Paris, 08/18/95, e-Mail Notify 0.99.11 Release Notes


This readme.txt file applies to the following version:
Windows 95, Windows NT 3.5, Win32s and Win16 versions

e-Mail Notify is now a 5$ Shareware. Please see section II.



I.  Introduction

e-Mail Notify is a Winsock complient Biff Internet e-Mail client.
It will connect to your POP3 server for you and retrieve
the headers of any e-mail waiting there for you.
You can configure e-Mail Notify very extensively to warn
you about new mail.
If it runs in Windows 95 or Windows NT
it uses Multi-Threading for smoother multi-tasking.
You will hardly notice anything happens when it
transfers headers, even on a PPP link.
If it runs in Windows 95 or in NT 3.51 with the Shell Preview
it will add a small icon in the Windows 95 TaskBar
where you will be able to control everything from.

It now also includes "Fast View" and "Fast Delete" functions.

Author:
Ludovic Dubost
9 Av. du Colonel Bonnet
75016 Paris

e-Mail Address:
zic@olympe.polytechnique.fr

World Wide Web Page:
<http://olympe.polytechnique.fr/~zic/>

e-Mail Notify ftp site:
<ftp://olympe.polytechnique.fr/pub/notify/>



II. Why and How to Register

You can use this software for 30 days. After this trial period,
if you continue to use it without registering it, then you are
a *PIRATE*, and you should feel very bad !!!

More seriously, you should register this program because 5$ is not
much money for you, but it can be a lot for me !

You should register because you will get e-mail as soon as there are
new versions, and of course you won't have to pay again to use them.

You should register because your suggestions and problems will be adressed
very fast.

You should register because you like my program !


To register, you just need to send me 5$ by mail, along with
the following information:

 Name
 Company
 Address
 e-Mail

Send this to 

Ludovic Dubost
9 Av du Colonel Bonnet
75016 PARIS, France

You can also send me an e-mail at zic@olympe.polytechnique.fr
to tell me you sent a snail mail.



III.  Why four versions

e-Mail Notify is released in four different versions. 
This topic will explain you why this was necessary, 
which version  you should use, and what the differences are.

Why Four Versions

e-Mail Notify uses specific features of the Windows 95 shell, 
and also makes use of Multi-Threading for better performance.
Since Win32s doesnt support Multi-Threading there was a need 
for a specific Win32s version. I didnt intent to write this port,
but some people asked me for it, and it wasnt that difficult.
Windows NT 3.5 does not include all the stubs for the New Shell APIs 
of Windows 95. For this reason, the Windows 95 version of e-Mail Notify 
cannot run in Windows NT 3.5. Some people out there wanted e-Mail Notify 
although there are running Windows NT, so I wrote the NT 3.5 port. 

Additionally, version 0.99.9 introduces an experimental WIN16 version. 
It is not really tested, because I do not have everything needed 
(like 10 different TCP/IP stacks) to test it properly.

Which Version to use

If you run Windows fro Workgroups 3..11 or before and do not 
have win32s version 1.25, use the win16 version, and do not 
forget to tell me how it works.

If you run Win32s, use the Win32s version.

If you run Windows NT 3.5 use the Win NT 3.5 version.

If you run Windows 95, Windows NT 3.51, Windows NT 3.51 
with the Shell Preview, or anything more recent than this including 
stubs or implementation for the New Shell API and supporting Multi-Threading, 
the use the Windows 95 version.


Differences between Versions

If you do not have a Multi-Threading system, e-Mail Notify is much 
less stable and well-behaving. In this case, be very careful not 
to ask him something that you know wont work. In addition, the Win32s 
and Win16 versions are almost not tested, because I hate running 
"Good Old Windows" now that I use Windows 95. 
Version 0.99.9 has been tested using some beta tester out-there 
and some bugs have been fixed now.

If you do not run a system which has a Windows Taskbar (like Windows 95 
or Windows NT 3.51 with the Shell Preview), you wont see the nice Notify 
Icon in this Taskbar and wont be able to hide e-Mail Notify.
In addition even if you are running Win95, if you run the Win32s 
or Windows NT 3.5 version, you wont have access to these features either.

The best way to run e-Mail Notify is to run the Windows 95 version 
in Windows 95 ! You will have access to all the features of the application !




IV.  License Agreement

Read carefully all terms of this License agreement before using this Software. 
If you do not agree with any term of this agreement, stop using this software immediately.  
 
1.  Ludovic Dubost grants to you a non-exclusive, non-sublicense, license 
to use this version of E-Mail Notify for 30 days. Once this period expires, 
you will have to register the software, by sending 5$ by mail to Ludovic Dubost, 
9 Av du Colonel Bonnet, 75016 Paris and sending an e-mail to zic olympe.polytechnique.fr.
It both mails you should provide registration information so you can receive 
updates of this program.

2. You agree that this software and its source code is property of his author,
Ludovic Dubost, 9 Av. du Colonel Bonnet, 75016 Paris, France.  
 
3. The Author makes no representations about the suitability of this software. 
The Software is provided 'As Is' without express or implied warranties, 
including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose 
or noninfringement. This Software is provided gratuitously and accordingly, 
the author shall not be liable under any theory or any damages suffered by you 
or any user of the Software.  
 
4. The author grants you the right to redistribute this software, as long 
as you are not charging ANY money for it and the distribution files are kept 
together and unmodified.  

 
The distribution files are: 
 
Win32 versions

        email.exe 
        email.hlp 
        email.cnt
        email.txt 
        newmail.wav 
        welcome.wav 
        FILE_ID.DIZ

Win16 version

        email16.exe 
        email16.hlp 
        email.txt 
        newmail.wav 
        welcome.wav
        FILE_ID.DIZ



V.  What's New in version 0.99.11

New:  you can now find all e-Mail Notify versions at 
<URL:ftp://olympe.polytechnique.fr/pub/notify>.


Version 0.99.11

I made a horrible mistake in the 0.99.10 version which made it bug
for a lot of people out there. Here is a fix. It should resolve the 
connection problem many people had. Thanks to all the people who 
reported me this problem.


Version 0.99.10

Fixes yet another win16/win32s bug, some people had with connecting
to the POP3 server. It should work much better now. I made a different
Help File for Windows 3.1 systems, since it doesn't support the Help
System. It would look as nice, and I still have to remove some unsupported
links, so do not be surprised if the Help File looks weird.

Two new functions have been added. "Quick View" and "Quick Delete".
Check out the right click on the Mail headers or the Mail Menu to view
and delete mail. I included maximum security in this function.
Notify will verify the mail header before deleting to be sure to delete
the right mail.


 
Version 0.99.9

This version is now a shareware. If it suits your needs, please 
send me 5$ in the mail at Ludovic Dubost, 9 Av du Colonel Bonnet, 
75016 Paris, France (stamp is 50c) and send me an e-mail to register.

A new version for Win16 has been introduced. The same warnings 
apply as for the Win32s version. Please test it and tell me how 
it works and which configuration you run.

One new feature and many bug fixes for this version. Thank you to the 
people who helped me and tested version 0.99.8.
The new feature is the ability to run an external application every 
time there is new mail. This looks like running the external reader, 
but is a little more powerful, since notify is able to add the number 
of mails in the command-line. If you want more information about this, 
jump to the corresponding topic.

Bug fixes allow the win32s version not to hang your system, like it was 
the case before. My apologies to those who had problems with it. 
This version should now be okay and up and running like the NT and Win32s versions 
(the user interface will still be a little less responsive because of the monothreading).

Another bug that has been fixed is the popup menu from the tray icon, 
that was not behaving properly. Thanks to Felix Andrews from Microsoft 
(author of FlexiCD from the Windows 95 PowerToys available at 
http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/), it now behaves properly. 

The last bug is the one that cost me the most mail. 
It was a mistake in the documentation. To start notify hidden, 
you have to use the /H switch and not /U. Additionally, switches 
are not case sensitive anymore.






VII.  Installation and switches

Installation is very easy. Just copy the file in some directory
and run e-Mail Notify. Additionally, there are some useful switches
you can add as command-line parameters:

/H

This switch allows you to start e-Mail Notify hidden.
Of course this option only applies to the Windows 95 version
running in Windows 95 !

/Sn

If you add the Switch when Running e-Mail Notify, then it will
run a specific configuration depending on the value of "n".
Not adding this switch uses default configuration "0".
This way you can run multiple instance of e-Mail Notify for
different mailboxes you have.


Example:

Run email /S0 and email /S1 will start to instances of  e-Mail Notify.
Modifying options in any of these instances will not have any influence
on the other instance or on the future instances of e-Mail Notify,
unless they are ran with the same Settings Switch.


