MACZEPHYR 1.3.3 READ ME -- December 7, 1999 (installer Rev 4)
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MacZephyr is a real-time messaging and notification system that runs
on Ethernet or PPP dialup connections (such as Tether). It is used by
MIT students, faculty, and staff for academic and personal communication
with other MacZephyr users as well as Zephyr users on Athena and other
platforms.
See below for a complete list of new features, changes, and bug fixes in
MacZephyr 1.3.3.
MacZephyr 1.3.3 is a minor upgrade to MacZephyr 1.3.2. We recommend
that you use version 1.3.3 instead of any previous versions.
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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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MacZephyr 1.3.3 requires a Macintosh with System 7 (or later), MacTCP
2.06 or Open Transport 1.1 (or later), and KClient 1.5 or later.
While MacZephyr is not Open Transport-native, it is compatible with
Open Transport versions 1.1 or later.
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INSTALLATION
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After reading these notes, click on "Continue". This will bring you to
the main Installer screen.
* Click on the "Install" button to perform an Easy Install. This will
install the MacZephyr application and related read mes.
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UPGRADING
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If you are already using a previous version of MacZephyr, drag the
newly installed copy of the MacZephyr application into the same folder
as your current version of MacZephyr. That way, it will be able to
find your subscription and anyone files automatically. You do not
have to delete your old copy of MacZephyr. (In fact, until you
establish that the new version is working properly, you should not
delete it.)
You will have to re-enter your preferences and reposition your windows
in the new version of MacZephyr the first time you run it. We apologize
for this inconvenience.
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DOCUMENTATION AND GETTING HELP
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Documentation and help for MacZephyr can be found on the MacZephyr
Home Page:
(This documentation may not reflect the most recent revisions to
MacZephyr but should be close enough to get you started. Most other
changes are covered by this Read Me.)
After reading this entire read me file and the documentation, MIT
users who still have questions about using or configuring MacZephyr
can contact the MIT Computing Help Desk at x3-1101 or send e-mail to:
mac-help@mit.edu
If you believe you have found a bug in MacZephyr (although see the
"Known Bugs" sections below) or have suggestions, send e-mail to:
maczephyr@mit.edu
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TIPS
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* Here's a tip when using the "Notify Eudora about e-mail" option. If
the dual notifications you receive from both MacZephyr and Eudora
bother you, you can eliminate the MacZephyr messages without losing
the feature of getting your mail as soon as it arrives.
Simply use the "Filter" command to filter the same triplet you use for
mail notification. For instance, if you're notified on
(old-style), you should filter that. If you're notified on
(new-style), you should filter that.
You will never see the notifications in MacZephyr, but the AppleEvent
still gets sent. (Conveniently, MacZephyr checks to see if it should
send the AppleEvent before it checks to see if it should filter
the triplet.)
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CHANGES/BUGS FIXED IN VERSION 1.3.3
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* By default, "Notify Eudora about e-mail" is now triggered by
triplets, that is, class MAIL, any instance, and your
username. (In previous versions the trigger was .) This
change is to accommodate upcoming changes to the MIT mail servers. You
still need to subscribe to the mail triplet for this option to take
effect.
* If you are currently subscribed to , you should change
your subscription to for future compatibility.
* Limited support for random signatures. See "MacZephyr Extras Read Me"
file installed in the MacZephyr folder.
* Macintosh carriage returns in signatures are now properly converted to
Unix carriage returns when messages are sent.
* Outgoing zephyr log properly displays carriage returns in signatures
and strips formatting commands from signatures.
* You can now send zephyrs to classes with spaces in their names.
* Timeout when sending a zephyr has been reduced from 10 seconds to 4
seconds. MacZephyr tries to send a message 3 times, so this is now 3 x
4 seconds instead of 3 x 10 seconds. This should improve MacZephyr's
responsiveness to command-period when sending messages. You can change
this value, see the "MacZephyr Extras Read Me" file.
* MacZephyr no longer calls the TestTrack library on startup.
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PREVIOUS CHANGES
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For a list of new features and fixes that appeared in previous releases
of MacZephyr since version 1.1, see the "Detailed MZ Version History"
file that was installed in the MacZephyr application folder.
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KNOWN BUGS/ISSUES
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* MacZephyr's preferences are still stored inside the application,
thus, MacZephyr modifies itself when saving the preferences. This
makes using MacZephyr on servers difficult.
* MacZephyr may lose your subscriptions (and your location) if another
application hogs processor time (screensavers in particular can be
guilty of this). If this happens, you can resubscribe and reset your
location by using the menu commands "Resend Subs to Server" and
"Set Exposure..."
* Older versions of the extension "Adobe Type Reunion" may cause
MacZephyr operations to take twice as long as normal (especially
noticeable with znol). The solution is to upgrade to the most recent
version of Adobe Type Reunion (2.0 or later), which do not cause this
problem.
* MacZephyr may crash when receiving extremely large messages (greater
than 45K).
* Occasionally you may receive and "internal error when subscribing"
right after you've renewed your Kerberos tickets and MacZephyr tries
to reload your subs. This is not serious; if it happens just choose
"Resend Subs to Server" from the "Control" menu.
* MacZephyr may not work if you have single-link multihoming turned on
under Open Transport 1.3. (Since this option is meant for use by
dedicated servers, not clients, this isn't serious.)
* MacZephyr probably will not work behind a NAT (a computer providing
IP masquerading).
* Occasionally, users may receive a "Cannot find a hostname for this
machine" error when starting up even though the machine they are
working on does have a hostname. Make sure that you have the latest
version of MacTCP (version 2.0.6 as of when this was written) or Open
Transport (1.1.2) and verify that you are using the correct domain
name servers (call the MIT Computing Help Desk for these). Otherwise,
report the error number listed in the dialog to maczephyr@mit.edu .
--Information Systems
December 7, 1999
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