarbrücken
- GERMANY
-
- E-mail: maca@coli.uni-sb.de
- IRC-nick: padrino (most time #AmigaGER...)
- Homepage: http://fsinfo.cs.uni-sb.de/~cattaneo/
-
-
- 7. Future
- ------
-
- As this software is a kind of "ones used only soft". I don't know if there will
- be any updates (at least is successfully converted my database ;). It will
- totally depend on the `FEEDBACK' I get.
-
- Of course I have some ideas, like:
-
- - error handling (checking) :-)
- - sorting the entries
- - removing the limit of email adresses per list/group
- - joining output with existing YAM .addressbook
- - mixing output (integrating) with existing YAM .addressbook
- - puting all into one conversion tool
- - supporting more mailers (source and destination)
- - get rid of the need for ixemul.library (it is not really needed :)
- - a user interface?! I guess not :)
-
-
- 8. History
- -------
-
- V0.9 beta: initial release (08/29/1995)
-