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		sMonitor SHAREWARE
	 Welcome to sMonitor 3.01 "readme" file
	Copyright (c) 1998-2000 by Alexander Yarovy
		(All Rights Reserved)
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This file contains the following sections:

1. General Notes
2. System Requirements
3. Contact Information
4. Installation Instructions
5. Registration
6. Program Description
7. How to Uninstall

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GENERAL NOTES

The program can be used to monitor Internet hosts and services running on
them continuously. It allows to create a list of Internet servers and a task lists
for each of them: pings and services to check: HTTP, FTP, Telnet, SMTP,
POP3, NNTP and any others. The complete list of  services and TCP ports
according to RFC 1700 is included.

The main program window looks like a spreadsheet and shows a current
status of ports and/or round-trip time of pings.
sMonitor is a system tray program and can be launched at startup.
The program is able to generate log files, an html file, send a notifica-
tion by e-mail, launch external applications and access remote systems
(power management, reboot, alarm reporting) by modem and telnet using custom
scripts. See details in the Script.doc file.

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

- Windows 2000 Server or Workstation *,
- Windows NT 4.0 Server or Workstation *,
- Windows 98,
- Windows 95 **,
  (all the preceding are trademarks or registered trademarks of the
  Microsoft Corporation),
- Approximately 1.5 MB disk space,
- TCP/IP Network connection with DNS.
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*  Requires an account with administrator rights for installation.
** Requires Winsock 2 ( for pings only ).

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CONTACT INFORMATION

E-mail:			ayarovy@usa.net
WWW site:		http://members.xoom.com/ayarovy

Any suggestions/comments/bug reports are appreciated.

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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

1. sMonitor.exe is a self-extracting zip file. Unzip it to an empty directory.
2. Run setup.exe.
3. Follow the instructions in the setup program.

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REGISTRATION

The registration fee is $79. Unregistered versions of sMonitor may be used
for a period of not more than 30 days. After 30 days, you must either stop
using sMonitor, or purchase a legal registration key.
The current information about registration is shown at

    http://members.xoom.com/ayarovy/register.html

A registration key for this program can be purchased and received
immediately on the Internet at Share-It.

    https://secure.element5.com/register.html?productid=103144&language=English

Also you can do the registration online on the Internet at Register Now
registration center:

    https://www.regnow.com/softsell/nph-softsell.cgi?item=1994-1

You can register via phone, fax or postal mail. Please print out the following
form, and fax or mail it to:

element 5 AG / ShareIt!
Vogelsanger Strasse 78

50823 Koeln
Germany

Phone:          +49-221-2407279 
Fax:            +49-221-2407278
E-Mail:         register@shareit.com

US customers may also order by calling 1-800-903-4152 (orders only please!).
US check and cash orders can be sent to our US office at

ShareIt! Inc.
PO Box 844
Greensburg, PA 15601-0844
USA

Tel. 724-850-8186
Fax. 724-850-8187

Registration form for sMonitor:

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Program No.: 103144

Last name: ___________________________________

First name: ____________________________________

Company: ____________________________________

Street and #: ______________________________________

City, State, postal code: ________________________________

Country: _______________________________________

Phone: _____________________________________

Fax: ________________________________________

E-Mail: ______________________________________


How would like to receive the registration key/full version?

e-mail  - fax   - postal mail

How would you like to pay the registration fee:

credit card - wire transfer - EuroCheque - cash

Credit card information (if applicable)

Credit card: Visa - Eurocard/Mastercard - American Express - Diners Club

Card holder: ________________________________

Card No.: ___________________________________

Date of Expiration : ___________________________________

Date / Signature ___________________________

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Thank you for registering this program.

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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

When you launch sMonitor it runs in the minimized mode with an icon at
the system tray. First launched the program tries to write to the system
registry. If an operating system does not allow to write to the registry it
shows a warning message. If a task list includes pings the program tests
whether a raw socket ping feature ( Winsock 2) is available. If not it shows
a warning message.

sMonitor starts to check services on servers automatically if there are
previously entered entries. All settings are stored in the file smonitor.ini and
the system registry.

A server entry comprises the following fields:
- server name,
- IP address or host name,
- at least one task - ping or service name/port number.
- for each task you can specify a timeout and number of downs for e-mail
  notification.

sMonitor checks ports using Transmission Control Protocol (TCP).

Pings do not block multitasking and use a default TTL and the size of 64
bytes. Since the program sends pings asynchronously it shows approximate
round-trip times.

When the program checks ports (sends pings) successfully it shows 'ok'
(round-trip time). If a service does not exist or a host is unreachable or
a test is timeouted the result will be 'Failed'.

You can change the following settings:

- intervals between sessions for Monday-Friday (9am - 6pm),
  Monday-Friday (6pm - 9am) and Saturday-Sunday,
- start a session immediately or at specific time,
- enable/disable Register menu,
- order of servers,
- order of tasks,
- second check if a service(ping) is failed,
- table column width,
- beep or sound if the first in a current session service (ping) is failed
  (sMonitor changes an icon color automatically),
- to send a message by e-mail each time when services (pings) fail
  or all services (pings) are ok,
- to send a message by e-mail only ones when service state changes (up/down),
- change format of e-mail messages,
- generate an HTML file which mirrors an information shown by the program.
  You can edit the file contents.
- generate a log file: two options - log failed services (pings) or log all.
  You can select a file size limit up to 512 KB. 
- generate a delimited text table files. Quoted fields are separated by commas.
  It is possible to import such files into databases and spreadsheets like
  MS Access, MS Excel, Paradox, etc.
  There are two options: sorted by servers and sorted by services.
- create a preset list of services/ports,
- log SMTP errors in error.log file or display them on the screen.
- specify external applications which will be run if any service is failed
  and/or all services are ok,
- specify a script file which will be executed at the end of each session.

If you want to send an email notification to multiple recipients, please use
commas or semicolons as delimiters in the "To:" field.

If sMonitor is not able to write HTML, log, or delimited text table files
it generates an error.log file which is limited to 64 KB.

If an HTML file is locked it will be rewritten again in 10 sec.

External applications are invoked after all files (HTML, log, delimited
text table) are generated. Errors are logged in the error.log file.

Built-in script interpreter allows to open modem and telnet sessions
in order to interact with remote systems. See details in the Script.doc
and sample.scp files.

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HOW TO UNINSTALL

The program can be uninstalled by the usual way:
Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs.

If sMonitor runs at startup you have to delete manually the registry value:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
\Run\sMonitor.

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