Eudora 3 Installer Read Me (rev 3.0.2) Please read all the sections of this READ ME before continuing with the installation: Download Times Changes This Installer Makes to Your Setup For More Information Troubleshooting * Download Times * The files this installer will install are downloaded to your computer over the network (via FTP). You must have an active connection to MITnet to use this installer, make sure you have one before proceeding. The time it takes to download the files depends on the type of network connection you have. The times for a standard (easy) install are: Ethernet connection: 2-3 minutes Tether (PPP) connection (28.8 Kbps modem): 25-30 minutes Tether (PPP) connection (14.4 Kbps modem): 50-55 minutes * Changes This Installer Makes to Your Setup * This installer will install the Eudora Pro application, support files, documentation, and conversion utilties. The installer automatically creates a "Eudora Pro" folder on the top level of the selected disk, and places the files to be installed inside it. You do not have to select a folder specifically. It will also configure and customize your Eudora settings to take advantage of new features of this release of Eudora, in particular, Hesiod support. If you are already using a previous version of Eudora: The installer will locate any existing settings files and change the "POP server" setting from "@poX.mit.edu" to "@hesiod" . In the past, you had to determine which PO server your account was stored on to use Eudora correctly and then configure it manually. If your account was moved to a new server, you would have to manually change the settings. Eudora, will use Hesiod to automatically determine which PO server to use, even if your account moves, so no more manual editing is necessary. This change should be transparent to you - Eudora should behave exactly as before. Your e-mail, or return address, remains the same - "@mit.edu". After the questions have been answered and the installation has been completed, your copy of Eudora will be ready to use: no further configuration should be necessary. * Troubleshooting * A log of what this installer actually does to your computer will be saved as WELTY.LOG in the main directory Host Explorer is installed in. This will usually be C:\HostEx32 or C:\HostEx16, depending on which binaries you are installing. This log will report files installed, changes made to ini files/the registry, and some information on how the installer perceived your system to be configured. There will also be a log file made of the ftp process. This file is named WELTYFTP.LOG and it is located in your temporary directory (usually C:\TEMP) If there are errors during the ftp portion of the installation, this file will be needed to properly debug the problem. You can also invoke this installer with some command line options to modify its behavior. Test Mode If you start this installer as "ktel.exe /T" the installer will be tested. Although the installation will look the same, no changes to your system will be made. No permanent files will be copied and no INI or Program Manager changes will be made. However, some files may be ftp'd to a temporary directory during this test. Manual Mode If you start this installer as "ktel.exe /M" the installer will run in the manual mode. You will be prompted for the locations of your Windows, System, and Temp directories. You can specify any directories, if they do not exist they will be created. Any changes to INI files will be saved into the Windows directory you specify. With this option you can have the installation run without installing any files into your real Windows and System directory. You can then manually copy the files to their proper destination. Extract Mode The /X command line option allows you to extract single files from the installation executable. The files that are contained in the Wise executable will be listed along with the file dates and sizes. You can then select a file and choose the directory to place the file into. If you follow the /X option with a pathname, all of the files in the installation executable will be placed into that directory. If the directory does not exist, it will be created. The /Z command line option acts exactly like to /X option except Windows will be exited after the files are extracted. This can be useful for BBS operators that want to perform virus scanning on all of the files in the Wise executable. * For More Information * For further details, consult the "README for Eudora at MIT" file that is installed in the Eudora Pro folder, and the IS MIT Eudora web page at .