Expert=1to the ABC.CFG and look out for more options to appear in the Menu Options screen.
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If you have many email addresses in your POST.ADR or you just want to split the file into some logical groupings, you can! In general, POST.EXE looks for addresses in the POST.ADR file. But you can instruct POST.EXE to look for email addresses in multiple files, not just in POST.ADR. Here is how.
Add the following section to POST.CFG:
Now when you are in the addressing screen, and you press F6 - PICK, POST.EXE will present a popup box with all the names you provided. In our example, you will be able to scroll from "Private" to "Business" to "TheRest". When you select a file, that fille will be used to find the entry you wish to pick. This tends to speed up the search, if you know that a certain email address entry is in one or another file.
Hope you find it useful.
Recent problems with dialling in through Compuserve (CIS) brought up
several suggestions for improvements.
1. Use the hardware flow control. This is generally affected by sending the modem "AT&F1".
This will vary among modems, so you are advised to check in the modem documentation.
Compuserve's modems seems to like this setting and will function with it better.
2. We (in the D&A Beta) noticed that Windows comes with a script for CIS. In the
salient portion of the script it differs from the default script provided by D&A Software.
CIS.SCP - from Windows:
The comparable script portion from the CIS_Script in the WWW.CFG:
In both cases the userid is sent ("transmit $USERID, raw" in
CIS.SCP and "l=" in CIS_Script), followed by the sequence to
to tell CIS to login to establish a PPP connection
"transmit "/NOINT/PPP:CISPPP^M"" in CIS.SCP, and
"s=+/GO:pppconnect\r" in CIS_Script.
During the troubles dialling up from the Palmtop, the desktop
connection kept working flawlessly using the same modem and
the same number. And so we tried the desktop's script with
modifications. Here is the modified script which works for me
(Avi and for Tony and other participants in the Beta) without
any problems.
I decided to record this because recently I made some changes to my
POST.CFG, combining two versions and suddenly, I could not open
attachments directly from my email. I now have the capability back
(Thank you Andreas and other Beta Testers!) What I mean by "opening
an attachment" is that I lost the ability to automatically send an
attachment via the CTRL-M key to PNS200, and let PNS200 decide which
program will open the attachment. Yes, you CAN DO IT!!!
NOTE: I won't guarantee that a virus cannot attack your Palmtop.
However, so far, no viruses were found that affect the Palmtop.
So here is how!
STEP 0: Get MAXDOS (S.U.P.E.R) and PNS200
(Main FTP Site
or
Secondary Download Site) - these are EXCELLENT utilities. You need
PNS200 so it can start-up the programs most appropriate to open an
attachment based on the extension in the name of the attachment. You
will need MAXDOS because it can free you from MEMORY problems. D&A's
standard reply to anyone suffering from Palmtop memory problems is to
use MAXDOS!!!
STEP 1: Use MAXDOS!!! It will save you hassle, and give you the memory on
the Palmtop you need. You will be using a lot of programs, so you need
the memory. I am assuming you run WWW/LX (and POST/LX) in a Software
Carousel WA (Work Area) to maximize memory. What I do: In the
SCCONFIG specifications for the Work Area where I run WWW/LX, I start
MAXDOS like so:
STEP 2: In POST.CFG add the line in the [SYSTEM] section:
NOTE: The directory in TmpDir= parameter must be an
existing directory. Also, DO NOT specify it as a relative directory,
instead give it the fully qualified name. So TmpDir=.\ is not good, while
TmpDir=c:\working is good!
Now, when I have an attachment such as "MSG.HTM", I press CTRL-M, and
POST.EXE displays a prompt to choose to SAVE the attachment, or
to OPEN it. I select OPEN. POST/LX uses the PNS= parameter to run
MAXDOS and invokes PNS200. PNS200 then activates the appropriate program
to use to open the attachment based on its extension. In the case of
MSG.HTM, it uses HV.EXE to open the attachment. This is specified in
PNS200.INI (see details in the PNS200 documentation.)
If you have a need to send email to the same list of
correspondents/recipients, then it is easy to use a
distribution list.
Create a Distribution List
Using the Distribution List
NOTE
Your recipeints WILL see all the names! It is as if you simply type a long list of email addresses in the TO: field.
To hide the names, place the file in the BCC Header instead of the TO: header. I usually put my own email address in the TO: - sending a copy of the message to myself as confirmation - and then in the BCC: Hfield I specify:
This nice trick was discovered by Tony. Yves asked how he
can quickly check who wrote the message without losing his
place in the message, i.e. without scrolling to the top to
see the headers. Tony pointed the way: While viewing the
message, press F6 - yes, to Edit the message. There is a
prompt to attract your attention that you are attempting
to edit a message in the Inbox. Press Enter. This opens
the addressing screen - and there is the information: Who
wrote the message, and its date.
To return to your position in the message, press Escape.
There it is - two keystrokes!
Note: We do not endorse or recommend any specific ISPs, only those that
are complaint with Internet Protocols. This basically excludes AOL :-)
because they do not utilize Internet protocols for login and email. There
may be other such non-complying ISPs, and we would like to know who they
are.
If you are looking for an ISP, there is an excellent and comprehgensive
list at http://thelist.com. I checked, and
could not find AOL there, so maybe they make sure the list consists of
Internet-compliant ISPs?
When you get attachments, Post/LX will tell you (almost always) what is the
name of the file. In rare cases, the attachment will be malformed by the
sending software - not much we can do about it - sorry :-( ...
To extract the attachment and save it to a file on the Palmtop, view the
message, then press CTRL-M. Post/LX will extract the attachment (which may
take some time, depending on the size), then ask you to provide a name for
the file. You can then type the full path name for the file, and Post/LX
will create the file, and store the attachment content there. If the path is
invalid, Post/LX will tell you it cannot create the file. If the file is
already present, Post/LX will notify you the file exists and give you
options: Replace the file, give a new name or cancel.
You can also press CTRL-M from the the list viewe screen, where each message
occupies one line, but, of course you must highlight the proper message.
Lastly, you can strip the attachment from the body of the message. View the
message then press CTRL-I. Post/LX will remove the attachment content, and
just leave the body of the message, adding a small nofication that the
attachment was stripped. This can save lots of space on disk, if you do not
require the attachment.
Be considerate when you send attachments. Consider what you send. Is your
attachment a huge file? Can your correspondet receive a large file (Palmtops
storage is at a PREMIUM!) Can your correspondent view the attachment you
send? Do you even need to send the file as an attachment? Consider this:
MOST attachments we receive are ASCII, TEXT files. They can be added to the
body of the message as text, saving work and lots of hassle. Is your
attachment a pure text file?
With Post/LX and PE (Paledit), it is simple to add a text file directly into
the message body. In PE (and MEMO!) simply press SHIFT-F9, find the file,
and press OK. Don't try this with a NON-TEXT file such as a program, or an
image - the result is a "salad" (a mess!) which no one can use.
Consider this: Attachment size. Attachment type: Can your correspondent open
your Word for Windows file? How about saving the file as a TEST file, then
attaching it - You may be shocked to see that a simple one page Word .DOC
file is about 5 to 10 times larger than its .TXT file companion - IOW, the
content occupies 10-20% of the actual file. What the heck does Word
add in there? in a word: Bloat. Consider too the recipient: Let him/her know
that you will send an attachment. Surprises like an unexpected attachment may
be nasty to the recipient...
SPAM refers to an unsolicited email that comes from anyone trying to get you
to buy something, join something, etc. SPAM is on the increase, and if your
mailbox is not yet subject to them, rest assured: eventually it will! It
takes time to download, it takes time to look at and delete, it takes space
on the drive, it is annoying.
What can you do: There are several things to do.
First and foremost - NEVER EVER reply to a SPAM. When you, the spammer gets
a confirmation that your mailbox is an "alive one"!!! Spammers can send as
many as 1 million emails per day easily. It costs them nearly nothing. If
they solicit people to buy something and even 20 people call and only 5
buy something that is a great success, achieved very inexpensively, nearly
ZERO!
In Post/LX there is a great mechanism that can help you deal with spam. The
Headers Only download of messages adds a little time and an additional
turnaround (dial up), but it can save you much aggravation. Here is how:
Headers Only is a mode of download which only reads the headers of a message,
not the entire message body. Based on the headers, you can weed out 90% of
the spam and stop it from ever being downloaded to your Palmtop, by telling
Post/LX to delete the message on the Server, without downloading it. You
can add a bit more effectiveness to this by using another parameter Toplines=
in the POST.CFG. This parameter tells Post/LX to download a specified number
of lines from the message. So the Headers Only message will contain the
headers and also a specified number of lines, say 5. With just that bit of
additional information, you can weed out almost all the Spam, even some of
the trivia and junk mail your boss may be sending you! So during an email
run, some messages are downloaded (only the headers and however many lines
per message). You then decide what you want to read, and what to delete,
then connect again, There is extra time in the second login, as well as
the occasional double download of the headers of a good message, but you
save yourself watching the large Spam messages coming in over that expensive
connection. Here is how to do it all:
POST.CFG changes - do these CAREFULLY. Use MEMO or PE:
In [SYSTEM] section add the line:
In the main screen of Post/LX highlight the mailbox, and note the characters
to the left of its name. A downarrow means - download all messages, an uparrow
means upload all the messages. The one we will change is the the download mode
by pressing the letter D. note that each time you press it it changes, from
downarrow to H to blank. H means "Headers Only" download mode. Blank means,
do not download messages. We want the Headers Only mode.
That's it! Next online run, this mailbox will download only the headers of
messages. Now, you go online. When you read the messages, you will notice
that they are markes in the list view with the letter H on the left. This
means a "Headers Only" message. Look at it. If you want to download the full
message next time, then press Spacebar, and choose Download. If you decide
the message is Spam, press Ctrl-D, and choose Selected Message. Post/LX
will perform the following: In the case of Download the message, it will
download the entire message (even though you still have the Headers Only
mode turned on!). In the case of the message you said to delete, Post/LX
will find it on the ISP's Server, and delete it there - never even
downloading it.
A Wrinkle:
I use a slightly different mechanism: I limit the size of the messages
downloaded quite severely, but still allowing most small message to download.
I found that SPAM messages are usually larger than 5,000 characters,
although not all. With messages that are larger than the limit that I
specified, Post/LX deals with them as Headers Only messages. I then get to
choose to delete them or download them, as described above. To use this
mode, make the download mode a downarrow, and then press CTRL-E in the
main screen of Post/LX to Edit the POST.CFG. Press F4 - Mail. Select the
mailbox in question and press Enter. Press F10 to go to the second page
onf that screen, and tab to the "Size Limit" field, and enter the number
of bytes. That is it.
(SMTP Servers are the servers used to send email to other people.
POP3 Servers are servbers used to receive email from others.)
Newer SMTP Servers implement support for authentication. We added
support for these processes in POST/LX. Two specific features in our
program (POST.EXE) were potentially a source of problems with older
SMTP Servers.
(1) Some old servers require a reset command (RSET) to be sent after
each message, before the server was ready to receive the next message.
This was a feature in POST.EXE since POST.EXE v2.2g April 24, 2000.
This feature is now removed from POST/LX. In case you need to access
such a server, simply add the following line to the mailbox section
in POST.CFG:
Ususally, this feature is not required. You can easily determine if your
ISP's SMTP Server requires this command. If you have a correctly
registered POST.EXE and you observe that the SMTP server allows you to
send only one message per online run and refuses to accept a second
message, then it is quite likely that your ISP's SMTP Server indeed
requires the reset command after each message. The instruction in the
previous paragraph explains how to add this ability to POST.EXE.
If this is true for you, please inform D&A Software of this, since
we would like to know if such servers still exist.
(2) POST/LX determines if an SMTP Server supports authentication by
sending the command "EHLO" (it means "Extended HelLO"). This command
is supported only by newer servers which comply with the ESMTP (Extended
SMTP) standard. There may be some old servers out there, which do not
yet comply with this standard.
If your ISP uses this type of server then the SMTP session will abort
with an error message similar to:
Normally, SMTP Servers that support authentication accept the same
login and password that is used by the corresponding POP3 or IMAP4
server. Therefore, POST/LX uses the same data (POST.CFG entries
Login= and Pass=) for SMTP. There may be cases where a different
set of login/password is required. In such cases, you can provide a
special SMTP-specific login and password by adding the following lines
to the mailbox section of POST.CFG:
Most SMTP servers that support authentication, require that your From:
address is the From address that belongs to that SMTP/POP3/IMAP4 account. So
if your email address is joe@xyzisp.com, your message's From field would
contain joe@xyzisp.com, and not myotheremail@abcisp.net.
However, sometimes this is inconvenient, i.e. if you use a forwarding
service and its address as your "From" line. In this case, the following
configuration item might work. Add to the relevant mailbox section in POST.CFG
the following:
(Please note that this feature is a bit of a hack and may not work with
all SMTP Servers.)
By default, POST/LX v3.1 now tries an authentication scheme that prevents
sending the password in clear text over the Internet. However, some POP3
Servers abort the session with an error. If you encounter this, try adding
the following line to the relevant mailbox section in POST.CFG:
As long as not all ISPs have SMTP servers installed that support
authentication, they rely on other mechanisms to prevent spamming. One
such mechanism is that you must contact their POP3 server just before
you contact the SMTP server (see special section about that).
Another mechanism is that you can only access the SMTP server if you
are logged in through the ISP itself (i.e. you dialled into the ISP).
Thus, which SMTP you can use for sending emails depends on which ISP you
use (assuming you have more than one ISP.) POST/LX lets you automate this.
Instead of setting up an SMTP server, e.g. using SMTP=my.smtp.com, use
SMTP=ISP in the relevant mailbox section of the POST.CFG.
This tells POST/LX to use a SMTP server for this mailbox that depends
on which ISP you use. To actually specify which SMTP is to be used with
which ISP, you must add a new section named [SMTP] to POST.CFG, e.g.
In the example above, there would be in WWW.CFG an ISP Section called
[CIS] and another named [Fred].
If the same SMTP Server (e.g. SMTP=smtp.my.isp) is used for several
mailboxes, its parameters (login, password, from) do not need to be
duplicated in the section for each mailbox in POST.CFG. Instead, a section
with its name can be created with the parameters in it, e.g.
Also note: This pertains to FORUM messages, not email messages.
Post/LX can be forced to login to the POP3 server first by adding the following
line to the mailbox section:
This is useful if you reply to newsgroup articles which originate from a
mailing list, for example.
Please note that tony Hutchins has a full utility
POSTH20 that lets you control that
line more fully.
If you wish to position the cursor on the first new message, regardless of prior
unread messages, add in the [SYSTEM] section of Post.CFG the following line:
You may defeat this feature by placing in the [SYSTEM] section in the POST.CFG,
the following:
Sets is specified in each folder that you wish to include in a set, thus,
in the folder section, add:
In the [SYSTEM] section of POST.CFG, add:
In the main menu pf Post/LX, use CTRL-S to select another set, and ALT-S to
change the membership of the current mailbox in a Set.
Note: Font files reduce the memory and will cause memory problems. Be careful!
Andreas Garzotto, 24 January 2000
Good news! You need the following files: POST.EXE, POST.CFG, WWW.EXE,
WWW.CFG, MAIL.TPL. To store email addresses you need MAIL.ADR. The .CFG
files can be trimmed to remove comments, and any other items that are not
used (e.g. folders, newsgroups) in this configuration.
You will need SETUP.EXE and WWWSETUP.EXE to set things up, but you can
discard these programs after the set up is complete.
These files require space amounting to about 135K - 140K, which will fit
nicely on a C: drive of a 1MB 200LX machine, leaving the PCMCIA slot
open for a modem.
No doubt, the space available to store messages is limited (the C: drive of
a 1MB machine has only 352K maximum.) But 200K is a lot of messages.
With WWW/LX Plus you can also specify a folder which resides on a drive
other than C: drive. This means that after an online run, you can pop out
the modem, replace it with a flash card, then open Post/LX and move
messages from the email folder to any other folder you wish that resides on
the flash card. Thus, you can retain your message base, while not using up
the C: drive limited space. (Items on the outbox of email can also be moved
to a folder in the flash card.)
(added 15 May 1999. Based on a post by Avi Meshar on the HPLX List.
Inspired by Steve Lawson, author of Going Postal, a palmtop-based email
program.)
Now, each time you compose a message in that mailbox, the Cc: header will
cause a copy of the message to be sent by Post/LX to the address you
specified.
Cookies are not part of the HTML specifications which HV follows, but are
in wide use on the WWW. HV supports a single cookie, provided it is sent
back to its originator, and the cookie is lost at the end of the HV
session, when you quit the program.
In basic terms, PGP (=Pretty Good Privacy), is a
scheme for encryption which uses a pair of keys to
encode the messgae. The Private Key is known only to
you. The other key is a Public Key. If you send a
message to someone encrypted with his/her Public Key,
then only his/her Private Key can decode the message.
This provides privacy and secrecy.
You can also create a "signature" using your own
Private Key. No one else can create such a
"signature", thus making it unique. By using your
Public Key, your signature can be verified.
You can use PGP for:
Thanks to several of our Beta testers, and
especially Tony Hutchins for developing and testing
this.
Added September 20, 1998
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Escape=1
then pressing Escape in the main menu will exit the
program.
To enter a specific date, say 98-09-30, use the periods - i.e. enter
98.09.30.
(Added October 10, 1998)
If NEW activities should get a DEFAULT rate when they are created, then set up
the Menu Options Default Rate field to that desired default rate, and as
activity types are created they will receive that rate (which can be changed
when the activity type is added, or at a later time.
In the Documentation, please check the section on Default rates, which states:
Verwendung von MEMO-Editor in TT/LX auf deutschsprachigen Palmtops:
In TT/LX kann irgendein Editor für das Editieren von Memo-Feldern
definiert werden. Dies wird durch einen Eintrag im Options-Menu im
Feld Editor eingetragen und kann irgendein Editor, aber auch der
standardmässige MEMO-Editor sein.
Soll der standardmässige Memo-Editor verwendet werden, so wird im
Feld Editor "MEMO" (ohne Anführungszeichen) eingetragen. Dies
funktioniert einwandfrei bei englischsprachigen Palmtops. Bei
deutschsprachigen hingegen wird der MEMO-Editor nicht korrekt aufgerufen,
da TT/LX im MEMO-Editor ein 'F' wie File statt 'D' wie Datei weitergibt.
Damit der MEMO-Editor von TT/LX in deutschsprachigen Palmtops
richtig aufgerufen wird, muss in der Datei TT.CFG unter
[System] folgende Zeile hinzugefügt werden:
FileMenu = 8192
Mit dieser Modifikation wird von TT/LX der MEMO-Editor in
deutschsprachigen Palmtops korrekt aufgerufen.
(Contributed by Josef Meyer, April 13, 1999)
WWW/LX - POST/LX
POST/LX version 3+, added 3 Nov 2001.
[ADDRESSES]
Private=priv.adr
Business=biz.adr
TheRest=post.adr
WWW/LX all versions, added 13 Sep 2001.
transmit $USERID, raw
transmit "/NOINT/PPP:CISPPP^M"
This is NOT the entire script!
e=Sending login
l=
s=+/GO:pppconnect\r
This is NOT the entire script!
[CIS_Script]
e=Initializing modem
m=
s=\r
w=5 OK
d=
s=\r
w=75 CONNECT
@=1
e=Connecting to CIS
s=\003
w=15 D:
s=\r
e=Sending login
l=
s=+/GO:pppconnect\r <===== take out
w=10 word: <===== take out
s=/noint/ppp:cisppp\\ <===== ADD THIS LINE
e=Sending password
p=
s=\r
e=Waiting for CIS to respond
w=75 PPP
Post/LX Version 3.x, added 21 Aug 2001. Inspired by
Andreas Garzotto, written up by Avi Meshar. Added the point on TmpDir= on 27 Aug, 2001
X:\MAXDOS\maxdos.com -e -l
You'll need to replace "X:\MAXDOS\" with whatever is correct for your
palmtop. This command loads MAXDOS into memory and tells it to give me
the most memory on the Palmtop it can.
[SYSTEM]
PNS=maxdos pns200
Added -----> TmpDir=c:\temp
Post/LX, all versions, added 11 Mar 2001. Inspired by
Leong Ka Tai..
Added 29 January 2002
Daniel Hertrich put together a significant amount of work
into a program to create distribution lists directly from
the 200LX PDB file (PhoneBook). I think that if you have a
lot of such work, or if you want to automate the process,
perhaps take
a look at Daniel's excellent work. (Daniel, thanks
for link!)
Create a text file in the same subdirectory where POST.EXE
is located. On each line, place a single email address,
just the email address. Use XXX.ADR as a convenient naming convention, replacing XXX with a meaningful name for the list.
Write your message. When Post/LX prompts for the address information, place the following in the TO: field:
File:xxx.adr
Post/LX will send the email to ALL the names in the list included in XXX.ADR. Of course, replace the XXX.ADR with the correct file name for the list.
File:xxx.adr
Anyone needs instructions on how to create a BCC header? :-)
Post/LX, all versions, added 23 Feb 2001,
discovered: Tony Hutchins, Inspired: Yves Leurkin,
Programmer: Andreas Garzotto
(I discovered another way - ONE keystroke - but you do
not get the date. Just press press F3 - Reply, or R.
Escape gets you back!
WWW/LX Product any version, added 12 Jan 2001, (Avi M)
POST/LX any version, added 3 Jan 2001
POST/LX any version, added 3 Jan 2001
Toplines=10
You can choose any number, and after sometime, you will find the optimal
number to be able to determine the Spam from a good message. It usually does
not take much!
POST/LX v3.1, added 1 Jan 2001
RSET=1
This will force POST/LX to send the reset command.
SMTP access rejected
500 Command 'EHLO' not understood
The wording of the second line may be slightly different. If you see
such a message, then the SMTP Server you use is not compliant with ESMTP.
You should then add the following line to your POST.CFG in the relevant
mailbox section:
ESMTP=0
This forces POST/LX to avoid using ESMTP commands. Please inform D&A
Software if you encountered such a serever.
POST/LX v3.1, added 1 Jan 2001
SMTPLogin=my.login@my.smtp.server
SMTPPass=xyzzy
Note that the password must be encrypted. You can create an encrypted
version of a password by running WWWSETUP.EXE with the password as an
argument. It will then return the encrypted version of the password to
be used in the CFG file. Example:
C:\wwwlx>WWWSETUP mypassword[Enter]
The encoded password is 'z*-sv*.*%x'
Omit the quotes at the beginning and at the end of the encoded password.
POST/LX v3.1, added 1 Jan 2001
SMTPFrom=my.address@my.isp.com
Use only the plain address without the '<' and '>' and without any
additional names or comments! This will provide the proper imformation to
the SMTP server about who you are, but still let you use whatever From
line the you like within the message.
POST/LX v3.1, added 1 Jan 2001
CRAM-MD5=0
This prevents POST.EXE from using the secure authentication method. It will
instead initiate the plain text auhentication process. If you encounter this,
please let D&A Software know. We believe that all POP3 Servers support (or
should be abler to support) the secure authentication.
POST/LX v3.1, added 1 Jan 2001
[SMTP]
CIS=mail.cis.com
Fred=smtp.fred.com
This tells POST/LX to use the SMTP server at mail.cis.com if the
currently used ISP is "CIS" and to use the server at smtp.fred.com if
the currently used ISP is "Fred". Note that "CIS" and "Fred" are names
that must correspond to setup names in WWW.CFG (the current one can be
found in the top line when POST/LX is running) and that the case of the
letters must match exactly.
POST/LX v3.1, added 1 Jan 2001
[smtp.fred.com]
Login=me@fred.com
Pass=xxx
From=me@fred.com
(Please note that the Tips and Trick below pertain to several POST/LX Versions)
The Shift-F5 facilty has been around for some time and it proves quite
successful. Now, Shift-F5 allows multiple options to be overridden in the
current, in-memory WWW/LX configuration. The parameters must be separated
by a space. An example from POST.CFG:
[WWW]
&Extern=Port=1 Baud=38400
You can place the following lines in the mail folder section in POST.CFG to
specify the text that precedes and follows forwarded items:
Forward1=---this text precedes the item forwarded ---
Forward2=*-*-* this text follows the item forwarded *-*-*
You can force Post/LX to check if specific memory value is available prior to
launching an external program. Post/LX checks by default for 100K, and this
parameter can be used to modify that value. To do so, add the following line to
the [SYSTEM] section of POST.CFG:
MemCheck=xxx
Notes: Replace xxx with the amount of memory K required.
You can currently abort a session by pressing and holding momentarily the CTRL
key. This aborts the entire session, and it is not "graceful". If you sometimes
need to abort a lengthy download (of Uncle Jay's series of 250KB MPEG files of his
drooling kid, for example :-)) you can press the ALT key and hold momentarily.
The current file will finish downloading, but then POST/LX will stop downloading
any further email from that mailbox, and will go on with other mailboxes,
if present in your setup.
This pertains to Post.EXE version 2.2e and later
You can add a trailing space in a filter (to allow better control) by entering
the space as an ASCII(255) character. See the HP USers Manual for the 200LX for
directions how to enter such a character. In PE (PalEdit) use ALT and MENU held
down together, while typing 255.
This pertains to Post.EXE version 2.2e and later
To break up a MIME-encoded digest into individual messages, add the following
line to the mailbox section in the POST.CFG:
ExplodeDigest=1
Note: The digest must be MIME-encoded.
Compuserve chops the subject field beyond a certain length in FORUM messages.
If you place in the Mailbox section the following line, you will receive a
warning when the subject line is greater than the specified value:
SubSize=nnn
Note: nnn may be any numeric value.
To sort messages by reverse order of dates, i.e. descending order, most
current date at the top of the list, add the following line to the [SYSTEM]
section:
RevSort=1
To display the most important settings of the current WWW.EXE in the Post/LX
screen, press CTRL-F5.
In some cases, ISPs will not relay messages (i.e. send messages with a FROM:
address that is not hosted by the ISP) unless the customer first identifies
himself/herself. This is to prevent spammers from using the SMTP servers
of the ISP and causing all sorts of damage. One strategy the ISPs have been
using is to ask the customer to login to the POP3 server first, since this
action requires authentication (login id and passowrd).
POPFirst=1
ALT-T opens a thread search menu which provides options to find the parent, child,
and next brother message within the threas that is linked by "Message-ID" and
"Reference" headers. This mostly applies to Newsgroups.
You can place a reply in an outbox of a specific mail folder, instead of using the
outbox of the mail folder itself, by adding the following line to the mailbox
section (where you read and reply):
Box=xxxxxxx
Note: xxxxxxx is the name of the mail folder where you wish to place the outgoing
replies.
You can force a specific TO: address in your reply if you place in the folder
section in POST.CFG the following line:
To=xxxxxxxx
Note: Replace xxxxxxxx by the email address you wish to reply to. the FROM: address
will be ignored.
Add the following line to a mailbox section in the POST.CFG to prefix each reply
with the sentence: "xxxxxxxx wrote:"
Wrote=%s wisely wrote:
Note: The %s will be replaced by the name that Post/LX extracts from the email
address (or nothing if there is no name associated with the FROM: header).
If you add to the [SYSTEM] section of POST.CFG the following line, it will
force Post/LX to send a Date: header, which some servers require.
ForceDate=1
The cursor (highlight) will be positioned on the first NEW message after an
online run, if there are no unread messages.
PlaceAtSession=1
In Post/LX message view or list view, pressing ALT-F3 will create a reply that
uses the email addresses of the FROM: header and the Cc: header.
If an email arrives with a Return-Receipt-To: header, an confirmation email
will automatically be placed in the outbox, and will be sent on the next online
run.
Confirmation=0
When you compose an email, and do not want Post/LX to check the fields associated
with the message, add the following to the mailfolder section:
CheckFields=0
Yes, that's a ZERO. Please note that this stops all checking of fields in the
message. Messages may bounce, and other errors may occur.
Sets allow you to display on the Post/LX only a subset of the folders
you may have defined. Only the folders that are displayed will be active,
i.e. a mail folder that is not in the displayed set will not be visited.
Sets=ABX
to include this folder in sets A, B, and X.
Set=B
to select Set B as the set of folders to be displayed.
You may add the following in the specific mail folder section or in the
[System] section of POST.CFG to ad additional fonts which may be used while
viweing messages. Access is though the ZOOM key combination (Fn-SpaceBar).
FontN=xxxx.hfn
Note: N can take the values 1, 2, 3, ... etc. XXXX.HFN is a name of a font
file.
This is an item that has been much debated. Many people are asking how
to use WWW/LX for email only, in a minimal setup.
This is a script for the German Compuserve
service via 01088-0191919.
(Provided by Helmuth E. Günther, added May 5, 1999)
A customer reports that to login successfully to MSN, the login field
must be in the form:
MSN/login-id
Please let us know if this works.
The structure of the headers of a message is constructed by a template.
Template files are have an extension of .TPL. They are associated with
the mail folder (or a newsgroup folder). Thus, "MAIL.TPL" is the template
for a folder called "MAIL", for example. The template file generally
contains three lines, each known as a header:
From: Joe Customer <Joe@farside.of.the.moon.org>
To:
Subject:
Other headers can be added. For example, the "Cc:" header, a copy, can
be added to a template, to send a copy of each message to another
address. To do so, highlight the mail box (or newsgroup) in the Post/LX
main screen, and press F2-Compose. The next screen shows the headers,
much like in the example above. Press the F2-Add key, select Header,
scroll to "Cc:". Now type in the email address:
Cc: Alter Ego <also-me@this.side.of.the.moon.org>
Then press F4-SaveTPL to save this template, which includes the Cc:
header with the email address. Save this template for "This Box Only",
unless you want ALL your messages to contain that Cc:.
Cookies have come up many times in the context of browsing, and HV.
Lately, they have become a frequent inquiry with respect to Yahoo "free"
email. So
here is some information on cookies
(http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/cfl-cbgf/liaison/1997/97-6/9706-3e.htm), which
you can read for yourself.
This topic has gained some significant interest
lately.
- To authenticate a message, i.e. ascertain that
only you could have written the message
- Encrypt a message to someone, and ascertain
that only the recipient can decode and read it.
We will soon publish here our corporate Public
Key, which correspondents can use to decode their
correspondence to us. Example: Send orders, with
Credit Card information safely over the internet.
If you have many folders that relate to each other,
say work folders, you can add a folder and make its
"Alias" something like this:
------------ WORK -------------
On the screen this folder will visually separate
groups of related folders from others. You can move
the entry up and down on the screen by using F3-UP
and F4-Down.
(Contributed by Gary Spiers, WWW/LX Beta Tester)
You can differentiate mail folders from newsgroups
folders from regular folders by using a special
character in their name.
For example use # for Mail folders, $ for Newsgroups,
etc. (Contributed by Stan Dobrowski)
You can use the & character in a name, to help
you locate a folder rapidly. If you use unique
characters to designate files, then you can save
a message in a folder with 2 keystrokes: F10 to Save
and then press the unique key of the file (it will
appear underlined) to move the cursor to that file
name. (Contributed by Stan Dobrowski)
At various locations the program asks for
confirmations. To reduce the few we left to an
absolute minimum, insert the line
Clog=0
(That is a zero!) in the [SYSTEM] section of the POST.CFG.
Added September 22, 1998
Example: You can use LXCIC by S. Peichl to enable the modem prior
to going online, and deactivate it after the session. This saves on
batteries. LXCIC is available on the S.U.P.E.R. web page, it replaces
CIC200 and it takes no RAM. Quite useful.
PreOnline=LXCIC > NUL
and
PostOnline=LXCIC o > NUL
Insert these statements into the POST.CFG file (edit with MEMO or PE,
or any other favorite ASCII editor), in the [SYSTEM] section.
Added October 10, 1998
When you download header only, to can also get the first few lines of
the message, to help you decided if you wish to download the entire message, or
not. To do this, you specify in the mailbox section in question, in POST.CFG
file,
TopLines=15
This will download the header and also 15 lines from the message. You can use
any number that suits your needs, of course.
Added October 11, 1998
A direct serial connection (i.e. w/o a modem) is possible by using the
"direct" script. However, this still assumes the other side of the cable is
talking either SLIP or PPP. I know this works well using most operating
systems (I know at least two people who use WWW/LX in a setup where they
connect to palmtop with a Linux box that is connected to the Internet). I
would assume it is also possible when using Windows. But I cannot help with
configuring Windows so that it works. I recommend using a real operating
system instead.
Added by Andreas Garzotto, October 11, 1998
Timetracker/LX
Top
In the main screen, press Fn-. (same as Time).
This will display a timer for the currently selected
record, if the duration has not been locked yet.
Otherwise, this shows the current time.
TimeTracker/LX Tip No. 2: If you place in the .CFG
file in the [SYSTEM] section, a line that states:
The Date: field in TimeTracker/LX (TT/LX) is designed for fast entry.
Let's assume that the date format in the Palmtop is set to YY-MM-DD. When
you enter 98-, the minus sign is interpreted as "subtract one day from the
current date, and the result would be 98-10-10 (if current date is 98-10-11).
You can use the plus sign to advance the date as well.
The default rate pertains to NEW activities that are added. It will not
propagate to older entries. You have to edit these yourself. To edit the rate in
an Activity, press CTRL-A in the main screen, select the activity type in question,
tab to the RATE filed at the bottom of the screen (ALT-R works too), and enter
the new rate.
Default Rate
This value specifies what hourly rate should be set when you
create a new activity type.
(Added October 10, 1998)
The default program assumes your machine is "English speaking", thus
the keys to activate Memo's commands are incorrect.
Josef Meyer proposed the
following fix: