Watchdog Mail Monitor
		Windows Sockets E-Mail Client Application
		    Author: Richard M. Beddard III

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!THIS PROGRAM IS A BETA VERSION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


		Tell the world about your Watchdog! :)


Keep those bug reports and suggestions coming in.  I can't fix it if I
don't know about it, and I can't add something new to it if you don't
request it.


!!!ATTENTION!!!
please read the Known Problems section at the end of this file.

 VERSION:
 ========
   0.21b - BETA

 HISTORY:
 ========
   0.22b - Fixed a bug that wouldn't let you turn off the notification
           dialog (I'd tell you guys about it, but you would laugh).
         - Fixed a bug that caused information to be lost when switching
           between tabs in the property sheet.
         - Fixed a bug that would not let you properly browse and change
           the notification sound.
         - Added support for non-standard POP3 ports.
         - Added ability to launch an app when new mail has arrived.
   0.21b - Fixed some potential bugs (nothing had happened yet, but the
           possibility of it failing later existed).
         - Added an option to turn off animation (who would do that? :)
         - Added ability to check mail on demand.
         - Added a notification dialog to inform you of new mail, as well
           as the ability to turn it on and off.
   0.21a - Fixed some gui problems that appeared on screens set to less
           than 1024x768.
         - Fixed a bug which allowed multiple options dialog boxes to be
           opened at the same time.
         - Fixed a bug which let watchdog check the mail while the options
           dialog box was open.
         - FINALLY!  I got the dog animation working!  Thanks goes out to
           Scott Adkins and Charles Shopsin whose combined information did
           the trick.
         - Added an informative message on the notification tab telling
           you how many messages are waiting.
   0.2a  - Gave the watchdog a major facelift.  All GUI is now Windows 95.
         - Converted all Dialogs to Property Sheets.
         - Fixed a bug where watchdog would check mail with no hostname.
   0.1a  - Initial alpha version


 DISCLAIMER:
 ===========
   This program is provided as is.  I accept no responsibility for it.
   If you use it then so be it.  Most programming information and all
   icons were gathered on the net.

   I hereby claim that this program exists. :)


 REDISTRIBUTION:
 ===============
   I encourage you to freely redistribute this program.


 LICENSE
 =======
   I hereby license you to use this product. :)


 DESCRIPTION:
 ============
   Watchdog Mail Monitor is a POP3 mail checker.  It was created using
   Borland C++ version 4.52.


 REQUIREMENTS:
 =============
   Watchdog requires you to have a properly installed 32-bit WINSOCK.DLL,
   at least a 386, and Windows 95.


 INSTALLATION:
 =============
   YOU MUST HAVE A PROPERLY INSTALLED 32-BIT WINSOCK.DLL FOR THIS
   APPLICATION TO WORK!!  YOUR HOST MUST SUPPORT THE POP3 PROTOCOL!!
 
   1. Simply unzip the distribution into the desired directory.

   2. Add watchdog to the start menu.  (Select start then settings then
      taskbar then the start menu programs tab and then Add...)

   3. Run the program and setup preferences by right clicking on the dog
      icon in the tray and selecting options.

   Registry keys created:
    (in case you want to remove them if you decide not to continue using
    watchdog)

    Under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software simply delete the key titled BSE


 USAGE:
 ======
   Once connected to the internet, run watchdog.  A small dog icon will
   appear in the area of your clock in the taskbar (this is known as the 
   tray notification area to programmers).  To set program options and 
   exit watchdog, right-click on the dog icon for a menu providing these
   options.  To see how many messages you have waiting, simply hold the
   mouse cursor over the dog icon for a short period of time (a tip will
   magically appear to inform you of how many messages are waiting).


 VALID COMMAND LINE OPTIONS:
 ===========================
   None.             
      

 WHERE TO GET IT
 ===============
   http://www.mountain.net/~gambit/home.html


 SUPPORT
 =======
   Bug reports and suggestions for improvement SHOULD be sent by e-mail
   gambit@access.mountain.net


 BUG REPORTS, SUGGESTIONS, ETC...
 ================================
   Send all bug reports, suggestions, etc to gambit@access.mountain.net
  
   If you like this program, please let me know about it!

   Post your comments in comp.protocol.tcp-ip.ibmpc, alt.winsock and
   in the windows groups on usenet and places like compuserve.

   I stress that I can't add a feature you might like if you don't tell
   me about it.

   Tell the world about your Watchdog!


 KNOWN PROBLEMS
 ==============
   - Watchdog reportedly doesn't respond when started up without a 
     connection to the internet.  Need to look into this further because
     that is how I run it when I am working on it and I don't have any
     problems with it.  More information is needed.

   - Watchdog reportedly causes an unhandled exception in Windows when
     "mail" is put in as the host name.  I CANNOT get this to happen on my
     system which leads me to believe that it is a winsock setup problem.
     More information is needed.

   - The apply button is always grayed out.  I'm researching this.

   - Watchdog tries to check the mail even when there is no connection
     active.  While I hadn't thought that this would be a problem, I
     received a lot of requests to have this fixed.  What happens is that
     Watchdog makes use of the winsock API, Windows 95 detects this and
     launches the old connection dialog.  I have decided this is a problem
     and I am looking for a way to fix it.