Aura Mail Reader,  First public release, september 13, 1995

Thank you for participating in our beta-test program.

The following limitations are known:

-> AMR does NOT reliably run with WARP beta I. Some functions of this
   OS/2 release are seriously damaged. However, WARP beta II does work
   fine, as does OS/2 V3 Warp, all releases.

-> The documentation is not fully developed yet. Please make notes or
   suggestions we might incorporate in our final release. All
   documentation currently supplied is on-line. We intend to keep it
   that way.

Installing instructions:

Please execute the install program from the directory you unpacked into.

After having installed AMR, using the install program, please be sure to
configure the following items:

1. Setup=>Conference, This option defines global settings for all new
   maildatabases.

2. Setup=>General, please define correct paths to your directories and
   unpackers. You can NOT specify a root directory.

More details are available in the online help.

Modifications made resulting into the first public release:
-> Added a test to suspend background packet processing if the used
   packet/area is opened by the message-browser.
-> Background unpacking scans the download directory each minute for
   the availability of new packets.
-> Improved Find interface and processing.
-> Second Mouse Button now shows pop-up menu whenever available.


Modifications made to beta release 4:
-> Oldest .QWK files are processed first (FIFO)
-> If you do not specify a textviewer, AMR uses it's internal viewer.
-> Font selection now only selects fonts that are available for all
   languages.
-> Editor and browser are now "iconized" on minimize.
-> Proper disabling of screen behind browser and editor.
-> Repeatedly pressing ALT-F4 should not produce a SYSTEM error.
-> Esc now terminates the editor too.
-> Improved "first time" setup.
-> EXE directory can be queried for by DDE.
-> It's now possible to edit a message.
-> Index/messagelist now shows the proper colors for the "From" column.
-> DDE automatic message update is now possible.
-> More stabile Date & Time layout-detection from the OS2.INI file.
-> Improved HELP disabling if no help-file is found.
-> No tagline is added if you did not select one.


Modifications made to beta release 3:
-> The index/messagelist is improved; uses color and proportional font.

-> New switch: Allow duplicates, this allows duplicates for an entire
   messagedatabase. If this option is checked, the following applies:
   Duplicate messages get a new unique number starting at 100000. This
   avoids messages being rejected from the database but it also allows
   you to pollute your database.

-> Import of QWK packets improved. There are some systems that do not
   generate messagenumbers at all!

-> Total number of messages now shows number of messages in last packet.
   (Info-window showed the total available number of messages)

-> If no "%1" argument was specified in the global settings an incomplete
   command could be issued. Now, if no "%1" is found, the arguments are
   simply appended to the command.

-> Automatic management of Welcome, New Files, News, Bulletins and Goodbye
   did not always update those files under certain circumstances.

-> Available as separate utilities, you can convert CompuServe and Squish
   messagefiles to .QWK format files.

   These files are available as:
     CS2QWK.Lzh : CompuServe message to QWK message format converter.
     SQ2QWK.Lzh : Squish message to QWK message format converter. These
                  messages use the unique messagenumber from the .SQI file
                  and not a squential number!

Thank you again for trying our products.