Welcome to Atismail for windows (v2.0) 

Atismail is a shareware Mail User Agent for sending and receiving E-mail.
Atismail is a windows (windows 3.1+ and Windows 95) program and needs a
windows socket library (winsock.dll) to run. (Windows 95 has a build in
windows socket library)


Atismail is not free software, but you're free to evaluate it for
a 30 day period.
For registering Atismail see the Atismail.hlp file.
Before installing Atismail, you should make a backup like you
ALWAYS DO when installing new software. (don't you ?)
Before you start using the software read the License Agreement.

Atismail can be used to :

- Receive and Send (rfc822) mail in a Novell Netware Network.
- Send and Receive MIME-mail (rfc1521)
- Receive mail with POP3
- Receive mail with Imap2/2b
- Receive mail with Imap4
- Receive External (message) body parts. (mailserv/ftp/anon-ftp/local-file)
- Send External (message) body parts. (mailserv/ftp/anon-ftp/local-file)
- Send mail with SMTP
- Look up e-mail addresses with a simple X.500 DUA

- Content-Types can be installed for sending/receiving MIME
  (Multimedia mail) by running the "Atismail User setup" program.

- Atismail can manage as many mailboxes as you want using POP3, Imap2/2b
  or Imap4
- Atismail can manage as many mailfolders for storing mail as you want.


There are no viewers or applications built in the package, you can install
you're favorite viewer or application to view MIME-mail or to send and/or 
receive encrypted/signed mail. These viewers can be installed so they can
be used by Atismail by running the "Atismail User Setup" program.


How to Install Atismail :

[0] : Run the install.exe on disk_01 by selecting the run command.
      Windows 3.1+ : choose "File | Run ..."
      Windows 95   : push the start button on the taskbar and select "Run".

      Atismail will then be installed in a directory of your choice.
      At the end of the Install procedure you'll see a window telling
      you Atismail is installed and initialised (when everything went
      ok). After that you'll see a window that mentions two directories
      within the selected installation directory and the name of the new
      program-group that will be created. You can also check the sound
      checkbox (for soundcard used under windows) and/or the debug checkbox
      for displaying debug messages.
      (The sound checkbox adds  -sound to the commandline, the debug checkbox
      adds -debug to the commandline.)
      By pushing the "create group" button the group with the correct 
      commandline parameters will be created.

      If you're installing Atismail ina "standalone" configuration
      (not for multiple users on a network charing the same copy of atismail)
      you have finished the installation now.
      See the "Readme first" file, for other information. To complete the
      setup you'll have to run the "Atismail User setup" program. This program
      can also be used for changing the configuration.

      If you are installing Atismail for network use, use the 
      "Atismail User Setup" program to make a default atismail.cfg
      (configuration) file.

      After doing this all users that want to use Atismail can "install"
      their own copy by running the "install.exe" program in the mailuser
      directory atismail is installed in. (Make sure the user to be has 
      read permission for the <ATISMAIL.BIN> and <MAILUSER> directories.
      Read permission for <ATISMAIL.BIN> is also needed after the new user
      ran the install.exe program.

      ** MAKE SURE NOBODY ** is using the fles in the <MAILUSER> 
      directory, or else everybody running the install.exe program will
      get a copy of the files in this directory.


The "ATismail User Configuration" :
By running the "Atismail User Setup" program Atismail can be installed
to work work correct on you're system.

** BEFORE STARTING ATISMAIL THE FIRST TIME ** Always run this program and 
fill out the information in the sections :
- Personal Info :
- Internet hosts :
- Directories and Mailqueue :


Installing Atismail (for the impatient) :


- Personal Info :

  - Registration Information :
    Use the registration information exactly as it was given to you.
    Not entering the information correctly will cause Atismail to start
    in "shareware-mode".

  - Alias name, the complete E-mail adrress as you want to use it.

  -Default mailbox :
   Remote : The default mailbox can be accessed by using POP3, Imap2/2b
            or Imap4
   Novell : The default mailbox contains the messages in the (Novell) 
            users Mail directory.
   reply-level : The number of times a line in a message can be replied to.
                 (if reply-level is 5, all lines starting with 5 or less '>' 
                 charavters wil be read from the message.
                 (0 means read all lines)
   
  - additional Remote mailboxes : by checking this checkbox you can set up
                                  more mailboxes then just one. These mailboxes
                                  can be accessed by POP3. Imap2/2b or Imap4.

 

- Internet hosts :

  - SMTP-server : the host used for sending mail by smtp. When needed change
                  the hostname and push the aedit push-button.
                  A window will appear telling you if the change was succefull
                  or not.

  - Novell Mailqueue-server : The Novell Netware name (NOT THE INTERNET NAME)
                              of the netware server the mailqueue is located
                              on. 

  - LDAP-server : The internet hostname of a ldapserver for X.500 address
                  lookups. (LDAP := Lightweight Directory Access Protocol)

  - LDAP friendly file : a file with User friendly country names.
                         these kind of files are (always) located in the
                         <ATISMAIL.BIN> directory.

  - The other fields are used for storing default LDAP search values.
    Atismail will try to start a search at this location in the X.500
    directory.

- Directories and Mailqueue :

  - Netware mailqueue : name of the netware printqueue used for mail messages.
                        This queue is generally serviced by a program like
                        Mercury or Charon.
  - Mail-extension    : The extension used for mail-message files.
                        Usually *.cnm is used (Mercury .....)

  - Applicationdirectory : The directory where Atismail.exe and it's dll's live
  - User directory       : The directory where your datafiles live.
                           (This is the novell mail directory when Atismail is
                            used for reading the mail received on the Novell
                            system.)
  - Temp-file Directory  : Workspace for Atismail, don't use an existing
                           temp-dir fo that, Atismail scratches the directory
                           whenever it feels like it.

  - Cache directory      : Directory used for speeding up things when the POP3-
                           protocol is used.

  - Scratch warning checkbox : when checked, ATismail will warn you about what 
                               directory is going to be used as a temp-dir,
                               and Atismail will scratch that directory.
                               If you choose NOT to scratch the directory on
                               startup, you should quit Atismail and provide
                               it with a directory it may scratch.
                               Unchecking this option will cause Atismail to
                               scratch the temp-dir without asking you.
                               

- Data encryption : Packages like PGP and/or PEM (or any other package) are not
                    provided for legal reasons. However you can use PGP and/or
                    (yes indeed, and/or !) PEM and/or (probably almost) any
                    other encryption package together with Atismail.
                    To send encrypted/signed messages with PGP and/or PEM
                    you only have to install PPG (and/or) PEM correctly and
                    make sure a path to the application exists so ATismail can 
                    use and find the encryption programs.
                    If you want to instal another encryption program, look at
                    the examples for PGP and/or PEM. Support for other
                    encryption methods might be a bit difficult in case the
                    package isn't available over here because of legal reasons.


You can contact the author by sending mail to :
- Atismail@atis.nl

what's new in version 2.0 : 

- Atismail can be used in Windows 95 (v 2.0 is the 16-bit version)
- Added the Imap protocol
- removed some bugs
- Installation made easier
- A user setup program is provided for easier configuration.
- The mailmessage (text) window isn't shown anymore if a Multimedia mesage
  is "played".

what are the plans after version 2.0 ? (probably)

- a 32 bit version of Atismail
- a more enhanced/userfriendly user interface.
- new protocols/standards (if any)
- and of course, anything usefull and generally asked for by the users.
