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- PureMail 1.4
- User Authentication System for Email
- Copyright (C) 1998 by Louie R. Orbeta
- All Rights Reserved
-
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- Where to download PureMail
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- The latest version of PureMail can be downloaded from:
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- http://travel.to/louieorbeta
-
- OR
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- http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/2098
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- PureMail Installation
-
- There are no special installation requirements, extract the zip file to a
- directory where you want to install PureMail. If you downloaded the self-
- extracting executable, just run the EXE file in a directory where you
- want PureMail to be.
-
- Once installed, you can start the PureMail application by selecting
- PureMail.exe. The program will then minimize to the tooltray, and start
- to autofilter - that is, query your mail server for email headers, and
- start to weed out unwanted email.
-
- A lot of the menu functionality is mirrored by right-clicking anywhere
- in the user interface, so that you don't have to access the main menu.
-
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- First-time configuration
-
- If you're running this program for the first time, click the PureMail
- icon in the tooltray to restore it to full-screen. You have to set up
- your user information, so select Tools, and then User Information. Key
- in your login userid (lorbeta, for example), your password (which will
- be blanked out by '*' characters), and your POP-based mail server.
-
- Select the desired timer settings to which PureMail will query the mail
- server once it is set to autofilter.
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- Select the mode of operation - either Normal or Read-only. The Normal
- mode will delete rejected emails from the server and will print the
- rejected email headers. The Read-only mode will simulate the deletion
- of rejected emails, and will tell you which emails were accepted or
- rejected. This feature is nice if you're still unsure of using PureMail
- permanently, or need to find out if you're deleting legitimate email.
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- Clicking OK will save the configuration to userinfo.cfg.
-
- After configuring your user information, select Tools again, and then
- Stamp Configuration. Here, you will have to select the size of the
- PureMail stamp (between 5 to 8 characters), and the expiry date of the
- stamp (from tomorrow to a year from now). Select which directory AND
- file where you want to save the PureMail stamp. If the file does not
- exist, it will be created. Later on, if you decide to print the current
- Stamp, it will save it to the user-selected directory and file. Any email
- client can then append this file as a signature file. The default
- settings are already on-screen, so by clicking OK, the settings are saved
- to stmpinfo.cfg.
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- Filter configuration
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- Before even dialing to your ISP, you have the option to generate some
- PureMail stamps. You can do this by pressing the Generate Stamp button in
- the user interface. The number of characters present and the expiry date
- were configured in the Stamp Configuration menu.
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- You can also create your own stamps - and the expiry date is optional. If
- you want to add your own expiry date, the format should be mm/dd/yyyy.
- Last, save the entries to file (they will be saved in stamp.lst). Entries
- in this field are used to compare the contents of the "SUBJECT:" header.
- Comparison is CASE-SENSITIVE.
-
- For more user flexibility, user-defined stamps don't have to have the
- timestamp. The stamps can be a phrase or just a single word. As long as
- the stamp appears in the SUBJECT header, the mail is kept.
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- You have the option to add trusted senders. You can enter email
- addresses, first names or last names, etc. Save any modifications to file
- (which is sender.lst). Entries in this field are used to compare the
- contents of the "FROM:" and "REPLY-TO:" headers. Comparison is case-
- insensitive. As long as the trusted sender appears in the FROM or
- REPLY-TO headers, the mail is kept.
-
- You can also add trusted mailing lists. Here you can enter email
- addresses, etc.. just like adding trusted senders. Save any modifications
- to file (the file is maillist.lst). Entries in this field are used to
- compare the contents of the "TO:", "CC:" and "SENDER:" headers.
- Comparison is case-insensitive. As long as the trusted mailing list
- appears in the TO, CC or SENDER headers, the mail is kept.
-
- Note: When subscribing to a new mailing list, set PureMail's Operation
- Mode to READ-ONLY after. Then, download any emails to examine the
- mailing list header.
- - If it contains the "SENDER:" field, I suggest you put the entry in that
- field to the mailing list to guarantee all future emails to be accepted
- by PureMail.
- - If it doesn't contain the "SENDER:" field, just use the "TO:" or "CC:"
- field entry. The disadvantage of this is that if the sender doesn't put
- the mailing list address in the first line (i.e. the sender presses enter
- and puts it in the 2nd/etc line), PureMail will reject it. Fortunately,
- most mailing list subscribers will put the mailing list address in the
- first line, thus being approved by PureMail.
- ... you can set the Operation Mode to NORMAL after.
-
- If you are have trusted senders or mailing lists, these entries don't
- have to use the PureMail stamp when they send you email.
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- If the mail isn't in any of the 3 lists, it is discarded.
-
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- Signature File
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- You can create your own signature file for use by your email client.
- After you have configured which file the stamp should be saved, you can
- Print the Current Stamp to File. For more user flexibility, you can edit
- two text files in the PureMail directory - sig1.txt and sig2.txt. Any
- entries in these two files will be concatenated to the signature file.
- File sig1.txt is copied before the Stamp, file sig2.txt is copied after
- the Stamp.
-
-
- Determining the program status
-
- The upper-right part of the user interface has 4 parts: The current time,
- last time mail was filtered, what the program is doing, and how many
- emails have been processed and deleted.
-
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- Optional Configuration
-
- Once you are satisfied with the performance of PureMail, you can create
- a shortcut to it in your Startup Folder. That way, PureMail starts up
- transparently.
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- PureMail Troubleshooting
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- - You don't seem to be getting any mail: Make sure your User Information
- is correct. Try sending mail to yourself and press Manual Filter if you
- can't wait for the auto-filter to kick in. Depending on how you have
- set up your 3 lists, your mail could be deleted or allowed. The status
- is listed at the bottom of the user interface.
- - Autofilter doesn't seem to be working but Manual Filter does: PureMail
- has Autofilter ON by default. If you stopped this, just press
- AutoFilter to ON again.
- - You have dialed in and connected to your ISP, but PureMail isn't
- processing any emails even if you know the mailbox isn't empty: Check
- your User Information. Make sure you are actually connected to your ISP
- - you can determine this by using your email program to check your mail.
- - When your email client gives you the error 'pop.lock is busy': That
- means that PureMail is busy querying your mail server. Just wait a few
- seconds and try again.
- - PureMail seems to be taking too long to filter your email: This is
- normal if you have 15 or more emails. If you have one or two, check
- your User Configuration. It's usually an incorrect password or userid.
-
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- PureMail Uninstallation
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- To uninstall PureMail, just delete the directory where you installed it.
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- PureMail Upgrading
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- To upgrade from a previous version of PureMail, exit PureMail first,
- delete your current PureMail.exe and copy the new PureMail.exe into
- your working directory. You can then restart PureMail.
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- Other PureMail Documentation
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- Bugs, comments & suggestions
-
- Bugs, undefined behavior etc. and suggestions can be forwarded to the
- author. Send mail to louieorbeta@technologist.com, and put this in the
- subject:
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- puremail-bugs
-
-
- Warranty & licence
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- See the license.txt text file
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- Files
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- Every distribution of PureMail should contain only the following files:
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- PureMail.exe - The PureMail program
- Readme.txt - Main documentation
- Install.txt - Installation instructions
- License.txt - Some legal mumbo-jumbo stuff...
- Descript.txt - PureMail description
- Letter.txt - Letter from the author
- Changes.txt - Summary of changes of each version