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Helper Applications for Pegasus Mail for Windows

Pegasus Mail is (c) Copyright 1992-1998 by David Harris, all rights reserved.
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ADRCSV Converts between external Addressbook format and Comma Separated Values
HangUp32 Extension for 32-bit Pegasus Mail for Windows to provide automatic hang up of Windows 95 Dial-Up Networking connections that are initiated by Pegasus Mail. (Replaces DISCON32.)
NsProto Launches Pegasus Mail (and other apps) from Netscape Navigator
PGPJN PGP Encryptor Interface
URLPROXY Latest version of URL Proxy helper

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ADRCSV by John Navas

Converts address data between Pegasus Mail Addressbook import/export and Comma Separated Value (CSV) formats

Useful because many (most?) database programs can import/export data in CSV format but not in Pegasus Mail Addressbook format.

Execute the program for instructions

The author does not have the time to give free individual technical support, so please do not email requests for assistance. Instead, send them to the PM-WIN or PMAIL mailing lists, or post them to the Usenet newsgroup comp.mail.pegasus-mail.ms-windows. Send bug reports to John Navas.

The author is not responsible for any errors or omissions, or for any consequential problems that might result. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

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HangUp32 by John Navas

Extension for 32-bit version of Pegasus Mail for Windows to provide automatic hang up of Windows 95 Dial-Up Networking connections that are initiated by Pegasus Mail. (This extension does not work with the 16-bit version of Pegasus Mail for Windows.)

To install, extract all files to your Pegasus Mail for Windows executable directory. Then use the Tools | Extensions | Hangup Connection menu item in Pegasus Mail for Windows to access the configuration options. (If the menu item does not appear, then you did not extract the files to the correct directory.)

Replaces DISCON32. If you have installed DISCON32, you must remove all DISCON32.* files from your Pegasus Mail for Windows executable directory before installing HangUp32.

Note: this is a BETA release (Version 1.1beta2). Known problem: When HangUp32 is installed, the Window list in Pegasus Mail for Windows does not work properly. (This problem is being investigated.)

The author does not have the time to give free individual technical support, so please do not email requests for assistance. Instead, send them to the PM-WIN or PMAIL mailing lists, or post them to the Usenet newsgroup comp.mail.pegasus-mail.ms-windows. Send bug reports to John Navas.

The author is not responsible for any errors or omissions, or for any consequential problems that might result. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

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NsProto by John Navas

NsProto 1.1 released on January 26, 1999. Highlights: NsProto is designed as an OLE Automation protocol proxy server for Netscape Navigator for Win32, versions 3 and 4, products of Netscape Communications.

NsProto is a Win32 (32-bit Windows) application that is designed for Windows 95/98 and Windows NT. There will never be a Win16 (16-bit) version for standard Windows. However, NsProto is able to invoke 16-bit applications.

The primary application for NsProto is as a 'mailto' protocol proxy client for Pegasus Mail for Windows. (However, the architecture of NsProto is flexible enough to also work with other applications.) What this means is that you will be able to click on a 'mailto:' hyperlink in Netscape Navigator, and have Pegasus Mail for Windows automatically launched with a new email message filled in for the address in the 'mailto:' hyperlink. Important notes:

Upgrading from Version 1.0 to Version 1.1. The safest way to upgrade and get the new header features for Pegasus Mail is to:
  1. Unregister the mailto: protocol.
  2. Delete the mailto: protocol.
  3. Uninstall NsProto 1.0.
  4. Install NsProto 1.1 same directory used for Pegasus Mail for Windows.
  5. Launch NsProto.
  6. Register the new default template [-T "%a"-S "%s"-C "%c"] (which includes support for the new headers).
  7. Close NsProto.
The author does not have the time to give free individual technical support, so please do not email requests for assistance. Instead, send them to the PM-WIN or PMAIL mailing lists, or post them to the Usenet newsgroup comp.mail.pegasus-mail.ms-windows. Send bug reports (and only bug reports) to John Navas.

The author is not responsible for any errors or omissions, or for any consequential problems that might result. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

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PGP Encryptor Interface by John Navas

Version: 1.1, last updated: Monday, December 11, 1995.
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The PGP Encryptor Interface integrates seamlessly into the 16-bit implementation of Pegasus Mail for Windows (Version 2.23 and above), making it easy to protect email messages with secure PGP public key encryption and/or digital signatures. The PGP Encryptor Interface is completely free and includes full source code. (You will also need PGP software -- see below.)

Current Status

The current 16-bit implementation of the Encryptor Interface will not work with the new 32-bit implementation of Pegasus Mail for Windows, and will not work with the 16-bit implementation of Pegasus Mail for Windows under Windows NT or OS/2 -- it only works with the 16-bit implementation of Pegasus Mail for Windows, Version 2.23 and above, under Windows 3.x or Windows 95. There are plans to release a 32-bit implementation of the Encryptor Interface, and to upgrade the 16-bit implementation to support Windows NT or OS/2, hopefully sometime soon (tentatively April, 1996).

Update 7/96: Since the 32-bit version Pegasus Mail for Windows is being released, expect a 32-bit implementation of the Encryptor Interface to be released within about 30 days. It will support the current PGP 2.x (rather than waiting for PGP Version 3.0, which will reportedly include a native Windows API).

Update 8/96: The 32-bit version of the Encryptor Interface is a bit behind schedule (which was "about" 30 days, not 30 days exactly), but it is still coming. Please be patient (and do not send email asking when it will be released).

Update 11/96: The Internet encryption landscape has been in a state of flux over the past few months, which is the principal reason that there is still no update of the Encryptor Interface. Frankly, this author has not been thrilled by the prospect of writing a lot of tricky code only to have to throw it away in a few months, or of getting lots of complaints that a new implementation does not conform or interoperate with other programs. (If you want to hassle someone, do it to PGP Inc., which still hasn't released even a beta of the long-promised PGP 3.0 [with a Windows API], or the Internet community, which is still struggling with trying to standardize encryption, and which just published RFC's [1991 and 2015] that change the playing field yet again, while an ad hoc group pushes a "unofficial" standard using X-headers.) This author has also been hoping for an update to the Pegasus Mail for Windows core that would make it possible to address some of the shortcomings of the current implementation. In any event, there will still be an update to the Encryptor Interface, and it hopefully will be sometime soon; however, since this author has been hassled over the 30 day estimate above, no further estimate will be made. Please be patient (and do not send email asking when it will be released).

Update 6/97: The latest hang-up is the uncertain status, legality, and effect of the revised U.S. Government export regulations on encryption. In particular this author is watching the progress of encryption legislation and lawsuits. Please be patient (and do not send email asking when it will be released).

Support

The author does not have the time to give free individual technical support, so please do not email requests for assistance. Instead, send them to the PM-WIN or PMAIL mailing lists, or post them to the Usenet newsgroup comp.mail.pegasus-mail.ms-windows. Send bug reports to John Navas.

The author is not responsible for any errors or omissions, or for any consequential problems that might result. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Internet Encryption Standardization

Related Information

Pegasus Mail is one of the very best, most powerful email packages available, yet it is completely free.

PGP stands for Pretty Good Privacy, the famous (some would say infamous), secure public key encryption system, free for non-commercial personal use, developed by Philip Zimmermann. PGP information is available at http://thegate.gamers.org/~tony/pgp.html. Help with PGP problems is available through the PGP Help Team.

The U.S. Government (foolishly and outrageously) prohibits export of strong encryptors like PGP. In response, a compatible "international" version of PGP was created outside of the USA. Information is available at the Unofficial International PGP Home Page (as well as the International PGP Home Page and the PGP International site).

Open Encryptor Interface for PGP (c) Copyright 1995 by The Navas GroupSM, all rights reserved.
Pretty Good Privacy (tm) and (c) Copyright 1990-1994 by Philip Zimmermann, all rights reserved.

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URLPROXY by John Navas

Currently Beta 10 of URLPROXY.EXE (9,360 08-31-96 10:44a)

This version has a DDE fix that may solve lockup problems for those that are experiencing them.

Extract the executable to your Pegasus Mail directory.

To use it, open the Pegasus menu File | Preferences | Clickable links, and check "Find browser automatically" (as well as "enable display of clickable links...").

The author does not have the time to give free individual technical support, so please do not email requests for assistance. Instead, send them to the PM-WIN or PMAIL mailing lists, or post them to the Usenet newsgroup comp.mail.pegasus-mail.ms-windows. Send bug reports to John Navas.

The author is not responsible for any errors or omissions, or for any consequential problems that might result. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

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