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- and remove Eloquent.2.0 from /software/NeXT/demos/mail
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- ELOQUENT 2.01 README
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-
- **** ABOUT ELOQUENT ****
- Eloquent is a full e-mail and news agent that caters to the needs of everyone
- from novices to power users. All your messaging needs - composing and sending
- e-mail messages and news posts, reading and filing e-mail, and reading Usenet
- news - can be done conveniently and easily with Eloquent. There is no need
- for a myriad of add-on programs and utilities.
-
- If you currently use other mail agents, making the transition to Eloquent is
- simple. Eloquent is compatible with NeXT's Mail.app and will read and write
- Mail.app mailboxes and addresses. You can exchange NeXTMail with other NeXT
- users, Sun mail with Sun Mail Tool users, or exchange MIME or uuencoded mail
- with users on other platforms. Pine and MH users can also use Eloquent with
- no trouble since Eloquent will read, write and create Pine-compatible
- mailboxes and addresss books. It will also use your existing MH mailboxes.
-
- Version 1.0 had many useful features that simplified user's lives, like
- sorting incoming mail, extended searching capabilities, the ability to save
- composed messages for later editing and delivery or posting, and smart
- mailboxes that would perform actions - such as replying to messages or
- redirecting them to another address - for you. A full listing of features in
- version 1.0 is given in the Eloquent 2.0 release notes.
-
- Now, Take 3 has increased the capabilities and usability of Eloquent in
- version 2.0. The first thing that you will notice in 2.0 is the new look.
- Many parts of the UI have been redesigned to make it more attractive and
- easier to perform common tasks. Eloquent extends the level of customization
- that is available to the sophisticated user, while decreasing the amount of
- configuration required.
-
- Version 2.0 introduces the Eloquent Browser. The Browser replaces the former
- Mailboxes and Newsgroups panels. Because of its hierarchical structure, you
- have access to mailboxes and newsgroups in multiple folders on your computer,
- or remote servers (through POP, IMAP and NNTP). The Browser is similar to the
- File Viewer in the Workspace Manager, so you're already familiar with the
- environment, and will be able to access mailboxes, newsgroups, local and
- remote hosts, and other files that Eloquent uses, as easily as you locate
- files in your own Workspace. The Browser also lets you create groups of
- unrelated items, so that they can all be accessed from one place.
-
- As connectivity becomes more important, it won't be unusual for you to need to
- use mail and new services on multiple hosts. Eloquent provides for this by
- allowing you to access mailboxes and newsgroups from more than one remote
- server at the same time. Eloquent will even retrieve your mail from multiple
- system mailboxes, and save your usernames and passwords (if you want!) so that
- it can log in for you.
-
- The viewer concept has also been expanded in 2.0. A shelf has been added to
- the viewer for easy access to commonly used mailboxes and newsgroups. There
- are more configurable options available - including changing which headers are
- summarized in the columns of the message list, reversing the order of
- messages, sorting messages by threads, and showing message sizes in a mailbox
- (with large sizes highlighted). Once you have a viewer configured the way you
- want it, you can save it, so that the same customized settings are then
- available for all your mailboxes and newsgroups. You can configure system
- wide viewers, or create specialized viewers and assign them to individual
- mailboxes.
-
-
- **** INSTALLING AND USING THE DEMO ****
- The copy on this ftp site has been archived with tar and compressed with gzip.
- Untar and ungzip it, and copy the Eloquent.app to an appropriate place (such
- as the /Apps folder in your home folder).
-
- If you have run Eloquent 1.0, read the Release Notes before installing this
- version. There are instructions in the Release Notes that you will need to
- follow to set preferences, read NeXTmail mailboxes, and use your previous
- address book. The Release Notes also list all the new features in 2.0.
-
- When you double-click to start up the application for the first time,
- Eloquent's license panel appears. Either enter your license key, or if you
- are running it in demo mode, click the Demo button. In demo mode, Eloquent
- adds text to mail messages and news posts you send, indicating that the
- message was sent with a demo program. It puts up a panel every three minutes
- that requires you to type in "demo" to continue using the program. No
- features have been disabled in the demo - it is fully functional.
-
- Before sending any messages, you will need to enter your e-mail address in the
- Send Preferences panel (Choose Info > Preferences from the main menu). To
- learn about using Eloquent, you may want to open the on-line Help, and start
- with the Introduction to Eloquent.
-
- There are some sample viewers included with this demo to provide examples of
- the different ways viewers can be configured. Copy the viewers to a permanent
- directory (such as ~/Library), and open them by double-clicking. (You may
- need to log out and back in after installing Eloquent before viewer files will
- be recognized by the Workspace Manager.) A mailbox or newsgroup can be opened
- in a viewer by dragging it from the browser over the area of the viewer just
- below the shelf. (See the Help entries "Open a newsgroup" or "Open a mailbox"
- for more information.)
-
- The software can be made fully functional by entering a license key obtained
- from Take 3. More information on licensing Eloquent is given below.
- Please direct any questions you may have to Eloquent_support@take3.com.
- (Use the pre-addressed message under Info > Support)
-
- We welcome comments and bug reports. Use the Info > Bug Report menu item to
- send your exciting suggestions or insightful observations to
- Eloquent_bugs@take3.com. We think Eloquent is a great app, but your
- suggestions will help make it even better.
-
- **** ORDERING INFORMATION ****
- The evaluation version can be made fully functional by entering a license key
- obtained from Take Three. Choose Info > license in the main menu to review
- the license agreement.
-
- Pricing: $175
- We do not offer educational institution or student pricing. Contact Take 3
- for volume discounts.
-
- Compatibility:
- Eloquent 2.0 is compatible with Intel, Motorola, HP-PA RISC and SPARC
- architectures running NEXTSTEP 3.1 or higher. There is also a version for
- Motorola running NEXTSTEP 3.0, available by request (contact Take 3).
-
- Technical Support:
- We will provide limited support at no charge for 30 days. Support after the
- initial 30 days will be charged a per-request fee. Send questions about
- Eloquent to Eloquent_support@take3.com.
-
- Payment:
- Take Three accepts Visa, Mastercard, purchase orders or International Postal
- Money Orders. All payments must be made in U.S. dollars.
-
- Sales Tax:
- Michigan customers add 6% sales tax.
-
- Use any of the following means to place your order:
-
- Phone
- 616.228.6556
- (9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST)
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- E-mail
- Eloquent_sales@take3.com
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- Snail Mail
- P.O. Box 40
- Cedar MI 49621
-
- Please provide the following information when ordering Eloquent:
- 1. Your name
- 2. Organization
- 3: Full mailing address
- 4: Telephone number
- 5. Fax number
- 6: E-mail address (also indicate whether or not you can accept
- NeXTMail, and the maximum message size)
- 7: Number of licenses you wish to purchase.
- For Visa/Mastercard Orders:
- 8: Name on the credit card
- 9: Card #
- 10: Expiration date
- For purchase orders:
- 8: P.O. or reference #:
- 9: Billing address (if different than above mailing address.)
-
- ****Return Policy****
- If you aren't happy with your purchase of Eloquent for any reason, immediately
- discontinue use of Eloquent, send us your license key, media, and a request
- for a refund, up to 30 days after your initial purchase. We will happily
- refund your money, no questions asked.
-
- If you have a question that this document does not answer, direct questions to
- Eloquent_support@take3.com.
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- Eloquent is a trademark of Take Three
- NEXTSTEP is a trademark of NeXT Computer, Inc.
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