Winbox 2.0 March 1996 POP3 and SMTP client (MIME compliant) for Windows 3.x, Win 95 and Win NT Copyright (C) 1996 by Agustin Lopez Bueno & Centro de Informatica - Universitat de Valencia. All rights reserved. (PLEASE REVIEW THE ENTIRE CONTENTS OF THIS FILE!!!!) THE INFORMATION AND CODE PROVIDED IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 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Any such * * distribution must contain the complete program, including this * * file. Non-commercial Internet archive sites must not be in the * * business of making a profit from selling hardware, software, * * information or services. (SimTel and mirrors authorized) * * * * For distribution rights and for all other uses, including * * all corporate use, please contact Centro de Informática - * * Universitat de Valencia at or * * the author at for license information. * * Both can also be contacted via mail at Centro de Informatica, * * Universitat de Valencia, Dr. Moliner 50, 46100-Burjasot, Valencia * * SPAIN. * * ********************************************************************** DESCRIPTION: ============ Winbox is a standard POP3 and SMTP client application for Windows Sockets. This program is known to work with: . Windows3.11 with Microsoft TCP/IP. . Windows3.1 & Windows3.11 with P.Tattam WinSock. . Windows95. . Windows NT. . PPP and SLIP. SOME CHARACTERISTICS: ===================== -POP3, SMTP, Change password and Change forwards client. -MIME compliant. -Multi user. -You can do: -RETRIEVE THE MESSAGES IN THE SERVER ONLY AT REQUEST! (You don't left your messages in every PC). -Retrieve all mail and leave copy in the server. -Retrieve all mail and deleting the server copy. -Multiples address books, signatures and mail boxes. -Auto signature. -Autologin. -Decode UUDECODE, BASE64 and BinHex 4.0. -Code UUENCODE, BASE64 and Quoted-printable (this last, for text). -Launch applications associating with the MIME type/subtype. -Complex addresses (Groups, Carbon Copy and Blind Copy). -Automatic wrap of the text when you are writing the message. -Replies and forwards. -Code table for 8 bit chars sustitution editable in winbox.ini. (Avoiding Quoted- printable encoding). -Fast Indexing (WARNING: This is not POP3 standard. EMail Hector.Rulot@uv.es for more details). -You can check and retrieve automatically the new mail every certain time if you retrieve and delete all the mail in the server. REQUIREMENTS: ============= - IBM PC compatible machine. - MS Windows Version 3.x, Windows 95 or Windows NT. - WinSock v1.1 compliant TCP/IP stack. - Mouse (recommended). Winbox requires you to have a properly installed WINSOCK.DLL. If you don't have a WINSOCK.DLL, I'd suggest getting the free one from Microsoft or the shareware Trumpet Winsock from ftp.trumpet.com.au or buying a vendor supported one (for example from FTP Software, Inc). Windows NT and Windows 95 come with a WINSOCK.DLL. If you use a different vendors stack on these platforms you will need to replace the WSOCK32.DLL that comes with the OS. PAKING LIST =========== Files included in this package are: winbox.txt This file. winbox.exe The program. bexdecod.exe BinHex 4.0 decoder. winbox.ini The definitions/preferences file for Winbox. autoconn.xxx Auto connect file for Winbox. You must rename to autoconn.ini and edit it if you want it works. (WARNING: the password must be unencrypted) INSTALLATION: ============= YOU MUST HAVE A PROPERLY INSTALLED WINSOCK.DLL FOR THIS APPLICATION TO WORK. REFER TO YOUR WINSOCK.DLL DOCUMENTATION FOR SETUP!! 1. Create a directory for this program and expand and copy there all the files of the package. 2. By default, Winbox uses 'C:\MAILUSER' directory for saving address books, signature files and mailboxes. If you want other directory for this, edit winbox.ini and change [general]usersdir entry. 3. Create an ICON in any Program Manager group. 4. Launch the program by clicking two times in the ICON. 5. Press cancel at user/password requeriment. Click Tools/setup and correct the fields. 6. Now, with Read messages or Change user, you could read and send mail. CONFIGURABLE OPTIONS: ===================== In Tools/Setup: -General: -TMP directory: Winbox needs a tmp directory to save and read several tmp files. -Timeout (in seconds). -Font (type and size): for writing and reading messages. -Default printer. -User (only read): display the user logged. -Read Mail at Startup: for displaying the index every time the user login. -Wrap lines: For compossing messages: auto wrap the lines user are writing with this length. -Save sent mails (when the user sends a message, in the default mailbox). -Confirm message deletion. -Sign sent mails with the default signature automatically. -Default files: You choose here the default address book, signature and mailbox. -MIME options: If you don't check Quoted-printable encoding, Winbox will code the 8 bit chars with ini table (see [Character_Translations] entry of winbox.ini). -POP server: -Address and port (standard is 110) for POP3 server. -Retrieve -At request: don't retrieve all the messages in the server. Winbox will mantein the connection open. -All and keep in server. -All and delete in server. With this last option, you could check mail after several time. -Fast Indexing (WARNING: not standard!): If you server has that characteristic, the indexing proccess is more fast (email Hector.Rulot@uv.es for the modified POP3 server). -SMTP server: -Address and port (standard is 25) for SMTP server. -Email domain. -Other servers: -Address and port (could be is 106) for Change Password server. -Address and port (could be is 106) for Change Forwards server. (for this last server, email Hector.Rulot@uv.es for more details). In Tools/Mime -You can add and modify the MIME Type/Subtype entries. You can assign a launcher for every MIME Type/Subtype. TIPS: ===== -When a new user make a login, Winbox asks to create a new directory for saving some files (address books, signatures and mailboxes). Push Ok. Winbox will copy winbox.ini in that user directory. The user modifications of their configuration will save to this user ini file. When the user logged again, Winbox will read this ini file. Every user can have his proper configuration!. -If you don't want leave your files in the PC (addressbooks, ...) you can run winbox with "a:\" parameter. You files will be saved in your disquette. -You could get your user and password (WARNING: not encrypted) in the file autoconn.ini (rename autoconn.xxx) in Winbox directory (not user directory). When run Winbox, this will try login with this user and password. VALID COMMAND LINE OPTIONS & ARGUMENTS: ======================================= Winbox accepts one argument: a path. If this argument is passed to Winbox, winbox will save the user files since this path, by passing the ini entry "usersdir". By example, if we run "winbox a:\" and then "myuser" login, winbox will create the "a:\myuser\" and the user files will be saved to that location. On this way, you could have many configurations. WHERE TO GET IT =============== ftp://ftp.uv.es/pub/windows/network/wsock/winbox2e.zip ==> English SUPPORT ======= ALL beginner support is provided through e-mail to and to . ALL bug reports and suggestions for improvement should be sent to . ALL distribution, commercial purchase requests need to be sent to and KNOWN PROBLEMS ============== Winbox is the first release. Probably, Winbox would have bugs. If you find any, please email me. I will correct them quickly. Author ====== Agustin Lopez Bueno Internet: Centro de Informatica Universitat de Valencia Dr. Moliner 50, 46100-Burjasot, Valencia, SPAIN. with the advise of Hector Rulot Internet: Centro de Informatica Universitat de Valencia Dr. Moliner 50, 46100-Burjasot, Valencia, SPAIN.