Qbik Mail Monitor Version 0.2 Alpha

This software can be configured with the details of multiple POP 
accounts. It periodically polls all the accounts and when new mail is 
found on any one of them, generates an alert.

"If you have more than one account, you will find this a lifesaver
compared to reconfiguring your mail client each time you want to
check each one.  This will tell you which account to read"

This version adds support for checking mail through WinGate (tm)
Qbik Mail Monitor v 0.2 alpha - zipped binary for Windows NT (I386) and 
Windows 95

Hi All, I don't know how many others out there were languishing like
me with multiple mailboxes on different hosts (well, only 3), and constantly 
having to reconfigure Pegasus or Eudora to check if there was any mail on
them.

Well, I finally got sick of it, so I wrote this little app which takes care
of it for me.  I have only spent 1 day on it so far, so it lacks a couple of
features (i.e ability to save settings - but I have to figure out some 
encryption for passwords first, and downloading mail - but hey, it's only a
monitor for mail).


I figure anyone with multiple mailboxes can use it to tell them when to check
for mail.

It has a couple of known bugs at this stage:
1.	If you try to edit an entry while that entry is checking for mail it
	crashes - don't do this.

Hmm, haven't found any others yet, but I am sure someone else out there will.

It uses a separate thread for checking for mail, so as not to hang up the
application.

It supports only POP3 hosts
It doesn't do MX resolution yet (that is when your email hostname does not have 
a physical address, rather it has a pointer to another host that will accept 
the mail).

If anyone out there thinks it is worth spending any more time on this, please
email me at:

adrien@teleconsultants.co.nz

or

adrien@iconz.co.nz

Any comments would be greatly appreciated.

PS - this is for free at this stage.  Anyone distributing it should also 
distribute this readme file as well.

Further things I am looking at implementing on it (if I get a decent 
response) are: (Comments please)

Support for IMAP, Kerberos POP
Downloading of mail (simple mail client integrated with it)
Transferral of mail from one account to another (in the background).
Hooks into NetDDE for notification to machines not running TCP/IP via WinPOP
etc etc.

anyway, don't want to give it all away just yet do we?

Cheers

Adrien de Croy

Auckland