Newton Mail V User’s Guide This booklet tells you how to set up and use the Newton Mail V internet e-mail transport. For the background on Newton e-mail, please refer to Apple’s Newton E-Mail guide [1]. Mail V supports the SMTP and IMAP4 protocols for sending and receiving e-mail. Getting Started There are several things you need to do in order to use e-mail.
Installation System Update If you don’t already have the latest Newton System Update [4], you should install that first. To find out your system version: 1! Open the Extras Drawer and tap the Information button. 2! In the list that appears, tap Memory Info. A slip appears showing you your ROM Version at the bottom left. When Apple abandoned Newton on 27 February 1998, the versions were: ! MP120! MP130! MP2000! MP2100! eMate 300! US & International English! 2.0 (516263)! 2.0 (526205)! 2.1 (717145)! 2.
▲WARNING Apple didn’t support NIE on the MP120 because of its limited system memory. (Adding PC card memory doesn’t overcome this limitation.) You can use NIE 1.1 with the MP120, but you may need to freeze all non-mail packages to free up enough memory for NIE to operate, and you may not be impressed by its performance. ▲ Modem Enabler If you’re using a modem to connect to your ISP, you need the appropriate Modem Enabler [6]. Enablers for common modems are built-in to Newton.
Images ImageStationery.pkg Install this package to be able to view JPEG, GIF, PNG, TIFF and PICT format image file attachments in your In Box. Note Only GIFs will render correctly on black & white Newton devices, ie MP120 and MP130. All formats produce 4 bit grayscale images. ◆ TibetFormat.pkg If you’re a user of TIBET you can use this package to send its JPEG images via Mail V. It also allows you to CC images to multiple recipients, something TIBET doesn’t normally allow.
Helpers The PhotoCard.pkg adds a new business card format to Names which displays a picture. Mail V recognizes these photos when transferring Names cards as vCards to and from Newton. The MailAssistant.pkg lets you check your e-mail identity and cleans up your Owner card. ▲ I M PO RTANT If you are upgrading from SimpleMail you should launch this application, even if you do nothing with it, to ensure your setups are upgraded correctly for Mail V.
Incoming •! Against Description enter a short name for this setup. This name will be used to identify this server as an In Box folder. The remaining information can be obtained from your ISP. •! Against Mail server enter your IMAP mail server’s name. If you need to specify a port number other than IMAP’s usual 143, append a colon and the number to the server name; for example: ! mail.walthrop.net:1143 •! Tap Authentication and in the list that appears choose the type of login authentication you require.
Outgoing •! Against E-Mail enter your e-mail address. If you have already entered E-Mail addresses in your owner card, tap the E-Mail label and these will appear in a list; tap the address you require. •! Against SMTP server enter your mail server’s name. If you need to specify a port number other than SMTP’s usual 25, append a colon and the number to the server name.
Advanced This account is initially enabled. If you don’t want it to be checked for mail, tap Enable to remove the check from the box. If you have more than one e-mail account you can add them all as E-Mail Access items to your Owner card. Mail V will check them all in turn when receiving mail, so you don’t have to manually connect to each one. However, you can temporarily disable an account by unchecking its Enabled box. The Rebuild button appears after you have received mail from this server.
Add an e-mail signature 1! Go to Owner Info in the Extras Drawer. 2! Tap the owner you want to modify. 3! Tap Add and in the list that appears, tap E-Mail Signature. 4! In the slip that appears, enter the appropriate text. You don’t need to prefix your signature with -- , this is done automatically. When you mail something, check the Sign letter checkbox in the routing slip to append this signature to your message.
If you want your E-Mail Signature to be appended to your message, check the Sign letter box. If you want your Owner Info contact details (address, phone and e-mail) to be appended to your message as a vCard, check the Enclose card box. Mail V lets you address a message to an individual without having to create an entry for them in the Names application. 1! Tap To, Cc or Bcc in the routing slip, and in the list that appears tap Individual. 2! In the slip that appears, enter the appropriate information.
1! Ensure the caret is visible, or select some of the e-mail message text. 2! Tap the Tag button and in the list that appears tap Select All. If there’s no caret or selection, Select All won’t appear in the list. Browsing When you set your preferences When connecting - Browse mail just a summary of each message is fetched - you see the subject, sender, date, message size and Remote status in the In Box overview. The progress slip disappears but Mail V remains connected.
Preferences To set Mail V’s preferences: 1! Open the Extras Drawer and tap InOut Box. 2! Tap the Information button and in the list that appears, tap Mail V Prefs. 3! In the slip that appears, enter the appropriate information. The preferences slip has two pages. The debug version of Mail V has an additional debug page.
Messages you delete whilst browsing are flagged as deleted on the mail server, but remain accessible to other mail clients. Check the Erase deleted items box if you want permanently to remove deleted messages from the server when you close the In Box. Check the Disconnect after send/receive box if you want to disconnect immediately after sending the contents of your Out Box or receiving new mail for your In Box. Otherwise Mail V will both send and receive in one session.
Rules Tap Connect to set when you want your Newton device to send and receive mail. In the list that appears, tap the appropriate schedule. •! Manually - there is no automatic connection. •! Every xx minutes - a connection will be established at the frequency you choose. •! As scheduled - a slip appears allowing you to set a daily automatic connection. Tap Add to add the specified time and days to the schedule. To remove a scheduled time, tap the time in the window then tap Remove.
Tap When connecting to choose how you want to receive messages. •! Browse mail - a summary of each message is retrieved from the server and shown in the In Box overview. You choose which messages you want to download in full. •! Download mail - messages are downloaded in full immediately. You can define what you want to do with received messages by defining filters. Tap If an item’s to select the attribute of a message you want to test. In the slip that appears, tap your choice.
Tap New mail sound to specify a sound to be played when mail download is complete. In the list that appears, tap your choice. If you have the Newton Text to Speech package installed you can select Text, and in the slip that appears enter a phrase you want to be spoken. Tap the i button to access information about the version of Mail V you’re running, and Mail V’s help (if you installed it). In the list that appears, tap your choice.
Frequently Asked Questions If your question isn’t answered here, re-read the NIE Users Guide, particularly the Troubleshooting section. Q! Mail V sends an attachment with every message, which recipients can’t read. How can I disable this “feature”? A! The attachment is Newton data, readable by other Mail V users. For example, you can mail a note including ink and sketches. If you want to send text only, check the “Text Only” box in the routing slip when you mail a message.
Mail Assistant ! The Mail Assistant is a separate package that maintains your e-mail setup information in good order. When launched, it verifies your E-Mail setups and deletes any troublesome null entries. (Null entries can be created by the Newton Names application when adding and deleting items in your Owner card.) It lists all your Mail V setups for each of your Owner cards so you can quickly check them yourself.
Updates For the latest version of Mail V and related Newton software, visit: http://homepage.mac.com/simonbell/mailv/ Feedback If you find some aspect of Mail V not up to snuff, or if you have helpful suggestions, please feel free to let me know: Simon Bell Acknowledgements Thanks and kudos go to Jason Harper for ViewFrame. Debugging has never been so painless. Thanks also to Paul Guyot for making several suggestions for improvements and continuing to inspire all Newton developers.
References Apple no longer hosts Newton manuals or developer tools. It does, however, host Newton system software on its Older Software web page. 1 Newton E-Mail Guide ! http://www.unna.org/unna/apple/documentation/misc/UsingE-Mail(NIE2.0).pdf 2 MessagePad User’s Manual ! http://www.unna.org/unna/apple/documentation/2x00/2000UsersManual.PDF 3 Newton FAQ ! http://www.chuma.org/newton/faq/ 4 Newton System Updates ! http://www.info.apple.com/support/oldersoftwarelist.
