MR/2 ICE v2.01 - An Internet EMail Client for OS/2 PM.

Copyright (c) 1996-1999 Knightware Software Company.
All rights reserved.

See UPGRADE.TXT for information on how to update an existing install.

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Table of Contents
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1.	Release Information.
2.	Shareware Notice and Ordering Instructions.
3.	Credits
4.	List of major features.
5.	Quick start instructions.
6.	Known bugs/problems/missing features.
7.	Contacting the Author.			  

Release History has been moved to the file "history.txt"
See README.1ST for an overview of readable text files included.
See INSTALL.TXT for installation issues.

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1-RELEASE INFORMATION - 11/12/99
=================================

Thank you for trying the latest addition to the MR/2 family of 
electronic messaging software for OS/2 ... the MR/2 Internet Cruiser 
Edition.  MR/2 ICE is an Internet EMail client.  It can read mail via a 
POP3 mail server and/or has direct SMTP hooks available.  

For those of you who know my work already, you know that I like to have 
lots of options, including optional pieces of the user interface.  I 
have attempted to continue this theme with MR/2 ICE.  You'll find things 
like toolbars and status bars configurable, even to the point of 
hiding them.

There are no limits to the "shareware" version.  I don't like 
crippleware, but I will no doubt offer some incentive to register, or 
add a minor anoyance or two if you don't.  Right now there is none of 
this.

MAILING LIST:  Send email with SUBSCRIBE in the subject to
mr2ice.list@secant.com

SEE MY WEB PAGE at http://nick.secant.com for late-breaking news.

THE OFFICIAL MR/2 ICE FAQ page is available as link from my
WWW home page, listed above.



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2-Shareware Notice and Ordering Instructions
=============================================

N O T I C E
-----------

This IS a shareware package, and does require a registration fee if
you choose to continue using it after 30 days.	The registration
fee for this product is currently $40 US.

Register by filling out and mailing (or faxing, if paying by credit
card) REGISTER.DOC to me.

NOTE:  Registration letters are sent out via email within a week of
arriving to me; often sooner.  If you don't get a letter, write.  They
sometimes get lost in email-limbo, and I will happily resend.


ORDER THROUGH BMT MICRO!!!
--------------------------
Credit card orders can be placed with BMT Micro at 1-800-414-4268
or visit their WEB page at http://www.bmtmicro.com, or
email to orders@bmtmicro.com.  You can also fax an order to
them TOLL FREE at 800-346-1672.

BMT's "order" page can be web'd directly at:

	http://www.bmtmicro.com/info/placeorder.html
	
or via secure HTTP server at:

   https://secure.falcon-net.net/BMT/order0116.html
   
NOTE:  BMT Micro also has an arrangment with a bank in GERMANY for
European users who might find this useful.	Check the end of this
web page for details, please:

	http://www.bmtmicro.com/info/payment.html
	

NEW WAY FOR SCANDINAVIAN/GERMAN USERS TO REGISTER MR/2 ICE
----------------------------------------------------------
You can now register MR/2 ICE via Berggreen Service, Denmark with  payment
in Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, German Currency and in EURO.
Berggreen Service accepts checks or payment to Giro- and Bank- accounts in
Copenhagen, Stockholm, Oslo, Helsinki and Flensburg.

Write to info@berggreen.dk or order online at:

	http://www.berggreen.dk 
	

Here's my registration policy:
------------------------------
	
	Register MR/2 ICE for $40 after you are satisfied it will work well 
	for you.  You will get emailed a registration key that will prevent 
	the 45-day nag screen and will possibly (later) enable some control 
	over other features
	
	Registration by an individual includes the capability of using
	this registered copy at home and/or at work.  YOU are registered,
	not a particular machine or system.
	
	I reserve the right to charge a nominal upgrade fee for future 
	version.  Version 2.0 was released as a $20 upgrade from any v1.0
	license.  This, after almost exactly 4 years of continued 
	development on v1.00 through 1.62 (before the v2.0 betas started).
		
	I have devised a site license pricing tier.  You can always write
	me for a discussion.  These are for licenses of MR/2 ICE running at
	a single location (usually a company or other organization).

			 5 User - $145
			10 User - $250
			25 User - $485
			50 User - $625 ($4 per additional user)
			
			For each user above 50 add $4
			  (e.g., 200 user = $625+(150*4) = $1225)
		
	All pricing is subject to change without notice.  We can
	interpolate for in-between counts (e.g., 30 users at $415).
	I'm basing these prices on a product I once purchased in this
	manner.  I want to be reasonable, but still make a profit.
	Email me for more detailed discussion.

	INCREMENTAL SITE LICENSES.	Those purchasing a site license may
	increase the license count at some later date in time by submitting
	the difference between the two licenses (based on what was 
	originally paid vs. what the current total site license would 
	cost), plus a flat modification fee of $10.
					
	For example, a company purchases a 50 user site license at $425 under
	old pricing.  A year later they wish to increase the license count to 
	100 users.	They would sumbit a check or purchase order for 50 
	incremental licenses at a cost of $235.  With the price increase to $500
	for 50 users (where 100 users would be $650), the amount due would
	be $235.  It's an easy calculation:
						
		What you'd have to pay today for the total licenses desired
	  - What you've already paid
	  + $10.

	Since this is a "try before you buy" opportunity, I would expect
	there to be no need to ever issue a refund.  Please consider all
	sales final.
	
	Registration keys/licenses are NON TRANSFERABLE.


==========
3-Credits
==========

A massive THANK YOU to Andrew McElroy <andrewm@mcs.net> who authored the 
HELP text and continues to improve it.	It is a monumental job, and 
without him, I would have either no HELP text at all, or would have 
delayed the release for quite some time.

Also, a big thanks to Cathy Quinones <quinones@mindspring.com> for 
starting the HELP text off.  She documented much of the MENU hierarchy.
Although this is unavailable in the first release (a menu help-hook
is not in place yet), I expect to make full use her contribution soon.

And, I can't forgot all of my beta testers and mailing list 
participants, many who have donated conversion routines, REXX scripts
and all-around expert feedback throughout the beta cycle.

I'll also give much credit to Secant Technologies' wonderful programming 
tools, and the staff as a whole who provided a wonderful, ready-made
resource.


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4-LIST OF FEATURES
===================

o	POP3 or SMTP reads.

o	POP3 or SMTP sends.

o	Auto configures to existing IAK setup, when available.

o	Use of pop-up or "context" menus abound.  Try the right mouse button
	in index lists, on toolbar buttons and in address fields.

o	Filters ... supports "simple" search criteria OR more powerful
	free-form criteria allowing the testing of various message areas
	(including specific header lines) with full boolean and/or/not.
	Includes soundex capabilities and case sensitivity options.

o	Persistently sizable windows almost everwhere.	Multiple message
	windows can each have different positions.

o	Toolbars w/bubble hints ("tooltips"), status bars, progression
	indicators.  Optional whenever possible.  Hint bubble display and/or
	delay configurable.  A RMB click will always display hints, if they
	are turned on.
	
o	Font and color selection dialogs, as well as drag/drop support from
	OS/2 pallets for message viewer windows.

o	Powerful message viewer and editor.  Things like a split screen
	editor.  Spelling checker and thesaurus available (as separate files,
	get the MR/2 QWK-reader files via www/ftp).  Simple things like Rot13
	support and case conversions supported.  Mono/PS font toggle (you can 
	configure the font for each mode).

o	Formatted *and* draft printing.

o	Selectable reply "templates" allow you to boiler-plate needed replies.
	Powerful set of reply-time variables available.
	
o	Auto-checking for new messages via configurable time period.  Beeping
	when mail arrives, and (optional) periodic beeping when new mail has
	arrived and MR/2 has not acquired focus.  Minimized icon and task list
	show new mail count.

o	Links to external utilities like WebExplorer and Ftp ... simply click,
	RMB, click to load or ftp any URL embedded within a message.

o	MIME support with many configurable options.
	
o	UUEncoding/decoding.  Multiple files-per-message supported.

o	Address book with description, email address, notes and "tags".
	Group addresses to with unlimitted address listings, including
	nested groups/address book entries and lists from external files.

o	Pop up calendar (will be enhanced to provide to-do list/appointments).

o	Pop up calculator.

o	Multiple account support.

o	Sort message indexes to 3 levels (lots of options :).  Find text
	in the message list
	
o	Dynamic window index ... easily find any open window and/or
	messages index.
	
o	Many configurable options.	For example, turn on/off various 
	warnings and prompts.
	
o	Auto-backup feature.  MR/2 ICE will recover most/all of any open
	editor sessions if an application *or FULL SYSTEM* crash occur.
	This includes lock-ups where a manual reboot has to be performed.
	
o	Clipboard access enhanced to include APPENDING to clipboard and
	pasting *with* quote string.
	
o	Bcc's work the way they're *supposed* to :)



==============
5-Quick Start
==============

Let's get to some simple instructions.  MR/2 ICE quick start:

o	Make a directory and unzip MR/2 ICE into it.  You may set up
	a desktop icon to invoke MR/2 ICE or simply run it from the
	command line.  When running MR/2 ICE for the first time, it
	will jump right to the Network configuration screen.  Fill
	this out carefully.  Press OK.
	
o	Once the network settings have been filled in, please select the
	User Preferences tab and make any desired changes.	Close the window
	by clicking in the corner.
	
o	You're ready to start.  MR/2 ICE will, by default, poll the POP3
	server every 2 minutes.  Adjust accordingly.  Mail is kept in a
	MAIL subdirectory of your MR/2 ICE software directory.
	
o	Command line switches:

		/Iinifile	Specifies a file where user interface
					settings (e.g., toolbar visibility and
					position, window positions) are kept.
					The default is mr2i.ini.
				
		/Mmailcfg	Specifies the file in which to keep and
					access your EMail configuration.
					
		/Npath		Specifies a path to use for news files.
				
		/#			where # = 1, 2 or 3.  Starts MR/2 ICE on a 
					specified notebook page where 1 os the inbox
					(the default), 2 is the outbox and 3 is the
					folder page.
		
		/S			Suppresses the polling and delivery of
					email.	No network access is attempted.

		/SN 		Suppress NEWS polling and fetching (until manually
					invoked, then periodically polls)
					
		/SC 		Suppress the clipboard history manager.  Helpful when
					using a clipboard utility and MR/2's manager is
					interfering or causing trouble.
					
		/T			Toolbar-less operation.  Bypasses the crash
					caused by some bug in Soft & GUI's CmdLine.exe.
					
		/L			Logs activity to mr2i.log - debugging information.
					Adding /L2 provides a higher level of detail.

		/H			Causes MR/2 to change the default path to that
					of the mr2i.exe file just invoked.	In otherwords,
					the default path is changed to match the location
					of the file mr2i.exe being run.

		/Fn 		Select a default font for custom control windows.
					(Necessary only if problems appear in install)
					
		/P# 		Specify an alternate Pop3 port of #.
		
		/PN#		Specify an alternate NNTP (news) port of #.
		
		/-			Minimize on start

		/X			Poll for new mail, exit.
		
		/XS 		Poll for new mail, send any queued mail, exit.
		
		/Cn 		Overrides the OS/2 Code page setting to n.
		
		/B			Advanced option: TCP/IP buffer sizes.  Defaults to 
					24000.
		
		/Qfile		Will add the names file to the MR/2 ICE outbox and 
					exit.  File is assumed to be a properly formed 
					message file.  You can force MR/2 to attempt to send 
					the message via use of the /XS flag.

		/Q file emailto subject
		
					will copy file to a temp name (fax-oriented), MIME
					encode this file and add it to the outbox addressed
					to the specified user with the specified subject.
					
		/Q *file emailto subject
		
					will copy file to a temp name (fax-oriented),
					UUencode this file and add it to the outbox addressed
					to the specified user with the specified subject.

		/Q:file emailto subject
		
					will MIME encode the named file into a new message,
					placing this message into the outbox, addressed
					to the specified user with the specified subject.
					
		/Euser@domain
		
					Starts MR/2 ICE and immediately invokes a new 
					message to the address specified.  For use by a 
					third-party address book program still in the works, 
					but it surely has other applications.
					
		/D message [log]
		
					where message is a filename containing a valid message
					with attachments.  Log file name is optional.  
					Detaches all attachments found in message, recording
					create file names in log.  Overwriting of existing
					files is automatic.
					
		/Ofile [msg]
		
					Opens a file into an MR/2 message window as a message,
					ready to send.	Optional "message" is popped up as
					a message box.
		
		/Vfile [msg]
		
					Opens a file into an MR/2 message window as a message,
					ready to read.	Optional "message" is popped up as
					a message box.
					
		/W			Delete with safety.  Normally, MR/2 ICE bypassed any
					use of the DELDIR feature.	With /W specified, the
					OS/2 DELDIR mechanism is allowed to function.
					
		/Zs 		Sets the NEWS READER data model where s may be
					'S' for small, 'M' for medium, 'L' for large or
					'H' for huge.


o	Command-line control of a running copy of MR/2 ICE.  The commands 
	above will actually cause an existing instance of MR/2, if found,
	to do the desired work.  I went the extra step of support this for
	multiple accounts, so specifying an account should talk to the right
	copy of MR/2 ICE.  So, using the /Q option to queue a file actually
	puts it in the outbox of a running copy, and proceeds to send it.
	Using the /E option causes a New Message header screen to pop to the 
	desktop from a running copy of ICE.  Also:
	
		/Qfile	- as described above
		
		/Euser@domain - as described above		  

		/+	will restore and bring focus to a minimized/burried 
			copy of MR/2 ICE.
			
		/-	will minimize an existing, running copy of MR/2 ICE.
		
				
o	New message:  Click on the first toolbar icon, or select NEW
	from the File menu.
	
	Fill out the header editing screen and press OK.  Now, type
	in the message and press SEND.	Depending on the options in
	your User Preference settings, you may be shown the header
	editing screen again.  Press OK to send it.
	
o	Replying:  Viewing any message, press on the REPLY button.
	You will be prompted with the Header Editing screen (optionally),
	the allowed to edit the reply.	The simple editor allows you
	to toggle back to the original (the "<" button) and then
	forward to the reply (the ">" button).  It also allows you to
	split the screen and show both windows (the "-" button").

o	When incoming messages are first displayed, an empty checkbox
	icon is next to them ("fresh" incoming mail is colored in red
	text, too).  Once read, a black check mark is attached.  If
	you reply, the message is marked with a RED checkmark.

o	The Out Box shows all messages sent.

o	The Right Mouse Button (RMB) is used often.  Try it inside message
	index lists, on toolbar buttons, and inside address fields.

o	Selecting message(s).  Mark the message(s) you want to open with the 
	mouse and use the RMB to call up the popup menu (or use the main 
	menu).	Click on OPEN.	Alternately, double click on any single 
	message will to open it.
		
o	Outbox:  Unsent messages have a mailbox icon.  Sent message switch to
	an envelope icon.  There is a resend option on the popup menu (RMB)
	and on the viewer screen.  Resending fron the viewer screen provides
	an optional chance to modify the message first.



========================
6-CONTACTING THE AUTHOR
========================

You  can contact me in a number  of ways.  Unfortunately, I can't
provide a phone number at this time.

US Mail:		Nick Knight
				P.O. Box 22366
				Beachwood, Ohio 44122

Web:			http://nick.secant.com (Includes MR/2 ICE FAQ)

Fax:			(216) 595-0199 (Secant Technologies' fax)

Internet:		nick@secant.com
		   
Internet FTP:	Due to firewall restrictions, my ftp server was closed.
				However, all files on my site are available via http
				links listed on http://nick.secant.com/mr2ice.htm


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7-KNOWN BUGS/PROBLEMS - MISSING FEATURES
=========================================

o	Help is still work-in-progress.  Part is coding, part is more
	help text and polish.
	
o	Still many areas that need optimization and minor rework/threading for
	performance reasons.  For example: formatted printing AND pop purges.
	
o	Various bugs with the editor when in split mode and options like
	show/hide toolbar or pushbuttons are used.


