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Re: Addmail and sys 9

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From: Alan Staniforth
Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 00:00
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In article <B5475C7D96681F587@cara.demon.co.uk>,
peter@cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) wrote:

> I am going to be getting an iBook, running sys 9. I'll be using Eudora
> Light 3.1.3, with Demon, and if possible I want to go on using Addmail to
> get my mail by SMTP.
> 
> At present, using sys 8.1, the Addmail Files folder lives in the
> Preferences folder in the system file. Sys 9 has multiple users, and so
> some files (the Eudora folder is I believe an example- I've asked in
> comp.mail.eudora.mac) have migrated from the system folder to another
> folder (I forget the name but I dare say I'll find out). Does the Addmail
> Files folder move too? I suspect it might... Where to?

I'm in a dichotomy over this, so for the moment it's unchanged. To get
things to behave reliably safely you will need to run as the
administrator or with Multiple Users turned off.

> In fact Alan, if you're listening, I'm sure you've tried this; does Addmail
> 2.07d4 run okay with sys 9? Any gotchas of which I need to be aware?

Generally only what I've said above. I'm interested in exploring some
options to eliminate the problems and -- unless it's very inconvenient
for you or anyone else -- I think it would be less boring for other
people if we took this to email.

-Alan.


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Alan Staniforth ** alan@apollonia.org
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From: alan@apollonia.org (Alan Staniforth)
Subject: Re: Addmail and sys 9
Date: 2000/05/17
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