Instructions:

  1. Open EmailForm.java
  2. Find the line that starts with "final String SMTP"
  3. Replace the String literal with YOUR smtp server name
  4. Run compile.bat to recompile everything
  5. Run run.bat to start
  6. The first screen you will come to is:
  7. On the left side is the directory structure of your system.  Click on any folder to display a table of all email in that directory.  Initially, it will display the contents, if any, of the javamail\inbox directory.  All received emails go there initially, until they are moved somewhere else.
  8. Press to send a new email
  9. The email form will now become enabled.
  10. Fill in all of the appropriate information
  11. To add an attachment, press .  A file chooser will display to select a file.  When a file is attached, the number in the parentheses will increment by 1.  To delete an attachment, press .  A list of attached files will display.  Select the file you wish to delete.  The number of attachments will decrement.
  12. To clear the form, press
  13. If you change your mind about sending the email, press
  14. When your email is ready to be sent, press
  15. When displaying a directory, if there's any emails in that directory, each email will display in the table:
  16. Double-click on a row to display an email in the email form. Press to reply, to reply to everyone, or to forward an email.
  17. Press to check for new emails.  A message will display, showing the number of received emails.
  18. Right-clicking on an email, will bring up the following menu:
  19. Each menu choice is self-explanatory.  Creating a new folder will display a file chooser, giving the user an option of where to create the new directory.  The directory information will be taken directly from the email.
  20. To exit, press .

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