Hi On Monday 13 June 2005 at 12:34:06 PM, in <mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Vili wrote:
> Hello MFPA, > Some short descriptions: >>> - how to store the mails at more than one HDD/partition all the time >>> (even if one HDD crash, absolutely no mail will be lost) M>> Sounds interesting > - Make a new account (AccountX) with some false email address, set the home > directory on the 2nd HDD > - AccountX properties: Ignore Check all account request > - Setup folders in AccountX with every other account's name > - Setup a filter in every other account that the incoming and outgoing > mails will have a copy in the corresponding AccountX folders Very neat >>> - how can more than one TB! run at the same PC without changing >>> Windows user profiles M>> I thought it couldn't (unless using windows "run as" feature). > In the new v3 there is this reg: commandline parameter, right? > But this method works with v1, also: > - Lets say TB! is stored in C:\Program files\The Bat! > - It has a reg key at HKCU\Software\RIT\The Bat! > A. So you have v1 on the PC, but you would like to try v2? > - Rename C:\Program files\The Bat! to C:\Program files\The Bat!v1 > - Rename HKCU\Software\RIT\The Bat! to HKCU\Software\RIT\The Bat!v1 > - Install v2 to C:\Program files\The Bat! and try > - If you would like to temporarily switch back to v1, do this: > - Rename C:\Program files\The Bat! to C:\Program files\The Bat!v2 > - Rename HKCU\Software\RIT\The Bat! to HKCU\Software\RIT\The Bat!v2 > - Rename C:\Program files\The Bat!v1 to C:\Program files\The Bat! > - Rename HKCU\Software\RIT\The Bat!v1 to HKCU\Software\RIT\The Bat! [...] Hassle-free return to previous version if the upgrade does not suit. I like it. >>> - how to speed up TB! startup dramatically by hiding old mails but >>> keeping them always accessible M>> Again, sounds interesting. My folder for this list currently M>> contains over 11000 messages and takes about 4 seconds and another M>> with 4000 takes about 3 quarters of a second to load. > - Make a new account (AccountX) with some false email address > - AccountX properties: Ignore Check all account request > - Setup an access password (for example "1" :) for it) > - Move your unnecessary mails to some folders of AccountX > If you startup TB!, AccountX is closed, so its mails wont be loaded, > so: faster startup! But whenever you need a mail from it, open it with > the password and get the mail. :) Once again, a simple, neat solution. I use this "AccountX" approach for my default account for "mailto:"; links. When it asks for the account password, I simply cancel and open a new message in the account I wish to use (instead of blasting off emails from the wrong account). -- Best regards, MFPA Is it possible to be a closet claustrophobic? Using The Bat! v3.0.1.33 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1 ________________________________________________ Current version is 3.5.25 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
