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putting mail boxes on my NAS

Tue, 02 Jul 2019 13:54:11 +0300

putting mail boxes on my NAS mailboxes moved to NAS in forum The Bat! - Configuring the E-mail Client.

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Derek Fields wrote:
As above poster said, this is easily do-able.

Just set the Mail Directory as a network drive (mapped drive letter), or just a network location "\\NAS\Directory" for example

https://www.howtogeek.com/school/windows-network-sharing/lesson8/

The warnings about not-a-multi-user application applies, I suppose, but I do not know what will happen. It may be OK, it may be fine 99% of the time, but there's that 1% chance no one knows.
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i'll add another apology to you also for such a late reply.
that <=1% is certainly what i want to avoid. thanks for your feedback and link.
02 July 2019 13:54:11, 4648.

putting mail boxes on my NAS

Tue, 02 Jul 2019 13:40:04 +0300

putting mail boxes on my NAS mailboxes moved to NAS in forum The Bat! - Configuring the E-mail Client.

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Daniel van Rooijen wrote:
Well, Options | Preferences | System | Mail Directory specifies the location of your mail. But The Bat is not a multi-user application, and I'd be very careful not to open the same messagebase with more than one instance of The Bat at the same time (or you might ruin some indexes and damage the database).
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apologies for such a late reply. guess i forgot to subscribe to topic and just now revisiting.
i wouldn't have have more than one instance at a time here at home but i'm glad you informed me of this just in case so i can be more cognizant of it.

i make backups of the email message bases/accounts to the NAS but had thought why not just put those on the NAS and access that from various computers here at home vs having to always use one particular computer for that. wouldn't want to mess up the account databases though and appreciate your feedback on this.
02 July 2019 13:40:04, 4648.

putting mail boxes on my NAS

Fri, 26 Apr 2019 01:11:59 +0300

putting mail boxes on my NAS mailboxes moved to NAS in forum The Bat! - Configuring the E-mail Client.
As above poster said, this is easily do-able.

Just set the Mail Directory as a network drive (mapped drive letter), or just a network location "\\NAS\Directory" for example

https://www.howtogeek.com/school/windows-network-sharing/lesson8/

The warnings about not-a-multi-user application applies, I suppose, but I do not know what will happen. It may be OK, it may be fine 99% of the time, but there's that 1% chance no one knows.
26 April 2019 01:11:59, Derek Fields.

putting mail boxes on my NAS

Wed, 24 Apr 2019 22:36:44 +0300

putting mail boxes on my NAS mailboxes moved to NAS in forum The Bat! - Configuring the E-mail Client.
Well, Options | Preferences | System | Mail Directory specifies the location of your mail. But The Bat is not a multi-user application, and I'd be very careful not to open the same messagebase with more than one instance of The Bat at the same time (or you might ruin some indexes and damage the database).
24 April 2019 22:36:44, Daniel van Rooijen.

putting mail boxes on my NAS

Wed, 24 Apr 2019 22:22:31 +0300

putting mail boxes on my NAS mailboxes moved to NAS in forum The Bat! - Configuring the E-mail Client.
i have latest pro ver of TheBat! .

would like to put my mailboxes onto my local NAS so i can access email on any machine at home.

is this doable? any gotcha's to look out for if doing this?
24 April 2019 22:22:31, William Starlord.