Before you do anything, make sure that your email program is working and you are able to receive mail. Email checker will not be able to check your mail until you do this first. Also make sure that you are using OpenTransport/PPP 1.0 or later (you should have a folder called Open Transport/PPP on your hard drive. Don't confuse the 1.0 version number with older separate versions of PPP and Open Transport).
Read the document called "About Open Transport/PPP" for help with that product.
You also need AppleScript 1.1 or later.
Make sure the Appearance files are installed for System 7.
OS 8 already has the Appearance files.
Carnation Software will not provide free tech support for NON-Email Checker issues.
Running Email Checker for the first time:
• Where is Claris Emailer?
The first time you run Email Checker, it will ask you where your email programs are.
For instance it might say, "Where is Claris Emailer".
If you have Claris Emailer then navigate to that program and select it.
If you do not have Claris Emailer, then select the Claris Emailer Placeholder file.
Do NOT select a placeholder file if you have Claris Emailer installed on your Mac.
Note: If you install Email Checker and do not have Claris Emailer installed and select the Claris Emailer Placeholder file:
Then at a later time you install Claris Emailer, you will need to drag the Claris Emailer Placeholder file into the trash and empty the trash (or move it to another disk). Then when you run Email Checker again, it will ask for the placeholder file and you can select the real Claris Emailer Program instead. The same rules apply for Eudora, Mailsmith and Outlook Express. This is a bug/feature of AppleScript.
• Account Setup and Enabling Email Programs
When Email Checker detects your email program, it will ask you if you want to enable it.
Answer yes to the email program that you want to check mail from (you can check mail from more than one email program if you wish).
If you enabled Claris Emailer or Outlook Express, Email Checker will ask you to specify which accounts you want to check mail for. You can check mail for up to 3 accounts per email program.
Copy the account(s) that you want from the Accounts Available list into the First Account Name, Second Account Name etc.
• Email Checking Frequency
This is the time interval you specify for checking your mail. The default is 10 minutes.
Hours Accumulated Online...
Options for setting the accumulated time online. See the file called "Hours Accumulated Online Readme" for more information.
