Thanks, that's what I eventually did--copied the serial number, that is. Thanks for these 2 responses, but my question was from more than 2 weeks ago, so I'm sort of surprised to be getting them now. I got 5.2.2 working, and now I'm up and running with PM 5.2.3. Thanks, Shell
>I never did that key business. >I just copy/pasted the serial number (from the purchase receipt email) >into the PowerMail registration dialog box. Then PowerMail made its own >PMKey. Or am I remembering this wrong? > >Best, > Dave Nathanson > Mac Medix > >in reply to ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), Rick Lecoat's message of 5:54 AM, >2/17/06 > >>Hi Shell, and welcome. >> >>I think that you may have gone about it slightly back to front. If >>memory serves (and it's been a while since I registered a copy of PM so >>I might be wrong) you should *drop the application onto the key*, not >>the other way around. >> >>If you drop the key on the app, PM, instead of becoming registered, >>thinks that you're trying to send the key as an attachment. It will >>launch itself to do this if it was not already active, but of course >>since it still is not registered at this point is will give you the >>warning about expiration. >> >>The bit about it looking like an excel file was a bit worrying though, >>and might point to a problem with your decompression software (whether >>you're using OSX's own or Stuffit) not correctly identifying the file >>type when it decodes it. But I don't think that's a PM issue, unless CTM >>did something weird when they compressed it sent it to you. >> >>HTH >>Rick >> >>-- >>G5 2GHz x2 :: 2GB RAM :: 10.4.3 :: PM 5.2.2 :: 3 pane mode >> >>Shark Attack: A Design Studio >><www.sharkattack.co.uk> >> >>-- >>Original message: >>Received from Shell Olson on 3/2/06 at 23:57 >> >>>For whatever it's worth, my problem isn't over. I had hoped it was. >>>I got a key, downloaded it (is it really an Excel binary file? early >>>versions' >>>keys looked different), and dropped it on the new PowerMail 5.2.2 icon. >>>It opened PowerMail automatically, >>>gave me the same message about expiring in 27 days, told me I couldn't >>>send or receive unless I trashed all but fewer than 200 messages, and >>>it opened a new message window with Subject line PMKey 5 olson. >>>And that's all. So I still can't use it. >>> > >
