Hi I've been happily sharing the folder where I have my The Bat e-mails using MS-Networking. Then I install TB in another PC on the local net, I create a new account and I browse over to other computer and use those files, too. It works great and no special setup is needed :)
Roberto Tuesday, March 11, 2003, 9:39:22 PM, you wrote: > I am struggling over a question on the "server" functionality of TB. > I understand (I think) that in standalone mode TB collects and shows > you your email (like for most of us), in non-TCP mode acts as an > internal workgroup mail client (whatever) and lastly in server mode > delivers mail to other TB clients acting as a server (transport) to > the real mail server at the ISP end. At the same time the "server" > box can and does act as a mail client itself... Correct? > In any case, what I am interested to do is have a "server" mode Bat > running on a given PC and then 2 more "workstation" connecting to > it, but all being able to see one and the same set of accounts. > Reason is dead simple - I have one main PC (the "server") where most > of the mailing stuff gets done (will be done), but I have another PC > in the bedroom, on which I would lazy over on Sundays and send mail > from it rather than bother to go in the study. And finally I have a > laptop, which ideally I would like to "synchronize" with latest mail > messages before going out - just to refer to them. (I doubt I would > be able to post while away and then further sync the laptop msg base > with the "server" msg base - with new messages which it has received > while laptop was away) > Ok, for the laptop bit I am probably asking too much, but how about > the "server" and "workstation" being able to "see" all sets of mail > accounts and mail from all of them (so all user will be > administrators)? > Or is this actually achievable if I have the standalone client > installed on different PCs, but the msg base residing on a shared > folder - then all I need to do is making sure that I close one > client before starting the other? How about that? > Thanks in advance for any help/opinion/sharing of experience. -- Roberto Machorro [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://machorro.net/roberto/ ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.62 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
