OT? Details on setting up X-Ray?

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I'm having a very difficult time figuring out how to set up X-Ray, the
email helper that allows you to switch servers or identities (at
leas,t I think I can describe it that way). Everything I've found
says a lot of nice things but doesn't give the actual details on what
to do, something I need as I'm not sure what to do, exactly.

Does anyone know where instructions can be found? Everything with the
program doesn't help and the website doesn't either. Not for this
power user techie-idiot! <g>
 
fitwell said:
I'm having a very difficult time figuring out how to set up X-Ray, the
email helper that allows you to switch servers or identities (at
leas,t I think I can describe it that way). Everything I've found
says a lot of nice things but doesn't give the actual details on what
to do, something I need as I'm not sure what to do, exactly.
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In your mail client set your pop server to 'localhost'
If you are using X-Ray for SMTP, set it to 'localhost' also

Launch X-Ray.
Right click on the systray icon and select options.
Go to the server tab and right click somewhere or other and select
'add'.
Add SMTP or pop servers with whatever auth is required.
Job done.
Right click on the X-Ray icon and the pop and/or SMTP flyouts allow you
to choose which acc you wish. If 'cyclic' is selected then your mail
client will access a different pop server each time you check mail.

I've not set up the SMTP auto select, which is a matter of specifying IP
ranges. Again, right click having selected the relevant tab.

Assuming you are using Agent, then filtering 'from' for outgoing is
probably fairly important. Select the filters tab, right click, and be
guided through the process. Essentially you are looking to replace an
existing header, 'from', with a new 'value'. I had to spend ten minutes
or so in alt.test before getting it done correctly; I forget why.

Assuming Agent: as mail arrives in the in box, right click and filter on
the 'to' field,setting up new folders on the fly. If you don't want your
folders at the bottom of your subs groups list then move them where you
want with Agent Group Order

http://www.gordol.org/agent.html

SNTP is a nice addition and should be self explanatory.

Make sure any firewall is allowing X-Ray.

This should get you going; any problems report back.
 
jo said:
Assuming you are using Agent, then filtering 'from' for outgoing is
probably fairly important. Select the filters tab, right click, and be
guided through the process. Essentially you are looking to replace an
existing header, 'from', with a new 'value'. I had to spend ten minutes
or so in alt.test before getting it done correctly; I forget why.
Click to expand...

alt.test?

Nope... i meant i had to send a few mails to myself to test it was doing
what I wanted before I got it right.
 
I'm having a very difficult time figuring out how to set up X-Ray, the
email helper that allows you to switch servers or identities (at
leas,t I think I can describe it that way). Everything I've found
says a lot of nice things but doesn't give the actual details on what
to do, something I need as I'm not sure what to do, exactly.

Does anyone know where instructions can be found? Everything with the
program doesn't help and the website doesn't either. Not for this
power user techie-idiot! <g>
Click to expand...

Hi, everyone!

Well, I've tried and tried and tried and tried and I just don't
understand how to make this work. I spent several long sessions
before posting the original message above and another couple of long
sessions since then, including today. Unfortunately, I don't have any
techie friends who could figure this out for me.

What I believe X-Ray is supposed to allow me to do is to switch from
which server I am sending/receiving mail _without_ having to edit my
Outlook 2000 each time (because multiple accounts don't work reliably
in O2K). That is exactly what I need to be able to do. I need to
send/receive from my yahoo account (via YahooPOPs!) and then switch
over to either of my regular email accounts with my ISP at any given
moment without fuss or muss!

So since X-Ray has been impossible for me to set up, was hoping
someone knew of an alternate app that does this _but_ that is
absolutely and completely user-friendly. And an app that I could have
up and running in _no_time_ with my vast knowledge/experience as a
power-user despite that fact that I'm very techie knowledge deficient.

Thanks!
 
In your mail client set your pop server to 'localhost'
If you are using X-Ray for SMTP, set it to 'localhost' also

Launch X-Ray.
Right click on the systray icon and select options.
Go to the server tab and right click somewhere or other and select
'add'.
Add SMTP or pop servers with whatever auth is required.
Job done.
Right click on the X-Ray icon and the pop and/or SMTP flyouts allow you
to choose which acc you wish. If 'cyclic' is selected then your mail
client will access a different pop server each time you check mail.

I've not set up the SMTP auto select, which is a matter of specifying IP
ranges. Again, right click having selected the relevant tab.

Assuming you are using Agent, then filtering 'from' for outgoing is
probably fairly important. Select the filters tab, right click, and be
guided through the process. Essentially you are looking to replace an
existing header, 'from', with a new 'value'. I had to spend ten minutes
or so in alt.test before getting it done correctly; I forget why.

Assuming Agent: as mail arrives in the in box, right click and filter on
the 'to' field,setting up new folders on the fly. If you don't want your
folders at the bottom of your subs groups list then move them where you
want with Agent Group Order

http://www.gordol.org/agent.html

SNTP is a nice addition and should be self explanatory.

Make sure any firewall is allowing X-Ray.

This should get you going; any problems report back.
Click to expand...

Unbelievably no closer to getting this to work. However, giving up on
X-Ray. I posted a new message in new thread re if anyone knows of
another app to do this _but_ that this is completely and absolutely
user friendly (and not just an app for techies, as this one is.)

Thanks anyway, Jo, if you're still around. I'm trashing X-Ray. Oh,
it's somewhere on a CD, maybe - but I'm deleting it so as to free up
the wasted space it's taking up! <g>
 
fitwell said:
Unbelievably no closer to getting this to work.
Click to expand...

Odd. It is just a pointy clicky thing; I wonder what you are doing
wrong.
However, giving up on
X-Ray. I posted a new message in new thread re if anyone knows of
another app to do this _but_ that this is completely and absolutely
user friendly (and not just an app for techies, as this one is.)
Click to expand...

Hamster playground might make you realise how user friendly XRay is :-)

http://www.elbiah.de/hamster/
 
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