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- NETcetera II - readme.1st
- V2.01CD
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- This is the initial release of NETcetera II, following on from
- the successful release of the original version - NETcetera
- v1.162A. NETcetera is a commercial package, not shareware,
- and full 24 hour support is provided to both "registered"
- and Evaluation users.
-
- The current launch offer price is ú24.95 inclusive of VAT,
- ($34.95 outside of UK), but prices will vary over time.
- The latest pricing (NCPRICE.TXT) and technical information
- can always be found on the NETcetera home FTP site as listed
- below.
-
- The package has been extensively redesigned and improved and
- now includes a fully integrated NNTP Newsreader, with full
- support included for high speed header downloading, plus
- recovery of News articles from specified dates only is also
- supported. It provides news sorting by Subject, Ascending/
- Descending date,a full expire facility which can be performed
- on individual groups alone if required, and you can Mark
- articles to Keep, Watch or to retrieve bodies from header-only
- articles.
-
- NETcetera II has been designed from its conception as an
- OFFLINE system, which allows you to perform ALL your online
- tasks as rapidly as possible, with ALL mail and News threading
- being performed only once you are Offline, saving considerably
- on telephone charges in the UK and Europe. When going on line
- you can have NETcetera perform all your mail and news tasks in
- a single pass, avoiding having to consistently restart/repeat
- your internet connections to achieve completion of multiple
- tasks.
-
- The package is extensively configurable, and has been released
- suitably configured with default settings to suit the normal
- internet connection of the average user. If you happen to be
- unfortunate enough to have unreliable ISP connections, (which
- you cannot guarantee to provide a connection when dialled),
- you can easily configure NETCetera to allow you to confirm once
- you have managed to obtain a successful link, so avoiding it
- attempting to fetch or send mail and news before you are
- properly connected.
-
- The product fully supports multiple users, and allows you to
- switch between users easily and quickly without having to exit,
- and each user has a completely separate configuration, even to
- having different users with different types of accounts
- (SMTP/POP3)
-
- Full support is provided for Mime attachment handling,
- UUencoding/Decoding of single and multi-part files, and even
- support for encoding/decoding third party files is built in.
-
- The default configuration assumes that you have already
- configured your TCP stack, such as Trumpet, and have your
- configuration set to both autodial and autolog off again
- after a suitable timeout. This is the configuration that
- NETcetera recommends for trouble free connections.
-
- We have provided extensive help on configuring Trumpet and
- other TCP stacks in the Help system, and have taken
- considerable trouble to ensure that the package is as easy to
- operate via the keyboard as by use of the mouse.
-
- Like all packages of this type we are sure you will have your
- own personal likes and dislikes, and would ask that you let
- us have your comments so that we can ensure it meets the
- widest possible requirements.
-
- Before you run the setup program, we strongly advise that
- you have the details of your email account available, and
- if a POP3 a/c, also the POP ID, password if required, and
- host details. You are asked to create your default user
- during the SETUP process, and although this can be
- bypassed, we recommend you do not do so.
-
- Once SETUP has completed, it is necessary to "INITIALIZE"
- NETcetera II by running the program provided by the
- NCCONFIG icon in the newly created program manager group.
- This runs a program called REGISTER.EXE that must be run
- before NETcetera will function on your PC. This merely
- intitialises the program as an evaluation copy that will
- run for 21 days.
-
- The only "nag" screens you will see are when initally
- loading, when you will be told how many days remain in
- the evaluation period. Once the period expires the
- product will NOT function further, and you cannot
- reinstall it again in the same directory or recover
- mail or news from the time expired version unless you
- register the package.
-
- However we feel sure that once you have experienced
- its functionality you will want to register NETcetera,
- and would remind you that for a limited period the
- current special introductory offer price is only ú24.95
- inclusive of VAT in the UK and $34.95 in all other parts
- of the world.
-
- Updates and information, including the NETcetera FAQ and
- updates to the Help system will be found on the home site
- of NETcetera - ftp.airtime.co.uk /netcetera/*.* from time
- to time. Just check the site regularly as we are constantly
- improving and updating features....
-
- NETcetera provides full support to ALL users,
- irrespective of registration. Just email
- ncsupport@airtime.co.uk and we promise we will respond
- within 24 hours......
-
- Enjoy..........
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- Contacts :-
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- bc01@cityscape.co.uk
- iant@datamen.demon.co.uk
- iant@airtime.co.uk
- mmc@airtime.co.uk
-
- Home FTP site:- ftp.airtime.co.uk /netcetera/*.*
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