On Tue, 11 Dec 2001 16:22:19 +0000, Mel Evans, Registered Arachne User wrote:
> I still worry about how all this looks to newbies! Thing goes in a treat
> now, fires up, even with a DOS running under w95 or 98 setup, but we
> can't get basic simple stuff like a
> "send and Recieve all Mail"
> button or command to work without a lot of finagles! OK I know it might
> not be basic simple to implement, but there you go.
Mel,
A button for "get mail" would be nice, I suppose. But how about
the user defined hotkeys to customize the "get mail" function?
Easy to do. Just go to the options page and click on personal settings.
Scroll down to the botttom and pick one of the function keys. Just
enter your name and mailbox location, like this:
pop3:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (use whatever the name of your
mailserver)
Don't forget to click on "save".
Ok, now if you have Arachne setup to dial automatically when you
request something from the net, all you have to do is hit your
chosen "hotkey" and it will dial, login, download your mail and
take you to the new mail index.
No script, no mousing around, no problem.
The user defined hotkeys can be set up to retrieve any file on your
system or go to any location on the net. Use it to set up multiple
hotlists for specific purposes.
You can also have a hotkey take you direct to your outbox. I try to
make a habit of reviewing my mail before I send it out--so I think
"get" and "send" need to be different functions. But I think
you could have a hotkey set up to "send" as well.
Sam Ewalt
Croswell, Michigan, USA
-- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
