Hello wonderful Roelof Otten, den 29 augusti 2005, 18:25:00, du skrev:
RO> Hallo qe3ee, RO> On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 17:36:18 +0200GMT (29-8-2005, 17:36 +0200, where I RO> live), you wrote: Q>> 1. Q>> Are there compatibillity issues to consider between backups from the bat Q>> v3.15.10 and the bat v2.12.04? RO> (Presuming that you're meaning 3.51.10) RO> Could be possible, as v3 is using file types that v2 didn't use and RO> doesn't make copies of the matching v2 files. And as v2 doesn't know RO> them yet, it can't convert them. Q>> -Or should I just install the v2.12.04 over the v3.51.10? RO> Same problem. The actual message base can still be used, but the RO> sorting office and account properties are lost. Q>> I might not purchase a businesslicense of the bat v3.5 right now, thats why Q>> this i important to know. RO> Apart from the things mentioned above, v2 doesn't know what to do with RO> v3's encrypted message base. Q>> 2. Q>> When operating the bat in servermode as a server for other e-mail clients are Q>> there compatibillity issues between different verions of the bat if I lets Q>> say use a the bat v2.12.04 as a mail server, and others are using Q>> thunderbird (versions are unknown to me), becky (versions are unknown to Q>> me) or the bat v1.6, v2.12 or v3.51? RO> TB only works in 'server mode' for other copies of TB of the same main RO> version. This has to do with the changing file types for account RO> properties, folder properties and sorting office for the various RO> versions. RO> TB doesn't do server mode for other mail clients, as its server mode RO> is merely message base sharing between multiple copies of TB. Q>> 3. Q>> May the bat work simultaneous as non-TCP/IP based mailserver and TCP/IP based Q>> mailserver? RO> TB doesn't work as non TCP/IP based mail server. TB's server mode RO> requires TCP/IP as the server instance needs to connect to the RO> internet. Q>> 4. Q>> -How well does the bat work in a VPN, as server? (preferably my old licenses Q>> for v1.6 and v2.12) Any drawbacks with IPSec? RO> AFAIK TB doesn't care about the network connection you're using to RO> make the various TB instances connect to their shared message base. Q>> (My own experiences comes from using the bat v1.3 to v2.12 in Q>> standalone workstation mode with TCP/IP) RO> Those two versions won't work together at all, as v1.3 used a RO> different message base format (that changed somewhere in the v1.4/v1.5 RO> time. OK! Thankyou for the good answers. -- kind regards, qe3ee mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------- E fructu arbor cognoscitur 15:51:39 den 30 augusti 2005 --------------------------------------------------------------- The Bat! v3.51.10 Windows XP.5.1.2600 if this mail has a virus please throw it away and notify me :) ________________________________________________ Current version is 3.51.10 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
