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- Private Idaho 3.52t
- 1998.02.15
- copyright 1997-1998 Ian Lynagh (ian@lynagh.demon.co.uk)
- Many thanks to Joel (joelm@eskimo.com) for starting the Private
- Idaho project off. Thanks Joel!
- Also many thanks to Old Ketchup Lungs for all his help in beta
- testing. Thanks Ketchup!
-
- Table of contents
- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
- What is it?
- New in 3.52t
- New in 3.51t
- New in 3.5t
- New in 3.4t
- New in 3.3t
- New in 3.2t
- New in 3.1t
- New in 3.0t
- Installing instructions
- Distribution Filelist
- Format of EMAIL.CFG
- Format of STEPTHRU.CFG
- Format of incoming mail
-
-
- What is it?
- -=-=-=-=-=-
- This is a new release of Private Idaho (a PGP, anonymous
- remailer, and nym server front-end for Windows). This document
- updates any information found in the help file.
-
- Private Idaho is unsupported freeware, licensed under the GNU
- General Public License. The licensing agreement is found in the
- license.txt file, distributed with this application.
-
- 3.52t replaces 3.51t.
-
- PIt is now out of beta. This does not mean that it is necessarily
- bug free, but there are less likely to be bugs and they are likely
- to be relative tame bugs. By using this software you accept full
- responsibility for anything that happens - i.e. nothing is my fault.
-
- New in 3.52t
- -=-=-=-=-=-
- * Nym/"Send Nym News Message" now no longer automatically queues the mail.
-
- New in 3.51t
- -=-=-=-=-=-
- * Fixed bug in Nym/"Send Nym News Message" when more than 1 nym is setup.
-
- New in 3.5t
- -=-=-=-=-=-
- * Ability to send news messages via a nym easily
- (Nym/"Send Nym News Message")
- * Send Now button
- * No extra blank line on first line of message
- * Deal better with failed mail
- * No data remains when mail is deleted
- * When text boxes are updated in PIMAIL, text box will scroll
- to last line
- * Autoclose now optional
- * Use these URLs as default:
- MixListURL = http://www.publius.net/mixmaster-list.html
- (WAS http://kiwi.cs.berkeley.edu/mixmaster-list.html)
- MixType2URL = http://www.publius.net/type2.list
- (WAS http://kiwi.cs.berkeley.edu/type2.list)
- MixPubRingURL = http://www.publius.net/pubring.mix
- (WAS http://kiwi.cs.berkeley.edu/pubring.mix)
- RemailerURL = http://www.publius.net/rlist.html
- (WAS http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~raph/remailer-list.html)
- PGPKeysURL = http://www.publius.net/pgpkeys
- (WAS http://kiwi.cs.berkeley.edu/pgpkeys)
-
- New in 3.4t
- -=-=-=-=-=-
- * If you reply to or save an encrypted e-mail (which has been
- decoded with the decode button), the decrypted text will be
- replyed to/saved.
- * Added Edit/Copy menu to view outgoing mail.
- * Updating remailers will now create the .old file as before.
-
- New in 3.3t
- -=-=-=-=-=-
- * Updating MixMaster information should now work
- * Should be able to view queued mail even if MixMaster mail is
- queued
- * Other small bug fixes
-
- New in 3.2t
- -=-=-=-=-=-
- * Mail transfer bugs fixed
- * Paste as quoted doesn't wipe existing text
- * Text not cut off at 80 chars/line (new limit=200, which should
- be enough for all standard reslutions)
-
- New in 3.1t
- -=-=-=-=-=-
- * Remailer list lines up now. Other lists may not.
- * Get remailer keys (and other HTTP transfer thingies) should work now.
- * HTTP header now stripped.
- * Date header fixed.
- * Word wrap now works if <enter><enter> is not present.
- * PIMAIL should now auto close.
- * Option to log mail transfer added.
- * Advanced options retained even when PIt is closed with Mix remailers selected.
-
- New in 3.0t
- -=-=-=-=-=-
- * Code improved, leading to faster execution and smaller file sizes.
- * Miscellaneous bug fixes.
- * Commercial VBXs replaced with a single freeware alternative.
- * Option to make textbox full screen.
- * Added Find and "Find Next" menus to Edit menu.
- * NOBCC nym option supported.
- * Can recieve mail by SMTP as well as POP3.
- * Private Idaho is now an offline mail reader. Mail is stored in
- <your PI path>\mail\mail_in.txt. To view it, select the
- "View e-mail..." menu from the "Messages" menu. Mail can be
- imported into any off line mail reader supporting the
- Berkeley UNIX mailbox format. Mail from any such mail reader
- can be imported into PI by exporting it to the mail_in.txt file.
- * Private Idaho will now attempt to fill in your e-mail details
- for you once you supply your e-mail address.
- * The following are excepted e-mail address formats (* represents
- any string):
- xxx@yyy.com
- *<xxx@yyy.com>
- <xxx@yyy.com>*
- (*) xxx@yyy.com
- xxx@yyy.com (*)
- * Attachments are now treated with PGP -a, not MIME encoded.
- * pi.htm, so it is doubtless hopelessly out of date.
- * Setup program seemed to crash a lot, so I have rewritten it.
- * Option to insert hard CRLFs on send to stop possible
- word wrapping problems.
- * A single configuration area instead of spread throughout the menus.
- * POP3 password now included as part of the E-mail config.
- * Multiple "Quote" options replace the single "Reply" option.
- * Can now selectively download non-PGP messages.
-
- Installing instructions
- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
- PI34t.EXE is a self-extracting .ZIP file. It uncompresses all of the
- required files to run Private Idaho. You can delete these files after
- you've installed Private Idaho.
-
- You can also choose to run PGP QuickStart from PI-SETUP. This utility
- will help you download and configure PGP.
-
- If for some reason you have problems with the installation, you can
- manually copy the files.
-
- Distribution Filelist
- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
- cmdialog.vbx - Common dialog VBX copied to c:\windows\system
- cswskctl.vbx - TCP/IP VBX copied to c:\windows\system
- email.cfg - Used to autofill details
- license.txt - The GNU General Public License
- mixmaste.htm - Mixmaster remailer info
- nymkeys.txt - Nym server keys
- pcdezip.exe - Unzip application for PGP QuickStart
- pgpquik.exe - PGP QuickStart application
- pidaho.exe - Private Idaho application
- pihelp.htm - Private Idaho help file - viewable with Web browser
- pimail.exe - Private Idaho e-mail transfer application
- pipgp.pif - PIF file for shelling out to DOS PGP
- pipgpx.pif - PIF file for shelling out to DOS PGP
- pi-setup.exe - Install application for Private Idaho
- pi-setup.ini - Used by pi-setup.exe
- qsreadme.txt - PGP QuickStart readme file
- readme.txt - This file
- remailer.htm - Remailer info file
- rmkeys.txt - Remailer public keys
- stepthru.txt - For the Help/Step-Me-Through menu
- urls.txt - List of URLs for Web browsing
- usenet.txt - Email/USENET gateway list
-
-
- Mixmaster and Private Idaho
- ---------------------------
- Mixmaster (or Type II) remailers offer a high level of security
- (see http://www.obscura.com/~loki for complete details). Up until now,
- Mixmaster has only been available to UNIX users. Mixmaster's author,
- Lance Cottrell, has recently released a DOS client version of the
- application that works with Private Idaho 2.7b (and later).
-
- Since the Mixmaster client uses export-controlled cryptography, it is not
- included with Private Idaho. Refer to http://www.obscura.com/~loki for
- information on how to get a copy of MIXMASTE.ZIP (the compressed version
- of Mixmaster and its support files).
-
- Note: Although Lance and I have taken every reasonable precaution to assure
- that DOS Mixmaster was not exported, it appears that one or more persons
- unknown to us have exported the DOS version of Mixmaster (in violation of US
- law). We intend to continue to abide by the letter of US law in this matter,
- however we will list non-US ftp sites from which Mixmaster may be obtained as
- a public service:
-
- ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/ibmpc/dos/apps/mixmaster/mixmaste.zip
-
- To be able to send messages through Mixmaster remailers you need several
- files:
-
- MIXMASTE.EXE - the Mixmaster client
- MIXMASTE.CON - a support file
- PUBRING.MIX - the list of Mixmaster remailer keys
- TYPE2.LIS - the list of Mixmaster remailers
- MIXMSTR.TXT - statistics on Mixmaster remailers
- MIX.PIF - the PIF file for shelling to the DOS application
-
- These files are included in the MIXMASTE.ZIP file. Uncompress the files and
- move them to the directory containing Private Idaho.
-
- After you've installed these files, in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file add the
- following line:
-
- SET MIXPATH=C:\PIDAHO
-
- with the directory path specifying the Private Idaho directory. Reboot your
- computer and run Private Idaho.
-
- Using Mixmaster remailers with Private Idaho is no different than using
- Cypherpunk style remailers. Select Mixmaster from the Remailers menu,
- compose and address your message, select the remailer(s) from the drop-down
- list box to use, and choose Append info from the Message menu.
-
- Private Idaho will shell out to the DOS version of Mixmaster, and prepare
- the message for sending.
-
- You'll need to update information about Mixmaster remailers, just like
- Cypherpunk remailers. Specifically the PUBRING.MIX, TYPE2.LIS, and
- MIXMSTR.TXT files. You can do this over the Net with the new update
- remailer info command.
-
- Updated Mixmaster information can be found at:
-
- http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~raph/remailer-list.html
-
- and
-
- http://www.jpunix.com
-
-
- Format of EMAIL.CFG
- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
- The first line of any section gives the address mask for an ISPs
- e-mail addresses surrounded with { and }, eg. {*@*.demon.co.uk}.
- IMPORTANT:USE LOWER CASE
- The following wildcards apply:
- ? Any single character
- * Zero or more characters
- # Any single digit (0-9)
- [charlist] Any single character in charlist
- [!charlist] Any single character not in charlist
-
- The next line is the SMTP server and the next one the POP3 server.
-
- The next 2 lines say what surround the POP3 username. If the ISP
- does not support POP3, leave these lines blank. If it starts at
- the beginning, the first line shoudl be blank. For example, if
- the username is xxx and the e-mail address is xxx@yyy.com then
- The lines would be "" (blank) and "@" (both without the quotes).
- If the username was yyy, the lines would be "@" and "." (again
- both without the quotes).
-
- The next line is either SMTP or POP3, depending on the mail
- distribution method used.
-
- A line beginning { marks the beginning of the next section.
-
- Format of STEPTHRU.CFG
- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
- {Menu Caption}
- Step through text
- goes here.
- As many lines as you like.
- Only use a menu caption once.
- {Next menu caption}
- More text.
- You get the idea.
-
- Format of incoming mail
- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
- Incoming mail is stored in Berkeley UNIX mailbox format in
- MAIL_IN.TXT in the MAIL subdirectory of the PIt directory.
-
-
- CSWSKCTL.VBX is Copyright 1995, Catalyst Software. All rights reserved.
-