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- Welcome to the FASTEST way to email files:
- Drag 'n Mail 1.0
-
- From... No Need to Refrigerate Software.
-
- HOW IT WORKS:
- As an extension of your desktop:
- Drag 'n Mail extends the WIN'95 drag n'drop desktop functions
- right into the email realm to give you instant quick file transfer
- and quick "post-it" like note capability...whenever you are connected
- to your network or dialup email system.
-
- Dn'M works by maintaining a list of email addresses in a desktop
- out box. When you want to mail files to some folks or pop them a quick
- note, you simply drag the files to the Dn'M outbox. The files are then
- mailed to the people selected in the list. For quick notes with or
- without files, you are presented with a small edit window.
-
- There are three major ways to use Drag 'n Mail:
- 1. As an open "out box" to drag/mail to.
- 2. As a closed "SHORTCUT" on your desktop to drag/mail to.
- 3. From the COMMAND LINE:
- "dragnmail someone@cool.net c:\somefile.txt"
- (these will be discussed in detail later)
-
- UNINSTALL:
- Simply delete the directory you unzipped it to!
-
- FUTURE ADDITIONS (free upgrades through 2.0 with reg.):
- + Faster MIME encoding
- + File mask support from command line
- + Name fields for addresses
-
- FUNCTIONALITY:
- The main box is the "address list". This contains either email
- addresses of the form "someone@somewhere.com" or lists of addresses
- of that form referenced as "c:\somedir\somefile.txt".
-
- "RightClick" on the address list to show all the options available:
- Edit, Add, Delete, Mail to...etc.
-
- Normally you drag your files to this list after selecting the
- target addresses.
-
- ADDING A NAME TO AN ADDRESS:
- Specify the name of the person after a pipe symbol:
- "jdoe@somedomain.com|John Doe"
- If no pipe is present, then no name is used.
-
- SELECTING ADDRESSES TO MAIL TO:
- There are a couple ways to do this:
- + Click and drag
- + Ctrl+Click to select an additional address or addresses
- + Shift+Click to select a range of addresses
-
- EMAIL LISTS:
- When you press "Add Email List" you can select a text file
- list of email addresses to use as a choice for group mailing. The
- first address in the list is the recipient, the rest are either
- Carbon Copied (CC) to or Blind Carbon Copied (BCC) to, your choice
- in setup. This list must be a plain ASCII text file with one address
- per line. It is listed in the "address list" as a direct
- path to a file.
-
- SETUP FUNCTIONS EXPLAINED:
- SMTP Server: This is the mail server you want to send messages.
- Commonly your internet service provider will supply this.
- For me, "schonfal@engr.orst.edu", "engr.orst.edu" is the SMTP
- server I use. The "Port" is generally always 25.
-
- From email: This is your email address. "someone@somewhere.com"
- for example.
-
- From name: This is your name.
-
- Log file name: This is an optional log file for storing transfer records.
-
- Encoding: You should generally just stick with MIME. All major mail
- programs support it.
-
- Character set: The default is what you should normally use.
-
- Time-out: The number of seconds to wait before giving up on the
- mail server.
-
- Use domain address: This determines whether or not an identification
- notice is sent to the server. Most of the time you
- should check this box.
-
- Use blind carbon copy: When sending to multiple addresses, the
- individual will not see everyone else sent to.
-
- Show results of transfer: Pops up a box after success or failure
- of transfer.
-
- Send one file per message: Some mail servers won't allow huge
- attachments, so this lets you send one file per message.
-
- Standard message text: Select "Prompt" to open a quick note window
- when you want to send a new short e-note by itself or along with
- a file you are transferring. If you don't want to write a message
- each time you use Drag n' Mail, you can just select "Use file for text"
- and leave the field blank. Entering a file name will insert your
- default message text file. Commonly a signature text file is used here.
-
- Standard message subject: Select a default subject if you choose
- not to enter a new one with each transfer. Choosing "Prompt" opens
- the subject field for a new entry when you execute D n' M. This only
- occurs before the message(s) are sent. "Use text" allows standard text
- for every subject. For example, "Some more great files from Your Name."
-
- RightClick on the list of addresses for more options.
-
- COMMAND-LINE MAILER:
- Drag 'n Mail is also parameter driven. That
- means you can "pass" it parameters to make it do things.
- You have probably used parameters with the "edit" command.
- For example:
- "edit readme.txt"
- the file name "readme.txt" is a parameter passed to "edit".
-
- Drag 'n Mail accepts two kinds of parameters, FILES and
- EMAIL addresses. You MUST pass it at least one email address.
- But you can pass as many addresses or files as you like.
- For example:
- "dragnmail fred@super.net jon@cool.com somefile.zip"
- An email address must have an "@". Also the files must exist
- or they will be ignored. If no email address is specified
- you will be prompted.
-
- HOW IT WORKS WITH WIN95:
- There are 2 main uses:
- 1. As a target for dragging files on your desktop.
- a. Simply run the program and drag files to the open window.
- b. Or make a shortcut on your desktop which will run "dragmail.exe".
- (useful in low memory situations)
- 2. As a simple command line mailer (put it in your
- "\windows\" directory or the PATH in your "autoexec.bat"
- file).
-
- DRAG 'n MAIL IN YOUR STARTUP FOLDER:
- Create a shortcut to the "dragmail.exe" file in your
- StartUp folder to load the window every time you restart. This
- folder is usually located:
- MyComputer\c:\windows\Start Menu\StartUp
- To add a shortcut:
- 1. RightClick on the "Start" Bar (blank area)
- 2. Select "Properties"
- 3. Select the "Start Menu Programs" tab
- 4. Click "Add..."
- 5. "Browse" to the "dragmail.exe" file
- 6. Click "Next"
- 7. Select the "StartUp" group
- 8. Click "Next" and "Finish"
-
- REGISTERING Drag 'n Mail:
-
- Run the program to see registration info. Then enjoy the speed of the
- fastest email and file transfer tool around! See the web page below for
- secure credit card and on-line ordering.
-
- Check out my page at for other fun apps:
- http://www.engr.orst.edu/~schonfal/
-
- If there is a major bug, email me.
- Thanks,
-
- Alex.
- schonfal@engr.orst.edu
-
- (c) 1997 Alexander Schonfeld, All rights reserved.
-