POPWatch
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POP Watch is for use with OS/2 and either the IAK (Internet Access Kit) that comes with Warp, or TCP/IP v2.0.
POP stands for Post Office Protocol and defines a method for client/server mail transactions. The document on POP is RFC 1725.
If you use UltiMail, PM-Mail, or some other POP based mail reader then perhaps POP Watch will interest you.
POP Watch does the following
- When supplied with a POPServer, UserID, Password, time, and other configuration details it will remember these.
- They are stored in the popw.ini file in the directory you run POPW.EXE from.
- Query the Server each "time" interval to check for mail.
- If mail is received then the current OS/2 cursor will change to a pointer with letters overlaid for 5 seconds and a beep will sound.
- If unable to gain a socket connection over two (2) consecutive attempts ("time" distance apart) will exit.
- If you supply an unrecognised UserID, or password, will show the POP Server's response - then exit.
Some features of POP Watch
- It is a "run and forget" program. You could have it automatically start up when you log on with SL/IP - and when you disconnect, it will shutdown in between 1 and 2 "time" periods.
- It doesn't use valuable processor cycles, or resources.
- POP Watch not really a PM program and only registers a message queue to display Message Boxes when required - then releases them. This eliminates a previous problem with blocked message queues.
- It uses considerably less memory that POPBiff (1.5mb!) and is written in C using EMX 0.9a and the BSD Sockets!
- [popw12.zip Version 1.2]
License
- email-ware
- Author: Peter Childs