W i n N E T (TM) M a i l a n d N e w s w i t h T C P / I P Copyright (c) 1992 - 1995 by WinNET Communications, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED WinNET Communications, Inc. Post Office Box 4189 Louisville, KY 40204 1-800 Tech Support: (800) WINNET2 Direct Dial: (502) 589-6800 Fax: (502) 589-7300 Internet Mail: winnet@win.net CompuServe Mail: 76130,1463 Note: This file assumes that you are planning to use WinNET Communications, Inc., as your Internet/Usenet service provider. If that is not the case, please read the file ALT.TXT instead of this file for introductory information. (READ_1ST.TXT) Please read this file *carefully* before installing or attempting to use WinNET Mail. Getting WinNET set up on your system is quite straight-forward, but if you don't read this file before getting started, you will overlook important information necessary for proper operation of the software. C o n t e n t s What is WinNET? What you need to Run WinNET Costs of Using WinNET Mail Setting up WinNET Mail on Your System Upgrading From an Earlier Version of WinNET Problems with WinNET Setup Distribution of WinNET Mail W h a t i s W i n N E T ? WinNET Mail (TM) is a Windows 3.1 application for sending and receiving Electronic Mail and News articles with the world-wide Internet and Usenet networks using just your Windows system and a modem. The connection with the Internet and Usenet is provided through WinNET Communications' computer system providing WinNET (SM) service. W h a t i s TCP/IP? TCP/IP is software that allows you to establish a direct connection to the Internet network so that you can use client software that requires interactive access to network resources. Examples of such client software would include World Wide Web (WWW) browsing software such as Mosaic or NETSCAPE, on-line FTP programs, Internet Relay Chat, Internet Talk Radio, Gopher, Telnet, and so forth. These programs are not included in the electronic distribution of WinNET, but public domain versions of various Internet applications are available (free of charge) through WinNET Communications once you set up an account. In fact, you can start downloading these programs as soon as you get connected -- we provide installation support to make setting up TCP/IP and various applications completely automatic. WinNET's TCP/IP software is a special, high-performance version of Core System's highly regarded Internet Connect product. When you set up WinNET, the TCP/IP software is transparently installed and set up to operate using PPP (Point-to-Point) protocol for serial (modem) communications. W h a t y o u n e e d t o R u n 1. Intel 80386/486/Pentium system with a minimum of 2 Mbytes RAM. 2. Microsoft Windows, version 3.1, OR Chicago OR Microsoft NT OR OS/2. 3. A Hayes compatible modem. C o s t s o f u s i n g W i n N E T M a i l The WinNET Mail & News (TM) software, Core TCP/IP protocol stack, and WWW browser installation software is distributed freely for the purpose of connecting with the WinNET service. There is no charge for the software as long as it is used for this purpose. The WinNET service is billed on a monthly flat rate basis of $19.95 per month. This provides service for up to four (4) connect hours per month. Usage beyond the first four hours is billed at the rate of $5.40 per hour. Service is billed on a calendar month basis. The flat rate and the corresponding four connect hours are prorated in the first and last calendar month of service. See TERMS.TXT for full details. S e t t i n g u p W i n N E T o n y o u r S y s t e m Following are instructions for setting up WinNET Mail on your system. If you received WinNET from CompuServe or some other electronic bulletin board, create a temporary directory and copy the wnmail.zip file to this directory. Run the pkunzip program (commonly available shareware from PKWARE) to unzip the wnmail.zip file in this directory. From the Windows program manager File menu, or directly from the Window's File Manage program, Run the SETUP.EXE program supplied with the WinNET distribution. Use the More Information button to get more information on each screen. This program will also set up an Internet Account for you with WinNET Communications Inc.'s Internet Service. This will ask you for billing and credit card information. The program will call the WinNET Communications WinNET server and submit your account request. After a one minute pause, the program will call back to verify that the account was accepted. All account requests will be accepted unless the System Name that you choose under SETUP is already taken by another WinNET customer. If the account request is not successful, you will need to re-run SETUP, select a different System Name, and re-run the account program. U p g r a d i n g f r o m a n e a r l i e r v e r s i o n o f W i n N E T The instructions for upgrading a previous version of WinNET are basically the same as outlined in the above steps describing a new installation. When you are asked to specify the directory where WinNET should be installed, specify the same directory where your old copy of WinNET was installed. This will cause the setup program to overwrite the old WinNET files with the files from the new version. Your old setup parameters will be detected and appear as the defaults in the setup process. NOTE: Do not update WinNET with a earlier version of WinNET. Always use the same version as installed or a later version. SPECIAL EXCEPTION: Versions 2.50 and later of the sharware WinNET will recognize WinNET Plus 3.0 (and later versions) and will not overwrite the executables and will just install the online software and related files. P r o b l e m s w i t h W i n N E T S e t u p The most likely source of problems that you may have with WinNET Mail is the SETUP Communications Parameters: 1. Make sure that the COM port is set to the port that your modem uses. 2. Make sure that the interface speed it not set faster than your modem can handle. 3. Verify that the telephone number being dialed will work correctly from your facility and area. The telephone number of the WinNET server is: (800) 800-1482 or our local number: (502) 589-4131 Which is located in Louisville Kentucky, U.S.A. If you are local to Louisville, use simply 589-4131. You may also need to add digits to obtain an outside line or for credit card dialing. You can verify that these settings work for your system by using the Windows Terminal program. You can also check that the modem strings supplied on the Communications Parameters screen work with you modem as well. Please see TROUBLE.TXT for more possibilities. FOR THOSE WISHING TO DISTRIBUTE WinNET MAIL (TM), PLEASE READ ON. D i s t r i b u t i o n o f W i n N E T M a i l (TM) WinNET Communications, INC., UNCONDITIONALLY RETAINS ALL RIGHTS PURSUANT TO THE COPYRIGHT LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. That said, we very much encourage distribution of this product, under the following conditions: 1. Any person serving as a distributor of WinNET Mail (TM) must retain exactly the original form of the WinNET Communications, Inc., distribution by including ALL files in unmodified condition. The following files that are included with the WinNET Mail (TM) distribution: ACCOUNT 001 MEGAED DLL SOURCE DAT ALT TXT NETSCAPE INI TERMS TXT BWCC DLL PROTOCOL TROUBLE TXT CHAT TXT QUEUEED EX_ UUCICO EX_ CLEANUP EX_ QUEUEED HL_ VENDOR TXT CLEANUP HL_ READ_1ST TXT VIEWER EXE CORE INI REGISTER TXT WINSOCK DL_ CORETCP DL_ RELEASE TXT WNMAIL EX_ CTL3D DL_ RESOLVER CFG WNMAIL HL_ DAEMON EX_ SERVICES WSACORE EX_ DECODE EX_ SETUP 001 WSASLIP EX_ ENCODE EX_ SETUP 002 WS_FTP INI FILELIST SETUP 003 SETUP 009 FILE_ID DIZ SETUP 004 SETUP EXE HOSTS SETUP 005 LZEXPAND DLL SETUP 006 MAILCALL EX_ SETUP 007 MAILMAN EX_ SETUP 008 2. Owners or operators of Electronic Bulletin Boards (EBB's), such as CompuServe, may acquire or accept, and then distribute copies of WinNET Mail (TM) through their EBB service, subject to the conditions above, and may further do so in the context of charging subscribers to their services a general fee for belonging to the membership of the service, and/or for time on-line, as long as these charges are not specifically related to overt sale of the WinNET Mail (TM) product. This should in no way be construed as relinquishment, by WinNET Communications, Inc., of its copyright protection and sole ownership of WinNET Mail (TM). 3. Persons wishing to contact WinNET Communications, Inc., for the purpose of negotiating limited distribution rights for WinNET Mail (TM) should review the file VENDOR.TXT, included with this distribution, which contains an application form that distributors may use to initiate the process. 4. Any persons possessing a bona fide copy of WinNET Mail (TM) as originally distributed by WinNET Communications, Inc., may freely copy and distribute the product to whomever they like, as long as exactly the original form of the distribution is retained, by including ALL files, in unmodified condition, especially but not limited to all documentation files, as long as they assess no fees beyond those required for materials needed in distributing the product, i.e., matching exactly the cost of floppy disks, mailing materials and costs, or long-distance phone charges relevant to electronic distribution. 5. With the exceptions of EBB operators, under the conditions described above, and that of persons entering into written contractual distribution agreements with WinNET Communications, Inc., other persons engaged in the distribution of software for profit ARE EXPLICITLY PROHIBITED from marketing or selling, in any form, any files or parts of files, or modified versions of files, that are part of WinNET Communications' distribution. 6. Developers of software products who incorporate ANY portion of the binary portions of the author's product, or who copy features or aspects of the user-interface of the product subject to protection by the laws of copyright, SHALL BE PROSECUTED, unless they have the express, written permission of WinNET Communications, Inc., to do so.