ANN: FoxTool 1.0 (RC1)

[H.M.A. (Dick) Hazeleger]

This is a little tool for those of you who who use the FoxMail
5.0.800.0 eMail client.

What is FoxTool?

FoxTool is a little add on for the FoxMail eMail client that will do
the following:
1. Removes multiple Re: from the Subject
2. Converts Underscores (_) in the Subject into Spaces
3. Removes Spammarker (**SPAM**) from the Subject
4. Recognizes some international response markers (AW: and SV
5. Supports individual response marker
6. Removes multiple empty lines from body
7. Wraps the lines after a specified length
8. Supports %SIGNATURE variable for random signatures
9. Check for eMails on startup
10. Change hyperlink internet browser
11. Check mail on atartup for active user, or all users

Newly added features in 1.0 RC1 are:

A. Insert eMail address into From- and ReplyTo-header
B. New parameter -p to specify FoxmailPath by commandline (Usage:
FoxTool.exe -p "C:\Foxmail-Path\")
C. Close Foxmail when FoxTool is closed

Bug fixes:

* Check on start and send key didn't work properly
* Close together with Foxmail (Win9x)
* Last char in line could be cut from message.

Where to get it?

http://home.arcor.de/foxtool/foxtool_10rc1.exe

http://foxmail.free.fr/dl/foxtool/foxtool_10rc1.exe

http://foxmail.mozeskriebel.nl/modules/mydownloads/visit.php?lid=22

http://www.hazeleger.net/special/index.htm (Downloads >> FoxMail Add
ons >> FoxTool)

Support forum is available at:

http://www.hazeleger.net/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=SupFoxTool

FoxTool, of course, is freeware.

Dick

 

[rm]

Le 27 Aug 2004 12:58:49 GMT, H.M.A. (Dick) Hazeleger a écrit :

.... and soon, Foxmail will become just a little plugin for Foxtool <;o)

great freeware, thanks to it's author !

@+

 

[Plankje]

Op Fri, 27 Aug 2004 16:08:50 +0200 schreef rm:

Le 27 Aug 2004 12:58:49 GMT, H.M.A. (Dick) Hazeleger a écrit :

... and soon, Foxmail will become just a little plugin for Foxtool <;o)

With the speed Raphael is developing it's very likely ;-)

great freeware, thanks to it's author !

It sure it...

Plankje

 

[Anonymous]

This is a little tool for those of you who who use the FoxMail
5.0.800.0 eMail client.

What is FoxTool?

FoxTool is a little add on for the FoxMail eMail client that will do
the following: snip
FoxTool, of course, is freeware.

Dick

All it did with my Win 98SE system was stuff it up. My Mailwasher window wouldn't close,
minimising programs caused them to disappear entirely (from taskbar, system tray & task manager).

I finished up uninstalling it - seems to have fixed the problems.

 

[H.M.A. (Dick) Hazeleger]

All it did with my Win 98SE system was stuff it up. My Mailwasher
window wouldn't close, minimising programs caused them to disappear
entirely (from taskbar, system tray & task manager).

I finished up uninstalling it - seems to have fixed the problems.

Hi Anonymous,

Strange, as it has been thoroughly beta tested before it reached "RC1"
status, as the two other posters in this thread can tell you, they were
amongst the testers!

Now, let's see what we can do about it:

1. What happens if MW (temporarilly) is disabled?
2. What options are set? (can you get to the FT options by right
clicking on the blue-ish icon in the systray?)
3. Wat version of MW are you using? Last freeware, or the (OT here) Pro
version?

I will post this report to the forum as well, let's see what the author
has to say about this.

Dick

 

[Alan Ford]

Strange, as it has been thoroughly beta tested before it reached
"RC1" status, as the two other posters in this thread can tell
you, they were amongst the testers!

Another with similar problem (S.O. W9X) in italian NG:

http://tinyurl.com/6l5ss

Bye.

 

[H.M.A. (Dick) Hazeleger]

Another with similar problem (S.O. W9X) in italian NG:

http://tinyurl.com/6l5ss

Bye.

Alan,

Thanks for the tiny-url... The translation is not easy to understand;
do you have the link to the original Italian post by any chance? I want
to pass the information as clear as possible to Rapahel Fetzer (the
author of FoxTool").

Dick

 

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
SNIP

Hi Anonymous,

Strange, as it has been thoroughly beta tested before it reached "RC1"
status, as the two other posters in this thread can tell you, they were
amongst the testers!

Now, let's see what we can do about it:

1. What happens if MW (temporarilly) is disabled?
2. What options are set? (can you get to the FT options by right
clicking on the blue-ish icon in the systray?)
3. Wat version of MW are you using? Last freeware, or the (OT here) Pro
version?

I will post this report to the forum as well, let's see what the author
has to say about this.

Dick

I haven't reinstalled it, but the version of Mailwasher I'm using is the last freeware 2.0.28
beta.

I'll give it another go & report back. I did try to change the browser to Firefox, but it never
seemed to change it in the FT options - always went back to IE. I also tried the FireFox
"double window?" fix. I'll give it a miss on the reinstall.

BTW, here's the translation from the other message (did it at http://www.freetranslation.com/)

"Safe to all, it is from a little one that I use FM, I unloaded FT but does not seem me that you
work correctly. ... I explain myself better: always I make load the start FM reduced to icon,
but using FT this does not happen, FM comes started, but done not reduce to icon. It not the
option works me "you hide SMS", for how many times I selections the option to the successive
opening of FT is like if do not had it ever qualified.. Another thing: also qualifying the
option of Foxtool "you close together with foxmail" Foxtool does not come closed. ...
You advise?
Thanks one thousand!!"

 

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
SNIP

Hi Anonymous,

Strange, as it has been thoroughly beta tested before it reached "RC1"
status, as the two other posters in this thread can tell you, they were
amongst the testers!

Now, let's see what we can do about it:

1. What happens if MW (temporarilly) is disabled?
2. What options are set? (can you get to the FT options by right
clicking on the blue-ish icon in the systray?)
3. Wat version of MW are you using? Last freeware, or the (OT here) Pro
version?

I will post this report to the forum as well, let's see what the author
has to say about this.

Dick

OK - hopefully you got my previous post before this one (I use remailers to stop spam - they can
sometimes be a bit slow).

I got my browser set to Firefox (I had forgotten to hit the tick before - duh). Everything is
set to the default.

My Mailwasher (v2.0.28b - last freeware) seem to be working okay now. Problem might have been
that I changed it to launch Foxtool after processing, not Foxmail.

Here's the proof of what's happening with missing applications on the task bar.

Picture 1 shows my task manager running with Foxtool on - notice that Notepad is running, but is
nowhere to be seen on the taskbar or tray:
http://www.comcen.com.au/~scottford/userfiles/Foxtool.jpg - I then had to close Notepad through
the task manager.

Picture 2 shows what happened after I shut down Foxtool - I launched a new Notepad window -
minimised it & there it was on the task-bar as it should be:
http://www.comcen.com.au/~scottford/userfiles/Foxtool_off.jpg

Hopefully a minor bug - I really would like to use it. BTW, 1 feature I would really find handy
down the road is to have a template also fill in the recipient automatically in the To: field. I
send a lot of emails to the same person & I have a template set up, but I still have to go up &
manually enter the recipient's address (only 3 characters, but still a pain).

 

[H.M.A. (Dick) Hazeleger]

OK - hopefully you got my previous post before this one (I use
remailers to stop spam - they can sometimes be a bit slow).

I got my browser set to Firefox (I had forgotten to hit the tick
before - duh). Everything is set to the default.

My Mailwasher (v2.0.28b - last freeware) seem to be working okay now.
Problem might have been that I changed it to launch Foxtool after
processing, not Foxmail.

Here's the proof of what's happening with missing applications on the
task bar.

Picture 1 shows my task manager running with Foxtool on - notice that
Notepad is running, but is nowhere to be seen on the taskbar or tray:
http://www.comcen.com.au/~scottford/userfiles/Foxtool.jpg - I then
had to close Notepad through the task manager.

Picture 2 shows what happened after I shut down Foxtool - I launched
a new Notepad window - minimised it & there it was on the task-bar as
it should be:
http://www.comcen.com.au/~scottford/userfiles/Foxtool_off.jpg

Hopefully a minor bug - I really would like to use it. BTW, 1
feature I would really find handy down the road is to have a template
also fill in the recipient automatically in the To: field. I send a
lot of emails to the same person & I have a template set up, but I
still have to go up & manually enter the recipient's address (only 3
characters, but still a pain).

Hi Anonymous

I did get both posts at the same time (due to the time of the day
here). I copied the second one into the forum (I don't know whether the
author lurks in ACF...) and copied the screenshot to the webserver for
reference. As soon as I know something, I will report back in here!

The "template linked to a specific user" would be a nice option, I
agree; I recall that this suggestion was made in the English FoxMail
forum (hosted on my site as well) quite some time ago... however so far
this didn't make it into FoxMail... perhaps in FoxTool (although we
should beware of making FoxTool into a "FuchsPost" (FoxMail in German).

Regards to all readers,
Dick

 

[H.M.A. (Dick) Hazeleger]

OK - hopefully you got my previous post before this one (I use
remailers to stop spam - they can sometimes be a bit slow).

I got my browser set to Firefox (I had forgotten to hit the tick
before - duh). Everything is set to the default.

My Mailwasher (v2.0.28b - last freeware) seem to be working okay now.
Problem might have been that I changed it to launch Foxtool after
processing, not Foxmail.

Here's the proof of what's happening with missing applications on the
task bar.

Picture 1 shows my task manager running with Foxtool on - notice that
Notepad is running, but is nowhere to be seen on the taskbar or tray:
http://www.comcen.com.au/~scottford/userfiles/Foxtool.jpg - I then
had to close Notepad through the task manager.

Picture 2 shows what happened after I shut down Foxtool - I launched
a new Notepad window - minimised it & there it was on the task-bar as
it should be:
http://www.comcen.com.au/~scottford/userfiles/Foxtool_off.jpg

Hopefully a minor bug - I really would like to use it. BTW, 1
feature I would really find handy down the road is to have a template
also fill in the recipient automatically in the To: field. I send a
lot of emails to the same person & I have a template set up, but I
still have to go up & manually enter the recipient's address (only 3
characters, but still a pain).

Hi Anonymous,

Raphael announced the release of RC2 about half an hour ago.

Fixed bugs:

* New Parameter: -tray, which prevents Foxmail to be started
automatically
* Bugfix: Windows didn't shutdown if FoxTool was active
* Bugfix: Click on "Options" created a new form, even if one already
existed
Raphael expects (since he doesn't have access to a W98SE system, he
cannot test it for sure) that the problem you encountered will be
solved now.
The following sites reported to be up-to-date with the new RC2:
http://home.arcor.de/foxtool/foxtool_10rc2.exe

http://foxmail.mozeskriebel.nl/modules/mydownloads/visit.php?lid=22

http://www.hazeleger.net/special/index.htm (Downloads >> FoxMail Add
ons >> FoxTool)

HtH
Dick

 

[Alan Ford]

The translation is not easy to understand;

I'm sorry...

do you have the link to the original Italian post by any chance?

<
,----- [ *Question (he has W9X)* ]
| Quando FoxTool è in esecuzione sulla barra delle applicazioni non mi
| appaiono più le finestre aperte....
| Di conseguenza quando riduco ad icona qualcosa va perduto....
| Se chiudo FT tutto torna alla normalità....
`-----

I want to pass the information as clear as possible to Rapahel
Fetzer (the author of FoxTool").

I usually read your forum (i transalate FT in italian), but i don't
post because my english is terrible ;O)

Your information is very clear...

Bye.

 

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:


Raphael announced the release of RC2 about half an hour ago.

Fixed bugs:

* New Parameter: -tray, which prevents Foxmail to be started
automatically
* Bugfix: Windows didn't shutdown if FoxTool was active
* Bugfix: Click on "Options" created a new form, even if one already
existed
Raphael expects (since he doesn't have access to a W98SE system, he
cannot test it for sure) that the problem you encountered will be
solved now.
The following sites reported to be up-to-date with the new RC2:
http://home.arcor.de/foxtool/foxtool_10rc2.exe

http://foxmail.mozeskriebel.nl/modules/mydownloads/visit.php?lid=22

http://www.hazeleger.net/special/index.htm (Downloads >> FoxMail Add
ons >> FoxTool)

HtH
Dick

Hi Dick,

I just posted this in the forum (not good news)

I just tried RC2 - I'm sorry to say I'm still getting the same problem. I opened another
application besides Notepad (CDex) & that disappeared from the taskbar as well. I also tried it
without my Effective Desktop (ED) which hides some tray icons thinking that may have conflicted,
but still had the same problem (& I actually booted with ED disabled, not just closed it while
running).

The problem is definitely related to FoxTool - everything runs fine without it running. I'm
afraid I'm not qualified to do Beta testing, but I hope you can find someone running Win '98SE
who does know how to debug.

If you need to, I've done a screen print of the processes I usually have running. It's at
http://www.comcen.com.au/~scottford/userfiles/foxtoolprocexpl.jpg

I also noticed just now that the window doesn't show on the taskbar at all, not just when
minimised. I forgot to mention that earlier.

 

[H.M.A. (Dick) Hazeleger]

Hi Dick,

I just posted this in the forum (not good news)

I just tried RC2 - I'm sorry to say I'm still getting the same
problem. I opened another application besides Notepad (CDex) & that
disappeared from the taskbar as well. I also tried it without my
Effective Desktop (ED) which hides some tray icons thinking that may
have conflicted, but still had the same problem (& I actually booted
with ED disabled, not just closed it while running).

The problem is definitely related to FoxTool - everything runs fine
without it running. I'm afraid I'm not qualified to do Beta testing,
but I hope you can find someone running Win '98SE who does know how
to debug.

If you need to, I've done a screen print of the processes I usually
have running. It's at
http://www.comcen.com.au/~scottford/userfiles/foxtoolprocexpl.jpg

I also noticed just now that the window doesn't show on the taskbar
at all, not just when minimised. I forgot to mention that earlier.

Hi Anonymous,

I haven't seen Raphael around tonight, but perhaps I just missed him,
with four screens to watch I sometimes get a bit distracted. However I
am absolutely positive that there will be a reply from him soon; if not
then I will point his attention to it... but past experience learns
that this won't be necessary.

In order to avoid "double discussions" I suggest we'll take it to the
forums from here, what do you think? Oh, and for those interested in
how this continues, but not willing to register... you can read the
forum's contents without doing so

Regards to all readers,
Dick

 

[Anonymous]

snip

In order to avoid "double discussions" I suggest we'll take it to the
forums from here, what do you think? Oh, and for those interested in
how this continues, but not willing to register... you can read the
forum's contents without doing so

Regards to all readers,
Dick

No probs - The discussion thread will email me automatically if anybody adds a comment.

 

[H.M.A. (Dick) Hazeleger]

The translation is not easy to understand;

I'm sorry...

do you have the link to the original Italian post by any chance?

<
,----- [ *Question (he has W9X)* ]

Quando FoxTool è in esecuzione sulla barra delle applicazioni non
mi appaiono più le finestre aperte....
Di conseguenza quando riduco ad icona qualcosa va perduto....
Se chiudo FT tutto torna alla normalità.... `-----

I want to pass the information as clear as possible to Rapahel
Fetzer (the author of FoxTool").

I usually read your forum (i transalate FT in italian), but i don't
post because my english is terrible ;O)

Your information is very clear...

Bye.

Alan,

For some strange reason I saw this post just now. Errr, please do
post... some posters speak better English than others, but that is not
the issue (and never will be, as long as I am admin there); the real
issue is: Can you write good enough English to make your thought,
problems, suggestions, etc. come across? If that is the case, then you
are most welcome!!!

BTW: Need a mirror for your Italian language pack... I still have some
space left on the server (about 125 MB), and I would put it right next
to the other LP's... Let me know!

Hope to see you on the forum often!
Dick

 

[Alan Ford]

Can you write good enough English to make your thought,
problems, suggestions, etc. come across? If that is the case, then
you are most welcome!!!

Many thank's, I know your goodness... ;oP

BTW: Need a mirror for your Italian language pack... I still have
some space left on the server (about 125 MB), and I would put it
right next to the other LP's... Let me know!

My language pack is included in FoxTool installer...

If you talk about Foxmail, the official translator is *Alexseb*

http://digilander.libero.it/alexseb/fox/index.htm

*ReZ* (http://www.zspace.it/foxmail/index.htm), is a "prolific man" ^^,
the Foxmail "italian grandfather"...

In his page there is even your forum's link:

http://www.zspace.it/foxmail/gen/links.htm

Hope to see you on the forum often!

Thank's again, bye.