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Article #7731Re: How to use "Public Folder"
From: Reid Ellis
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1991 06:43
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1991 06:43
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Pomona Anupol Valero <pv0b+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes: |Personally, I didn't like using Public Folder, you then get more than |one copy of a file and then have more than one person working on it. |It gets pretty confusing to know which or who's got the current file. Robin Goldstone <rgoldstone@OAVAX.CSUCHICO.EDU> writes: |Personally, I think Public Folder is a great tool. Rather than |sending a file to 'n' people as a mail enclosure, which results in |'n' copies of the file being created, I just send a mail message |saying that the file is available in my Public Folder. Anyone who |wants it can get a copy. P.F. works great and is one of the basic |tools used by all of our Mac users. Personally, I prefer File Sharing under System 7. Public Folder is nice, but it has one drawback -- it doesn't work with System 7.0b1 or b4. Fortunately, you can use File Sharing instead! And as an extra bonus, there's only one copy of the file.. Reid -- Reid Ellis 176 Brookbanks Drive, Toronto ON, M3A 2T5 Canada rae@utcs.toronto.edu || rae%alias@csri.toronto.edu CDA0610@applelink.apple.com || +1 416 446 1644
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!torsqnt!geac!alias!news From: rae@utcs.toronto.edu (Reid Ellis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.comm Subject: Re: How to use "Public Folder" Message-ID: <1991Mar12.064345.9170@alias.uucp> Date: 12 Mar 91 06:43:45 GMT References: <1991Mar2.190020.20701@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>,<8boZkFC00WAJIVCG00@andrew.cmu.edu> <1991Mar04.172610.7073@ecst.csuchico.edu> Sender: Reid Ellis <rae%alias@csri.toronto.edu> Reply-To: Reid Ellis <rae@utcs.toronto.edu> Organization: Alias Research, Inc. Toronto ON Canada Lines: 23