Subject: pc-pine working directory multiple users

From: "Aaron S. Hawley" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 21:31:47 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

if anybody out there is using pc-pine with multiple users.  i suggest
using different directory for each user in the

c:\<directory of pine.exe>\

or whatever directory you have it your pine.exe file.  then give the name of the
directory as the first name of the person or there username.  and then you
can use the default names for all the configuration files, addressbooks,
etc.  then if you were to have a Windows (good 'ol 95 in my case) shortcut
for the program, and then in the shortcut properties change 'Start In' to

c:\<directory of pine.exe>\<user's name>

then, from what i've experimented with, all the settings for files like
the signature and addressbook, don't need to be changed to

c:\<directory of pine.exe>\<user's name>\<configuratin file>

like pine.sig, or addrbook.

i thought this was a real easy way to make multiple users.  by just making
a shortcut to pine giving the 'Start In' variable 

c:\<directory of pine.exe>\<user's name>

then having a pinerc file with some common settings of the
multiple users.  for example at my school, the University of Vermont,
everyone has the same smtp server, mail server, saved messages folder,
etc.  so having to plug in the values for each user is a pain.  but keep
values like features, username, personal id, etc, open for editing by that
user, since they are user-specific.

did everyone learn something new.  hopefully i'm not just a loser pointing
out the obvious.

keep pining (ouch on the lingo attempt aaron)

Aaron S. Hawley
[email-masked]
802.656.7396
http://www.uvm.edu/~ashawley
University of Vermont
Home: Vergennes, VT, USA

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