Community Discussions and Support
Adding Mailbox/locked mailbox question

Hello my friends

Question ..Could someone pass on to me the step by step procedure for adding another mailbox.

I thought I had saved all the steps on what I should do to create from Thomas

but it must have got accidently got dumped ...Thanks

 

Also

With the problems of the locked mailbox in the past and its being solved thanks to you folks,

why do the the *cmn,pmx and pmw files 

cause this problem to happen in the first place?I.

Thanks in advance

<p>Hello my friends </p><p> Question ..Could someone pass on to me the step by step procedure for adding another mailbox. I thought I had saved all the steps on what I should do to create from Thomas but it must have got accidently got dumped ...Thanks </p><p> </p><p>Also </p><p>With the problems of the locked mailbox in the past and its being solved thanks to you folks, </p><p>why do the the *cmn,pmx and pmw files  cause this problem to happen in the first place?I.</p><p> Thanks in advance </p>

> Hello my friends Question ..Could someone pass on to me the step by step procedure for adding another mailbox. I thought I had saved all
> the steps on what I should do to create from Thomas but it must have got accidently got dumped ...Thanks

All you will have to do with the v4.x is just use Addresses | User management to add the user when running as admin user since there is no difference between a single user and multiple user setup.

If you have a real old single-user setup then these are the procedures for converting from single user to multiuser.  This process assumes that you used the default settings when installing WinPmail in single user mode, therefore the basic directory is c:\pmail and the mail directory is c:\pmail\mail.  

1:  Go to the MSDOS prompt and create a directory for your current mail files and username.  I assume you are using a username of THOMAS.   

    MD c:\pmail\mail\THOMAS

2:  Move your current mail files from the c:\pmail\mail directory to the c:\pmail\mail\THOMAS directory.   

    MOVE c:\pmail\mail\*.* c:\pmail\mail\THOMAS

3:  Edit your pmail.ini file and change all instances of c:\pmail\mail to c:\pmail\mail\THOMAS.  If you have saved your username in win.ini, edit the win.ini file and remove the username line.  

4:  Delete the file c:\pmail\pmail.cfg.  This will remove your current configuration and force WinPmail to go the install process.  

5:  Double click on the WinPmail icon.  Since the pmail.cfg is missing, this will cause WinPmail to go through the install process.  Select the multiuser option.   

6:  You will be asked to about the users.  Add the username THOMAS and any other users you wish.  Make sure you give administrator privileges to at least one username so you will be able to administer to users.  Select close.  

7:  You will be asked to select a username, use THOMAS.  This should now open WinPmail using you old mail information.  You will now have an additional menu item under Address that will allow you to administer your users from WinPmail.  

8:  You now can create an icon for each user with the -i <username> commandline option to enable starting WinPmail without having to enter the username each time.  


>  Also
>
> With the problems of the locked mailbox in the past and its being solved thanks to you folks,
>
> why do the the *cmn,pmx and pmw files  cause this problem to happen in the first place?

Any number of reasons, mostly cause by either anti-virus software or user action.  Corrupted files, huge bounce files and other problems often can cause either a crash or long delays in processing.

&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Hello my friends Question ..Could someone pass on to me the step by step procedure for adding another mailbox. I thought I had saved all &amp;gt; the steps on what I should do to create from Thomas but it must have got accidently got dumped ...Thanks All you will have to do with the v4.x is just use Addresses | User management to add the user when running as admin user since there is no difference between a single user and multiple user setup. If you have a real old single-user setup then these are the procedures for converting from single user to multiuser.&amp;nbsp; This process assumes that you used the default settings when installing WinPmail in single user mode, therefore the basic directory is c:\pmail and the mail directory is c:\pmail\mail. &amp;nbsp; 1:&amp;nbsp; Go to the MSDOS prompt and create a directory for your current mail files and username.&amp;nbsp; I assume you are using a username of THOMAS.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; MD c:\pmail\mail\THOMAS 2:&amp;nbsp; Move your current mail files from the c:\pmail\mail directory to the c:\pmail\mail\THOMAS directory.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; MOVE c:\pmail\mail\*.* c:\pmail\mail\THOMAS 3:&amp;nbsp; Edit your pmail.ini file and change all instances of c:\pmail\mail to c:\pmail\mail\THOMAS.&amp;nbsp; If you have saved your username in win.ini, edit the win.ini file and remove the username line. &amp;nbsp; 4:&amp;nbsp; Delete the file c:\pmail\pmail.cfg.&amp;nbsp; This will remove your current configuration and force WinPmail to go the install process. &amp;nbsp; 5:&amp;nbsp; Double click on the WinPmail icon.&amp;nbsp; Since the pmail.cfg is missing, this will cause WinPmail to go through the install process.&amp;nbsp; Select the multiuser option.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; 6:&amp;nbsp; You will be asked to about the users.&amp;nbsp; Add the username THOMAS and any other users you wish.&amp;nbsp; Make sure you give administrator privileges to at least one username so you will be able to administer to users.&amp;nbsp; Select close. &amp;nbsp; 7:&amp;nbsp; You will be asked to select a username, use THOMAS.&amp;nbsp; This should now open WinPmail using you old mail information.&amp;nbsp; You will now have an additional menu item under Address that will allow you to administer your users from WinPmail. &amp;nbsp; 8:&amp;nbsp; You now can create an icon for each user with the -i &amp;lt;username&amp;gt; commandline option to enable starting WinPmail without having to enter the username each time. &amp;nbsp; &amp;gt;&amp;nbsp; Also &amp;gt; &amp;gt; With the problems of the locked mailbox in the past and its being solved thanks to you folks, &amp;gt; &amp;gt; why do the the *cmn,pmx and pmw files&amp;nbsp; cause this problem to happen in the first place? Any number of reasons, mostly cause by either anti-virus software or user action.&amp;nbsp; Corrupted files, huge bounce files and other problems often can cause either a crash or long delays in processing.&lt;/p&gt;
live preview
enter atleast 10 characters
WARNING: You mentioned %MENTIONS%, but they cannot see this message and will not be notified
Saving...
Saved
With selected deselect posts show selected posts
All posts under this topic will be deleted ?
Pending draft ... Click to resume editing
Discard draft