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        EC also supports encoding and decoding of Base64 MIME attachments,
        using an external filter program included in the distribution
        package.

USING EC
        EC uses two windows for email processing: the main window where you
        can read, sort, save, or delete incoming messages, and a composer
        window where you can enter new messages and reply to messages in the
        main window.

        To view a message for reading, replying, or saving to a file, click
        the left mouse button, button 1, on the message header in the list
        window.

        Moving and deleting can also operate on multiple messages. Select
        multiple messages by clicking the left mouse button, button 1, with
        the Control key down on each message in the list window.

        If EC and its supporting files correctly (as well as Perl and the
        Perl/Tk library modules), typing at the shell prompt in an xterm:

           # ec

        should start up the program and display the main window with the
        Incoming mail folder. If you receive an error message that the
        program cannot connect to the POP mail server, use the "-v" command
        line option to produce a transcript of the dialog with the server:

          # ec -v

        If EC pops up an error message, or refuses to start at all, or
        prints a bunch of Perl error messages, consult the *README* file
        once again. If you need assistance with the installation, please
        contact the author of the program. The email address is given in the
        section: "CREDITS," below.

        The functions on the menu bar should be fairly self-explanatory. You
        can view different mail folders by selecting them from the "Folder"
        menu, and move messages from one folder to another by selecting the
        destination folder from the "Message -> Move To" submenu.

        The "File -> Browse URL" function pops up a dialog box with the URL
        under the text cursor. If you click "OK," EC opens the browser that
        is named in the .eccconfig file, and loads the URL. If the browser
        is already open or iconified, EC will use that browser window to
        view the URL. EC supports Netscape 4.5-4.7, Amaya 2.4, Opera 5.0,
        and Lynx in an xterm. If you select Lynx, you will probably also
        need to set the xterm option in the .ecconfig file.

        The "File -> Attachments" function opens a dialog window to save
        attachments to disk in the main window. When you select "File ->
        Attachments" in the composer window, the dialog allows you to select
        files that will be attached to the outgoing message. Refer also to
        the section, "File Attachments," below.

        There are a number of options for quoting original messages when
        composing a reply. Refer to the .ecconfig file for information about
        these options.

        EC also uses the X clipboard, so you can cut and paste between
        windows in EC as well as other applications. If a program does not
        have "Cut," "Copy," or "Paste" menu options, you can select text in
        the original application by holding down the left mouse button and
        dragging it across the text to highlight it, then changing to the
        destination text window, and pressing the middle mouse button (or
        the left and right buttons simultaneously on mice with only two
        buttons).

  Sorting Messages
        You can select whether to sort messages by Date (the default), the
        sender, or the subject, either newest first or oldest first, by
        selecting the sort field from the "Options -> Sort by" submenu and
        the "Options -> Sort Order" submenu, or by clicking on the headings
        of the message listing.

  Entering Messages
        When you click on the "New" button on the function bar below the
        incoming message listing, or select "Message -> Compose New Message"
        from the menu, a window opens with a new message form with header
        lines for the addressee, the subject, and the name of the FCC (File
        Carbon Copy) file to save a copy of the message in. If you have a
        ~/.signature file (refer to the .ecconfig file to configure this
        option), EC will insert that at the end of the text. You can enter
        the message below the separator line.

        Clicking on the function bar's "Reply" button, or selecting "Message
        -> Reply" from the menu bar, opens a compose window with the address
        and subject of the original message filled in, and the message
        quoted in the text area. There are several options that determine
        how EC fills in reply addresses and quotes original messages. Again,
        refer to the .ecconfig file for information about these options.

        Each message contains header information and body text, separated by
        a boundary line:

          --- Enter the message text below this line. ---

        This line must exist for EC to process the message, but it is not
        included in the outgoing message.

        Outgoing messages require at least the valid email address of a
        recipient to be entered on the "To:" header line.

        You can use the optional fields Cc:, Bcc:, and Reply-To:, either by
        adding them manually above the separator line, or selecting them
        from the "Message -> Insert Field" menu selection.

        EC supports a limited form of address "unfolding," so you can enter
        more than one email address on a To:, Cc:, Reply-To:, or Bcc: line,
        separated by commas. EC will include the multiple addresses in the
        outgoing message's header or will process the message to route it to
        all recipients.

  File Attachments
        EC supports a subset of the Internet MIME specification which allows
        files to be sent as attachments to messages.

        To save a file that is attached to an incoming message, select the
        file from the File -> Attachments menu. Type the name of the file to
        save the attachment to in the dialog box.