>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
My Claris Email Files folder has alot of stuff in - not all user related - which files exactly would you suggest one move? -Tannis ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
