From: Andy Jefferson <andy@ajsoft.demon.co.uk>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce
Subject: mxMail and mxFtp - mail and FTP clients
Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 5:44:54 GMT
Organization: AJ Soft Limited
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May 25, 1997

Announcing the release of 'mxMail' (Ver 1.00) and 'mxFtp' (Ver 1.00).

Check out the mxMail and mxFtp home pages at :-

mxMail Site  -> http://www.ajsoft.demon.co.uk/mxmail.html
mxFtp Site   -> http://www.ajsoft.demon.co.uk/mxftp.html

FTP sites :-
Available in .tgz form from "ftp.x.org" and its mirrors as :-

contrib/applications/mxapps-1.00.tar.gz
contrib/applications/mxapps-1.00.README

Copyright : Covered by the GNU Public License.

Note : the tgz file includes statically compiled versions of mxMail and
       mxFtp for those of you without Motif.

==========================================================================
Build Requirements
- ------------------
To build 'mxMail'/'mxFtp' you require the following :-

a). X11R6/Motif2.0
b). C++ compiler (e.g g++)

'mxMail'/'mxFtp' come with a C++ class library that may be useful in
developing other applications.
==========================================================================

What is 'mxMail'?
- ----------------

mxMail is a mail application for UNIX (well Linux at the moment, though
will likely build OK on most UNIX'es).

It provides a Graphical User Interface to the process of
sending/receiving
or E-Mail. It provides :-
a). Multiple mailboxes/folders - and frequent checking of these
containers.
b). Display mechanism for a mail box - allows deletion/undeletion of
    messages, as well as sorting by various criteria.
c). Display of mail messages. Splits the message into three parts -
header
    text and attachments, with attachments represented by icons.
d). Supports MIME format tags for sending/receiving.
e). Allows an addressbook.
f). Provides a mechanism for composing mail messages, and adding
    attachments.
g). Includes a setup option to allow customisation of numerous
parameters
    including mailbox check frequency, directory name for mail folders,
    whether to send messages in MIME format or not, etc

mxMail is tested on the following platforms:  Linux 2.0.22

Requires 'sendmail' to be available on the platform to operate.
==========================================================================

What is 'mxFtp'?
- ----------------

mxFtp is an ftp application for UNIX (well Linux at the moment, though
will likely build OK on most UNIX'es).

It provides a Graphical User Interface to the process of FTP'ing across
machines and file systems. It provides :-
a). Control over login name/password.
b). View of the local and remote file systems.
c). Control over file transfer format ('bin'/'ascii').
d). Selection of files to transfer ('put'/'get').
e). Feedback on status of transfer of files to local system (%
complete).
f). Navigation around local and remote file systems.
g). Includes a setup option to allow customisation of numerous
parameters
    including what info to display in file system lists, and what
    directory to start at when connecting to a remote system.

mxFtp is tested on the following platforms:  Linux 2.0.22

Requires 'ftp' to be available on the platform to operate.
==========================================================================


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