SpreadMsg Lite - Version 5.17 SpreadMsg Lite is the FREE version of Compuquest, Inc'saward-winning SpreadMsg software. The Lite versionfeatures an email scanning agent that searches theuser's email waiting at their ISP or Exchange Server.EMail scanning and retrieval is supported for POP3 andIMAP email servers. For new messages waiting, itapplies user-specified rules, like looking for specifictext content, or for email "from" a specific person, oremail containing specific words in the "subject", etc.If the user rules are met, wireless or instant messagesare delivered or other action is taken, such as: parseand forward all or part of the original email; send aspecific file somewhere; launch an externalapplication, batchfile, or script; and more. And,"2-way query and response" features enable the remoteuser to ask SpreadMsg for specific information, whichis then returned to the user using Instant Messaging,delivered to a wireless device, an email destination,or via dialout. Also provided is a sampling of otherSpreadMsg software features available in three otherupgrade versions of the software. In those features,additional "DataSources" for scanning,rule-application, parsing, and messaging are added. Inaddition to scanning email, data may be captured inreal time from computer files, internet pages,spreadsheet data, other applications running on theuser's PC, or live internet datafeeds. User rules acton this data to filter, extract, parse, send outmessages, start other applications, etc. Messagedelivery also can be based on rules such as any changein data value, data above or below a specific numericlevel or range, textual content match, repeatedperiodic timed delivery interval, and more.Powerful "remote control" features allow the user tocontrol and change the configuration of SpreadMsg usinga simple email message. External applications can bestarted or stopped, batch or script files run, and muchmore.