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- Private Idaho 2.6b1 (beta) - freeware
- 1/15/96
- copyright 1995, 1996 Joel McNamara
-
- What is it?
- -----------
- This is a new release of Private Idaho (a PGP and anonymous
- remailer front-end for Windows).
-
- New 2.6b Features
- -----------------
- Winsock "Connect/Disconnect" for on-line and off-line work
- Receive and store PGP messages from POP3 mail servers
- Improved scripting for mail transfers
- "Hard" carriage return word wrap
- Reply to ">"
- Revised help file
- Various bug fixes and user interface tweaks
-
- New Things Since 2.6b
- ---------------------
- Got rid of red and green "lights" next to Send button. These
- were meant to indicate whether a Winsock connection was made or not.
- Now, the Send button and the Send message and Scan for PGP messages
- commands in the E-mail menu are disabled until a connection is made.
- In addition, a "Winsock not connected" message is displayed on the
- e-mail status line. This should be more intuitive for people.
-
- YOU MUST HAVE A WINSOCK CONNECTION TO SCAN FOR PGP MESSAGES OR
- SEND E-MAIL DIRECTLY FROM PRIVATE IDAHO.
-
- The nym field has now been expanded. It was previously only limited
- to 10 characters.
-
- Scans for both PGP encryption and signature header messages.
-
- If you are having problems with sending e-mail directly from Private
- Idaho or scanning for PGP messages, add the following line to the
- [Options] section of the PIDAHO.INI file:
-
- SMTPLog=true
-
- This will create a log file in the directory containing Private Idaho
- that lists the entire SMTP and POP3 conversation between the mail
- server and Private Idaho. If you have problems, e-mail me a copy of
- the log file. It should help in trying to debug what's happening.
-
-
- Installing for the first time
- -----------------------------
- If this is the first time you've used Private Idaho, read the
- installation instructions in the PIDAHO.HLP file.
-
-
- Updating an older version
- -------------------------
- If you're using 2.6b, just replace the old PIDAHO.EXE file with the one
- contained in the .ZIP file.
-
- If you're using an older, 2.5 version of Private Idaho, to update, do
- the following:
-
- Replace the following files with the new versions:
-
- PIDAHO.EXE
- PIDAHO.HLP
-
- Add the following file to the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory:
-
- IPP20.VBX
-
- The remailer information files have also been updated (RMINFO.TXT,
- CPMAILER.TXT, and RMKEYS.TXT) so if you have older copies, you may
- want to replace these files also.
-
- If you're using a pre-2.5 version, do a complete re-install. There's
- lots of new features, and some file formats have changed.
-
-
- Connecting to the Internet
- --------------------------
- Load the help file and look at this section. It should answer all of
- the questions you have (particularly about licensing IPPort 2.0 - which
- I'm in the process of doing now).
-
-
- Miscellaneous Notes
- -------------------
- Yes, a 32-bit version will make its debut, hopefully during the
- first half of 1996. (Be prepared for it to be somewhere between double
- and triple its current size though. Visual Basic 4.0 does not
- produce small .EXEs.)
-
- I wanted to get this version out before the end of year, and have
- tried to include as many bug fixes and requests as possible.
- Unfortunately, I haven't been able to implement all requested
- features.
-
- I'm going to be extremely busy the first three months of the new
- year, so please be patient with me replying to your questions and
- comments, as well as releasing new versions. I'll try to get back
- to you as soon as I can, but "customer support" is not going to be
- as responsive as it has in the past.
-
- Direct any comments, questions, requests to: joelm@eskimo.com
-