Hi, everyone, What is the best way to set up The Bat on a new computer when that computer is attached to a home network that has 2 computers running The Bat? It has been awhile since I added The Bat to a second computer, so, I don't recall exactly what I did.
Currently, we have The Bat installed on two computers, a desktop and a laptop. The laptop is being replaced. The mail directory only resides on the desktop pc. The second computer, a laptop, has, under Account/Properties/Files and Directories the home directory pointing to the Mail folder of the desktop pc. Mail is only downloaded and stored on the desktop. However, the download operation can be initiated from either the desktop, or the laptop when it is connected to the network. Mail downloaded by one computer into the desktop Mail directory can be seen, read, replied to, etc., by either computer on the network. This setup allows two users on the home network to have access to the same mail, regardless of which computer is being used. What is the best way to install The Bat on the new laptop in order to retain account settings and allow both users to have the same access to downloaded mail? Should I download from the Ritlabs website a new installation of The Bat and then point the mail directory to the shared Mail folder on the desktop? If so, how do I make sure that all of the current settings, including the address book and 22 filters currently running, work on the new laptop? I suspect that there are registry entries that would need to be copied to the new laptop. Is this true? If so, how do I do that? The new laptop is running Windows 7 while the other computers are running Windows XP Pro SP3. Do I need to have the same version of The Bat running on all of the computers in order to insure that there won't be any file or registry entry conflicts? Finally, I am currently using ver. 4.0.18. Is the newest version ready for prime time? Am I better off staying with ver. 4.0.18? Thanks for your help. -- Avi Avram Sacks Chicago Using The Bat ver. 4.0.18 on Windows XP Pro SP3, and soon on Windows 7 ________________________________________________ Current version is 4.2.23 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
