Re: [ebmail-general] [Fwd: ebMail - Request for Assistance in Set up]

[Simon L. <ky...@ce...>]

Hi Greg,

My name is Simon, the developer of ebMail from CECID. Maybe there are =
some points that we did not make it clear in the Setup guide. Let me try =
to explain them one by one.

  Background

  I have a PC running Windows 98. I have downloaded and installed =
j2re1.4.2.01 to a sub-directory Java within my Program Files directory. =
I have also downloaded the ebMail Binary Distribution and unzipped it to =
a sub-directory ebMail within my Program Files directory. (However, =
there is only a single directory "ebmail" - I do not have "poPlugin").


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  If you are downloading the binary distribution, it should be correct. =
Actually the poPlugin has been already imported into ebMail. If you want =
to build everything from the scratch, try it with the source =
distribution.


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  Running ebMail

  What do I need to do in order to run ebMail from Windows? I've tried =
opening the batch file EBMAIL.BAT, but I get an input screen populated =
with identical rectangular symbols (control characters?) and some zeros. =
Do I need to do anything else within the JRE in order to run the =
application?.


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  I am not sure what this problem is about. The EBMAIL.BAT is basically =
a simple batch file containing one line - "java -jar ebmail.jar". =
Therefore you may try to open a command prompt, navigate to the =
directory where you have extracted ebmail (e.g. C:\Program =
Files\ebMail), and then type java -jar ebmail.jar. If Java JRE has been =
installed on your machine successfully, this command should invoke and =
run ebMail.

  If you get no luck from the above command, and windows is complaing =
something like "java is not recognized as internal command...", it means =
that you have not add java.exe into your runtime PATH. You may try the =
following command instead - "<directory where you have installed JRE =
e.g. C:/Progran Files/j2re1.4.2.01>\bin\java -jar ebmail.jar"


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  Patch

  I also understand that I need to carry out a patch. (Again, I haven't =
done this before). Where do I need to create the directory =
$JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/endorsed? (and is the $ symbol correct?). I have =
located a file XALAN in the directory ebmail\lib - is this the correct =
file to copy into the new directory?


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  The $JAVA_HOME means the directory where you have installed your JRE =
or JDK (e.g.C:/Progran Files/j2re1.4.2.01). That means you have to =
create a directory "endorsed" under C:/Progran =
Files/j2re1.4.2.01/jre/lib/, and place the xalan.jar (yes, the one you =
have mentioned) into the "endorsed" directory.


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  If you have any problem, please feel free to ask, especially in this =
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