Please do not attempt to run Fetch-O-Matic without studying the User Guide (in the Auxiliary folder). No useful result will ensue, and there are no menus or help screens in the applications. At bare minimum, follow the Quick Start installation instructions. You must configure the Fetch-O-Matic Settings file before anything meaningful can occur.
You may locate the main Fetch-O-Matic folder where you like, and it may be renamed, but do not rename or remove folders and files inside it (other than the Scripting Additions, which will need to be placed in their proper location).
The complete Fetch-O-Matic documentation is provided in hypertext format in the file "F-O-M User Guide.html" in the Auxiliary folder. If Using a Netscape browser, double-click the file; otherwise, drag and drop the file onto your browser, or open it from the browser's "Open File" menu.
Fetch is a registered trademark of Dartmouth College.
Questions, comments, bug reports: send email to egray@kagi.com
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Version notes:
Note about updates for users of previous versions: There are two new features in v.2.0.3 which add new settings, "reconnect" and "ignoreFolder", to the Settings file. If you first copy these new settings and descriptions from the newly downloaded file into your old Settings file, it is then not necessary to rewrite the Settings file; the old one may be dragged to the new Auxiliary folder, replacing the newly downloaded one. You should similarly also drag your existing "To Upload", "To Download", "Activity Log" (and any other text files you want to keep) to their correct new locations. The new FetchProfile should then be run, and List Files Prefs should be reset (if using List Files) so that the new Fetch-O-Matic folder is recognized. Your old Fetch-O-Matic folder may then be discarded.
V. 2.0.3 (Dec. 23, 1997) fixed all other bugs reported in the first month of release; added two new features suggested by users, "reconnect" and "ignoreFolder". Also, the component "FetchEmpties" has been renamed to "FetchStructure", more accurately reflecting its function.
V. 2.0.2 (Oct. 26, 1997) fixed a potential problem with non-U.S. and customized date formats (set via the Date and Time control panel), and a small bug which occurred under OS 8 if List Files was already running before launching FetchNewLocal. Also, some error messages were rewritten to be more informative, and there were minor improvements to the User Guide.
V. 2.0.1 (Oct 23, 1997) fixed a bug in v.2.0 which affected certain users, rendering Fetch-O-Matic inoperable on their machines.
Version 2.0: First public release, October 19, 1997
