From Click here for Getting Started 1/1/94
To: User
Date: Mon 1/1/94
Status: O

  This is the help document that is presented in the form of
  mail messages. In this way you can read the help
  interactively. Select each mail message and walk through the
  steps outlined. This version of the program does not contain 
  all the options. You can, however, read and send mail.
  If you use this tool and like it, you may purchase the complete
  program for $19.98. Send a check or money order to:

  SMS Associates
  PO Box 1932
  Gloucester, MA 01930

  Your will receive the program diskette and be registered
  to receive notices of upgrades.

  The help topics are:
	1) Getting started
	2) Configuring your mail tool
	3) Retrieving your mail from your UNIX system
	4) Reading your mail
	5) Composing and replying to mail
	6) Saving your mail
	7) Uploading and activating your mail

  You may proceed to the next mail message now by clicking on it.
	
	Good Luck,
	SMS Associates
	
	
From Configuring your mail tool  2/1/94
To: User
Date: Tue 2/1/94
Status: O

  Select "setup" form the configure menu. The setup window will
  appear. It contains three edit boxes labeled:

  Enter your mail file name:
  Path for your output file:
  Path for your mail folders:

  Your mail file name is the name you use on your UNIX system for mail.
  For example, if your name is Joe Smith, your may have a mail address 
  name of smith. In this case  you would put smith for the mail file name. 
  You can try changing the name to smith and you will get new mail messages.
   Go ahead and do it now. Change the mail file name to smith and click on OK.

  ............ You're back.

  The box labeled "Path for your output file:  will direct the output file
  that this program generates to the path of your choice. This file will
  be uploaded to your UNIX machine later, discussed in "Uploading and 
  activating your mail", so a good choice for the path would be your upload 
  directory. For example, PROCOMM uploads from c:\prowin\upload. In 
  this case you would put c:\prowin\upload in the box labeled "Path for your
  output file:". Like wise, a good idea for your mail file name would  be to 
  include the path that your communication software downloads into. For 
  example, c:\prowin\dnload\smith.

  The path  for your mail folders is the path on your UNIX machine that holds
  your mail folders. For example, /usr/smith/.mail/mbox.


  Click the OK button now to close the setup window if its open..

 Now select ReverseSort from the configure menu. Notice that the select 
  entries start with the last mail message and end with the first mail message.
  Each time you select this entry the sort is reversed. Set it to you preference.

  The FolderFile entry lets you create a file of folder names. These names
  must agree with the file folders you have on your UNIX machine. You
  can add folder names and delete folder names. The file that is created
  is used when you choose to save a mail message in a particular folder.
  The procedure for saving mail will be discussed later. Saving mail is only
  available in the purchased version.

  The SaveConfig entry saves the window configurations.  You can
  re-size and position your three windows, 'Select Mail', 'Reading Mail',
  and 'Sending Mail'. After moving or re-sizing your window, SaveConfig
  will save these changes.

  The OrigConfig will restore the configuration as shipped from the
  factory.


From Retrieving your mail 3/1/94
To: User
Date: Wed 3/1/94
Status: O

  You must download you mail file from you UNIX system with
  your favorite communication software. Most communication
  programs contain a macro feature so that frequently used 
  functions can be stored as macros. This is an easy way for
  you to retrieve you mail and is usually only a click of a menu
  selection. See your communication software documentation.
  Most communication programs have a defined path where
  down load file will be put. For example, Procomm puts it in
  a directory called \prowin\dnload. It is a good idea to include
  this path as part of your mail file name. Example,
  \prowin\dnload\smith. The mail tool will then  be able to
  access this file without you moving it to the mail tool directory.

	Very truly yours,
	SMS Associates


From Reading your mail 4/1/94
To: User
Date: Thu 4/1/94
Status: O

  To read your mail just click on the item in the mail list
  window. You can click on any item and that mail will
  appear in the read window. You can delete mail messages
  by selecting delete from the delete menu. Deleting does
  not remove the entry from the original down loaded file.
  It makes it for deletion and moves the entry to the end of
  the list. The message can be undeleted by finding the
  entry in the mail list window and selecting undelete from
  the delete menu.

From Composing an replying to mail 5/1/94
To: User
Date: Fri 5/1/94
Status: O

  Click on the Compose menu. This will bring up the
  'Sending Mail' window. Fill in the 'To:' field with the
  person or persons that will receive the mail. Fill in the
  'Subject:' field with the subject and fill in the 'CC:' field
  with the names of people that are to be copied, if any.
  The message area is free form and here is where you
  enter your message. The standard window selecting
  and editing keys ^C,  ^V, and ^X are available. You
  can create a mail message if you like and then hit
  send or hit quit if you don't want to send it.

  There are three modes of replying to mail. They
  are 'forwarding', 'replying to all', and 'replying to the sender
  only'. They all appear under the reply menu. These features
  are only available in the purchased version. All three
  bring up the 'Send Window'. Forwarding mail, copies
  the text of the currently selected mail message into
  the message portion on the send window. You must
  enter the names of the persons receiving the mail, the
  subject, and any persons to CC. When you are
  satisfied with the message click the send button. This will
  write the message in the control file umail.out and will be
  executed when you source it on your UNIX machine. Replying
  to all takes care of the To, Subject, and CC fields for you.
  Do not enter anything in these fields. Place your message
  in the message text area and click on send. The reply to sender
  replies to the sender only. Like the reply all, the To, Subject,
  and CC fields are filled in for you. Do not change them.


From Saving your mail 6/1/94
To: User
Date: Sat 6/1/94
Status: O

  The Save menu allows you to save your mail in a folder
  that you put in you folder file. Just select Save and pick
  a folder in the drop down dialog box. The OK button
  saves the mail and deletes the message from the select mail
  list. The Cancel button removes the window without 
  doing any saves. This feature is only available in the
  purchased version.

From Uploading and activating mail 7/1/94
To: User
Date: Sun 7/1/94
Status: O

  After you have completed with all your mail transactions
  the Done menu will output all your mail activities to the 
  'umail.out' file. This file can then be uploaded to you
  UNIX machine. The file is in the form of a script and
  can be executed on the UNIX machine by typing 
  "source umail.out". This will do all the sending, saving,
  and deleting that you did when on your PC. Your mail
  is now done. A word of caution. If you choose the done
  button all your transactions are saved in the umail.out
  file. If you enter the mail program or re-read your
  mail file the umail.out file is cleared. Make sure you
  upload the umail.out file when done so that your
  work will not be lost. Later versions of this program
  will allow you to have several sessions without 
  having to upload each time.

                                    Good Luck
                                    SMS Associates
