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Z-Mail Pro 6.1 User's Guide

Chapter 1. Introduction to Z-Mail™ Pro

NetManage Z-Mail™ Pro Client for Windows is the latest product release in the comprehensive Z-Mail messaging family. Z-Mail™ Pro includes several e-mail related applications, bundled together for your convenience. Z-Mail™ Pro Client can be used together with NetManage Z-Mail Servers, or any other standards-compliant e-mail server to provide an innovative solution for enterprise-based electronic mail needs.

Z-Mail™ Pro Client contains the following applications:

Application Icon Description

Z-Mail™ Pro

Lets you send and retrieve electronic mail.

Z-Mail™ Pro Administration

Provides additional functions for managing Z-Mail™ Pro.

Mail Alias Viewer

Expands a mail alias for a particular server, which allows you to see the individual e-mail addresses that are included in the aliases

Mailbox Converter

Converts messages stored in various mail systems to the Z-Mail™ Pro message base

Outbox

Queues outgoing messages until you are connected to the network. Includes all messages sent using Z-Mail™ Pro, Tag-It!, Phone Tag, and Forum.

Phone Tag

Provides a handy method of recording and sending phone memos

Tag-It!

Provides a method of sending informal messages to other people

WebSpider

Lets you create and design documents and forms to be sent as a Z-Mail™ Pro e-mail message or viewed over the World Wide Web (WWW).

Forum (formerly NEWTNews)

Allows you to participate in IntraNet discussion groups, and lets you subscribe to news groups on the Usenet.

NEWTView

Lets you display, copy, and print bit-mapped graphics files received as MIME e-mail attachments.

NEWTSound

Lets you run a sound file that you have copied as a MIME e-mail attachment.

VBA Script Editor

VBA Script Player

Lets you write or modify scripts for advanced mail management capabilities. It helps you learn the script language, and assists you in building the commands. The Visual Script Player executes the commands specified in the script file. Scripts can be executed based on the matching of a Z-Mail™ Pro rule (see section on Rules in Z-Mail™ Pro chapter or online help.)

In a TCP/IP networking environment, most applications have a client/server relationship. The client application requests connections and other services from the server. The server application waits for incoming requests, and provides responses to the client. The Z-Mail™ Pro Client product can be used with NetManage JetMail Server or Post.Office for Z-Mail for an enterprise-based e-mail implementation. The Z-Mail™ Pro Client can also be used in any other TCP-IP based networking environment.

Other Z-Mail Messaging Products

Z-Mail™ Pro Client is part of the comprehensive Z-Mail messaging family, including the following products:

  • Z-Mail for UNIX Motif
  • Z-Mail Lite for Character Terminals
  • Z-Mail for Macintosh
  • JetMail Server - Mail server for Small Companies, Small Business, or remote corporate offices.
  • Post.Office for Z-Mail - Internet/Intranet Mail server for Small to Large companies. Can act as dedicated Internet Mail Hub.

Other NetManage Products

NetManage is committed to expanding network capabilities in line with existing products, such as ChameleonNFS. We will maintain our high standards for ease of use and integration with Windows.

Our current set of products includes:

  • ChameleonNFS/X: TCP/IP applications package for Windows, including NFS client and server for Windows, plus X-Windows.
  • Chameleon HostLink: Full-featured terminal emulation solution for Windows PC users who need access to AS/400 and IBM mainframe systems.
  • IntraNet Forum Server: A high-end IntraNet discussion server, based on the Network News Protocol (NNTP).
  • ECCO Professional™: Personal information management and workgroup communications application.

We also have native-language versions of some of our products in:

  • French
  • German
  • Japanese
  • Spanish

Using This Manual

Use this manual to install, set up, and customize the Z-Mail™ Pro Client on your computer.

To use this document, you are assumed to be familiar with Microsoft Windows, DOS, and basic TCP/IP terminology. You will find troubleshooting sections at the end of each chapter. These sections provide a simple way to quickly diagnose any problems you may encounter. The Glossary at the end of the manual also defines basic terminology.

Finding Help

All applications include online documentation in the form of standard Windows help. This is available at all times from within the application, limiting the need to refer to this documentation.

To access online help from an application, select Contents from the Help menu. You can navigate through a variety of topics by choosing the buttons along the top of the window, as well as by selecting underlined text. Hypertext links are provided to cross-reference information.

You may obtain printed information by selecting Print Topic from the File menu; you may also copy text, using the Edit menu.

Dialog Box Fields

A down-arrow button next to a dialog box field indicates that additional predefined selections are available for that value. Choose the button and a drop-down list box appears, containing these selections. Some dialog box fields may also let you type in an alternate selection.

Error checking is performed on values entered into dialog boxes. Entering invalid values results in a beep and displays the insertion point at that field. Other dialog boxes may not permit an action until all required fields have been supplied. For example, sending mail is disabled until the destination address is specified.

Status Bar

Applications provide you the option of showing or hiding the application's status bar. The status bar is displayed at the bottom of the application window, where it displays information about the currently selected task.

Toolbar

The ToolbarToolbar command lets you display or hide an application's toolbar. The toolbar gives you quick mouse access to some of the application's functions.

Changing Column Width and Order

You can change the width of each column or field. You can also rearrange fields if you want to view them in a different order. column width, changing To change the width of a column, do the following:

  1. Position the mouse pointer at the right side of the column border for the column you want to resize.
  2. Drag the column border to the desired size.

To move a column, select the column you want to move and drag it to its new position.

License Violation Detection

A license violation license violation occurs when multiple copies of a single licensed copy of the product are present on a network. Under the license agreement, each copy of the product is for a single user only and must not be shared.

NetManage software is not copy-protected and may be freely installed on any type of disk. Although you can make as many copies of the product as you like, the software notifies all illegal copies of a license violation.

Each copy of the software must have a unique serial number and key codeserial number. When the software detects a duplicate serial number on the network, a message is displayed on all duplicate serial numbered copies. This message interrupts all work in progress on the computers involved.

All network activity is disabled after the license violation has been detected. The NetManage applications appear to run normally, but communication over the network is disabled.

Customer Support

Before you use this product, complete the registration card registration card enclosed and mail it to NetManage. This will ensure that you will be provided with customer support. It will also allow us to keep you up-to-date on new products as they are introduced. NetManage provides support customer support for its customers.

NetManage Support can be reached at the following:

West Coast

Sales Phone (408) 973-7171

Sales Fax (408) 257-6405

Support Phone (408) 973-8181

Support Fax (408) 973-8272

NetManage, Inc.

10725 N. DeAnza Blvd.

Cupertino, CA 95014 USA

East Coast

Sales Phone (603) 888-2800

Support Phone (603) 888-3500

Fax (603) 888-0304

Internet

Sales sales@netmanage.com

Support support@netmanage.com

CompuserveCompuserve 70640,1074

International

Internet intl_sales@netmanage.com

intl_support@netmanage.com

France

Phone +33-1-47720808

Fax +33-1-42046599

Germany

Phone +49 (0)8165/9470-0

Fax +49 (0)8165/9470-147

Israel

Phone +972-(0)4-8550234

Fax +972-(0)4-8550122

Japan

Phone +81-(0)332218400

Fax +81-(0)332218484

UK

Phone +44-(0)1483-881800

Fax +44-(0)1483-881818

Table of Contents|Chapter 1|Chapter 2|Chapter 3|Chapter 4|Chapter 5|Chapter 6|Chapter 7
Chapter 8|Chapter 9|Chapter 10|Chapter 11|Chapter 12|Glossary

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