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v4.51 User account switching and auto saved sessions.

> 1.  The "Change User" entry near the bottom of the menu's "File"-entry
>     is gone. I am unable to identify its equivalent functionality
>     elsewhere, and the help file have no mentioning of it. Is this an
>     omission, or a decision? It is cumbersome to close and start
>     Pegasus each time I want to switch to another user-ID. And keeping
>     several Pegasus sessions alive in parallell makes it too easy to do
>     mistakes (e.g. sending off email from the wrong account). I am all
>     thumbs. :-)

The File | Change user was removed since it caused Pegasus Mail to crash in many instances.  The best way to perform this function now is to run separate instances of Pegasus Mail.

1.  Right click on the WinPMail shortcut and select "Properties".

2.  Select the "Shortcut" tab.

3.  Edit the "Target line" to add the commandline option.

A commandline option will generally look like the following:

c:\pmail\winpm-32.exe -i thomas -ms

or when using long directory names

"c:\Program Files\pmail\winpm-32.exe" -i thomas -ms

You create a shortcut for each user you use quite often and one without the -I <username>.  Now all you have to do is hit the proper shortcut to have any user you want opened and running.

>
> 2.  Upon startup, (for the accounts it applies to - it is not an error,
>     just a change in behaviour), a message-box pops up demanding a
>     response, telling me that there are auto-saved sessions present and
>     if I want to edit them now - or continue to do other stuff. I seem
>     to have to respond to that message box at every startup. Is there a
>     way to get rid of it - apart from removing the auto saved sessions?

Use File | Open saved messages and either process or delete the "Autosaved" messages. 

&amp;gt; 1.&amp;nbsp; The &quot;Change User&quot; entry near the bottom of the menu&#039;s &quot;File&quot;-entry &amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; is gone. I am unable to identify its equivalent functionality &amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; elsewhere, and the help file have no mentioning of it. Is this an &amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; omission, or a decision? It is cumbersome to close and start &amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Pegasus each time I want to switch to another user-ID. And keeping &amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; several Pegasus sessions alive in parallell makes it too easy to do &amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; mistakes (e.g. sending off email from the wrong account). I am all &amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; thumbs. :-) The File | Change user was removed since it caused Pegasus Mail to crash in many instances.&amp;nbsp; The best way to perform this function now is to run separate instances of Pegasus Mail. 1.&amp;nbsp; Right click on the WinPMail shortcut and select &quot;Properties&quot;. 2.&amp;nbsp; Select the &quot;Shortcut&quot; tab. 3.&amp;nbsp; Edit the &quot;Target line&quot; to add the commandline option. A commandline option will generally look like the following: c:\pmail\winpm-32.exe -i thomas -ms or when using long directory names &quot;c:\Program Files\pmail\winpm-32.exe&quot; -i thomas -ms You create a shortcut for each user you use quite often and one without the -I &amp;lt;username&amp;gt;.&amp;nbsp; Now all you have to do is hit the proper shortcut to have any user you want opened and running. &amp;gt; &amp;gt; 2.&amp;nbsp; Upon startup, (for the accounts it applies to - it is not an error, &amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; just a change in behaviour), a message-box pops up demanding a &amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; response, telling me that there are auto-saved sessions present and &amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; if I want to edit them now - or continue to do other stuff. I seem &amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; to have to respond to that message box at every startup. Is there a &amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; way to get rid of it - apart from removing the auto saved sessions? Use File | Open saved messages and either process or delete the &quot;Autosaved&quot; messages.&amp;nbsp;

Hi.

Thanks for your newly released v4.51. I have just installed it, and it seems to work fine fro me - upgrading my existing v4.41. However, after reading the topics here in the forums I see that I need more testing before I can dare to trust it for full production runs. But I'm sure the issues are quickly resolved - either by a maintenance release or by workarounds (works for me if they are of the one-time-fits-all-approach and doesn't mean time consuming or clobbery typing each time I'm going to use a feature). Having said that, I am very impressed of the overall quality the product holds, given the big change in code.

Due to the entries in the forums at hand, I have decided to revert to my old, trusted v4.41, and will pick up v4.51 for closer studying in the near future in a "live test setting". Mind you: I haven't detected any problems yet (one of my accounts just hit the 1500 FOLDER mark, where several of them holds more than 3000 emails). I am just being careful.

However, on my initial run, I ran into the following two issues, which is different from v4.41 and not mentioned in v4.51's "what's new" list:

1. The "Change User" entry near the bottom of the menu's "File"-entry is gone. I am unable to identify its equivalent functionality elsewhere, and the help file have no mentioning of it. Is this an omission, or a decision? It is cumbersome to close and start Pegasus each time I want to switch to another user-ID. And keeping several Pegasus sessions alive in parallell makes it too easy to do mistakes (e.g. sending off email from the wrong account). I am all thumbs. :-)

2. Upon startup, (for the accounts it applies to - it is not an error, just a change in behaviour), a message-box pops up demanding a response, telling me that there are auto-saved sessions present and if I want to edit them now - or continue to do other stuff. I seem to have to respond to that message box at every startup. Is there a way to get rid of it - apart from removing the auto saved sessions?

Again, thanks for a nice product.

Gingerella

&lt;FONT size=2&gt; &lt;P&gt;Hi.&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;Thanks for your newly released v4.51. I have just installed it, and it seems to work fine fro me - upgrading my existing v4.41. However, after reading the topics here in the forums I see that I need more testing before I can dare to trust it for full production runs. But I&#039;m sure the issues are quickly resolved - either by a maintenance release or by workarounds (works for me if they are of the one-time-fits-all-approach and doesn&#039;t mean time consuming or clobbery typing each time I&#039;m going to use a feature). Having said that, I am very impressed of&amp;nbsp;the overall quality the product holds,&amp;nbsp;given the big change in code.&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;Due to the entries in the forums at hand, I have decided to revert to my old, trusted v4.41, and will pick up v4.51 for closer studying in the near future in a &quot;live test setting&quot;. Mind you: I haven&#039;t detected any&amp;nbsp;problems yet (one of my accounts just hit the 1500 FOLDER mark, where several of them holds more than 3000 emails). I am just being careful.&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;However, on my initial run, I ran into the following two issues, which is different from v4.41 and not mentioned in v4.51&#039;s&amp;nbsp;&quot;what&#039;s new&quot; list:&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;1. The &quot;Change User&quot; entry near the bottom of the menu&#039;s &quot;File&quot;-entry is gone. I am unable to identify its equivalent functionality elsewhere, and the help file have no mentioning of it. Is this an omission, or a decision? It is cumbersome to close and start Pegasus each time I want to switch to another user-ID. And keeping several Pegasus sessions alive in parallell makes it too easy to do mistakes (e.g. sending off email from the wrong account). I am all thumbs. :-)&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;2. Upon startup, (for the accounts it applies to - it is not an error, just a change in behaviour), a message-box pops up demanding a response, telling me that there are auto-saved sessions present and if I want to edit them now - or continue to do other stuff. I seem to have to respond to that message box at every startup. Is there a way to get rid of it - apart from removing the auto saved sessions?&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;Again, thanks for a nice product.&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;Gingerella&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;
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