V1.03: + Added the ability to specify a INI file on the command line. Use this feature to run multiple copies for different accounts. * Changed the linking for MCIAPI to dynamic so that people without MMPM can still use the program. V1.02: * Whoops. We polled the mail server every minute no matter what the user wanted. V1.01: + Added the ability to double click on the LED in the main window to force and immediate mail poll. + Added the option to play a multimedia file instead of beeping on new mail. I have not tested, but it is probably possibly to play ANY multimedia file type supported by OS/2. Go try it for me. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- tPOP Version 1.01 for OS/2 tPOP is a small program (and we do mean SMALL) which is used for checking you POP3 mail server for incomming mail. The program was made to be small and unobtrusive, takes very little memory, and has quite a few features to make it nice to have around. * Installing up tPOP - You should place the file tPOP.exe into the directory where your mail program resides, then create a program object for it. Once this is done you may run tPOP! * Configuring tPOP - The first time you run tPOP a dialog will be displayed which will allow you to enter the configuration. You will need to know the name of your mail server, the port it listens on (usually 110), your username, and password. The rest of the items are up to your individual taste. * Checking for mail - tPOP will check for mail when the program is first started, and then at the specified time interval from there onward. You may force and immediate poll for mail by selecting either 'Poll Now' from the contect menu, or by double clicking on the LED in the tPOP window. * Making tPOP work with your mail program - You need to enter the FULL PATHNAME for your mail program in the settings dialog. If you didnt put tPOP into the same directory as your mail program you will have to instead call a CMD file which first changes to the mail program directory, then runs the mail program. Sorry, but those are your choices :) When you have the mail program properly configured, you can press the button in the tPOP window to launch it. Until then you get E8. * Making tPOP run a CMD file - You will need to specify cmd.exe as the filename to run and then for the parameters use /K "filenmae.cmd". The quotation marks are important, please leave them in. * Making tPOP use a different configuration file - Specify a different filename on the tPOP command line. This file will be used instead of the tPOP.INI. * Moving the tPOP window around - Drag it around by the LED portion of the window. It's that easy :) * What are this E1, E2, etc messages in the LED? - They are error codes. Here's what each one means: E1 - Could not find the mail server. If you get this message you may have either mistyped the name to the mail server or you are not connected to the internet. E2 - No connection could be made. Your mail server is there, it just doesn't want to talk for some reason. E3 - Bad conversation. When we connect to the mail server we expect it to tell us hello. If it doesnt we assume something is wrong and give this error. E4 - USER command error. Did you type in your username properly? Are you sure? E5 - PASS Command error. Did you type in your password correctly? Are you sure? E6 - STAT command error. You should really never see this error. If you do, please email us. E7 - There was an error trying to execute your external program. Possibly you mistyped the name of the file? E8 - You have not configured the Mail Program in the settings dialog. E9 - You have not configured either the Server, Port, username, or password in the settings dialog. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Known bugs (limitations) in tPOP: if you "START" the program from an OS/2 command line when you exit the command window will be inaccessable for until you de and refocus it. Why? I don't know. :( ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Getting help: This is a free program, so when it comes to support you will propbably get what you paid for. BUT, if you have bugs or suggestions, please send them to tpop@young.dungeon.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Plenty of people on #os2prog (efnet irc) either supplied code snippets, found bugs, and made feature requests. Thanks guys! Special thanks to the author of sysbar/2 for the inspiration to write a SMALL free little utility. Andreas and Gustavo have also made many good suggestions!