Hallo Edgar, On Sat, 8 Nov 2003 15:37:58 +0100GMT (8-11-03, 15:37 +0100, where I live), you wrote:
E> A friend want to have a network where 1 PC gets the mail from the E> internet and some clients can check on that mail and send mail to E> each othere and the internet. E> - He's using XP so: Install TB, make the directory share. (Both E> program directory and Mail directory or only the mail directory? Only the mail directory needs to be shared. You can install the program local on each computer, actually it's better to do it that way. E> - Must The mail maps be in the TB! directory or may they be in an other E> directory like My documents? You can place it wherever you want. Creating a mail directory within your data structure makes it easier to include your message base in your back-ups. For about the same reason it might be better to store it somewhere else when you keep lots of (old) mail, in that case you can use a separate back-up system for your mail. E> - If the mailfolder can be in an other directory it must be shared, E> but must the TB! program directory also be shared? Nope. (See your first question.) E> 3. Map the shared resource from step 2 to a network drive letter. E> Other computers that are going to act as clients within your E> network will use this network drive to exchange information with E> the server. E> - How is this done in XP, they will be moste likely on my c:\ drive E> in a shared directory. When I map that to a network drive (call E> it Z:\) I can see it but an other computer must make his own E> drive map to the shared map. Must they call the drive Z too or E> may it be another drive letter (as long as it is the same shared E> folder) Doesn't matter, the drive is stored only in the local registry. E> - Or Am I mistaking it with a drive letter made by a REAL server? E> (It makes the directory accessible as drive D:\ and all the E> clients will see it as drive D:\) E> The next point will only make some sense when this is the case. Drive letters aren't issued by the server. Drive letters are issued by the local network. However, it might be easy for you to keep the drive letter where TB stores it's mail folders identical on all system. Might simplify some maintenance issues and the exchange of templates. E> 4. If you do not have The Bat! installed yet, install it to the E> mapped network drive in order to allow machines running The Bat! E> in client mode to access it. Run The Bat! from the newly mapped E> network drive. TB needs some data stored at the local pc's registry. So it isn't a good idea to skip installing it on all clients. E> - Is there a limit on how much clients there can be on 1 server E> (could not find that in the help file)? Not that I'm aware of. -- Groetjes, Roelof ________________________________________________ Current version is 2.01.3 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
