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Postman Office Edition, 
Version 1.0 

Postman Personal Edition
Version 2.0 

Multiple User, Multiple Account Internet E-mail Software 
Now with desktop security, HTML, and spell checking!
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Copyright 1998 by Internet Software Design 

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Postman Personal Edition is the second generation of Postman multiple 
account email software. Postman uses a simple interface to make the task of 
checking mail from multiple accounts easy and painless. New to version 2.0 
are HTML, spell checking, and a host of interface and small internal 
improvements. Like version 1.3 Postman 2.0 gives the user the option of 
password protecting the Postman desktop, so no one can read your mail, even
after it has been downloaded.

Postman Office Edition is an Internet E-mail application for the office
with more employees than PCs, or the environment where more than one 
person needs to access email on a single PC. Postman Office Edition allows 
an unlimited number of users to have their own email program with complete 
security. In addition Postman Office Edition, like the personal version of 
Postman, gives each user the ability to send and receive E-mail from 
multiple E-mail accounts, and save each account's messages in it's own 
folder. 

Postman is simple and efficient, saving your time for your email, 
not your email program. 

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Requirements:

A 486 or better PC running Windows 95, 98, or Windows NT.
An Internet connection using Dial-up-Networking or equivalent. 
An Email account using POP 3 and SMTP protocols.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 must be installed, but does not need to
be the primary browser. (Windows 98 users already have IE 4.0)
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Installation:

Unzip the all the files in the archive to a temporary directory. 
Run the Setup.exe file.
Follow the instructions to install Postman.

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Shareware Demo:

This is the full version of Postman. You are licensed to use it 
for 30 days free of charge. The program will expire 30 days after the date
of installation unless registered. For registration information go to 
http://www.netsoftdesigns.com/postman. You are free to distribute the zip
installation file of Postman as long as it is unmodified in any way.

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DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY 

THIS SOFTWARE IS DISTRIBUTED AND SOLD "AS IS" AND WITHOUT
WARRANTIES AS TO THE PERFORMANCE OF MERCHANTABILITY OR ANY OTHER
WARRANTIES WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED.  BECAUSE OF THE VARIOUS
HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENTS INTO WHICH THIS PROGRAM MAY BE
PUT, NO WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IS OFFERED. 
THE USER MUST ASSUME THE ENTIRE RISK OF USING THE PROGRAM.  ANY
LIABILITY OF THE AUTHOR/DISTRIBUTOR/SELLER WILL BE LIMITED
EXCLUSIVELY TO PRODUCT REPLACEMENT OR REFUND OF
PURCHASE/REGISTRATION PRICE.

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A Brief Operational Description

For Postman Personal Edition skip the next paragraph. Other than the 
multiuser login screen both programs are identical.

To Use Postman Office Edition you must first create a new user. 
From the log in screen click New User. After filling in the requested
Information you will be ready to log in to Postman. Your Postman 
configuration settings, Email account information, and your email
messages are secured by your password, so no other users of the program
can look at your mail. Even though Postman Office Edition is multi-
user, your information is completely private.

After you have logged in to Postman you are ready to begin.

Postman functions much like other E-mail programs, except that it 
will store the information for many different E-mail accounts and 
allow you to retrieve the mail from any or all of those accounts 
with the click of a single button. Messages are downloaded and 
stored in a folder with the name of that account. They may then 
be moved about to other folders as needed.

To setup your accounts, go to the "Options - Accounts" menu.
Enter the appropriate data into the boxes and hit the "Save" button. 
You may enter as many accounts as you like. By default Postman will 
delete the messages from the Internet mail server after retrieving 
them. If you want to leave them on the server click on the check box 
"Delete message from server after downloading." to remove the check. 
If you wish to add a signature file you may select any pre-existing 
text file using "Browse" or create a new one with the "Create" button. 

To select the accounts you want to check for mail, click on the magnet 
icon on the toolbar, then click on the account name. The "Get Mail" 
button will begin the retrieval process. You can also click on the 
mail slot icon on the toolbar to retrieve the most recently selected 
accounts.

Any messages you delete are moved to the Postman trash folder. You can 
recover messages deleted by mistake by opening the trash folder using 
the "Folders:" combo box and moving the message out of the trash with 
either a right click or selecting "Move" from the Message menu. Emptying
the Trash from the file menu permanently deletes all the messages in the 
Trash folder.

Right clicking on a message brings up a menu. The "Priority Flags" item will
change the message's icon so that you may mark a message for your future
attention.

Clicking on any web link (http://...) in a message will open your 
default web browser and send it to that link.

When you are done you can exit Postman, or log out by selectin File, Log Out
which will return you to the mail log in screen, leaving Postman ready for the
next user.

For further information on how to use Postman, select Help Topics from the
Help menu.

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Support:
For support please select "Help - About" from the Postman menu. Click
on the postman@creativenet.net button. The New Mail window will 
open. Type a full description of the problem including any error 
messages that may appear. The Send To box will be filled in for you
as will information on the version of Postman you are running. 

For updates or other news on Postman point your browser to 
http://www.netsoftdesigns.com/postman, or click on the
button under Help, About.

Support e-mail address: postman@creativenet.net
 