PopWatch v1.07

Welcome to PopWatch, a freeware tray notification application to monitor your POP3 mailbox.

Usage

To use the program simply run the PopWatch executable and it will minimise to the tray notification area. Right mouse clicking on the icon will display a menu with three menu items on it. The options are About, Settings & Exit. The "About" option will display a simple about dialog. Settings will bring up a tabbed dialog which allows the program to be configured. The Exit option simply closes the application. 

When the server is checked, the icon in the tray notification area will be changed to indicate if there is some mail in your mailbox / mailboxes. The tooltip associated with the icon will also be changed to indicate the number of emails waiting and the total size in Kilobytes of all the emails.

History

V1.0 (6 January 1999)

• Initial public release.

V1.01 (22 February 1999)

• Now uses v1.12 of my POP3 class.

V1.02 (26 March 2000)

• Full source code for the project is now included.
• Now uses v1.20 of my POP3 class.
• Now uses v1.41 of my CRasMonitor class (which itself requires a number of my other projects).

V1.03 (13 June 2001)

• Now includes a Check Now option. Thanks to Nick Hundley and "prapp" for this nice addition.
• PopWatch code now correctly builds if you choose to use the "Static MFC" option. Thanks to Bui Huy Kien for spotting this.
• Now uses v1.43 of my CRasMonitor class.
• Now uses v1.43 of my CTrayNotifyIcon class.
• Now uses v1.05 of my CPDH class.
• Now supports Win2k Balloon Style tooltips.

V1.04 (27 July 2001)

• Now uses v1.22 of my POP3 class.
• Tray Icon is changed when mail is being checked.
• Fixed a bug which was keeping the "Only Check Server when Modem is connected" option from working.

V1.05 (23 June 2002)

• Now supports checking multiple POP3 accounts. Thanks to Markus Loibl for this suggestion.
• Passwords for the POP3 accounts are now stored encrypted. Thanks to Markus Loibl for this suggestion.
• Now uses v1.25 of my POP3 class.
• Now uses v1.5 of my CRasMonitor class.
• Now uses v1.45 of my CTrayNotifyIcon class.
• Now uses v1.06 of my CPDH class.
• Now allows a program to be run when mail has arrived. Thanks to Markus Loibl for this suggestion.
• Now can play a sound file when mail has arrived. Thanks to Markus Loibl for this suggestion.

V1.06 (24 June 2002)

• Moved application to Visual C++ v6.
• Provided missing mneumonics in the general settings and account dialogs.
• Fixed a logic bug where the tooltip was saying "0 error(s)" when in fact it was successful.
• Fixed a bug where the ordering of the accounts in the settings dialog could get out of sync when new items were added. Thanks to John Craig for spotting this.

V1.07 (16 April 2005)

• Now uses v1.35 of my POP3 class.
• Now uses v1.51 of my CRasMonitor class.
• Now uses v1.49 of my CTrayNotifyIcon class.
• Now uses v1.08 of my CHookWnd class.
• Now uses v1.07 of my CPDH class.
• Now uses v1.17 of my DDXFile code.
• Application now includes an XP Manifest.
• Port to connect to POP3 server can now be customized.
• Now supports connection to POP3 servers which require SSL e.g. GMail. Thanks to Paul Duggan for suggesting this nice addition.
• An account can now be temporarily excluded from the check by marking it as "disabled".
• Tray tooltip text is now updated as each account is being checked.

CONTACTING THE AUTHOR

PJ Naughter
Email: pjna@naughter.com
Web: http://www.naughter.com
16 April 2005