Pmail wants a User Name when I modify pmail.cfg

bfluet

posted Oct 28 '13 at 1:46 am

Consider SNOWY the server and SATCHEL the client. Make no changes to SNOWY, just run pconfig on SATCHEL to point to the mailboxes on SNOWY. Test the path to the \MAIL directory on SNOWY from SATCHEL using Windows Explorer to confirm you are using a valid path in pconfig. Make sure you have full control permission to \MAIL (including subfolders) from SATCHEL.

Alternatively, there is no need to run the Pegasus Mail installed on SATCHEL because you can share the installation that is on SNOWY. A shortcut to winpm-32.exe on SNOWY from SATCHEL is how you do it.

A few additional points:

1) You don't need your wife to exit Pegasus Mail when you want to use it. Pegasus Mail can handle being run by multiple users. It is the act of accessing the same mailbox simultaneously by multiple users that must be avoided.

2) There is an executable in the Pegasus Mail executables folder named wssetup.exe (stands for WorkStationSetup). Running this makes the registry entries and other system changes needed for a PC to run a Pegasus Mail installation that resides on another machine. You won't need to do this because you have already had Pegasus Mail installed on SATCHEL but this is important for anyone else considering doing this.

3) Be very careful when opening pmail.cfg with an editor. It is one of the few configuration files in Pegasus Mail that can be easily broken by manual editing. An inadvertant extra space or space deletion is all it takes.

Consider SNOWY the server and SATCHEL the client.&nbsp; Make no changes to SNOWY, just run pconfig on SATCHEL to point to the mailboxes on SNOWY. &nbsp; Test the path to the \MAIL directory on SNOWY from SATCHEL using Windows Explorer to confirm you are using a valid path in pconfig.&nbsp; Make sure you have full control permission to \MAIL (including subfolders) from SATCHEL. Alternatively, there is no need to run the Pegasus Mail installed on SATCHEL because you can share the installation that is on SNOWY.&nbsp; A shortcut to winpm-32.exe on SNOWY from SATCHEL is how you do it.&nbsp; A few additional points:1)&nbsp; You don't need your wife to exit Pegasus Mail when you want to use it.&nbsp; Pegasus Mail can handle being run by multiple users.&nbsp; It is the act of accessing the same mailbox simultaneously by multiple users that must be avoided. 2)&nbsp; There is an executable in the Pegasus Mail executables folder named wssetup.exe (stands for WorkStationSetup).&nbsp; Running this makes the registry entries and other system changes needed for a PC to run a Pegasus Mail installation that resides on another machine.&nbsp; You won't need to do this because you have already had Pegasus Mail installed on SATCHEL but this is important for anyone else considering doing this. 3)&nbsp; Be very careful when opening pmail.cfg with an editor.&nbsp; It is one of the few configuration files in Pegasus Mail that can be easily broken by manual editing.&nbsp; An inadvertant extra space or space deletion is all it takes.

Gary Turner

posted Oct 27 '13 at 1:05 am

I have successfully migrated Pmail 4.63 from my XP computer (SATCHEL) to my Win7 Computer (SNOWY).

C:\Pmail\Programs\winpm-32.exe launched from Windows Explorer works fine, with <default> as ID.

Short cut C:\Pmail\Programs\winpm-32.exe -A -ID imadunce@myisp works fine, with imadunce@myisp as ID. I can send and receive mail. So far, so good.

I want to run Pmail from either SNOWY or another networked computer, SATCHEL. (The 2 computers are in the same room, so if I'm on SATCHEL and my wife is on SNOWY, I'll just ask her to close Pmail on SNOWY.)

So, per thread 28494 (Thomas Stephenson), I use C:\PMAIL\Programs\pconfig in DOSBox to change the HOME and NEW mailboxes to \\SNOWY\OS\PMAIL\MAIL\~8. I use a hex editor to confirm that C:\Pmail\Programs\pmail.cfg. has changed the mailboxes and increased slightly in length.

After only that change, when I launch Pmail from either Windows Explorer or my shortcut, the splash screen appears, with a box on top asking for my Pegasus Mail username. It won't accept imadunce@myisp, or A, or Admin, or random cusswords.

Deleting pmail.cfg and relaunching, choosing Only User and the default C:\PMAIL\MAIL makes it work again on SNOWY, but when I try to run it from SATCHEL, I get a couple seconds (SATCHEL is slow) of Pegasus splash screen, and then nothing.

Any ideas what's going on?

I have successfully migrated Pmail 4.63 from my XP computer (SATCHEL) to my Win7 Computer (SNOWY).C:\Pmail\Programs\winpm-32.exe launched from Windows Explorer works fine, with &lt;default&gt; as ID.Short cut C:\Pmail\Programs\winpm-32.exe -A -ID imadunce@myisp works fine, with imadunce@myisp as ID.&nbsp; I can send and receive mail.&nbsp; So far, so good. I want to run Pmail from either SNOWY or another networked computer, SATCHEL.&nbsp; (The 2 computers are in the same room, so if I'm on SATCHEL and my wife is on SNOWY, I'll just ask her to close Pmail on SNOWY.) So, per thread 28494 (Thomas Stephenson), I use C:\PMAIL\Programs\pconfig in DOSBox to change the HOME and NEW mailboxes to \\SNOWY\OS\PMAIL\MAIL\~8.&nbsp; I use a hex editor to confirm that C:\Pmail\Programs\pmail.cfg. has changed the mailboxes and increased slightly in length.&nbsp; After only that change, when I launch Pmail from either Windows Explorer or my shortcut, the splash screen appears, with a box on top asking for my Pegasus Mail username.&nbsp; It won't accept imadunce@myisp, or A, or Admin, or random cusswords.&nbsp;&nbsp; Deleting pmail.cfg and relaunching, choosing Only User and the default C:\PMAIL\MAIL makes it work again on SNOWY, but when I try to run it from SATCHEL, I get a couple seconds (SATCHEL is slow) of Pegasus splash screen, and then nothing.Any ideas what's going on?

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