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             README for Express Mail@Mate version 2.3
                        September 1, 2001            
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       (c) 2000-2001  ExpressSoft, Inc. All rights reserved.


1. Description
2. System Requirements
3. What's New
4. Feature List
5. Licensing
6. Installation
7. Uninstallation
8. Reporting Bugs
9. Feature Requests


Description
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Express Mail@Mate is an award winning e-mail notification program that runs as a convenient System tray icon and does much more than just tell you when you've got new mail. It delivers new messages to e-mail client's Inbox and allows to read incoming messages, create new, delete needless ones, extract attached files and lot more.
Mail@Mate has great features and lots of options to tailor it to your needs. More advanced than an average notification tool, Mail@Mate is handy, easy-to-understand and easy-to-use. Using nothing more than your e-mail accounts (profiles) configured in your default e-mail client, it checks mail tirelessly, so you don't have to look at your e-mail application every five minutes. 
People with Microsoft Exchange and Outlook can use Express Mail@Mate if they have Exchange,  Novell GroupWise or POP3 accounts. 
Also it is compatible with Outlook 2000/2002 Email Security Update and can extract attachments blocked by Outlook.

Now Express Mail@Mate interacts with:
   - Microsoft Outlook 2002 (Microsoft Exchange Accounts Only)
   - Microsoft Outlook 98/2000 (in Corporate or Workgroup Mode)
   - Microsoft Outlook 97
   - Microsoft Outlook Express 5.x/6.x
   - Microsoft Exchange Client.


System Requirements
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  - A computer running Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000.
  - Microsoft Outlook 97/98/2000/2002, Microsoft Exchange Client or Microsoft Outlook
    Express 5.x installed on your computer.
  - Approximately 500KB of free hard disk space.

Note.
   You need to have HTML Help installed to view Mail@Mate's Help file.
   HTML Help files can be downloaded from Microsoft's website at:
     http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/htmlhelp/


What's new in this release
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  - New MS Office XP style has been added for menus and toolbars.
  - This version is compatible with Outlook 2000/2002 Email Security Update. So it can extract attachments blocked by Outlook.
  - Some minor bugs have been fixed.


Feature List
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Express Mail@Mate:
  - Uses the Windows System Tray to display an icon that gives you
    easy access to its features. 
  - Can check mail on your Intranet or the Internet, and it can 
    connect to the Internet using settings you've made in your 
    default e-mail client.
  - Uses different icons to indicate message type, whether messages
    have files attached, and whether messages are marked as read or
    unread.
  - Offers a lot of configuration and notification options.


With Express Mail@Mate you can:
  - check for new messages and deliver them at the specified 
    interval of minutes;
  - view a list of messages in 'Inbox' folder;
  - read messages either in a separate window or in the preview pane;
  - create new messages;
  - reply to senders or forward messages to someone;
  - extract attached files;
  - combine multipart messages to save the message text or attached files;
  - delete needless messages;
  - work with address book; 
  - launch your preferred e-mail program;
  - and lot more...

Express Mail@Mate is highly customizable, allowing you to specify what and how
  you want to see. You can:
  - sort messages by sender, subject, received date or size;
  - set up font, style and size of text for message list, preview pane 
    and message view window separately;
  - display or not preview pane, message header, status bars;
  - play or not New Mail Notification sound;
  - and lot more...


Licensing
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Express Mail@Mate is not freeware. You are free to use it for a 30-day evaluation period as described in LICENSE.TXT. If you wish to continue to use Mail@Mate after the 30 day evaluation period has expired, you must pay a registration fee to author. Please see ORDER.TXT for ordering details.


Installation
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  1. Download the Express Mail@Mate installation package.
  2. If you have downloaded ZIP-archive, extract all files from the package
     into a temporary directory using your archiver, such as WinZip.
  3. EXIT ALL RUNNING PROGRAMS.
  4. Run MailmateSetup.exe and follow the instructions.
  5. Now it is safe to delete installation files. You may want
     to preserve the zipped package in case you need to reinstall
     Mail@Mate later.

Note.
If you upgrade a previous version of Express Mail@Mate, your old settings (such as location folder, program group, etc) will be used. All configuration options and registration information will be preserved too.


Uninstallation
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  1. Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon in the
     Windows Control Panel.
  2. Select Express Mail@Mate in the list of installed programs
     and click the 'Add/Remove' button. Follow the instructions.


Reporting Bugs
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  If you experience an uncaught exception, General Protection
  Fault (GPF), or something you believe is a bug, please send
  e-mail to:

	mmate-bugs@express-soft.com .

  Please do not assume someone else will report it.  We will
  try to resolve reported bugs as quickly as possible.  However,
  we can't resolve bugs that are not reported.

  Please describe the problem in as much detail as possible.  In
  your e-mail message, please include the following information:

    - Steps needed to reproduce the bug.
    - A description of the problem in as much detail as possible.
    - The version of Mail@Mate (as shown in the 'About' dialog box).
    - The operating system and version (including service pack level).


Feature Requests
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  Please let us know what features you would like to see in the
  next release of Mail@Mate. You may e-mail feature requests to:

	mmate-features@express-soft.com .


All other inquiries should be directed to:

	mmate-questions@express-soft.com .


For more information and late-breaking news on Mail@Mate, please 
visit our Web site at: 

 http://www.express-soft.com/mailmate.

The site contains a FAQ, new features, known bugs/issues, and more.  

Thank you for using Express Mail@Mate!
