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Goin' Postal Freeware

Version 5 · Steven Lawson

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Description

Goin' Postal is a powerful, text-based emailer for the HP 100/200LX. It was designed to fit easily on a 1 MB palmtop and all files only take up 112K of disk space. Supports dialup PPP, multiple mailboxes, providers and access points. This major version update adds MIME, Base64, digest exploding, improved PGP support, plus many other enhancements. Freeware.

Technical details

File
gp5r1.exe
Size
363.7 KB
Format
.exe
Year
2007
Added to S.U.P.E.R.
2002-01-22
Files inside
29
Author
Steven Lawson
Path
anonftp/pub/gp5r1.exe

How to install it

What to send to the palmtop saves 205.4 KB

These are the files you need. You can send them from the package contents below.

  • GP.ICN → A:\SOFT icono, junto a su aplicación 201 B
  • EPPPD.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 26.8 KB
  • GP.BAT → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 934 B
  • RED.COM → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 4.7 KB
  • GPTCP.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 44.9 KB
  • BROWSE.COM → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 1.0 KB
  • TERMIN.COM → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 1.2 KB
  • GPEXE.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 60.0 KB
  • GPDEBUG.BAT → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 809 B
  • EPPPD.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 25.0 KB
  • GP.ICN → A:\SOFT icono, junto a su aplicación 200 B
  • GP.BAT → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 923 B
  • EPPPDD.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 33.1 KB
  • PKTSTAT.COM → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 1.4 KB
  • VJCSTAT.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 6.2 KB
  • GPX.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 16.2 KB
  • PGPGP.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 13.5 KB
  • HPVIEW.BAT → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 81 B

No need to put GP.HLP, EPPPD.TXT, FAQ.TXT, RED.DOC, README.1ST, CSERVE.SCR, PPPD.MAN, SETUP.TXT and 3 more: they are manuals, source code or supporting material. Read them here and save 205.4 KB on a 1 MB disk.

Steps
  1. Copy EPPPD.EXE, GP.BAT, RED.COM, GPTCP.EXE to A:\SOFT. They are DOS programs: run them from the DOS icon, or add A:\SOFT to the PATH in C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT to call them by name.
  2. The .ICN files are icons: they go in the same folder as their application.

Derived from the package contents and the 200LX conventions. It installs to A: on purpose: C: is a RAM disk and every byte there is memory taken from the system.

The author's instructions
your setup *UNLESS* you've put your own changes into GP.BAT.

If you *did* put custom changes into GP.BAT, save it to a different name
then edit the GP.BAT from this release and add your changes to it.  Don't
use the GP.BAT from an earlier release as it may have changed (especially
if you currently have version 2).

Viewing Attachments
GP version 4 and up supports external viewers for attachments.  Attachment
viewers are defined in Menu/Options/Setup/Viewers.

There is a GP.VWR file in the LOOKHERE directory which you may copy to the
GP directory and use.  This sets GP to use LXPIC (Stephan Peichl) for images,
VIEW (Malcolm Drury) for word processing documents, and PKUNZIP (PKWare)
for ZIP archives.  Also copy the HPVIEW.BAT file from LOOKHERE, this sets
zoom mode before invoking VIEW (requires HPZOOM).  If you have registered
GP, you should enable "Swap To Disk?" in the Registration screen if you
intend to use VIEW, as it requires quite a bit of memory.  VIEW may not
operate under the limited DOS memory available while running under the
System Manager.

Setup
  A step-by-step explanation of the setup process is in SETUP.TXT, please
  read it!  The complete user guide is in MANUAL.PDF.

If You Run From System Manager
  It's VERY IMPORTANT that you set up an icon with the following attributes,
  do not use the DOS shell!

  Name: &GP
  Path: C:\GP\GP.BAT|300
  Comments: !? (INVERT THEM, press FnFiler and Fn3 for inverted versions)

  IMPORTANT: I can tell you for certain, if you don't put the inverted
  exclamation mark in the comment field your connection WILL hang and
  generally act very badly, as if your modem isn't talking on the phone
  well.

Performance Improvement
Once you have Goin' Postal installed, you might be able to improve the
performance as follows:

Literal excerpt from README.1ST, exactly as it came in the package.

Send to my palmtop

The palmtop must be waiting before you press the button, or the transfer will fail. It is the palmtop that announces it is ready, not the other way round.

First time? How to connect the palmtop, step by step →