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Subject:
one user two machines email client?
Category: Computers Asked by: jodido-ga List Price: $15.00 |
Posted:
05 Nov 2005 09:45 PST
Expires: 05 Dec 2005 09:45 PST Question ID: 589431 |
I am looking for a pop client that allows me to log on from either of two machines on my LAN and see the same address book, same inbox, same outbox, etc. Can't with Eudora, Thunderbird, or other well-known clients. I think can with Outlook but would prefer non-MS product. This is NOT two personalities on one machine, but one personality on two machines. |
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Re: one user two machines email client?
From: vlad_the_inhala-ga on 05 Nov 2005 12:11 PST |
You may be able to do it without actually using anything other than default software. For instance if you can use Thunderbird but set up one machine with a shared drive where you store the address book, stored folders etc. Then permantently connect the other machine to the shared drive and use the same preference files, stored date, address book tht is located on the remote machine. This way you get to use a well known piece of software but have access to the information from both machines. It is also pretty much Operating system independent as you can set up a network drive on pretty much any operating system. I hope this helps. |
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Re: one user two machines email client?
From: qrysdonnell-ga on 05 Nov 2005 15:02 PST |
I support an office using a Eudora installation where the Eudora files are on the server and a user can log on from any computer and get their email. This can also be done with Outlook by locating the .pst file on the server. The caveat is that you can't open it on more than one computer at a time. I've not worked with Thunderbird much, but I'd be surprised if you couldn't do it with it. You don't need to have a server to do this. You just need to host the files on one of your workstations. I would recommend mapping the drive as the same letter on both computers so you can avoid confusion. (i.e. create a directory on computer A named 'Mail' and map it as M on both A and B. Set up the program on both computers so that the data is accessed from the M drive.) |
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Re: one user two machines email client?
From: jodido-ga on 05 Nov 2005 21:07 PST |
Thanks for your suggestions. I tried Vlad's idea already, with Eudora. I'm not sure why this happened, but the eudora.ini file got corrupted causing the loss of messages in the two open mailboxes on the host machine. Perhaps this problem could be avoided if Eudora is not running simultaneously on both systems? |
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