[pmmail-list] network drives

[Dave Saville]

On Thu, 30 May 2002 13:08:07 -0400, Ralph Cohen wrote:

>On Thu, 30 May 2002 14:19:03 +0100 (BST), Dave Saville wrote:
>
>>All
>>
>>I use doth a desktop box & a laptop. What is the best way for the
>>laptop to access the pmmail folders on the desktop?
>>
>>1) separate install of pmmail and somehow point it to the network
>>folders?
>>
>>2) run the whole shooting match off the network drive?
>>
>>No I am *not* trying to run both at the same time :-)
>>
>
>Hi Dave,
>
>I share PMMail between an OS/2 and Win2k system over a LAN and it works
>pretty well.  Just install PMMail as usual on both your systems.  Then,
>on an OS/2 system, create a program object and set the Working
>Directory to the path that your PMMail executable is located in on the
>system on which the mail folders are located.  On a Windows system,
>create a program shortcut and set the Start In parameter to the path
>your PMMail executable is located in on the system on which the mail
>folders are located.  You should then be able to use PMMail on either
>system - although not concurrently.  
>
>For example, I initially installed PMMail on my OS/2 system in
>j:\southsft\pmmail, so that is the path I have set for the Working
>Directory in the program object.  On my Win2k system, I had assigned
>the j: drive on my OS/2 system to be drive s:, so the Start In
>parameter for my Win2k PMMail program object is s:\southsft\pmmail.
>
>The only gotcha's I've run into can be easily overcome.  First of all,
>having PMMail running concurrently on both systems can cause problems -
>such as messages not being displayed - which requires that both PMMail
>sessions be shut down before reopening the one you want to use.  This
>can also cause problems that require re-indexing.  The second problem I
>ran into was a delay on the Win2k system when accessing email from the
>OS/2 system.  Fixing this required patching the PMMail executable on
>the Win2k system which was relatively simple.  If you run into the same
>problem, I'll be happy to send you the instructions for the patch.
>
>

Thanks Ralph, just what I needed to know. Both machines are running
OS/2. I keep what Win stuff I need inside VPC where it can't do any
damage :-)

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Regards

Dave Saville
Please note new email address dave.saville@ntlworld.com

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