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AEMail240 - Release 2.40 of AEMail
March 31, 2001
AEMail is copyright (c) 1996-2001 by John F. Zacharias, all rights
reserved. Permission is given to unregistered users to test and evaluate
the program in return for feedback on the use of the program and reporting
of any bugs encountered.
AEMail comes in three formats: a archived release received over the
internet, a CD-ROM, and a two disk set. All of the formats contain
the same files; although, the documentation and ARrexx directories are
compressed in the diskette set.
The files contained in the release are as follows:
AEMail, the AEMail executable
AEMail.inf, a file used to create the AEMail Project icon files
AEMAIL.Readme
AEMAIL.Readme.info
AEMR
Installer
Install.txt
Install.txt.info
Install_AEMail
Install_AEMail.info
mailcap
startnet.miami
stopnet.miami
registration.form
registration.form.info
The directories are:
ARexx This directory contains the ARexx documentation and
sample ARexx scripts. Read the ARexx.reaadme in this
directory to see what's in it.
C This directory contains the display program "more",
"lhex", a program used to expand .lha files in the
diskette version, and "CheckAssign" used by the
ClassAct installation.
Classes This directory contains the ClassAct classes used by
AEMail.
Documentation This directory contains the following documentation
files:
AEMail.doc
AEMail.doc.info
AEMail.guide
AEMail.guide.info
email.txt
email.txt.info
Prefs Used by classAct
S This directory contains a script, AEMced.scr, for
calling the CygnusED editor. The "AEMced.scr" script
is no longer needed but is left in to show how a script
can be used to call an editor.
When you un-archive the lha file received over the Internet, you will find
that the above files and directories are in a directory called "AEMail240".
If you received AEMail on CD-ROM, it will have the same files as the
archived version of AEMail, but they will be in an unarchived state. The
CD-ROM is labelled: AEMAIL_V2_40CD
If you received AEMail on diskette, you will now find that it is now a two
disk set. The two disks contain:
AEMail_V2.40-Disk_1:
C directory
S directory
AEMail, the AEMail executable
AEMail.inf, a file used to create the AEMail Project icon files
AEMAIL.Readme
AEMAIL.Readme.info
AEMR
Disk.info
Installer
Install.txt
Install.txt.info
Install_AEMail
Install_AEMail.info
mailcap
startnet.miami
stopnet.miami
registration.form
registration.form.info
AEMail_V2.40-Disk_2:
C directory
Classes Directory
Classes.info
Prefs Directory
Prefs.info
documentation.lha when expanded after the install contains:
AEMail.doc
AEMail.doc.info
AEMail.guide
AEMail.guide.info
email.txt
email.txt.info
ARexx.lha archive when expanded contains ARexx documentation and
sample ARexx scripts. Read the ARexx.readme in this directory
after the install to see what's in it.
The program AEMR is used by the installation script to upgrade to a
registered version of AEMail. If you already have a registered version,
your new version will be automatically upgraded to a registered version.
There is a very convenient Install script (Install_AEMail) for installing
(and configuring) AEMail. It uses Amiga Technologies Installer program
which is included with the archive. Please read the "Install.txt" file
before attempting to install AEMail.
THE INSTALL SCRIPT MUST BE USED TO INSTALL AEMAIL. You will not be able to
have a registered version without using the install script.
If you are updating from a version of AEMail prior to 1.10 you should use
the "Expert" level of the Install script in order to locate where you
previously located AEMail. Releases after 1.10 will be able to determine
where AEMail has been placed if you use the Install_AEMail script to
install both the prior version AND this version.
The mailcap file is used to specify programs to display different
attachments to email on your computer. This can also be done with the
viewer page of the configuration setup window. The standard mailcap which
is installed DOES NOT display HTML attachments in web browser format. An
alternate mailcap is provided in the ARexx directory which does allow you
to display HTML attachments with your browser through an ARexx script
called "html.aem". Both IBrowse and AWeb are automatically supported with
this ARexx script.
You can install the alternate mailcap file if you install at the "expert"
level. However, in order for this to work correctly you will need to be
sure that the ARexx scripts are placed in an ARexx directory of your main
AEMail program directory. The defaults in the script will do this.
When you install AEMail you will be asked which type of installation you
are performing:
A Demo Version
A Previously Registered Version
A New Registered Version
If you are installing a new registered version you will need a key code
which was provided when you purchased AEMail.
This is Version 2.40 of AEMail (Amiga EMail), an InterNet Mail User Agent
(Client), which can be used on an Amiga to retrieve mail from, and send
mail to, a POP3 server. It requires a TCP/IP stack compatible with AmiTCP
and AmigaDos 2.1 or later. AEMail has been tested with AmiTCP, TermiteTCP,
and Miami.
AEMail can also be used as a "MailTo" agent in WWW browsers, such as
IBrowse, Voyager and AWeb, which allow the user to specify such an agent
for composing and sending email. You can also call AEMail with an already
composed message from another program and queue or send the message.
A complete list of new features, changes and the bugs corrected with
version 2.40 given at the end of the AEMail.readme file and also in the
AEMail.guide file.
This version of AEMail provides certain features only to registered users
(those paying the shareware fee). These features (not available to
unregisterd users) are:
Ability to use multiple signature files.
Ability to add user defined headers to a message.
Ability to shrink or expand group entries in Address Book displays.
Password protection for separate configurations.
Filtering messages on "Other Message Hdrs".
Filtering messages on the content of the message body.
Certain ARexx commands (consult AEMail-ARexx.doc).
Saving font changes.
Saving function key assignments for ARexx commands.
Ability to disable the "Notification" message requester. Unregistered
versions will always display the "Notification" message requester.
AEMail is shareware with a registration fee of $30 (US dollars). Read the
details of this in the AEMail.Readme file or the AEMail.guide file. The
file "registration.form" is the registration form which should be submitted
when upgrading to a registered version. The Default Tool in the
registration.form icon is SYS:Tools/PrintFiles so that by double clicking
on the registration.form icon you can get a printout of the registration
form.
Besides the AEMail.Readme file, three documentation files have been
provided: AEMail.doc, AEMail-ARexx.doc, and AEMail.guide. The AEMail.doc
and the AEMail-ARrxx.doc files are flat ASCII files that are designed to
create a printout of the documentation. Except for form feeds, NO
FORMATTING COMMANDS ARE EMBEDDED IN THIS FILE so you need a file printing
program to print it out.
AEMail.guide, on the other hand, is an AmigaGuide file. It's icon calls
MultiView; however, after the install operation the icon's default tool
will be changed to AmigaGuide if you are running under AmigaDos 2.1.
All of the other documentation files use the program "More" to display the
file. WARNING: AmigaDOS 3.5 users may find that the "More" program on the
3.5 release will guru when executed. You can replace the "More" that comes
with 3.5 with the "More" contained in the C directory of the AEMail release
and you will no longer have this problem.
AEMail-ARexx.doc is an extraction of the ARexx section from the .doc file
and stored as a separate file. This file, like the AEMail.doc file, can
be printed out and consulted separately. It is found in the ARexx
directory under the main AEMail directory after the install.
Also included is a special file called email.txt which is a general
discussion about email. Beginning users who are not knowledgable as to how
email works or are unfamiliar with some of the terminology should read this
file. It will be found in the documentation drawer after the install.
In both the archived and the CD-ROM versions, the AEMail.doc, email.txt,
AEMail-ARexx.doc, and AEMail.guide files can be read directly from the
release before the installation. Since these files are archived on the
diskette version, you must install AEMail before you can read these files.
Thanks,
- John Zacharias (jzachar@calweb.com)
http://www.calweb.com/~jzachar
March 31, 2001