================================= EUDORA PRO FOR WINDOWS (32-BIT) BETA VERSION 2.2b8 ================================= This beta version of Eudora Pro for Windows (32-bit) is only for current Eudora Pro users. You will not be able to install this version unless you have Eudora Pro for Windows version 2.1.2 or later on your PC. This is not the final release of Eudora Pro for Windows version 2.2. Do not install this beta version if you are not entirely comfortable using beta software. Also, we recommend you make a copy of your Eudora Pro 2.1.2 directory and put it somewhere safe, then upgrade the original directory to this beta version. On January 1, 1996 this Beta version expires and you will need to install the final release of version 2.2, which will be available soon through our Internet sites. This README provides information on the following topics: - New features - Changes - Software archive - Installation - Known bugs - Bug fixes -------------------------------- New Features in Eudora Pro 2.2 -------------------------------- * A native, fully compatible 32-bit application for the Windows 95 and Windows NT operating systems. * A MAPI utility that lets you use Eudora to send e-mail with attached files directly from your MAPI-compatible applications-word processors, spreadsheets, graphics, and other applications. * Context-sensitive on-line Help that lets you click on items in the user interface to read brief explanations of what the items do. * Access to Eudora commands from the right mouse button. * Active URLs that automatically open your World Wide Web browser and go to the selected URL (Universal Resource Locator). * A Checking Spelling option, Ignore original text, that saves time by not checking text that came from a previous message. * A Miscellaneous option for switching messages using the Ctrl+arrow keys. * A floating toolbar you can place anywhere on your desktop. * A New Mail icon for the Task Bar Tray that displays the number of new messages. ---------------------------- Changes from 2.1 to 2.2 ---------------------------- * The Eudora functions that were in the Window menu are now in a new Tools menu. * The Settings dialog is now called Options and is in the new Tools menu. * In mailbox windows, you can change the Status, Priority, and Label settings using the right mouse button. You can no longer change these settings using the left mouse button. * In the Nicknames window, you can use the right mouse button to toggle nicknames on and off of the Quick Recipient List. You can no longer do this using the left mouse button. ------------------------------ SOFTWARE ARCHIVE: eud22b8.exe ------------------------------ This software archive includes all the files you need to upgrade Eudora Pro for Windows version 2.1.2 or later (including the 2.2 beta versions) to version 2.2b8. You cannot upgrade from earlier versions of Eudora, so if you have an earlier version you need to use the appropriate updater(s) to update to version 2.1.2. -------------------- INSTALLATION -------------------- These instructions assume that you have a registered copy of Eudora Pro version 2.1.2 or later and are installing version 2.2 as an upgrade. If this is not the case, you will not be able to install version 2.2. If you do have a registered copy of Eudora Pro version 2.1.2, but the installation program will not install version 2.2b7, please call Eudora technical support or report the problem to the Eudora technical support coordinator at your site. WE RECOMMEND YOU MAKE A COPY OF YOUR EXISTING EUDORA PRO DIRECTORY, CLEARLY LABEL IT AS VERSION 2.1.2, AND PUT IT SOMEWHERE SAFE. That way you can return to the previous version if you have problems with the beta software. To install version 2.2b8, download the software archive (eud22b7.exe) into a directory on your PC. Double click on the archive to unpack it into the same directory. Then click on setup.exe and follow the directions. There are two steps in the installation: 1. Be sure you are not running any applications, including Eudora, during installation. 2. Specify what directory Eudora Pro version 2.1.2 is in. You can use the default selection, or browse through your system to select the Eudora directory you want to update. The next time you start Eudora you will be running version 2.2. -------------------- KNOWN BUGS IN 2.2b8 -------------------- * Right clicking the mouse doesn't bring up Context menus under Win32s and NT 3.50. * Received messages with attachments whose long filenames wrap on to the next line cannot be opened by double clicking. Maximize message window to get around this bug. * Can't double click URL's that wrap to the next line. Solution same as above. * New Win95 keyboards with context menu key display context menus in the wrong place. * Printing from a mailbox works infrequently under Win95. * Blank page follows a printed message under NT 3.5 and Win32s. * Unqualified domain names don't get qualified. * Some Dial-Up scripts/modems cause GPF under Win95. * "Add routing slip" MAPI functionality in Excel 5.0 causes a GPF in Excel. * MAPI doesn't work properly with Word Perfect 6.1. * MAPI delete attachments after send option doesn't work. ---------------------- BUG FIXES in 2.2b8 ---------------------- * Spelling doesn't recognize common words. * A memory leak under Win32s causes a loss of resources when Eudora is exited. * Send button and combo box buttons on composition messages not aligned. * Insert Recipient on context menu doesn't display multiple columns. * Changing labels doesn't get update the labels on the menu. * MSExplorer causes and Unrecognized MAPI keyword when used with Eudora. Version - 11/22/95