-=> On 11-28-05  05:46,  Stephen Haffly <=-
 -=> spoke to Ian Hoare about Re: Configuring Multimai <=-

 SH> I had the same problem setting up MultiMail for my wife.  Her computer
 SH> is running Windows 95osr2.  Part of the problem was the path names. 
 SH> For some reason, MultiMail didn't like pathnames that were longer than
 SH> 8  characters.  I had originally set the install directory as


   Did you mean path names, or directory names within the path?   I
   believe that Wolf posted an example with a path longer than 8
   characters that works for him, although he had resorted to the short
   name versions for the directories.

   In any case, there is one trick that could be used to shorten the
   path and/or get over some of the intermediate directory names not
   being 8 characters --- it is called mapped drives.   It is possible
   to map a drive letter to a folder buried deep in the directory tree
   of another drive.   Or at least is is possible when you have
   networking set up.   I don't know if it is possible to set up
   networking if you have only one computer.

   The process starts from the "tools" menu on the explorer (file
   manager) application.  You can select any available drive letter, and
   you can then browse down to the folder you want.  It might be
   necessary that the folder is set for sharing, not sure.

                               Dale Shipp
                  fido_261_1466 (at) comcast (dot) net
                              (1:261/1466)


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