MailChk/2 for OS/2 ver 4.0 ---------------------- programmed by Michael J. Banks MailChk/2 is a 32-bit freeware utility that operates under a Netware/OS/2/Pegasus Mail environment. It allows the user to specify the root mail directory and will automatically scan for new Pegasus Mail messages, displaying the number of unread messages, playing a specified .wav file (requires MMPM) and floating to the top until the messages are marked as read. It also will specify the Netware I.D. of the person currently logged in. Text color of the Mail notification feature is user settable. Additionally, the user can set MailChk/2 to automatically start Pegasus Mail or Pegasus Mail for Windows (or any reader that supports Pegasus Mail file types) by double clicking on the unread mail message portion of Mailchk/2's window. You can also run a login program or CMD file by clicking on the currently logged in portion of the window. FileList: BPMCC.DLL: Borland Custom Control DLL MAILCHK2.EXE: Executable for Mailchk/2 SNDDLL.DLL: DLL to access MMPM README.TXT: This file Installation instructions: 1. Create a directory 2. Copy the DLL and One EXE into that directory. 3. Put the directory in your LIBPATH. 4. Setup a program object and put it in your startup. 5. Restart OS/2 Usage Instructions: ---------- Mail: Set refresh to whatever you want Mail directory path should be something like O:\Mail\ NOT the user's actual Mail directory - MailChk/2 will scan and find the user's mail directory. This allows multiple users to use MailChk/2 on the same machine without reconfiguring the mail directory. New Mail Animation when checked will display a picture of a piece of mail going around the edge of the screen. Reader: Mail reader program should be set to the full path i.e o:\public\pmail.exe Working directory is pretty self-explanatory Autoexec.bat file is pretty self-explanatory. This line must be filed in inorder for the reader to start. New Mail Color: The background is set to Window Background and the text is Window Text. Pick a New Mail text color that shows up well when the program pops to the top. Unknown Color: Select the color that the currently logged in text will show up as, when no user is logged in. Sounds: Click the sound check box and set the full path to the .wav you want to play. RESTART MailChk/2 for the sound settings to take effect. The "sound errors on" checkbox allows you to disable sound errors. This is important if you have a Win session open that uses sound. If this box is checked you will get an error when the new mail .wav file is played. If you use Win sessions with sound leave this box unchecked. Float: The anchor position is currently only selectable as either top or bottom Float window to top on new mail floats the entire window to the top of the window order when new mail is received. Float through screen savers will make the number of unread mail messages always visible when you have new mail. This is the only part of the window which will be pushed through screen savers Login: Login Program is the full path to the program to be run as the login program Parameters are the parameters for that program PM Program must be checked if the program is a PM program E-mail any bugs or comments to: mbanks@resnet.uconn.edu