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██▐███ ██▐███ ██ ██ █▐███ ██▐████ █▌████ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██▐█ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ █▐ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██▐███ ██▐███ ▐██ █▐███ ██ ██ ██ ██▐███ █▐███ ██▐███ █▌████ ██ ██ █████ ██▐███ ██▐███ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██▐███ ██ ██ ██▐█ ██ ██ █ ██ ██▐████ ██▐███ ██▐█ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ █ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██▐███ █▐███ ██ ██ █▐███ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██▐███ I N C O R P O R A T E D 74 Trevino Street, Suite 912 Conroe, Texas 77302 ╒══════════════════════════════╕ │ Business (409) 321-3220 │ │ 24 Hour BBS (409) 273-3220 │ │ Facsimile (409) 273-3225 │ │ Orders Only (800) DEVONT-1 │ ╘══════════════════════════════╛ ┌────────────────────────────┐ │ Welcome to ConnectivEmail! │ └────────────────────────────┘ More than just e-mail, ConnectivEmail is full of features to help you get the most of your network. In addition to industry-standard MHS compatible electronic mail and telephone messaging, ConnectivEmail contains such office productivity features as private and shared Rolodexing, calendaring and scheduling, to-do lists, user-to-user and group chat, network utilties and much more. You'll find ConnectivEmail contains twice as many features as the leading MHS e-mail system at less than half the price. While ConnectivEmail is an industry-standard MHS application, you do not need to own MHS in order to benefit from the program. If you need only to send mail within your physical location on the same server, ConnectivEmail can deliver mail all by itself, eliminating the need for gateways or dedicated mail servers. In other words, everything you need to get started using ConnectivEmail is in one box. If you add MHS capabilities to your network in the future, ConnectivEmail instantly becomes a global electronic mail and messaging system, compatible with Novell's SMF-70 and SMF-71 standards. This allows you to send mail to other e-mail systems or networks, or connect all your office locations to create an enterprise-wide electronic mail and scheduling software package. ┌────────────────┐ │ About the Demo │ └────────────────┘ This demonstration version of ConnectivEmail is just like the real thing, except for a few limitations (see Registration for more information regarding demo limitations). The program comes complete with this installation guide and context-sensitive online help to get you started. Additional documentation and other materials are supplied to commercial users. If you should require more information than provided in this package, please do not hesitate to contact us. ┌───────────────────┐ Page i │ Table of Contents │ └───────────────────┘ Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Upgrading From Einstein. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Upgrading From Older ConnectivEmail Versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 The ConnectivEmail Batch File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 The ConnectivEmail Variable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Resident (TSR) Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Example CONFIG.SYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Special Group Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Using UNLOAD.EXE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Price List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 ┌──────────────┐ │ Requirements │ └──────────────┘ ■ Novell Netware 2.12 or higher. ■ IBM PC/AT Compatible workstation. 286 w/2M RAM minimum. Run ConnectivEmail Lite on machines with less than 2M memory. ■ MS Mouse or other compatible pointing device recommended. ┌────────────┐ │ Trademarks │ └────────────┘ ConnectivEmail is a trademark of Devont Software Incorporated. Novell, MHS and Netware are trademarks of Novell, Inc. PC/AT is a trademark of International Business Machines, Inc. ┌──────────────┐ │ Installation │ Page 1 └──────────────┘ You must be a SUPERVISOR or equivalent install ConnectivEmail. 1. Create a directory anywhere on a shared network volume, then make it the current directory. Use a volume that has the most space and/or has the least amount of traffic. Plan on using about 1 Megabyte per user for a mature installation. If you are upgrading from Einstein E-Mail, see the section "Upgrading From Einstein" in this document for important information. 2. Grant sufficient trustee rights to the new directory to those you want to be able to run the program. Users need all rights, except Supervisor and Access Control/Parental (See SYSCON). 3. Copy the contents of the ConnectivEmail diskette into the new directory created in step 1. For example: COPY A:\*.* F:\CONNECT 4. Run the ADMIN.EXE program from the directory created in step 1. You will be prompted to create a new installation. Follow the steps to completion. You will create a master User List and mailbox for each user when complete. 5. Run the CMAIL.EXE program with the following optional parameters: /R Run ConnectivEmail as a TSR, or Resident program. The default Hot Key is <Alt>+<Ins>. /MHS:(path) Specifies the location of the MHS server directory. The \MHS is assumed in the string, so you do not need to specify it. For instance, if MHS is installed on H:\MHS, you can use: /MHS:h: /H:(server) Specify an MHS HUB name instead of default server name obtained from the workstation environment. This is required only if your "home" MHS Hub name is different than your default physical server name. /PATH:(path) Location of ConnectivEmail server directory. This should point to the directory created in step 1. You must specify this option if you run the CMAIL.EXE program from a local hard disk or any location other than the main file server directory (where you installed ConnectivEmail). /SWAPPATH:(path) Write TSR temporary files to specified path. This should point to a local hard disk for optimal performance. 6. ConnectivEmail installation Complete! See the remainder of this document to see how you can integrate ConnectivEmail with your network. ┌─────────────────────────┐ Page 2 │ Upgrading From Einstein │ └─────────────────────────┘ If you are upgrading from Einstein E-mail (ConnectivEmail's previous name), you need to run the UPGRADE.EXE program after completing the installation. You MUST install ConnectivEmail in a new directory, not on top of your existing Einstein data. ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Upgrading from Older ConnectivEmail Versions │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────┘ If you are upgrading from an earlier release of ConnectivEmail, you simply need to copy the contents of the new distribution diskette on top of your old ConnectivEmail data. Then, run the new ADMIN program and pack all your user's mailboxes (Select Mailbox then Pack from the Main Admin Menu). ┌───────────────────────────────┐ │ The ConnectivEmail Batch File │ └───────────────────────────────┘ The sample batch file below is an example of loading ConnectivEmail as a TSR program. Note the use of DOS' EXIST command to verify the existance of a temporary swap directory, and deletes any files if they exist in the directory. ┌───────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Example CONNECT.BAT │ ├───────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ @echo off │ │ map root m:=sys:apps\connect >>nul │ │ c: │ │ if not exist c:\temp\*.* md c:\temp │ │ if exist c:\temp\*. del c:\temp\*. │ │ cd\temp │ │ m:cmail /r /path:m: /swappath:c:\temp │ └───────────────────────────────────────────┘ Note that you should never load a TSR program from Novell's login script. Instead, have the login script exit to a batch file with the command: EXIT "z:connect.bat" ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │ The ConnectivEmail Variable │ └─────────────────────────────┘ If you do not want to type the startup parameters for ConnectivEmail each time, create a DOS environment variable to contain all startup parameters. From a DOS prompt or batch file: SET CONNECT=/path:m: /swappath:c:\temp /r From a Login Script: DOS SET CONNECT="/path:m: /swappath:c:\temp /r" Using an environment variable allows you to place a copy of CMAIL.EXE into a public directory (such as SYS:PUBLIC) and run ConnectivEmail from any directory simply by typing CMAIL at the DOS prompt. ┌─────────────────────┐ Page 3 │ Resident (TSR) Mode │ └─────────────────────┘ ConnectivEmail can optionally be made to operate in TSR mode simply by supplying a startup parameter on the command line. If the "/R" parameter exists on the command line, ConnectivEmail will load as a TSR program. Then, you'll be able to press ConnectivEmail's hot key while working in other programs, and have it pop up right on top of your work in progress. When you are finished with ConnectivEmail, another press of the hot key will return you to the exact place you left off. The ConnectivEmail TSR takes up about 19K low DOS RAM. This kernal cannot be loaded into high memory using the LH command. You should load ConnectivEmail after any other TSR programs when possible. If you load ConnectivEmail as a TSR program, you should have at least 2 megabytes of total system memory. Your CONFIG.SYS file should contain a memory manager such as HIMEM.SYS and EMM386.EXE. If you do not know how to configure 386 workstation memory, please consult your DOS manual. While we use the the following CONFIG.SYS on PC-compatible workstations running DOS 5.0 and higher, your needs may differ slightly. ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Example CONFIG.SYS │ ├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ shell=c:\dos\command.com /e:512 /p │ │ device=c:\dos\himem.sys │ │ devicehigh=c:\dos\emm386.exe noems frame=e000 │ │ devicehigh=c:\dos\ansi.sys │ │ dos=high,umb │ │ files=40 │ │ buffers=40 │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ Special Group Membership │ └──────────────────────────┘ ConnectivEmail allows members of the network group "CSUPER" special access priviledges throughout the program. You should make yourself a member of this group, as well as others who you would like to be able to create Group Folders, Group Calendars and Group Address Books. ┌──────────────────────────┐ Page 4 │ The /SWAPPATH: Parameter │ └──────────────────────────┘ During normal operation, ConnectivEmail creates temporary work files for various functions. If you do not specify the /SWAPPATH: parameter on the command line or in the CONNECT environment variable, ConnectivEmail will create these files in the directory in which ConnectivEmail was started. If users start the program from a drive/directory in which they do not have sufficient WRITE rights, these files will not be able to be written and the program may fail. Make sure users start the program from a directory in which they have sufficient rights (like their home directory), or use the /SWAPPATH: parameter to specify a local disk (preferred) or network directory in which they have sufficient rights. Obviously, if ConnectivEmail's temporary files are created on a network drive, program performance can suffer if the network is heavily loaded, or the network drive is "disk-bound." FOR OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE, THE /SWAPPATH: PARAMETER SHOULD SPECIFY A LOCAL HARD DISK DRIVE if possible. If you work in a mixed environment (some machines have local hard disks and others do not), you can use an environment variable and batch file commands such as: set swap=c:\swap if not exist c:\*.* set swap=f:\users\%login_name% set connect=/path:m:\connect /swappath:%swap% /mhs:f: ┌──────────────────┐ │ Using UNLOAD.EXE │ └──────────────────┘ Use UNLOAD.EXE to remove the resident portion of ConnectivEmail from memory. Use caution when unloading CMAIL! If you unload the resident portion of the program and it was not the last TSR loaded, or you are shelled out to DOS in another application, your workstation will probably become unstable. Data loss can occur. ┌──────────────┐ Page 5 │ Registration │ └──────────────┘ By default, ConnectivEmail operates in Demonstration mode. This mode allows you to create e-mail messages no longer than 5 lines, and displays a notification of this fact every 10 or so minutes. Attempts to add text to a message that would exceed the 5 line limit will fail. This includes block operations such as Cut & Paste, etc. In addition to the 5 line limitation and demonstration mode banner, the demonstration version does not contain all the necessary print forms for the Calendar and Address Books, or the files necessary to create the spelling dictionary. These files are supplied upon registration. When you have decided ConnectivEmail is the package for you, call us for a a live activation key. With this activation key, the 5 line message limitation is removed and the program no longer displays the demonstration mode notification. You will then receive a standard package from us, including the latest version of the program, manuals, additional print forms and mailing label formats, warranty and license agreements, BBS access, and 1 year free technical support. ╒═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ │ Devont Software Incorporated │ │ 74 Trevino Street, Suite 912 │ │ Conroe, TX 77302 │ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ Orders Only: (800) DEVONT-1 │ │ Tech Support: (409) 321-3220 │ │ BBS: (409) 273-3220 │ │ Fax: (409) 273-3125 │ ╘═════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ┌────────┐ │ Prices │ └────────┘ Prices are current to August 1, 1994. Please call for pricing after this date. User License ConnectivEmail for DOS DOS & Windows =========================================================================== 5 User Server License 199.00 399.00 10 User Server License 299.00 499.00 20 User Server License 499.00 699.00 50 User Server License 699.00 899.00 100 User Server License 799.00 999.00 250 User Server License 899.00 1099.00 Dealer inquries welcome. Discounts available for non-profit, government, and educational institutions. Please call for corporate site license information and multi-unit discount rate schedule. Thanks for looking at ConnectivEmail! IF THIS PROGRAM IS NOT FOR YOU, PLEASE PASS IT ALONG TO SOMEONE ELSE WHO MAY BE INTERESTED.