> Hello Roelof, > On Sat, 8 Jul 2006 18:32:50 +0200 GMT (08/07/2006, 23:32 +0700 GMT), > Roelof Otten wrote:
RO>> I'm afraid the only way to (real time) share messages between multiple RO>> instances of TB is by using IMAP accounts. That means that either your RO>> ISP should support IMAP (with simultaneous logins enabled) or you RO>> should install your own IMAP server on your LAN. > No, that's not the only way. We share messages using POP: Each > computer will leave messages on the server, so each computer will > download all incoming messages. In order for everybody to also receive > the messages sent, there are two possibilities: > 1.) Everybody sends their messages by BCC to the From address as well. > (This is what we used to do.) > 2.) The server will copy all outgoing messages to the Inbox on server. > (This is what we do now, a feature of Merak mail server.) A simple solution that we have used for years is to have a single The Bat .exe on a server on the network. There is a short cut on each machine wishing to share that points to this .exe. When this shortcut is first invoked on a non-server, you are prompted to go through the usual process of registering the program and opening your own account. Each shared user creates the accounts that they want to share on their own machine on the network using Account/New and then using the existing account names if they are already present on another machine. This allows everybody to see any other account that they wish, which suits our (open, non-corporate) way of working. The actual downloading of mail is usually done by each account holder on his/her machine. This avoids duplicates, but in any case, these can easily be deleted using Folder/Delete. There's no need to create any extra directories. All of the individual user directories are held in the mail directory on the machine which holds the single Bat .exe Regards David Embrey ________________________________________________ Current version is 3.80.06 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
