INTRODUCTION

Welcome to the incredible RAPID FIRE MAIL SERVER!  Rapid Fire is the only software that we know of that transforms 
your computer into a mail server.  When you send mail using Rapid Fire, you use absolutely no resources from your ISP's 
mail server.  This is very important for a number of reasons.  First of all, chances are, your ISP does not allow bulk mailing 
and that is understandable.  They simply don't have the resources to handle bulk e-mail. There computer is designed for there 
customers to send and receive small quantities of mail.  When a bulk e-mailer uploads thousands of messages to the server it 
slows it down and could very possibly bring it to a halt.  Then, the ISP has a problem because none of their customers can get 
mail.  They get complaints and lose business this way.  So, there is really only one way for an ISP to deal with the bulk mailer 
overloading there system, and that is to cancel there account indefinitely.  

UNTIL NOW! Rapid Fire solves this problem because Rapid Fire DOES NOT upload mail to your ISP's mail server.  
Instead it transforms your computer into mailer server, and any mail you send goes directly from your computer into your 
recipients mailbox!  Therefore, you don't have to worry about abusing your ISP's mail server.  Your mail completely bypasses 
it and you use only your computers resources.  This will help you stay in good graces with you ISP!

However, this is only one of the many features of the Rapid Fire mail server.  Your Rapid Fire mail server also verifies all 
addresses that you send.  Since your software communicates with each individual address, it knows which addresses are valid 
and which ones are not.  When it discovers an invalid address it immediately discards it into a "bad send file"  This practically 
eliminates undeliverables.  Which also takes a great deal of stress off of your ISP's mail server.

Your mail server is also extremely fast!  First of all, since you will be placing your recipients mail directly into their mail box,  
it will arrive instantaneously!  Unlike having to wait your turn on a bogged down mail server, which could take hours, your 
message is delivered immediately.  Secondly, your mail server will automatically thread through multiple servers simultaneously 
to deliver your mail.  What this means is, your modem opens multiple connections, this is possible due to the multi-tasking 
environment of Windows95.  It is similar to opening up one program several times.  This utilizes the full bandwidth of your 
modem and allows you to achieve sending speeds of over 80,000 per hour.  Realize, there are many programs out there that
 claim to send a speed of over 250,000 messages per hour.  I have used these programs and the fastest I have ever sent is 
125,000 per hour.  However, is it REALLY sending that fast?  The answer is, it is uploading messages to the server that fast, 
yes.  Unfortunately, many times your ISP sets filters to simply recognize this type of activity and deletes this mail as fast as it is 
uploaded.  Then you get an unpleasant phone call informing you that your service has been cut off.  Furthermore, these 
programs use blind carbon copy (bcc) to achieve their speed.  What the program does is attaches a single recipient name 
to groups up to 100 messages at a time.  If one address is undeliverable, some servers will throw away the whole batch.  
So, how many messages did you really get out?  You never know.  With your Rapid Fire Mail Server every valid e-mail 
address get delivered!

Other features include, sending messages in html code, personalizing letters, randomizing your headers, to block any filter a 
receiving ISP may set, the ability to save projects and merging capabilities within the program.  Like our programmers say,
 this is the "latest and greatest" and it truly is!  Your going to love this software!

STEP ONE (Project Setup)

Personalize:  By checking this feature your recipients name can appear in your message.  Rapid Fire will extract the 
recipients name before the @ sign in the e-mail address.  So if the e-mail addresses reads John412@xyz.com, personalize 
will add John412 in the body of your letter.  To tell the computer where you want to appear (when you get to message setup) 
you will type $Name(be sure to capitalize the N)  When you send your message $Name will be replaced with the recipient 
name.  When you use personalize, you will probably set it up like this:
Dear $Name,

Randomize:  The randomize option allows each of your messages to be unique.  Sometimes if an ISP recognizes that you are 
sending thousands of messages with the same To, From, and Subject fields, they have the ability to filter out your message.  
Randomize adds random characters to change each field to prevent this.  Only use randomize if you have suspicion that you 
mail is not getting though.

Network Configuration:  "Enable Socks 4 Proxy" support should only be checked if you have a dedicated connection to the 
Internet i.e. ISDN, T-1 or T-3.  If you are using your modem simply leave this box unchecked and don't worry about  
"Proxy Server" or "Port" because it does not apply to modem users.  

Below in the Domain Name Server (DNS) box you need to enter your ISP's name server.  This server name is actually a 
number, it will look like 000.00.00.0.  You can find by going to your desktop and double clicking "My Computer"  Then 
double click on your "Dial Up Networking" folder.  In here you will see the icon that represents your dial up account 
(it is probably named after you ISP).  Put you mouse on this icon and press your RIGHT mouse button.  Scroll down to 
"Properties"  In the box there is a button that says "Server Types" click on it.  In the next box there is a button that says 
"TCP/IP Settings" click on it.  In the middle of the page you should see "Primary DNS Address".  This is what you need.  
If you don't have a number in this box (which is sometimes the case)  call your ISP and ask for your "Domain Name Server" 
(DNS) they should give it to you with no questions asked.  If they do ask why you want it, DO NOT TELL THEM YOU 
NEED IT TO SEND OUT BULK E-MAIL!  Just tell them that you need it to run a program.

"This server times out in" box is used when you computer is verifying the domains it is sending your mail to. The program looks 
up each domain to check for bogus ones.  This is the amount of time it will give a server to respond.  If the server does not 
respond in the specified time, it is one of two problems.  The domain does not exist, or the server is down.  The higher you 
set this the longer it takes to process your list.  We recommend setting it at 1 or 2 seconds.

Advanced settings:  "Limit batch size to" means how many people in a single group are going to get the letter.  This is referred 
to as "blind carbon copy" (bcc).  It sends the message to a specified number of people at once without every recipient's name 
showing up on the letter.  The higher the number the faster it will send.  Keep in mind some recipient mail servers won't let you 
put over a certain number in the batch size.  However, there are only few that do this.  If you set this under 20 you should get in 
most anywhere.  You can set it higher if you want to  increase speed.  But keep in mind, you must have at least that number of 
recipients at the server you are sending the mail to for it to help increase your speed.  If it just has one piece of mail to send at 
that server, it sends one and then logs off.

If you check "Send message as HTML" when you create your message, it will allow you to use color and a few other available 
HTML features.  You can only send HTML to Internet accounts.  This box must be checked if you want the message to be 
sent in HTML.  AOL accounts can't read HTML.  


Post Processor (Step 2)

In this step you insert your mailing list.  Your mailing list must be a text document with one address per line.  This is the industry 
standard.  To enter the addresses, click on the "Open" button.  A box will come up that asks you to select your distribution list 
(mailing list)  Since you are selecting a text file, at the bottom of this box, there is a field that says "files of type"  The program 
defaults to "Mailing lists (*.ml).  You need to change this.  Go down to the this field and press the drop down arrow on the 
right side.  Scroll down and select  "Text files (*.txt).  Once you select this browse your computer and find the mailing list 
you would like to use.

Once you enter these addresses the computer organizes the address and the domains, so the speed of your computer will 
determine the quickness of this process.  

Once the addresses are counted up, the program verifies all of the domains for validity.  When it comes across a bogus 
domain, it eliminates it, along with all of the addresses associated with it.  This process may takes some time.  It really depends 
on how many different domains are included in the your distribution list.  You will see you computer count down, and it is best 
to leave it alone as it processing this information.  YOU MUST BE CONNCETED TO THE INTERNET AT THIS TIME.  
Also, the DNS number you enter in step one must be correct for this to work.  The box in step one "this server times out in" 
will determine how many seconds the computer will look for a domain before it concludes that it is bogus.  We realize that this 
process can be time consuming, however, it is worth it.  You actually save time in the end and headache by just sending you 
mail to addresses that exist!  This is true because you are eliminating undeliverables and speeding up the send process.  

When this process is done, you will see the results in the "Post Process Statistics" box.  This will tell you many addresses you 
have going to valid domains and it tell you how many servers are available for you machine to connect to.

MESSAGE INFORMATION SETUP (Step three)

This section is fairly self explanatory.  In the "To" field you will simply enter a name or description.  Such as; user, friend, 
account, e-mail, and that is it.  The software attaches the @theredomain.  For instance if you type in "friend" when that mail 
gets to its destination the software will add the domain it is going to.  So if that piece of mail was going to xyz domain the mail 
would read "friend@xyz.com"  If that same message was going to abc domain the software would send it as friend@abc.com.

The "From" field is where the message originates from, simple enough.  If you would like them to reply to you at an address 
other than the "From" you can enter something else in the "Reply-To" field.  The "Subject" field, you enter the subject.

Finally, you type in your message.  The message box allows you to enter simple point and click HTML.  So you can send with 
bullets, bold, italic underline, align left right or center and you can send in color.  The first drop down box sends text color, the 
second sends background color.  The HTML box in "Project Setup" (Step 1) must be check in order for it to send your 
message in HTML.  Also, HTML can't be sent into AOL because AOL's e-mail is not HTML enabled.  Note, the newest 
browser can read HTML, some of the older ones can read some.

SEND MAIL (Step 4)

Once steps 1-3 are complete sending mail is just a matter of hitting start and your mail begins to be sent in through a 
multi-threaded process.  The mail will go right from your computer instantly to your recipient.  Let your marketing campaign 
begin!  It is a beautiful thing.

If you have any additional questions please contact the vendor who sold you the software.

