Hosts.

Usually Mailcoach is used only for one company and it’s Internet domain, but, Mailcoach can handle several domains, they may even be located at different ISPs.

All hosts marked as active will be interrogated for mail.

New…	Press this button to create a new host
Edit…	Select a host in the list and press this button to edit.
Delete	Select a host in the list and press this button to delete the host.

New or Edit will bring this menu up:

General - tab

Host setup name: This field is for information only. It is displayed in the host-list and when a transport is started. UUCP transport activated: If this option is not checked, no UUCP transport will be performed to/from this domain. Internal mail will work though. Mail domain: Your Internet mail domain name should be entered here, for example company.com

Default domain:

If a user has not setup a valid return address in his mail client, Mailcoach will let the primary domain handle his mail. Activate this option on one of your hosts setup. If no default domain is found, his mail will be left in the \spool

directory.

Transport tab

Modem: Use modem to connect to your ISP. TCP/IP: If you select to use TCP/IP, but no Dial Entry, your connection will be a clean TCP/IP. This is what you would use with a proxy or ISDN connection. If you want to use TCP/IP with Remote Access (RAS/DUN) then select a suitable Dial Entry from the drop-down list.

UUCP Transport: - Only scheduled - means that UUCP transports are only started from the schedule. - At min 5 mail is in queue - this means that when the number of mail waiting in the output mail queue reaches 5, the UUCP transport will start. Phone number: The phone number used for connecting to your ISP. This number can be a canonical number, i.e. containing country code for example: +1 (123) 1234567

Call retries: How many time as dial-up should be retried if busy tone is received. Retry time: The time between dial-up retries. Dial Timeout: If no answer or connection has been established within this time, the call is considered as unsuccessful. Note! The Dial entries must be setup and configured in Windows.

Login tab

Pre-login: The Login name and Password entered here are available as variables $UserId and $Password. In the script. UUCP login: The Uucp login name and Uucp password are available in the script as variables $UucpLogin and $UucpPassword This login is the one used in most of the scripts that comes with Mailcoach. Local UUCP hostname: This is the node name of your UUCP. Also available as variable $LocalHostname in the script.

Remote UUCP hostname: This is the node name of the ISPs UUCP. Also available as variable $RemoteHostName in the script.

Script tab

This tab contains an simple editor where scripts can be created or edited. There are also a number of scripts that comes with Mailcoach, some examples and some specially written for ISPs around the world. You load scripts by pressing the three dot button and selecting a suitable script file. The name entered in the Script filename field is the name the script will be saved in, so if you load a script and change it, do change this name so that the original script is not overwritten.

Connection tab

This tab have different contents depending on the selection you made under the transport tab, the operating system you are using and whether RAS/DUN is installed or not.

Protocol:	Select the UUCP protocol to use. The ‘t’ protocol should only be used with UUCP via TCP/IP as it does not include error checking, it relies completely on the safety of TCP. The ‘g’ protocol is the original UUCP protocol and should be supported by all UUCP.
Timeout:	Sets the timeout for resending packages in protocol ‘g’ and the ‘give up’ timeout for protocol ‘t’
Packet size:	Select the packet size you wish your ISPs UUCP should use when sending to Mailcoach.
Windows:	Select the number of windows that your ISPs UUCP may send to Mailcoach without first getting an received acknowledge.

The above settings can have great impact on the overall performance of the UUCP transport. It can pay off trying to optimize these settings, especially when using long distance call. Recommended setting to start with is 64/7.

Note! Not all UUCP implementations can handle size of packets greater then 64 and Windows greater then 3. If you experience problems, set Packet size to 64 and Windows to 3.

Connection tab - if you selected Modem and is using Windows 95/98 or NT4/5

Select location: Select one from Windows previously created locations Connect using: Select one from Windows previously configured device (modem) Location properties: Press this button to edit and create new locations. Device properties: Press this button to change settings for your device (modem)

Note! If you experience instability when Mailcoach dials with TAPI (=this menu is available), look at the section below for instructions to disable TAPI and use conventional modem handling. The above is most likely to happen with the original version of Windows95 and when using internal modems.

Connection tab - if you selected Modem and is using Windows NT3.51

Current modem: Shows the current selected modem. Modem… (button) Press this button to select a brand and modem type from a list (the lower menu) Comport: Select the port where your modem is connected. Connect speed: Selects the baud rate between your PC and the modem. Set as high as the modem allows. Parity: Parity setting. Usually No parity. Data bits: The number of bits to be sent. Usually 8 bits. Stop bits: The number of stop-bits. Usually One. Modem initialization: This is the the settings that will be used for initialization of your modem. You can add manual settings to this list as well. Remember to end the string with carriage return (^M)

When pressing modem button… Note! You can force Mailcoach to use this style of modem handling by specifying /NT in the Mailcoach shortcut icon, i.e. C:\mailcoach\mcmain.exe /NT

Connection tab - if you selected TCP/IP and no RAS/DUN is available or you didn’t select any RAS/DUN entry.

Host to connect to: Enter the host-name to where the UUCP service is located. UUCP port: Select the port where the UUCP service is available. Normally 540. It’s recommended you use ‘t’ protocol with UUCP via TCP/IP.

Connection tab - if you selected TCP/IP and a RAS/DUN entry.

Host lookup timeout: The number of seconds Mailcoach should try finding the UUCP service via TCP/IP before switching over to connect with RAS/DUN. Username and Password: This is the login details for the RAS connection, usually to the PPP account. Do not use active connection: If this option is checked, Mailcoach will always use it’s own RAS connection. If there is a connection already, Mailcoach will wait for it to finish.