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PCPro3 upgrades server - email interface

If you have registered your copy of PCPro3 then you can download upgrades. Normally this is done using the Web interface, but some users may need to use the email interface directly. This is documented here.

Registering

This server allows for registered users of Aleph One software to request upgrades to be sent to them by email. Note that unless you have registered - this server will not be able to send out upgrades!

You can register either with the on-line registration form on our website: http://www.aleph1.co.uk/Upgrades/register.html or via the 'register' command described below.

The web form is generally preferred as it does syntax and registration code checking for you.

Getting upgrades via the Web

Upgrades are most easily retrieved via our Web pages at Upgrades/upgrades.html

Go there and fill in the on-line forms as directed. This will generate appropriate emails like those detailed below, saving you from the nitty gritty.

Getting upgrades by Email

You can talk to the server by sending email to with any number of these commands in the message body:

Note that all commands, product and file names are CASE_SENSITIVE.

help

Sends back the current edition of this help message.

login

You should follow this with your registration code, as shown on the confirmatory email you got from the server, a space, and then the password, also as shown on the confirmatory email, e.g. 'login abc1234-jqx PASS'.

Regardless of which email address you send your request from, all upgrades will be sent to your registered email address. You can only use the 'list' and 'send' commands once you have logged in.

list

If you send this command on its own, it will send back a list of all the files on the server you are licensed to access. If you follow it with a product name, e.g. 'PCPro3_release', it sends back only the files for that product which you may access.

send

This command should be followed with a product name, and a filename, and will send back a particular file from the server by email, e.g. 'send PCPro3_release upgrade231.zip'. Note that due to the server's limited internet bandwidth, files requests are queued up and sent out every hour, on the hour.

personal

This command sends all the personal data that Aleph One hold on you, as required by the Data Protection Act-- this will also include the products which you are licensed to access upgrades for.

register

This command adds an entry to the registered users database. It is normally only used by filling in the web-form for registration on our website (see above). This is the recommended method, as the format is strict:

X-REGISTER:Yourname:Registrationcode:Password:email:address:phone:
This must all be on one line.

You make up the password. The email is the one you want upgrades delivered to (they will not be delivered to any other). The address and phone number fields are optional, but likely to be helpful should we need to contact you. A registration will not be accepted if the code is not valid or if the code is already registered.

If you have any problems with the server, or your personal details need changing, please mail .

--------------------------------- WARNING -----------------------------------
ALL FILES DISTRIBUTED FROM THIS SERVER ARE COPYRIGHT ALEPH ONE LIMITED AND
MAY ONLY BE OBTAINED AND USED BY LICENSED USERS OF OUR SOFTWARE.  ANY FURTHER
DISTRIBUTION OR USE OF THE SOFTWARE IS A CRIMINAL OFFENCE.

ALL ACCESSES TO THIS SERVER ARE LOGGED; ANY ATTEMPT AT SUBVERTING ITS
SECURITY WILL RESULT IN YOUR ACCOUNT AND ALL SUPPORT FACILITIES BEING
IMMEDIATELY WITHDRAWN.
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Last Updated: 2005.11.07

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