MAIL SNOOP VERSION 1.3.1.1 - SHAREWARE
Copyright (c) 2000-2001 Rainbow Innovations
04 October 2001

This file contains last-minute information that could not be included in the program or the documentation.

1. Introduction
2. Hardware Requirements
3. Installing Mail Snoop
4. Removing Mail Snoop
5. What's New
6. Contacting Rainbow Innovations
 

1. Introduction
Mail Snoop is a mail checker/filter utility, which works in the background monitoring your Internet Pop3 mailboxes and protecting you from unwanted junk emails. Mail Snoop advises if there is new mail, giving you the opportunity to review it before either downloading it or deleting. Mail Snoop will also automatically filter your mail for you, removing unwanted items.
This program is Shareware; you can use it for 30 days free of charge to evaluate it. If at the end of that period you want to continue using it, then your copy must be registered. Your single-user registration will license you to use your copy of Mail Snoop, entitle you to receive bug fixes and minor revisions, and provide you with free technical support via email. To find out how to register, please see the 'How to Register' section in the Mail Snoop help file or visit the Rainbow Innovations web site at http://www.rainbow-innov.co.uk
2. Hardware Requirements
Mail Snoop runs under Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT4 Windows 2000 and Windows XP, with 3.5mb free disc space and an Internet connection via modem or LAN.
3. Installing Mail Snoop
If you have downloaded Mail Snoop, as a ZIP file then use a decompression utility such as WinZip or PkUnzip to unpack the ZIP file into a suitable directory (such as C:\Program Files\Mail Snoop).
Run the installation program setupms.exe and then follow the instructions onscreen.
If you already have a version of Mail Snoop installed and wish to update it, then it is not necessary to remove the old version first, when prompted by the installer to select the components you want to install select "Mail Snoop Partial Installation" to preserve your filter settings. However, you must ensure you shut down Mail Snoop first or the new installation will fail.
4. Removing Mail Snoop
Shut down Mail Snoop before uninstalling. Go to "Add/Remove Programs" in the control panel and uninstall Mail Snoop from there.
5. 
What's New since version 1.30 (A full revision history can now be found in the text file: history.txt) 
04 October 2001 - Version 1.3.1.1 released.
* Bug fixed:
o Fixed error in uninstaller. On removing Mail Snoop the uninstaller was deleting the auto start registry settings for other programs as well as the Mail Snoop setting. This is now corrected.
20 September 2001 - Version 1.3.1.0 released.
* New Features:
o "Add to Blacklist" on toolbar and Messages menu. Adds the senders email address from the selected email to the start of the blacklist. If the Blacklist filter function is in use, subsequent emails from the sender will be deleted or queried.
o "Always query when adding sender to blacklist" option on Messages page of Mail Snoop Options. If checked then use of the "Add to Blacklist" function will always be queried.
o Activity log information now includes the email size as part of each entry.
* Bugs fixed:
o Blocked deletion of emails by the blacklist filter when an email has no "From address" (i.e. the field is either blank or does not contain a valid email address.
* Miscellaneous:
o Updated Core Libraries handling Pop3 server communication & Dial up networking.
6. Contacting Rainbow Innovations
You can contact us by email at: info@rainbow-innov.co.uk You can also post queries on our online support forum at http://www.rainbow-innov.co.uk/forum/ 
If you prefer to write, then send letters to:
Rainbow Innovations,
4 Godre'r Mynydd,
Gwernymynydd,
Mold,
Flintshire.
CH7 4AD
United Kingdom.
For the latest version of Mail Snoop, visit our web site at: http://www.rainbow-innov.co.uk If you want to be advised of future updates and improvements to Mail Snoop, then join our mailing list (powered by Topica) at http://www.topica.com/lists/mailsnoop

