Dan Grunberg @ 2004-Dec-1 10:30:19 AM "File Location, Permission, Spell Checker, etc." <mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> If the DEFAULT location for The Bat!'s files became
>> CSIDL_APPDATA\Rit Labs\The Bat!\ or some variant thereof, these
>> problems would be solved. Axillary files, like BayseIt files and the
>> custom dictionary would need to be moved there also.
>> For those of us who want to have control over where our data files
>> are stored, those options would still remain.
> Is this procedure correct?
> 1. Spelling. Keep each email account's home directory in a user
> controlled folder structure.
> TheBat! +> Account +> Files & directories
> Home Directory {Browse]
> etc.
Yes. Currently, those changes require modifying the registry. However,
I think that the custom dictionary should be stored in the user's mail
directory, not in The Bat!'s program directory. Each user has his or
hew own custom dictionary. I may want antidifferentiation to be
considered correct, while another user may not.
> (If not, how do you redirect TheBat! to the TheBat"s applications
> data?)
The default should be that the user's mail goes into "CSIDL_APPDATA\Rit
Labs\The Bat!\". Normally this would be "C:\Documents and
Settings\%USERNAME%\Application Data\Rit Labs\The Bat!", but a network
administrator could change it to "\\server.company.com\Roaming
Data\%USERNAME%\Application Data\Rit Labs\The Bat!".
> 2. BayesIt. The BayesIt files and data can be put in any user
> controlled directory created for the purpose. Just tell TheBat!
> where you put BayesIt, by "install" BayesIT in a user controlled
> folder) via
> TheBat! +> Options +> Preferences
> Protection +> Anti-spam
I think that the BayseIt program files should be installed once, for
all users. For example, in "C:\Program Files\The
Bat!\Plugins\BayseIt". Each user would then have his or her own
BayseIt data files stored else where, for example
"CSIDL_APPDATA\BayseIt". Then, each user would have a personally
trained BayseIt. For example, one user may consider Amazon.com
promotional e-mail messages junk, while another may not. Currently,
both users compete when it comes to BayseIt.
Generally, NO user data should be stored in The Bat!'s directory. Any
personal user data needs to be in personal folders, defaulting to the
aforementioned location. Any data shared between users, such as a
computer-wide custom dictionary (containing a company's product names,
for example) should be stored in the All Users directory.
--
Chris
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