Hi, Luc,
You responded to my question concerning the transfer of one mail account
into another instance of the The Bat running in a separate Window user's
account, and explained what Roelof meant by "setting a mail directory
to another's user's mail directory" by writing : " Options --->
preferences ---> System. That's where you define the mail directory."
Thank you very much! I am at the office now, and am unable to do this
at the moment, since I run The Bat on my home computer. However I will
try out your suggestion when I get home.
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Your answer leads me to another question about using The Bat! on home
networks which could be a separate thread, but which I will include
here, for now:
Last April I tried to set The Bat! up on a home network. Because I did
not intend to keep mail on the mail server indefinitely, I used POP3
rather than IMAP, but set the mail server instructions to keep mail on
the server for at least 14 days--long enough for mail to be downloaded
on to both machines. The system was imperfect, however, since it meant
cc'ing outgoing messages to myself to make sure I had a copy on both
computers. Ultimately, the system would only work for mail on my own
private domain. The system did not work for Gmail mail. Once one
computer downloaded gmail mail, the other computer would no longer be
able to download it.
However, your answer, above gave me an idea. It seems to me that rather
than try and create a self-contained version of my e-mail on both
computers, perhaps it would be better to have one computer see the other
computer's mail directory. (We will just lose some e-mail functionality
while on vacation with the laptop, since new mail would only be
available via webmail.)
If I want more than one computer on a network to access the same mail
directory, so that either computer user can read, compose, and delete
mail, would I use Options ---> preferences ---> System on the second
computer's running of The Bat! to point to the originating directory on
the first computer?
All the best,
--
Avi
Avram L. Sacks
2700 Lake Cook Road
Riverwoods, IL 60015
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