NAME
Butterfly 1.1
WARNING
Freeware.
The program is provided 'as is'. The author can't be held
responsible for any problems arising from the
use of this software.
REQUIREMENTS
- OS 2.04 (at least)
- MUI 3.3 (at least)
- texfield gadget 3.1 (at least, included)
- AmiTCP 4.0 (at least)
DESCRIPTION
Butterfly offers an easy way to write and send e-mail from your
favourite WWW browser. File attachments are allowed
(base64 encoding).
INSTALLATION
copy textfiled.gadget to sys:classes/gadgets
copy Butterfly (and Butterfly.info) wherever you want
(AmiTCP:bin is a good place)
USE
From WWW-Browser, from cli:
template: RECEIVER,HOST/K,PUBSCREEN/K,SIGFILE/K,REALNAME/K,EA=EMAILADDRESS/K,TS=TABSIZE/K
From Workbench:
the same keywords in parameters list
Keywords:
RECEIVER, the address to wich you want send mail.
HOST, your SMTP hostname.
PUPSCREEN, the public screen to be used.
SIGFILE, the name of your signature file.
REALNAME, your real name.
EMAILADDRESS, your e-mail address
TABSIZE, how many spaces you get when the TAB key is pressed
Note:
The use of HOST keyword is recommended.
LIMITATIONS
only one file can be attached
HISTORY
28-05-96 (1.0) first release
25-07-96 (1.0a) now the sender address is read from the .EMailAddr file
in your home directory (1.1).
28-08-96 (1.1) EMAILADDRESS and TABSIZE command line options have been added.
Now the editor uses a MUI-settable font (normal size).
Now you can save/reload the current message.
FUTURE
more files attached
localization
carbon copy
THANKS TO
P. De Chirico (crazy icon and test)
M. Lanza (PutMail source code, a good example!).
M. Thomas (textfield.gadget)
J. Peterson (nice message)
S. Cutting (1.1 suggestions)
M. M. Minor (1.1 suggestions)
C. Tasso (1.1 suggestions)
SOFTWARE USED
MUI, Magic User Interface, by Stefan Stuntz
Textfield gadget, by Mark Thomas
AmiTCP 4.0 (Network Solutions Development Inc.)
DICE C 3.0 (Obvious Implementations Corporation)
DevPack assembler, version 2.14. (HiSoft)
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