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Mail 2 Palm Gateway
What is it?
Mail 2 Palm is a gateway convertor to convert e-mail text into a DOC file that can be read by the
Palm Pilot range of PDA's. It seems that a lot of people would like to carry information around on their
PDA device but do not have the time or effort to convert large documents into a format that the PDA can read.
This tool was created to make proper DOC files that can be distributed, the DOC file does not show any of the
e-mail encoding that created it.
I wrote this and if you have any problems/questions then please do not
hesitate to contact me.
I initialy wrote this as a proof of concept and to continue to teach myself AWK
although I have now re-written it in Perl as I found it so useful that I was using it every day.
I know it has a few bugs but I would love ideas or comments on how I could improve it.
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How do I use it?
It's really easy to use, just send an e-mail to mail2palm@dogsbody.org
with the subject line that you would
like as your document title and the document that you would like converted as the body of your e-mail.
The mail 2 Palm gateway will automatically convert your e-mail into a DOC file and e-mail the file back to you.
Things to remember...
- Remove any e-mail signatures or Netscape vCard's else they will be converted as well.
- The body of your e-mail should be text only, I will try and improve on this in time.
- Remember that the palm device only has a screen width of around 35 characters.
- The gateway will convert carriage returns so you can use this to semi-format your text.
- The subject line will become the file name of the file sent back to you so no illegal characters.
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How do I read it?
Basically, you can use any application that can read DOC files however I would highly recommend one with
a good search facility. Personally I use Teal Doc as it has a great search facility... Teal Doc v3.02
Warning - If you change over between DOC readers you can end up deleting all the DOC files already on
your palm. Make sure that you have copies of the DOC files.
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How do I add Bookmarks?
Bookmarks may be added to the ASCII text prior to conversion. The DOC reader on the PalmPilot
looks at the last line of the document for the characters < and > which bracket
a user defined Preset Bookmark. A bookmark will be generated for any line in the document that begins
with the Preset Bookmark.
In this example, the characters "+-+" have been selected as the Preset Bookmark:
+-+ First Bookmark
some text
...
+-+ Second Bookmark
some more text
...
<+-+>
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