Ristra(tm) Mail Monitor Release 1.3
Copyright(c) 1998-1999 Ristra Company Limited. All rights reserved.
Trademarks and service marks are the property of their respective owners. 

*** Important Note ***

In order to install Mail Monitor, you will need the Visual Basic 5 runtime
files. They are not included in this package due to space limitation on the
file server. However, you may have them already on your system. Otherwise
you may see error messages like "A required .DLL file, XXXXXXXX.DLL was not
found". The Visual Basic 5 runtime files (vb500a.zip) needed for this program
can be found at this URL: http://www.simtel.net/simtel.net/win95/dll.html or
you can download the complete installation package from our web site at
http://welcome.to/ristra or http://ristra.hypermart.net

*** Overview ***

Ristra Mail Monitor brings the convenience of automatic and on demand e-mail
checking to the user of web-based mail services include: Hotmail, Net@ddress
and AmExMail (usa.net), Yahoo! Mail, ZDNetMail, Excite Mail, MailCity, 
Angelfire Mail, EudoraMail and RocketMail. Multiple accounts of different 
services are supported.

In addition, it will allow user to log in to the account more conveniently
by launching default web browser and open up the log in page of the specified
mail service.

Evaluation version of this product can only be used for 14 days after the
first installation. Only the registered user will be able to use this product
afterwards and also get the priority support from us. Please see the file
REGISTER.TXT, Mail Monitor home page or Mail Monitor Help for more detail 
on how to register.

Note: The number of mail services that Mail Monitor supports is subject to
change without notice. Please visit Mail Monitor home page at
http://welcome.to/ristra or http://ristra.hypermart.net for the latest
information.

*** What's new in this release ***

Faster loading, support for proxy server and new disable mail check feature.

*** System Requirements ***

Mail Monitor requires system with Windows 95/98 or Windows NT 4.0 or 
newer version to run on. An Internet connection is also required during the
operation of Mail Monitor.

You will need a web browser if you want Mail Monitor to launch the web
browser and go to the log in page automatically. The browser that Mail
Monitor supports are Netscape Navigator 3 and Microsoft Internet Explorer 3
or newer version of both products.

*** Installation and Uninstallation ***

If you are installing over the previous installation, please uninstall Mail
Monitor before proceeding.

You can uninstall Mail Monitor by doing either one of the following:
 -Select Programs, Ristra Mail Monitor, Uninstall Mail Monitor from the Start
  menu.
  or
 -Select Settings, Control Panel from the Start menu. Then double clicking at
  the Add/Remove Programs icon.  After that select Ristra Mail Monitor from
  the list and then press Add/Remove button.

To install Ristra Mail Monitor, first decompress the MAILM13X.ZIP file to a
directory (by using WinZip or any other ZIP decompression utilities), then
select Run from the Start menu on the taskbar, type the full path of the
directory follow by SETUP.EXE (for example, C:\DOWNLOAD\SETUP.EXE), press the
Enter key and follow the prompts.

If you use WinZip, you can also click on the Install button to automatically
decompress and install Mail Monitor. In case that you don't have WinZip, you
can download it from http://www.winzip.com

*** Getting Start ***

Start up the program by clicking at Ristra Mail Monitor icon from the Start
menu. After the program loading is finished, you will see the Mail Monitor
icon in standby mode on the task bar.

Before you can have Mail Monitor checking the mail for you, you must set up
the account first. Once you have set up the accounts, you may want to set
preferences. Then you can check mail either on preset interval or on demand. 

When new mail arrive, you will see the flashing icon. Then after you have
viewed the status, the icon will be back to the standby mode.

*** Documentation ***

For full documentation, including tips/tricks and context sensitive help,
please choose the Help Topics menu or press Help button on the Settings
screen.

*** List of Files ***

The Ristra Mail Monitor Release 1.3 package (MAILM13X.ZIP) consists of the
following files:

    SETUP.EXE           setup program
    SETUP.LST           setup program's list
    SETUP1.EX_          main setup program
    VB5STKIT.DL_        required DLL for setup
    UNINSTAL.EX_        uninstall program
    ST5UNST.EX_         main uninstall program
    MAILMON.EX_         Mail Monitor program
    MAILMON.DE_         Mail Monitor's dependency file
    MAILMON.HT_         Mail Monitor's HTML help file
    MAILMON.GI_         Mail Monitor's icon
    MAILCHEK.GI_        Mail Monitor's icon
    MAILIN.GI_          Mail Monitor's icon
    BELL.WA_            Default sound file.
    MSINET.OC_          required OCX for Mail Monitor
    TABCTL32.OC_        required OCX for Mail Monitor
    AXDIST.EX_          required EXE for Mail Monitor
    README.TXT          introductory information
    LICENSE.TXT         license agreement/warranty disclaimer
    REGISTER.TXT        registration form
    VENDOR.TXT          information for shareware distributors
    FILE_ID.DIZ         brief description for bulletin boards

If you did not receive all of the above files please download the complete
package at Mail Monitor home page as indicated below.

** Additional Information **

For the latest information, technical support, bug reporting or suggestions,
please visit Mail Monitor home page at http://welcome.to/ristra or
http://ristra.hypermart.net

Thank you for using Ristra Mail Monitor.

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