BeOS Software Update: mail_daemon

The software described in this update is obsolete and unsupported. Use at your own risk. To learn about and obtain the most current releases of Be software, visit the Be Software Updates page on our web site:

http://www.be.com/support/updates/

From time to time Be releases minor software updates and makes them available for downloading. This page describes and makes available an update to the mail_daemon.

This software update was released on November 11, 1996.

Description

This version of the mail_daemon fixes a particular problem with mail.
Addresses that looked like:

"Robert Polic" <foo@be.com>

were not being handled correctly. This update fixes this particular problem.

Who Needs This Update

You need this update only if you are running BeOS DR8.2 on a BeBox. Users running the BeOS on a PowerMac do not need this update.

Getting the Update

The update to mail_daemon is available from the Be ftp site:

• ftp://ftp.be.com/pub/dr8_update/mail_daemon.gz (23K)

Installing the Update

1. Download the file to your BeBox by clicking the above link.
2. Decompress the file (it will be named mail_daemon).
3. Move the old mail_daemon from the /system folder to the Trash.
4. Place the updated mail_daemon in your /system folder.
5. Reboot your BeBox.