=============== The Batch! v0.5

The Batch! is a loader for the program The Bat! (probably the best email manager around). The purpose of it, is to make your email non-computer dependable, everything needed is in the same folder (settings, messages, addresses and program).

So when you want to run The Bat!, you double-click on thebatch.exe and that loads the settings to the registry and then the program, when you exit the program the loader saves the settings and deletes the settings in the registry,  leaving the computer without trails of The Bat! (unless you made The Bat! the default email manager).

I made this loader to carry my e-mail on a Compact Flash card. With it you can go to any computer and check your mail from there. This will amaze any Outlook user :)

Another interesting approach of this loader, is that you can make periodical backups of this folder and be sure you will be able to see those messages in the future, since the whole program is inside the backup. I set The Bat! to delete messages older than 30 days and make a backup every 15 so I keep all my email history easily.

(delete) With this loader you can change the path of the program and the loader will manage to register everything at startup and remove the registry entries on exit. Therefore, the machine keeps clean.

The loader will keep 5 versions of your settings, the one that will be used next time you start The Batch! is "1.reg". On exit, the current 1.reg will be copied to 2.reg (and so on), and a new 1.reg will be made. If anything breaks 1.reg you can rename others to "1.reg", and load properly.

Don't be surprised with the small size of the EXE, it was packed with UPX (with this command line: "upx.exe --best --compress-icons=1 --crp-ms=999999 --nrv2d -k thebat.exe").

If you want to upgrade to the latest version of the program (there's always a new beta of The Bat!), or want to use an unpacked thebat.exe feel free to overwrite it.

Address Books are saved in a separate folder, not in the "MAIL" folder like The Bat! does in default.

This loader will not move the path for spell checker files.

This pack does not contain speller or help files.

I changed a bit the tips file, and included some new ones :)

If you make The Bat! the default mailer, you can't click to send messages unless the program is opened. This is because we need the loader to make the program run.

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