Installation

    * Existing Polarbar users: Download the new Polarbar ZIP file and copy it into your Polarbar directory as polarbar.zip.

    * Existing Innoval users: Download the Polarbar ZIP file and copy it into your Polarbar directory as polarbar.zip. Change your jstreet startup script and replace innoval.jar (or pvk99.zip) with polarbar.zip. Start The Polarbar Mailer and send an e-mail to the list saying how impressed you are with the speed and all the new features.

    * New users: Download the Polarbar ZIP file and copy it into a new directory as polarbar.zip. Do not unzip this file. Make sure you have a valid Java environment and run either jre -cp polarbar.zip org.polarbar.mailer or java -cp polarbar.zip org.polarbar.mailer from a command line window to automatically install the program and run it for the first time. Note: After a successful installation, you can create a desktop icon to run Polarbar and use one of javaw, javapm, jrew, or jrepm instead of jre or java in order to eliminate the command line window.

    * Optional for all users: Download one of the Polarbar installers that are available from http://www.jsd0.com/PBM/ and follow the instructions that are listed on the installer page.

    * Note for Java2 users: If you use Java2 and you encounter Java security violation exceptions, messages or tool bars not showing up, or Polarbar not even starting up, you need to override the default security policy by adding a file named java.policy to your Polarbar directory, with the following content:

      grant {
          permission java.security.AllPermission;
      };

      Note: So long as you do not put this file in your Java lib directory, these permissions will only apply to Polarbar and there is no danger that they will be applied to any Java apps that are run by HTML browsers (either inside or outside of Polarbar).

      Then include both of the following command line options, in the order indicated, on the Java command line that starts Polarbar (either ahead of the -cp part or ahead of the org.polarbar.mailer part), substituting the appropriate path for the /home/user part. You must use the forward slash for the path separator, even on Windows and OS/2 systems. If you need to specify a drive letter, include it between the second and third slashes (e.g., "file://C:/Polarbar/java.policy"):

      -Djava.security.manager
      -Djava.security.policy==file:///home/user/java.policy

    * Java: If you need more information regarding Java and using it on your system, either check our Java page or try downloading one of the Polarbar Install Anywhere with Java installers (see the download page).