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                 (c) Copyright - Challenge Business Systems
                             Burnaby, B.C. Canada
                                 March, 1995
                             All Rights Reserved

                       SYSOP INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS                     
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OVERVIEW     
     
     Welcome to The I-Mail Messager, a "full-feature" Internet E-Mail program 
for Wildcat Bulletin Boards. You must be running Wildcat 4.01 or Wildcat 4.10
in order for this program to work.  Installation is quick and simple if you 
understand a little about MS-DOS & some of it's commands (mkdir, copy & del) 
and how to use Wildcat's Makemenu & Wcdraw Utilities. 

     As a surprise (we wanted to wait until now) we are pleased to inform
you that this is UNBRANDED SOFTWARE.  Thats right!  NO WHERE DOES THIS
PROGRAM SAY UNREGISTERED, DEMO, OUR NAME OR ANYTHING ELSE.

     No giant beg screens or flashing startups telling you how good we are or
why you should pay for it. Just the program, thats all.  Your users will
think you wrote it and we're proud of this.

    Why?  Because just like you, we've downloaded tons of software where
people have spent more time writing the beg and startup screens than they
did on the rest of their buggy program.  But not this time.  No begs or
flashy startups, just a program that works.  The unregistered version does
however contain one limitation-a maximum of 5 e-mail addresses.  All other 
features work properly without any limitations. 


PROGRAM FEATURES
 
    Please read the file IMGUIDE.TXT or the program' on-line help for the
features and instructions on using the program.


REGISTRATION & SUPPORT
        
    We're not going to make you scroll thru pages of begs, threats, demands 
and garbage warranties now, when all you want to do install the program to 
see if and how it works.  Please read the file IMREGIS.TXT for this info.


INSTALLATION

    Installation requires seven steps. These are:

       1) Making a directory on your BBS'S hard disk to put the files in.
       2) Copying all of the program files into this directory.
       3) Choosing the correct version of our program for your BBS, either 
          4.01 or 4.10 and renaming that file's extension to .WCX
       4) Coping the file IMAIL.CFG to your main wildcat program directory 
          (i.e. c:\wildcat)
       5) Editing IMAIL.CFG, using a text editor such DOS's Edit, to add 
          your BBS Information.
       6) Running Wildcat's MakeMenu utility to install the program on 
          your BBS.
       7) Editing your Wildcat BBS Internet E-Mail Menu(s), using WCDRAW or 
          a similar editor, to add the program as a selection.




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INSTALLATION (Cont.)

1) Making A Directory

     We recommend that you create a sub-directory for the program off of 
your main Wildcat directory.  This places all your files in one sub-area 
for including as part of your regular Wildcat backup. (USER DATA FILES!)

       A) Change to your main wildcat using the DOS command CD. 
          Example - CD C:\WILDCAT <and press the enter key>.
       B) Create a directory for the program using the DOS command MD
          Example - MD IMAIL <and press the enter key>.
                                  

2) Copying The Program Files. 

       A) Change to the new directory you just created using the DOS 
          CD command. Example - CD IMAIL <and press the enter key>.
       B) Copy all of the program files from the temporary directory 
          where you "unzipped" our compressed file, to the IMAIL 
          directory Example - COPY C:\TEMP\*.* <and press the enter key>
       C) Delete the files not required to run this program from your 
          IMAIL directory, using the DOS DEL command. 

                    DEL DESC.SDI      <and press the enter key>
                    DEL FILE_ID.DIZ   <and press the enter key>

       D) Change to the temporary directory where you "unzipped" our 
          compressed file and delete all the files in it. (Saves your 
          hard drive space) Example - CD \TEMP  <and press the enter key>
                  
                    DEL *.*     <and press the enter key>
                    Y           <and press the enter key>
       
       E) Change back to your IMAIL directory using the DOS CD command.
          Example - CD \WILDCAT\IMAIL <and press the enter key>


3) Choosing The Program Version

     You must now select which copy of our program you are going to use with 
your version of Wildcat.  There are two files-IM401.BAT and IM410.BAT. One of 
these will have to be run to install the correct IMAIL.WCX and help screens. 
  
     IM401.BAT is for Wildcat 4.01 and IM401.BAT is for Wildcat 4.10. If you
are unsure of what version you have, check your one of your NODE's Status
screens.  The version number is displayed in the top left corner. 
     
            At the DOS prompt (be in the IMAIL directory type 
 
                   SET401 <and press the enter key>
                                   
                                 Or
         
                   SET410 <and press the enter key>

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INSTALLATION (Cont.)

4) Copying The File IMAIL.CFG To Your Main Wildcat Program Directory.

     This file must be placed in your main Wildcat program directory or the
I-Mail Messager will not work. It contains important information about your
BBS that the program needs to function correctly. See the next step-Editing 
The IMAIL.CFG File for details.

       A) From your IMAIL directory copy our configuration file to your 
            mail Wildcat program directory using the DOS COPY command.
            Example - COPY IMAIL.CFG C:\WILDCAT <and press the enter key>
                                          
5) Editing The IMAIL.CFG File.

     You MUST edit this file to give the I-Mail Messager some crucial details
about your BBS or the program will not function at all.  There are 6 lines of
information required.  These are:
                                    
       LINE 1 - The conference number for your internet e-mail
       LINE 2 - The complete path to the I-Mail Messager's program/data
                directory.  A maximum of 29 characters is allowed. 
                A \ MUST be placed at the end of the line.
       LINE 3 - The e-mail tagline for your BBS.  All outgoing mail will
                have what you place here, added to the bottom of the
                message.  This can be anything you want up to a maximum
                of 72 characters-the width of line in a Wildcat Message.
                (Advertising?). If you don't want a BBS tagline leave
                the line blank BUT DO NOT DELETE IT.
       LINE 4 - Charge Downloads To User. A Y or N only on this line. 
                As The I-Mail Messager lets your users download their own
                messages from the BBS it is your choice whether these are 
                free downloads or charged against their Upload/Download 
                Ratio. Wildcat does not currently provide any way to check 
                a file size from WCCODE programs so your users will be 
                charged 1K for each download, if you set this to Y (Yes).
       LINE 5 - Reject possible bad internet e-mail addresses. A Y or N 
                only on this line. If you set this to Y for yes then all
                addresses that do NOT contain a @ and . (with the . AFTER
                the @) will be rejected and the message entry cancelled.
                ALL internet addresses must have a minimum format of
                someone@somewhere.extension so this will stop users from
                writing local messages in your Internet Mail Conf. as
                the message will stopped with an invalid e-mail address
                the message header.
       LINE 6 - Your BBS Internet Domain Name. Put your BBS Internet Domain    
                name on this line (i.e. challenge.com). Max. 40 characters.
                You may enter it in upper or lower case as the program will
                handle both. Doing this stops your users from "getting around"
                LINE 5 and using the I-Mail Messager for local mail by
                entering another local user's full internet address to send
                local mail.  The I-Mail Messager will scan the domain name and
                reject any mail addressed TO your domain name.  We've had a
                big problem with our users doing this. Why they want to is
                beyond us, but they were doing it alot. 

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INSTALLATION (Cont.)

6) Running Wildcat's MakeMenu To Install The Program On Your BBS.
      
     As a safety precaution you should shut-down your BBS while you are 
     taking this step.  To install The I-Mail Messager via the Wildcat 
     Makemenu utility take the following steps.

       A) Change to your main Wildcat directory using the DOS CD command
          Example - CD \WILDCAT <and press the enter key>
       B) At the Wildcat main program directory type MAKEMENU and press
          the enter key.
       C) Press the DOWN ARROW KEY to move the HIGHLITED BAR down to the
          menu where you wish to place the program and press the enter key.
       D) Press the DOWN ARROW KEY to move down to where you wish to place
          the I-Mail Messager on the menu. Press this key at least 3 times. 
       E) Press the INS KEY to add a new item to your menu. An EDIT MENU
          ITEM SCREEN will appear.
       F) Enter a letter or number for the key you wish to assign to the
          program (i.e I). You are not allowed duplicate keys in the same
          menu so be sure to pick a letter or number not already used. The
          letter I isn't used by any default Wildcat Menu so it's probably
          a safe choice.
       G) Enter a name for the program (i.e. [I] I-Mail Messager) and press
          the enter key.
       H) Press the F2 KEY. A command types selection screen will appear
       I) Press the PAGE DOWN KEY 3 TIMES, THEN THE UP ARROW KEY 5 times.
          The HIGHLITED BAR will now be on the option RUN WCCODE PROGRAM.
          Press the enter key.              
       J) Press The DOWN ARROW KEY once and type in the name of the directory
          where you placed the program followed by a \ and IMAIL.WCX. Then 
          press the ENTER KEY.
       K) Press the F10 KEY 3 times to save this addition and exit the Make-
          menu utility.    


7) Running Wildcat's Wcdraw program to add The I-Mail Messager.

     To add the I-Mail Messager to your BBS screens (.BBS) you will have to
run the Wildcat utility Wcdraw. If you are using ansi screens (.SCR) you will 
have to run the program that you used to create them with.
                                    
     To use Wildcat's Wcdraw to change your screens take the following steps.
       
       A) Change to your main Wildcat directory using the DOS CD command
          Example - CD \WILDCAT <and press the enter key>
       A) At the Wildcat main program directory type WCDRAW and press the
          enter key.
       B) Press the DOWN ARROW KEY file 5 times the HIGHLITED BAR will now
          be on MENU FILES. Press the enter key.
       C) Using the DOWN ARROW and RIGHT ARROW KEYS move to the menu you 
          wish to change and press enter.



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INSTALLATION (Cont.)

7) Running Wildcat's Wcdraw program to add The I-Mail Messager. (Cont.)

       D) Using Wildcat's editing keys (press F1 for help) change your menu
          adding [I] I-MAIL Messager or whatever you want. Remember to use
          the same letter (I) here as you chose in Makemenu or your users 
          won't be able access the program.  
       E) Press the F9 KEY when you're finished to check your changes and 
          then the F10 KEY to save it.

     Repeat steps C thru E for each menu that needs to be changed.


TRADEMARKS, ETC.

     For all acknowledgements of trademarks, etc. please see the user guide. 
We're not going to plaster that crap all over everything we wrote for this 
program.  Besides nobody reads that stuff anyway, except for the holders 
of 'em and their lawyers checking to make sure it was done.


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