Hello admin, Friday, June 18, 2004, 6:41:17 PM, you wrote: aacu> I am getting very frustrated with the various methods of aacu> 'synchronising' The Bat betwen two machines.
aacu> B - I tried the seting up of Machine 1 to send BCC of all outgoing aacu> mails, not delete them from the server and then Machine 2 collects aacu> them and complicatedly filters them to the Sent folder. Maybe you want to explain what was the issue you are referring to for B. You are saying mails are 'complicatedly filtered'. But what is the issue you are posing here does not seem clear to me. Someone else will need to address A. aacu> All's well until one accidentally synchroinises account settings - all aacu> the careful setting up is chucked out. These are like settings, like your mail address, and your mail server name, and such? aacu> C - Neither of these would be a huge problem with one or even two aacu> email accounts but with 42 - it's an impossibility unles I empliyed aacu> someone full-timeto manage it !! ;-)) aacu> D - An automatic file-copy synchronise application I run a thte end of aacu> each day te ensure that work I've done on the desk-top is always aacu> duplicated on to the Laptop will not work with The Bat becasue the aacu> Laptop has decided to make the MAIL directory Read-Only and I cannot aacu> get it to be otherwise (a known issue with XP Pro apparently - and all aacu> Internet sourced cures are to no avail). I never heard of that. I don't really use XP much. But, I was able to check your observation. And it appears to be true, on XP, I noticed that the root TB mail folder is set as Read-only. As well as most other folders beneath it. But, if you are just copying files, how is there a problem? aacu> SO.... aacu> My plan is simply to delete the entire contents of the MAIL directory aacu> on the Laptop and copy the entire contents of the Desktop mail aacu> directory in its place. Wallop - just like that. Sure thing. Go to it. :-) What are the plans here? aacu> Anything I should know before I do that? Are there any other files aacu> that keep a record of the number of emails or some obscure settings aacu> related to the MAIL directory hidden away elsewhere that will then aacu> conflict with a new MAIL directory suddenly appearing? I think the directory is completely replaceable. You just need to transfer the registry key also. What operating systems are the two machines using? aacu> OF COURSE - if the system suggested to be able to selectively chasnge aacu> account settings using a global tick box system were implemented the aacu> whole panjandrujm would be much easier especially re option B above. This second word is probably not an English word I'm guessing. -- Best regards, Adam ________________________________________________ Current version is 2.11.02 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
