EC Email Client -- Installation

Please note -- this is ALPHA software.  If you're not comfortable
hacking Perl code, then this probably isn't for you. If it works,
great

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

You will need, in addition to Perl:

1. A recent version of Perl/Tk.
2  Tk-MListbox library module, from 
   http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/H/HJ/HJHELGE/.
3. Tk-SimpleFileSelect, at the same place you downloaded
   EC.

INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING

1.  Unpack the tar archive, preferably in your home directory 
    (which you've already done it you're reading this).

    tar zxvf ec-<version>.tar.gz

2.  Edit the file ~/.ec/.servers (it's a hidden directory) so it 
    contains the names of your ISP's POP and SMTP servers, and 
    your user name and password for each.  Refer to the help 
    documentation on EC's help menu for details.  

    If you're really paranoid about saving passwords in a file, 
    enter a hyphen ('-') in the space for the password, and ec will 
    prompt you for the password each time it tries to connect to 
    that server.

3.  Edit the ~/.ec/.ecconfig file with the program options of 
    your choice.  Remember that EC requires, at the very least,
    the names of a top-level mail subdirectory, and two sub-sub-
    directories, one for incoming mail and another for trash.

PRINTING THE DOCUMENTATION

It is possible produce this documentation in various formats
using Perl's POD formatting utilities:

  pod2html <ec >doc.html
  pod2latex <ec >doc.tex
  pod2man <ec >doc.man
  pod2text <ec >doc.txt
  pod2usage <ec >doc.msg

Refer to your system's manual pages for instructions of how
to use these utilities.

That's it!  If EC doesn't work for some reason, please let the 
author know.  Please send bug reports, suggestions, and other
feedback to rkiesling@mainmatter.com.

