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W i n N E T (TM) M a i l a n d N e w s
w i t h T C P / I P

Copyright (c) 1992 - 1995 by WinNET Communications, Inc.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

WinNET Communications, Inc.
Post Office Box 4189
Louisville, KY 40204

1-800 Tech Support: (800) WINNET2
Direct Dial: (502) 589-6800
Fax: (502) 589-7300
Internet Mail: [email protected]
CompuServe Mail: 76130,1463

Note: This file assumes that you are planning to use
WinNET Communications, Inc., as your Internet/Usenet service
provider. If that is not the case, please read the file
ALT.TXT instead of this file for introductory
information.


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Please read this file *carefully* before installing or
attempting to use WinNET Mail. Getting WinNET set up on
your system is quite straight-forward, but if you don't
read this file before getting started, you will overlook
important information necessary for proper operation of
the software.

C o n t e n t s

What is WinNET?
What you need to Run WinNET
Costs of Using WinNET Mail
Setting up WinNET Mail on Your System
Upgrading From an Earlier Version of WinNET
Problems with WinNET Setup
Distribution of WinNET Mail


W h a t i s W i n N E T ?

WinNET Mail (TM) is a Windows 3.1 application for sending
and receiving Electronic Mail and News articles with the
world-wide Internet and Usenet networks using just your
Windows system and a modem. The connection with the
Internet and Usenet is provided through WinNET
Communications' computer system providing WinNET (SM)
service.

W h a t i s TCP/IP?

TCP/IP is software that allows you to establish a direct
connection to the Internet network so that you can use client
software that requires interactive access to network resources.
Examples of such client software would include World Wide Web
(WWW) browsing software such as Mosaic or NETSCAPE, on-line FTP
programs, Internet Relay Chat, Internet Talk Radio, Gopher,
Telnet, and so forth. These programs are not included in the
electronic distribution of WinNET, but public domain versions
of various Internet applications are available (free of
charge) through WinNET Communications once you set up an
account. In fact, you can start downloading these programs
as soon as you get connected -- we provide installation support
to make setting up TCP/IP and various applications completely
automatic.

WinNET's TCP/IP software is a special, high-performance version
of Core System's highly regarded Internet Connect product. When
you set up WinNET, the TCP/IP software is transparently installed and
set up to operate using PPP (Point-to-Point) protocol for serial
(modem) communications.

W h a t y o u n e e d t o R u n

1. Intel 80386/486/Pentium system
with a minimum of 2 Mbytes RAM.

2. Microsoft Windows, version 3.1, OR Chicago
OR Microsoft NT OR OS/2.

3. A Hayes compatible modem.


C o s t s o f u s i n g W i n N E T M a i l

The WinNET Mail & News (TM) software, Core TCP/IP
protocol stack, and WWW browser installation software is
distributed freely for the purpose of connecting with
the WinNET service. There is no charge for the software
as long as it is used for this purpose.

The WinNET service is billed on a monthly flat rate
basis of

$19.95 per month.

This provides service for up to

four (4) connect hours per month.

Usage beyond the first four hours is billed at the rate
of

$5.40 per hour.

Service is billed on a calendar month basis. The flat
rate and the corresponding four connect hours are
prorated in the first and last calendar month of
service.


See TERMS.TXT for full details.


S e t t i n g u p W i n N E T o n y o u r S y s t e m


Following are instructions for setting up WinNET Mail on
your system.

If you received WinNET from CompuServe or some
other electronic bulletin board, create a temporary
directory and copy the wnmail.zip file to this directory.
Run the pkunzip program (commonly available shareware from
PKWARE) to unzip the wnmail.zip file in this directory.

From the Windows program manager File menu, or
directly from the Window's File Manage program, Run the
SETUP.EXE program supplied with the WinNET distribution.
Use the More Information button to get more information on
each screen. This program will also set up an Internet
Account for you with WinNET Communications Inc.'s Internet
Service.

This will ask you for billing and credit card information.
The program will call the WinNET Communications WinNET server
and submit your account request. After a one minute
pause, the program will call back to verify that the
account was accepted.

All account requests will be accepted unless the System
Name that you choose under SETUP is already taken by
another WinNET customer. If the account request is not
successful, you will need to re-run SETUP, select a different
System Name, and re-run the account program.



U p g r a d i n g f r o m a n

e a r l i e r v e r s i o n o f W i n N E T

The instructions for upgrading a previous version of
WinNET are basically the same as outlined in the above
steps describing a new installation. When you are asked to
specify the directory where WinNET should be installed, specify
the same directory where your old copy of WinNET was
installed. This will cause the setup program to overwrite
the old WinNET files with the files from the new version.
Your old setup parameters will be detected and appear as
the defaults in the setup process.

NOTE: Do not update WinNET with a earlier version of WinNET.
Always use the same version as installed or a later version.

SPECIAL EXCEPTION: Versions 2.50 and later of the sharware WinNET
will recognize WinNET Plus 3.0 (and later versions) and will not
overwrite the executables and will just install the online software
and related files.

P r o b l e m s w i t h W i n N E T S e t u p

The most likely source of problems that you may have with
WinNET Mail is the SETUP Communications Parameters:

1. Make sure that the COM port is set to the port that
your modem uses.

2. Make sure that the interface speed it not set faster
than your modem can handle.

3. Verify that the telephone number being dialed will
work correctly from your facility and area.

The telephone number of the WinNET server is:

(800) 800-1482

or our local number:

(502) 589-4131

Which is located in Louisville Kentucky,
U.S.A. If you are local to Louisville, use
simply 589-4131. You may also need to add digits
to obtain an outside line or for credit card
dialing.

You can verify that these settings work for your system by
using the Windows Terminal program. You can also check that
the modem strings supplied on the Communications Parameters
screen work with you modem as well.

Please see TROUBLE.TXT for more possibilities.

FOR THOSE WISHING TO DISTRIBUTE WinNET MAIL (TM), PLEASE
READ ON.


D i s t r i b u t i o n o f W i n N E T M a i l (TM)

WinNET Communications, INC., UNCONDITIONALLY RETAINS ALL
RIGHTS PURSUANT TO THE COPYRIGHT LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.

That said, we very much encourage distribution of this
product, under the following conditions:

1. Any person serving as a distributor of WinNET Mail (TM)
must retain exactly the original form of the
WinNET Communications, Inc., distribution by including
ALL files in unmodified condition.

The following files that are included with the WinNET
Mail (TM) distribution:

ACCOUNT 001 MEGAED DLL SOURCE DAT
ALT TXT NETSCAPE INI TERMS TXT
BWCC DLL PROTOCOL TROUBLE TXT
CHAT TXT QUEUEED EX_ UUCICO EX_
CLEANUP EX_ QUEUEED HL_ VENDOR TXT
CLEANUP HL_ READ_1ST TXT VIEWER EXE
CORE INI REGISTER TXT WINSOCK DL_
CORETCP DL_ RELEASE TXT WNMAIL EX_
CTL3D DL_ RESOLVER CFG WNMAIL HL_
DAEMON EX_ SERVICES WSACORE EX_
DECODE EX_ SETUP 001 WSASLIP EX_
ENCODE EX_ SETUP 002 WS_FTP INI
FILELIST SETUP 003 SETUP 009
FILE_ID DIZ SETUP 004 SETUP EXE
HOSTS SETUP 005
LZEXPAND DLL SETUP 006
MAILCALL EX_ SETUP 007
MAILMAN EX_ SETUP 008

2. Owners or operators of Electronic Bulletin Boards
(EBB's), such as CompuServe, may acquire or accept, and
then distribute copies of WinNET Mail (TM) through
their EBB service, subject to the conditions above, and
may further do so in the context of charging subscribers
to their services a general fee for belonging to the
membership of the service, and/or for time on-line, as
long as these charges are not specifically related to
overt sale of the WinNET Mail (TM) product. This should
in no way be construed as relinquishment, by
WinNET Communications, Inc., of its copyright protection
and sole ownership of WinNET Mail (TM).

3. Persons wishing to contact WinNET Communications, Inc.,
for the purpose of negotiating limited distribution
rights for WinNET Mail (TM) should review the file
VENDOR.TXT, included with this distribution, which
contains an application form that distributors may use
to initiate the process.

4. Any persons possessing a bona fide copy of WinNET Mail
(TM) as originally distributed by WinNET Communications, Inc.,
may freely copy and distribute the product to whomever they
like, as long as exactly the original form of the distribution
is retained, by including ALL files, in unmodified condition,
especially but not limited to all documentation files,
as long as they assess no fees beyond those required for
materials needed in distributing the product, i.e.,
matching exactly the cost of floppy disks, mailing
materials and costs, or long-distance phone charges
relevant to electronic distribution.

5. With the exceptions of EBB operators, under the
conditions described above, and that of persons entering
into written contractual distribution agreements with
WinNET Communications, Inc., other persons engaged in the
distribution of software for profit ARE EXPLICITLY
PROHIBITED from marketing or selling, in any form, any
files or parts of files, or modified versions of files,
that are part of WinNET Communications' distribution.

6. Developers of software products who incorporate ANY
portion of the binary portions of the author's product,
or who copy features or aspects of the user-interface of
the product subject to protection by the laws of
copyright, SHALL BE PROSECUTED, unless they have the
express, written permission of WinNET Communications,
Inc., to do so.


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Archive   : WNMAI251.ZIP
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