Anna Silliman at 2002-09-09 06:18 from [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>>If you hold the F5 key while launching Emailer, you will get a dialog box >>>asking you to select the location of the Emailer database. >> >>I tried this; I get a dialog saying "Please locate the >>"Claris Emailer Files folder." >> >>I don't understand why this is needed, or why it might be >>useful. Presumably it's in the Emailer folder where >>it always is...? Am I missing something? >02-09-09 12.28 Miheer Hemant Mafatlal : >Not really. This is useful, if for some reason, Em@iler looses track of >where the relevant files are.
It's also useful for making it possible to keep the database where it really belongs if you "bought" Apples disc structure as much as I have. That's in the Document folder of the users folder under OS X or in the documents folder in OS 9. I dislike apps that put *my data* in the application folder. There's no need whatsoever to stay with the consequences of typical MAC OS newbie mistakes like saving your word documents in the Word application folder for example (I'm not saying anyone here do that). Total separation of data and applications is how it should be. I keep my User related data on a separate drive (after a hack in Netinfo in OS X, an alias in O S9) and if my system drive goes down, produced docs and files and my user related data, like the email database or preferences, are still there. It also makes it possible for me to bring my entire HD to school and plug it in there into another computer, with all my data coming with me, or update my apps, OS or even reformatting the main HD, without losing data by mistake, because it was stored with my apps or on my system disc. In addition, I can backup from one point, no matter how many new folders I create. When I want stuff on the desktop I make aliases. On my Powerbook, that only have one drive, I just keep user stuff like the emailer DB in the Username/Documents folder. But NEVER in the Emailer application folder. I have no idea why I wrote all that, but I did. Hopefully someone finds it useful. (Click send) Thank you for reading this far Micke Bystrom Project Manager Web & Idea Developer ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
