Share address book - Pegasus

On 21 Dec 2005, "Gianluca Grechi" <grechi@pacbell.net> wrote in
newsp.s14bgehhzeakrt@toshiba-user:

> I have PM 4.31 and I have created 2 users on the same pc. Any
> chance I can share the same address book with both users?

The answer is found in WGUIDE.HLP.

"Creating system-wide address books

"Address books consist of two files - name.PMR and name.PM!, where
name is any filename. To create a system-wide address book, copy
both files for the book into the same directory on the server as
WINPMAIL.EXE. Alternatively, copy the files into a public directory
then set a DOS environment variable called PMR which points to that
directory. If the address book is large and changes little, consider
creating a secondary index for it using PMSORT.EXE - this will
markedly speed up the process of opening the book."

So, in your case, since everyone is (presumably) using the same
executable, you can just put the address book in the WINPMAIL.EXE
directory and everyone should be able to see it.

It works perfectly!

Thanks again Nil

Gianluca

On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 21:48:42 -0800, Nil <rednoise@REMOVETHIScomcast.net>
wrote:

> On 21 Dec 2005, "Gianluca Grechi" <grechi@pacbell.net> wrote in
> newsp.s14bgehhzeakrt@toshiba-user:
>
>> I have PM 4.31 and I have created 2 users on the same pc. Any
>> chance I can share the same address book with both users?
>
> The answer is found in WGUIDE.HLP.
>
> "Creating system-wide address books
>
> "Address books consist of two files - name.PMR and name.PM!, where
> name is any filename. To create a system-wide address book, copy
> both files for the book into the same directory on the server as
> WINPMAIL.EXE. Alternatively, copy the files into a public directory
> then set a DOS environment variable called PMR which points to that
> directory. If the address book is large and changes little, consider
> creating a secondary index for it using PMSORT.EXE - this will
> markedly speed up the process of opening the book."
>
> So, in your case, since everyone is (presumably) using the same
> executable, you can just put the address book in the WINPMAIL.EXE
> directory and everyone should be able to see it.
>
>



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"Gianluca Grechi" <grechi@pacbell.net> wrote in
newsp.s14e0n1rzeakrt@toshiba-user:

> It works perfectly!
>
> Thanks again Nil
>
> Gianluca
>
> On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 21:48:42 -0800, Nil
> <rednoise@REMOVETHIScomcast.net> wrote:
>
>> On 21 Dec 2005, "Gianluca Grechi" <grechi@pacbell.net> wrote in
>> newsp.s14bgehhzeakrt@toshiba-user:
>>
>>> I have PM 4.31 and I have created 2 users on the same pc. Any
>>> chance I can share the same address book with both users?
>>
>> The answer is found in WGUIDE.HLP.
>>
>> "Creating system-wide address books
>>
>> "Address books consist of two files - name.PMR and name.PM!, where
>> name is any filename. To create a system-wide address book, copy
>> both files for the book into the same directory on the server as
>> WINPMAIL.EXE. Alternatively, copy the files into a public directory
>> then set a DOS environment variable called PMR which points to that
>> directory. If the address book is large and changes little, consider
>> creating a secondary index for it using PMSORT.EXE - this will
>> markedly speed up the process of opening the book."
>>
>> So, in your case, since everyone is (presumably) using the same
>> executable, you can just put the address book in the WINPMAIL.EXE
>> directory and everyone should be able to see it.
>>
>>
>

Setting a DOS variable is one way. Another is creating a Pegasus.ini
and placing it in the Pegasus Mail program folder pointing to the
location. Below is mine.

[WinPMail 32-bit environment]
PML = D:\Pmail\Mail
PMR = D:\Pmail\Mail
MAI = D:\Pmail\Mail
NB = D:\Pmail\Mail
[Systemwide Folders]
PublicTree = "System-wide folders", "D:\\Pmail\\Mail"

On 21 Dec 2005, John Gray <nospam@invalid.com> wrote in
news:Xns97335AC168897T.JGray@65.24.3.139:

> Setting a DOS variable is one way. Another is creating a
> Pegasus.ini and placing it in the Pegasus Mail program folder
> pointing to the location. Below is mine.
>
> [WinPMail 32-bit environment]
> PML = D:\Pmail\Mail
> PMR = D:\Pmail\Mail
> MAI = D:\Pmail\Mail
> NB = D:\Pmail\Mail
> [Systemwide Folders]
> PublicTree = "System-wide folders", "D:\\Pmail\\Mail"

That's a neat trick! Where did you learn that one?

Nil <rednoise@REMOVETHIScomcast.net> wrote in
news:Xns973374C706E15nilch1@216.196.97.136:

> On 21 Dec 2005, John Gray <nospam@invalid.com> wrote in
> news:Xns97335AC168897T.JGray@65.24.3.139:
>
>> Setting a DOS variable is one way. Another is creating a
>> Pegasus.ini and placing it in the Pegasus Mail program folder
>> pointing to the location. Below is mine.
>>
>> [WinPMail 32-bit environment]
>> PML = D:\Pmail\Mail
>> PMR = D:\Pmail\Mail
>> MAI = D:\Pmail\Mail
>> NB = D:\Pmail\Mail
>> [Systemwide Folders]
>> PublicTree = "System-wide folders", "D:\\Pmail\\Mail"
>
> That's a neat trick! Where did you learn that one?
>

I gleaned it from the PM-WIN mailing list. I've learned a lot there.

If you are interested, you can subscribe and participate in the
discussion. Go to http://bama.ua.edu/archives/index.html and scroll
down to the PM-WIN link about 2/3 of the way down the page. Follow the
instructions. Sometimes you will get 30-50 messages a day and other
times 5-10 maximum. It's busy right now because of the release.

On 21 Dec 2005, John Gray <nospam@invalid.com> wrote in
news:Xns97338817DE10ET.JGray@65.24.3.139:

> If you are interested, you can subscribe and participate in the
> discussion. Go to http://bama.ua.edu/archives/index.html and
> scroll down to the PM-WIN link about 2/3 of the way down the page.
> Follow the instructions. Sometimes you will get 30-50 messages a
> day and other times 5-10 maximum. It's busy right now because of
> the release.

Thanks, I'm already on it. Some other people here might be interested,
though.