Section 1: "How Do I...?"
1.01 - Add HPFS Support to Windows
NT 4.0?
Most people that want to get Both their Windows and
OS/2 versions of PMMail running from the same data set will need to
do one of two things. Either make sure their data is on a FAT partition,
or, if they have NT 4.0, add the HPFS support for NT. To do this, you
need only to do the following:
(NOTE: Registry hacking is a "do it at your
own risk" operation. Blueprint Software Works assumes no liability for
this suggestion)
- Copy PINBALL.SYS from an existing Windows NT 3.51 installation (or
the NT 3.51 install CD) into your <NTROOT>\System32\Drivers
directory.
- Go into the registry editor (REGEDIT) and add a Pinball key
to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services (when Services
is highlighted, select Edit -> Add Key).
- Click on this new key and add the following values:
- ErrorControl = REG_DWORD: 0x1
- Group = REG_SZ: Boot file system
- Start = REG_DWORD: 0x1
- Type = REG_DWORD: 0x2
- Close the Registry Editor and reboot your system!
Alternatively, we have learned of a program which
has all of the files you need and automatically changes your registry
to properly give you HPFS support under Windows NT. The file is called
HPFS_NT4.zip, available on the OS/2 BBS http://www.os2bbs.com/
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1.02 - Specify a startup account
If you want to have PMMail start with a specific
account's inbox open, add the following switch to the command line parameters:
/s <account you want opened>
And the desired result will be achieved.
For example,
PMMail /s pmmail01.act
would cause PMMail to open with this account to the
inbox.
The text that you place after the /s is the account's
directory name.
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1.03 - Get Addresses To Appear
In The RMB Menu
To get addresses to appear in the popup menu you
must do the following:
-Each address MUST be configured to be in the RMB
popup.
- This setting is on the first page of the address
settings.
- You need not set the flags one at a time if you
are migrating a bunch of addresses or groups. On the migrate address
books page and the migrate group page inthe Migration Wizard, there
is a setting to add all addresses to the RMB popup by default.
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1.04 - Subscribe To A PMMail Discussion
List
To subscribe to Blueprint Software Work's Official
PMMail list, send a message to mdaemon@bmtmicro.com
with the first line of the message body being
SUBSCRIBE pmmail-list@blueprintsoftwareworks.com
After subscribing you will receive a confirmation message and then a
welcome message. Feel free to subscribe, ask questions, make suggestions,
report problems, and share your filters.
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1.05 - Blind Carbon Copy (BCC)
PMMail not only supports the "To:" and "CC:" functions,
but you can also use the "BCC:" function of e-mail. What BCC does is
sends a copy of the message to a person without notice (i.e., "blind")
to persons listed in the To: and CC: fields.
While you are addressing a new e-mail message, simply
click on the button labeled "CC". You will find this button located
next to the CC entry field. If you click it once, it will turn into
BCC. By clicking on the CC: and the BCC: buttons, a user can use both
the CC: and the BCC: functions in a single e-mail.
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1.06 - Set Up A Filter
For examples of what to fill-in for a new filter,
see the help on filters (look in the Table of Contents, or search the
index of the online help for Filters).
Here are a few hints for designing a filter:
-Try to narrow down exactly where the text you want
to search can be found. If you search the whole message for text every
time, this could slow down the filtering process.
-The order in which the actions are as you defined
which actions to use, from top to bottom in the dialog.
Take caution in using the external exit feature.
If the external program changes the message and violates any of the
rules of RFC 822, 1521, or 1522, its proper retrieval, bouncing, forwarding,
and reading cannot be guaranteed.
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1.07 - Reply With Specific Text Quoted
PMMail allows three options for quoting text in a
reply to a message. You can choose to reply quoting all, part, or none
of the message. PMMail can be set up to default to either quoting all
or none of the message. Alternatively, at reply-time,you can choose
how you want the quoting. By clicking the reply button, you will get
the default quoting choice. If you have text selected in the message,
and hit reply, only the selected text will be quoted. If you want the
opposite of the default quoting choice, simply choose Reply (Or Reply
To All) from the menu, and move the mouse pointer over the arrow button
at the end of the menu choice. This will invoke a secondary menu that
will have the choices to either include all of the text or not include
any text.
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1.08 - Get More Help
For a more information on PMMail 2000, please e-mail:
support@blueprintsoftwareworks.com
or
pmmailwin@blueprintsoftwareworks.com
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1.09 - Send to a list of people without
everyone's name appearing in the To: field
Here is a quick solution to a very common problem.
Many people are interested in sending an e-mail to a list of people
(say an entire address book)but only having one e-mail address appear
in the "To:" line, so either it looks more personal, or it doesn't clog
up the network with unneeded text. The PMMail solution is the following:
Send the e-mail to yourself, so that you are the
only person in the "To:"field of the e-mail. Click on the "CC:" button,
so it changes to "BCC:"and address the BCC field as you would have addressed
to To: field. Put the list of people in the BCC field, and only your
name will appear in the e-mail. See question 1.05 for more information
on BCC.
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1.10 - Split up your data files and
PMMail's Executable
You can take advantage of Window's built in "working
directory" setting if you want to separate PMMail's executable files
and your e-mail data files.
To do this, Right click on the PMMail icon, and select
Properties. In the Properties settings, you can set the
working directory. Set this to be the directory you want to be the "root"
of all of your account directories (All account directories will be
sub-directoriesof this "root" directory).
Take care in doing this, and make sure all data files
(PMMail.INI, etc.) are placed in the new "root" directory. Also back-up
everything before moving anything around. We are not responsible for
misinformation on this webpage, and cannot help you if you have not
made a backup of the correct PMMail directory structure and data files.
For more information about backing up and creating
archives of e-mail, please see question 1.11.
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1.11 - Easily archive my data
PMMail has an inherent directory structure which
lends itself very well to easily archiving your data. When you installed
PMMail,a directory was created called \PMMail 2000 off of the
directory which you specified to be the "root" directory. It is the
\PMMAIL 2000 directory, that I will refer to as the "root" directory.
Every account has an associated .ACT subdirectory
off of the root directory. To archive an entire account, simply zip
up its associated .ACT subdirectory (make sure the zip program recurses
through the all of the subdirectories of that .ACT directory to include
all of the folders and files in that account). Every folder in an account
has an associated .FLD subdirectory off of the account subdirectory.
To archive an entire folder (and any child folders it may have), simply
zip up its associated .FLD subdirectory, making sure the zip program
recurses through the all of the subdirectories of that .FLD directory
to include all of the nested child folders of that main folder. To backup
an entire installation of the PMMail, you must go to the parent directory
of the directory with PMMAIL.INI in it and zip up all of its subdirectories.
To recreate your archived data and view it with PMMAIL,
simply create an empty account or folder and unzip the archived data
into that subdirectory. PMMail should then, upon restarting, show the
archived account or folder. Make sure you don't already have a folder
or account with the same name as your archived information, or it may
get erased.
I know this can be a little confusing, so I will
show an example of the directory structure:
Take care in doing this. Make sure you backup of
all of this data. We are not responsible for user error or misinformation
on this webpage, and cannot help you if you have not made a backup of
the correct PMMail directory structure and data files.
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1.12 - Send through an SMTP authenticating
server?
This is now available in PMMail version 2.20.2030
and later. Select SMTP and then enter the name of the mailserver
you use. Unless told otherwise by your e-mail provider leave the port
set at 25. Now check the Server requires authentication box.
Skip over the POP box and go directly to the Authentication
Information. Enter your User ID and Password. Now
you are set up to send through an authenticating server.
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1.13 - Register PMMail
To answer these, and many more questions, please
see the online help for PMMail. For help on how the online help is set
up, and to learn to use it quicker, please refer to FAQ question number
1.17.
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1.14 - Synchronize 2 copies of the
address book
To synchronize different copies of PMMail's address
books, simply copy the ADDR.DB and BOOKS.DB from the /Blueprint Software
Works/TOOLS directory to the other installation(s) of PMMail. Please
note that this WILL remove all existing address books, and addresses
from the other installation (the destination installation). Make sure
you back everything up before you do anything!
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1.15 - Use PMMail as a mailing list
server (listserv)
This is a good place to know your filtering. Only
one filter is needed to distribute the e-mail to your mailing list recipients.
What you need to do is to set up a filter that checks for a certain
catch phrase that you set up in the message, and then redistribute the
e-mail. For more information, see the online help about how to use filter,
or check FAQ question 1.17 for help on the online help system.
A list server (a program that keeps a list of subscribers
and redistributes mail to the whole list) needs 3 functions. They are:
- Ability to automatically add a user to the list (subscribe)
- Ability to automatically remove a user from the list (unsubscribe)
- Ability to automatically redistribute an e-mail to the whole list
PMMail can perform all of these actions automatically,
through the use of filters. To do this three filters are needed. A simple
mailing list would filter the subject line of an e-mail for one of the
following three things and perform an action on them:
- "[SUBSCRIBE]" - A filter that searched for this would have an action
that added the sender to the group list.
- "[UNSUBSCRIBE]" - A filter that searched for this would have an
action that removed the sender to the group list.
- "[LISTNAME]" - A filter that searched for the name of the mailing
list in a subject would have an action that redistributed the message
to the group.
Note that these are only suggestions on how to set
up a mini-mailing list. You can use whatever tags you want to search
for to perform the actions.
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1.16 - Use the Internet Communication
Search Language (ICSL) for defining filter searches
For an in-depth discussion on ICSL, consult the online
help, and for help with the online help, check question number 1.17.
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1.17 - Use the online help
PMMail's online help system is actually quite well
set up, and easy to use. First of all, an overview (in tree format)
can be obtained by choosing Help--> Help Contents from the
main PMMail window. From there, you will be presented with a tree view
of the help contents. The first 4 categories mimic this FAQ.These are
the Most Frequently Asked Questions (MFAQ). After that you will see
other categories that you can expand and see the help panels for each
window, dialog box, tool, etc.
The easiest way to find help on any topic is to use
the built-in search engine for the online help. Simply open up the contents
and choose search from the menu.All you need to do is enter the keyword
to search for. If you are having trouble with PMMail's "lingo", a good
reference is to search the help on the same names as our dialog and
window titles (in the title bar of the windows and dialogs), as well
as the terms used in the flyover help,settings notebooks, and other
tools in PMMail.
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1.18 - Include an attachment in a
canned reply?
This has gotten even simpler with version 2.10! In
your canned reply you need only to add one line using one of the ICSL
variables, $a.filename$. With this variable you may add up to
16 attachments to a canned reply.
When creating your canned reply simply put in the
variable $a.filename$ and replace 'filename' with the filepath
of the attachment you wish to send.
So to send my autoexec.bat file in a canned reply,
I would add the following line:
$a.C:\autoexec.bat$
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1.19 - Prevent my taskbar tray
icon from indicating that new mail has arrived?
This is quite simple to do. All you need to do is
to set up a filter that catches all incoming e-mail and has 2 actions,
the first to change the message status to "Read". The second to change
the status to "Unread". A filter that catches all e-mail would be: Search:
header for: "@". For more help on setting up a filter in PMMail 2000,
please see the online help that came with the program.
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1.20 - Filter SPAM!?!
Create a filter (or filters) that catches all mail
sent to you (either by TO, CC, or BCC) and/or other addresses that you
may be on (such as a mailing list) and then create a filter that catches
the "left overs" and moves it to a created folder "Spam". You can either
check the folder for items that may not be spam, or simply discard all
messages by selecting them all and hitting the DELETE key.
For more help on setting up a filter, please see
the online help that came with PMMail 2000.
As well, you can see the following website that goes
into a significant amount of depth on how to set up filters in PMMail:
http://www.calweb.com/~morpheus/pmmail/
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1.21 - Get more help for installing
PMMail 2000?
Well, 'Instant Help' would be like a phone support
person. No, there is no phone support, but you may contact us by AIM.
If you are an AIM subscriber we may also be reached
by IM's at blprntsft
There are also several mailing lists that you can
subscribe to that only discuss PMMail topics, as well as checking out
USENET news groups if you have access to them. For more help on joining
the discussion list for PMMail, please see question 1.03
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1.22 - Use PMMail 2000 with Chinese
(DBCS) character sets?
From the main window, choose PMMail--> Properties
to open the "PMMail 2000 Properties" window. In the "General' tab, tick
the "Do not perform character set translation" option.
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1.23 - Save the settings when I resize
my windows/change the sort order/change the width of the columns in
the list display?
PMMail does not automatically save any of this information.
This is because the original author's of PMMail felt that people will
want default settings to stay constant even if they change the settings
every "once and a while"; search/resize/what-have-you.
To change the sort order and have it stay from session
to session one must change it in the Folder's properties. The resizing
of the windows or columns in the list display can be saved under "Window/Save
Window Position" for that window.
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1.24 - Add SOCKS support to Win95/NT?
you may want to check out a product from Hummingbird
Communications. They have a SOCKS client that will allow you to
use SOCKS Proxies in Windows 95/98/NT.
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1.25 - Set up PMMail with the
Wingate PROXY?
I just got Wingate working here fine. Wingate is
installed & running on the server (connected via dialup) & the
client(s) are setup according to the excellent online guide seen here:
http://www.deerfield.com/wingate/lansetup.htm
Basically there's nothing to configure in Wingate
itself on the server,but you need to ensure your server's Windows Network
TCP/IP setup is correct. Using their defaults of "192.168.0.1" as the
IP and using the DNS of your internet provider makes it is a snap.
You need to configure a new PMMAIL account for use
when checking mailunder the PROXY/Wingate (as opposed to a direct dial-up
connection onthe local machine)
Here's an example of an internet user's straight
dialup settings for a user: user@internet.com logging in as: user POP/SMTP
server as: mail.internet.com
For PMMail Wingate support on the client setup an
account with:
RECIEVE TAB:
Userid: user#mail.internet.com
POP3 Server: 192.168.0.1
SEND
Outgoing SMTP: mail.internet.com
Notes
- use of # instead of @ as per Wingate's instructions
- 192.168.0.1 is the IP of the server connected running
Wingate
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1.26 - Use PMMail when clicking on
an e-mail link in Opera?
In Opera 5 go to File-->Preferences and
then click E-mail. If PMMail is your default e-mail client, simply
select that option.
Or if for some reason PMMail is not your default email client you will
need to select 'Use External Client'. You will then need to enter
the filepath to your pmmailw.exe file and the following parameters
/srd and mailto:%. Tthe following example uses the default
installation path:
C:\Program Files\Blueprint Software
Works\PMMail2000\PMMailw.exe /srd mailto%
(Do not check 'Replace missing parameters with a space')
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1.27 - Send mail with PMMail
when you click on an e-mail address in Netscape?
It is possible. There s a little freeware utility
called NSProto whichwas originally designed for use with Pegasus Mail,
but handles PMMail 2000 just as well. You can download NSProto from
http://navasgrp.home.att.net/winpmail/index.htm
In NSProto you will have to create a new protocol
named "mailto" (without the " "). Under Application specify the path
to your PMMAILW.EXE, under Template enter "mailto:%a" (again without
" "). Then save the new protocol and register it with Netscape.
To our knowledge there is not
yet a version of NSProto that works with Netscape 6
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1.28 - Send mail with PMMail
when you click on an e-mail address in Internet Explorer?
To set up PMMail to work with Microsoft's Internet
Explorer (IE), do the following. On the menubar in Internet Explorer
select "Tools--> Internet Options". In the new window that pops-up
select "Programs". Then in the E-mail field, select 'PMMail 2000'.
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1.29 - View an HTML message?
PMMail currently features a limited understanding
of HTML (fonts, colors, and links), so you will need to setup your account
in PMMail to use your web browser as an external editor.
To do this, from the main PMMail Window click "Account-->Properties-->Editor".
Leave the "Use PMMail's internal editor" selected. In the field for
"Editor" put in the filepath to your favorite web browser. In the field
for "Arguments", give it the file path to your PMMail 2000 folder followed
by a %s. The arguments field should look something like the following:
C:\Program Files\Blueprint Software
Works\PMMail 2000\%s
Now whenever you recieve an HTML message press ALT-X
and you can view it in your web browser.
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1.30 - Import another mailers' formats
of addresses, e-mail, and account data
In PMMail 2000, this is simple! You can go to the
Tools menu in the main windows, and select Migrate option. This will
bring up the Migration Wizard.
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1.31 - Import messages from Netscape?
A small text file with directions for performing
this message file migration is available at the following.
Netscape
Message Migration
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1.32 - Import messages from Outlook
Express 5?
A small text file with directions for performing
this message file migration is available at the following.
Outlook
Express 5 Message Migration
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1.33 - Set up Norton Anti Virus
to work with PMMail?
After selecting the 'Enable Email protection'
when configuring NortonAV you will need to select 'Manually configured
email client:' since PMMail 2000 does not appear in the list. You
will then need to modify the information entered for POP Server and
User ID on the receive tab within PMMail. All other account information
is unaffected.
Send tab:
POP Server: 127.0.0.1
User ID: your_user_id/your_mailserver_name
For example if your mailserver user ID is jdoe
and your mailserver is pop.server.net, you would then enter your
login info as:
juser/pop.server.net
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