Configuring the Pegasus Mail PH Query Client

To use the PH extension, you need to create directory entries for each PH server you wish to contact. To create and maintain your directory entries, simply click the Setup button on the extension's main view.

To create a directory entry, click the New button. Enter the name of the machine where the server is running and the port on which it is listening (almost always port 105), then click the OK button. You can (and should) give your directory entries descriptive titles so you can recognize them easily.

To change the settings in a directory entry, highlight it in the list then press the Edit button.

To delete a directory entry you no longer require, highlight it in the list and press the Delete button.

You can rearrange the order of your directory entries by highlighting the entry you want to move and pressing the ^ or V arrow buttons. The order shown in the list is the order the entries will appear on the main view, so you should place the directories you use most often at or near the top of the list.

When you have finished working with your directory entries, click the Done button.

Your PH Query Client settings are stored in a file called PH.PM in your Pegasus Mail home mailbox directory. You can make a group of settings available to all your Pegasus Mail users by copying your PH.PM file into the same directory as WINPMAIL.EXE (or WINPM-32.EXE if  you are using the 32-bit version).


PH Client Help
Pegasus Mail PH Query Client

This extension implements a commonly-used Internet protocol called the PH Protocol, which gives access to directory services on remote systems. Using PH queries, you can find out e-mail addresses, phone numbers, postal addresses and potentially almost any other information a site wishes to publicise about its users.

In order to make a PH query, you need to create a directory entry that tells the PH extension how to contact the remote server. A directory entry simply defines the name of the machine to contact, and the TCP/IP port to which the connection should be made. Once you have created a directory entry, it is stored for future use and can be selected from a simple drop-down list.

Configuring the PH Client

Making a query is simple: just select the appropriate directory entry, then type in the surname of the person you wish to find and click the Query button, or press <Enter>. The PH client will contact the remote server and make the query for you, presenting the results in list form in its window. Clicking on an entry in the list will display all the information returned about that person by the server in the Details window.

You can use the results of your queries in a number of ways:

* You can double-click any entry in the list to start a new message addressed to that person.

* You can drag any entry or entries from the list to any e-mail message's addressing fields (To:, Cc: or Bcc:) and drop them there.

* You can drag an entry or entries and drop them on any Pegasus Mail addressbook to add them into that book.

* You can copy any text you wish from the Details window simply by selecting it with the mouse and pressing <Ctrl+C> (or right-clicking under Windows 95/98). The text you copy can be pasted into any mail message, or into other programs if you wish.

When you have finished with the PH extension, you can put it away by pressing <Esc>.