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To receive the information about dMail for Windows program select one of the following items:

Relcom	- what is it

dMail for Windows	- receive information about the application field of the program

how to work with the program	- description of hot keys and menu items


Relcom

RelCom - it is a net for message transmission which connects computers situated on the territory of the ExUSSR. RelCom, as a national net, is a part of European EUnet. So the agreements about message exchange which exist between EUnet and other nets ( Internet, EUnet, BITNET, CompuServe etc.) are spread on RelCom.

To connect to the net You can apply to Your regional RelCom node. If there is no regional node near You get in touch with the center in Moscow:

    Demos/RelCom

    phone. +7 (095) 233-06-70

    E-mail: info@demos.su


dMail for Windows

The program is intended for mail creation and editing, receiving and transmission of the messages in RelCom net and also for work with the received mail.

For connection to host the following transport protocols are used:

UUCP g	for transmission through modem or TCP/IP,

SMTP	TCP/IP message transmission protocol,

POP3	remote mailbox reading protocol.

For TCP/IP teleconferences reading NNTP protocol is used.


How to work with the program

new letter	- how to create a new letter

a letter to a teleconference     - how to send a letter to a teleconference

hot keys	- information about functional keys

global configuration	- main system parameters setting

users' management	- addition, removal, editing of users' parameters, postmaster setting

user's parameters	- user's defining parameters

host cofiguration	- host parameters setting

connection to host	- how to connect to host

additional fields	- fields added to the letter

work with mail	- how to work with the received mail


Additional fields

This dialog allows to remove, add and change additional fields which are inserted into the header of the letter.

When defining additional fields the following macrointensions can be substituted:

- $u - user's local name

- $h - domain

- $r - user's real name

- $a - date in ARPA format

- $d - date in UNIX format

- $i - unique message identifier

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User's parameters

The window of this dialog allows to define the following user's parameters:

- EMAIL-NAME - local name - the name inserted on the left from @ symbol in address field (kvaker@demos.su - for this example it is 'kvaker'),

- REALNAME - user's real name (J. Vitushkin),

- WORKDIR - the name of user's work directory,

- NEWMAILFILE - the name of new mail file in WORKDIR directory,

- COPYSELF - the name of the file for copies of outlet mail,

- SIGNATUREFILE - the name of the file containing signature.

how to work with the program    users' management


user's management
Users' management

This dialog allows to add, remove and edit users' parameters, assign postmaster.

Having selected a user in the list of users You can by pressing a button

- GETIT! set the user for a work,

- INFO get information about the user,

- REMOVE remove the user,

- POSTMASTER assign the user as a postmaster,

- NEW define a new user.

how to work with the program   user's parameters


Globe configuration

This dialog allows to define the following parameters:

- DOMAIN full address of the computer in UUCP system

- NodeName the name of your computer in UUCP system

- MailServer default server name for mailing letters

- NewsServer the name of news server

- NNTPHost IP address of news server

- TimeZone time zone

- SpoolDir spooling directory name for mailing/receiving letters

- FONTS:

- EDITOR font for editing window

- VIEWER font for viewing window

- MAILLIST font for letters list window

- DoReceipt generate mail-delivery letter if you need it

- DoDebugUUCP generate debug inf. for UUCP connection

SpoolDir\uucp.log

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Host configuration

While host configuring defined are phone or IP address for host, transport layer, modem parameters, login and password, if any.

To set host parameters select item NodeOption in pull down menu Configuration.

The dialog window that appeared contains the list of earlier selected hosts and buttons:

- DONE - exit dialog,

- NEW - define new host,

- EDIT - change host parameters,

- DELETE - delete host.

For EDIT and DELETE operations select host in the list of hosts.

Dialog window of host parameters contains items:

a) transport type definition:

-UUCP-modem,

-UUCP/PAD-modem,

-UUCP TCP/IP,

-SMTP,

-POP3.

b) Comment - comment field for the defining host.

c) Phone or 'IP Name' in accordance with protocol type are either phone number (UUCP-modem and UUCP/PAD-modem) or IP address (UUCP/TCP, SMTP, POP3) of destination host.

d) HOST - for UUCP group this parameter is the name of host in UUCP system.

e) NODENAME - for UUCP group this parameter is the name of your computer in UUCP system.

f) LOGIN - login for entering host (UUCP, POP3),

g) PASSWORD - password for entering host (UUCP, POP3),

h) ADD COMMAND - additional commands for connection through PAD,

i) G-PROTOCOL - window size and block for UUCP group size parameters

j) MODEM SETUP - modem setup parameters

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New message

To create a new letter select item New Message in pull down menu FILE  or select the icon of new letter.

  If you have the typed text of the letter already then you can load it using OPEN... in pull down menu FILE or select the icon of loading letter from file.

 The window of a new letter contains header of the letter and field for editing.

To fill in the header of the letter click Show Header switch.

Header contains the following items:

TO button	- select 'primary' address from notebook

CC button	- select 'carbon copy' address from notebook

BCC button	- select 'blind carbon copy' address from notebook

CopySelf switch	- leave a copy of the letter when sending

AddSignature switch   	- add signature file to the letter

ConfirmDelivery switch	- send the letter with delivery confirmation.

editable Subject field  	- field for letter subject defining

AddFile button(UUENCODE)	- select file name

To send the letter select item SendMail in pull down menu FILE or select the icon of sending the letter.

To save the text of the letter select item SaveAs in pull down menu FILE or select the icon of saving.


$K+Hot keys

To accelerate work with dMail for Windows program the following keys are used:

à) for the received mail window:

- Up, Down, PgUp, PgDn to select a letter from list of the letters

  (upper window),

- Spacebar, Enter - to show the contents of a letter,

- Ins - to select a letter in the list of the letters (upper window),

- F5  to copy the selected letters into file,

- F6  to copy the selected letters into folder,

- F7  to answer the selected letters,

- F8  to decode (UUENCODE)  the selected letters,

- F9  to send the selected letters to other addressees,

- Del to logical remove selected letters,

- Shift+Up, Shift+Down, Shift+PgDn, Shift+PgUp - to scroll the letter body window (lower window);

á) for the active newsgroups window:

- Up, Down, PgUp, PgDn to select a group from the active groups list

            (right window),

- Spacebar, Enter - to load the current group from active groups list

            (right window),

- Shift+Spacebar, Shift+Enter - to load the current group from the full list of

            (left window)

         - Shift+Up,Shift+Down, Shift+PgDn,Shift+PgUp to select a group from the full list of groups (left window),

- ï to move the selected groups from the active groups list window to the full

            list window,

- ð to move the selected groups from the full list window to the active groups

            list window,

- F2  to save the selected groups,

- F5  to scan the selected groups.

- key - to cancel the selection in both groups;

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connetcion to host
Connection to host

To connect to host select ConnectToHost in pull down menu FILE or select the icon of connection to host, select the necessary one in the list of hosts and press OK button (Double Click makes the selection more simple).

To connect to News Server select ReadNews in pull down menu FILE or select the icon of reading news.


a letter to teleconference
A letter to teleconference.

For creating a new letter choose New Message in the FILE menu of press on the icon of a new letter.

  If you have your text in the letter already done, you are able to load it by using item OPEN in the FILE menu or to press icon of text loading from the file.

 The window of new letter contains

a header and editing field.

To fill in the header check Show Header switch.

Header contains the following items:

NewsServer button	- server selection

Group button	- selection of the groups from notebook

Editable field Distrib	- field for definition

Editable field Keyword	- field for definition

Editable field Summary	- field for definition

CopySelf switch	- leave a copy of the letter when sending

AddSignature switch	- add signature file to the letter

ConfirmDelivery switch	- send the letter with delivery confirmation

Editable field Subject	- field for defining letter subject

AddFile button(UUENCODE)	- file name selection

To send a letter select SendMail item in pull down menu FILE

or select the icon of sending a letter

To save the text of the letter select SaveAs item in pull down menu FILE or select the icon of saving.


UUENCODE
UUENCODE   UUENCODE  is a popular method

of binary files coding.


Work with mail

Work with mail implies work with different mailboxes so as

- mailbox for new letters,

- mailbox -for copies of earlier posted letters,

- mailbox - folder, which contains letters on common subject,

- mailbox - file.

To select a mailbox select WhatRead item in pull down menu FILE:

- Read New or select the icon of new letters,

- Read Self or select the icon of selfcopies,

- Read Folder or select the icon of folder,

- Read File  or select the icon of file reading.

The window that appeared allows to work with mail.

The window for mail reading contains the following fields:

- letters list,

- letter body window,

- Drag&Drop.


Letters list

The window of the letters list contains the following fields:

               - new - old letter marker,

               - field of letter size in bytes,

               - field of letter date,

  - field FROM - who has send the letter,

    - field of letter subject.

List of letters may be sorted according to each of these fields.

To do it make a DoubleClick at the top part of the corresponding (red) field. The reverse sorting is carried out when SHIFT is hold..

During the work with the letters list hot keys and Drag&Drop ideology are used.	A letter can be selected by the mouse, to do it select the line containing the letter and press the left button of the mouse. Hold CTRL key for multiple selection of letters.


The window of the letter body

The body of a letter is shown in this window.

You can select all the text of a letter ( menu EDIT, SelectAll item) or a part of it and place it into WINDOWS buffer - Clipboard ( menu EDIT, Copy item).

The selected text can be placed into WINDOWS buffer - Clipboard by selecting the icon of copying or by simultaneous pressing of CTRL+INS.


Drag&Drop

Drag&Drop is a method of working with objects using mouse.

Having selected an object drag the mouse to another object while holding the left button. Then release the left button above the selected icon.

In dMail for Windows program this method is used to

copy the selected letter(s) into file,

copy the selected letter(s) into folder,

decode (UUENCODE) the selected letter(s),

send an answer to the author of the selected letter(s),

post the selected letter(s),

remove logically the selected letter(s).

To fulfill this release the mouse above this icon, see also HotKeys.


mailbox
Mailbox it is ASCII file containing letters in special format.