Watchdog Mail Monitor Windows Sockets E-Mail Client Application Author: Richard M. Beddard III !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!THIS PROGRAM IS A BETA VERSION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tell the world about your Watchdog! :) Keep those bug reports and suggestions coming in. I can't fix it if I don't know about it, and I can't add something new to it if you don't request it. !!!ATTENTION!!! please read the Known Problems section at the end of this file. VERSION: ======== 0.21b - BETA HISTORY: ======== 0.22b - Fixed a bug that wouldn't let you turn off the notification dialog (I'd tell you guys about it, but you would laugh). - Fixed a bug that caused information to be lost when switching between tabs in the property sheet. - Fixed a bug that would not let you properly browse and change the notification sound. - Added support for non-standard POP3 ports. - Added ability to launch an app when new mail has arrived. 0.21b - Fixed some potential bugs (nothing had happened yet, but the possibility of it failing later existed). - Added an option to turn off animation (who would do that? :) - Added ability to check mail on demand. - Added a notification dialog to inform you of new mail, as well as the ability to turn it on and off. 0.21a - Fixed some gui problems that appeared on screens set to less than 1024x768. - Fixed a bug which allowed multiple options dialog boxes to be opened at the same time. - Fixed a bug which let watchdog check the mail while the options dialog box was open. - FINALLY! I got the dog animation working! Thanks goes out to Scott Adkins and Charles Shopsin whose combined information did the trick. - Added an informative message on the notification tab telling you how many messages are waiting. 0.2a - Gave the watchdog a major facelift. All GUI is now Windows 95. - Converted all Dialogs to Property Sheets. - Fixed a bug where watchdog would check mail with no hostname. 0.1a - Initial alpha version DISCLAIMER: =========== This program is provided as is. I accept no responsibility for it. If you use it then so be it. Most programming information and all icons were gathered on the net. I hereby claim that this program exists. :) REDISTRIBUTION: =============== I encourage you to freely redistribute this program. LICENSE ======= I hereby license you to use this product. :) DESCRIPTION: ============ Watchdog Mail Monitor is a POP3 mail checker. It was created using Borland C++ version 4.52. REQUIREMENTS: ============= Watchdog requires you to have a properly installed 32-bit WINSOCK.DLL, at least a 386, and Windows 95. INSTALLATION: ============= YOU MUST HAVE A PROPERLY INSTALLED 32-BIT WINSOCK.DLL FOR THIS APPLICATION TO WORK!! YOUR HOST MUST SUPPORT THE POP3 PROTOCOL!! 1. Simply unzip the distribution into the desired directory. 2. Add watchdog to the start menu. (Select start then settings then taskbar then the start menu programs tab and then Add...) 3. Run the program and setup preferences by right clicking on the dog icon in the tray and selecting options. Registry keys created: (in case you want to remove them if you decide not to continue using watchdog) Under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software simply delete the key titled BSE USAGE: ====== Once connected to the internet, run watchdog. A small dog icon will appear in the area of your clock in the taskbar (this is known as the tray notification area to programmers). To set program options and exit watchdog, right-click on the dog icon for a menu providing these options. To see how many messages you have waiting, simply hold the mouse cursor over the dog icon for a short period of time (a tip will magically appear to inform you of how many messages are waiting). VALID COMMAND LINE OPTIONS: =========================== None. WHERE TO GET IT =============== http://www.mountain.net/~gambit/home.html SUPPORT ======= Bug reports and suggestions for improvement SHOULD be sent by e-mail gambit@access.mountain.net BUG REPORTS, SUGGESTIONS, ETC... ================================ Send all bug reports, suggestions, etc to gambit@access.mountain.net If you like this program, please let me know about it! Post your comments in comp.protocol.tcp-ip.ibmpc, alt.winsock and in the windows groups on usenet and places like compuserve. I stress that I can't add a feature you might like if you don't tell me about it. Tell the world about your Watchdog! KNOWN PROBLEMS ============== - Watchdog reportedly doesn't respond when started up without a connection to the internet. Need to look into this further because that is how I run it when I am working on it and I don't have any problems with it. More information is needed. - Watchdog reportedly causes an unhandled exception in Windows when "mail" is put in as the host name. I CANNOT get this to happen on my system which leads me to believe that it is a winsock setup problem. More information is needed. - The apply button is always grayed out. I'm researching this. - Watchdog tries to check the mail even when there is no connection active. While I hadn't thought that this would be a problem, I received a lot of requests to have this fixed. What happens is that Watchdog makes use of the winsock API, Windows 95 detects this and launches the old connection dialog. I have decided this is a problem and I am looking for a way to fix it.