So I have fixed the issue by simply getting the network chappie to allow access from the secondary computer to the C:\pmail directory and to permit all changes etc. So the secondary computer now can open the program with no issues and run it from there. There is another problem but I think I will post that separately - there is no LCK file created, so the program can actually be open on both at the same time, even though they are both using the same mailbox.

Thanks to all for the suggestions and help. 

Hello all,

I am attempting to set up access to the same mailbox on two computers on a network. Both are running Windows 7. Pmail has been set up and is running on the secondary computer and now they want it wet up on their main one, but to access the one mailbox (not simultaneously, obviously). I followed the suggestion below:

"1.  Install WinPmail in the multiuser mode on the "server".  Use c:\pmail
   for the program; c:\pmail\mail for the mail directories. 

So far so good. In installed the program (in multi user mode) on the main computer (this one will always be on, the secondary one will not always be on).

2.  Run PCONFIG.exe from the WinPMail program directory and change the HOME and
   NEW mail directory specification to the \\server\vol\pmail\mail\~8 format.

It is not possible to run PCONFIG.exe on a Windows 7 machine. Now what?

3.  Go to the remote workstations and install a shortcut to the common
   program.

I am meeting resistance on trying to access the c:\pmail\mail directory on the second computer, although the share permissions have been granted. It says I do not have permission to access that drive. 

So I thought I would actually move the mailbox (Using the Options and move utility in Pmail to do so) so that the other computer can run the program and simply access the mailbox on a Drive which is shared (Public). I set the path, the files were copied, but Pmail hangs on trying to reopen and eventually is closed as not responding. 

When I reopen using the desktop shortcut, the default mailbox directory is once again being used.

How can I get this to work for this setup? Am I missing some vital step (obviously I am).  I will have to leave the premises and go home until I get some response on this as it is clearly not as straightforward as the above instructions indicated...

Once this is set up and I can access the mailbox directory on the 'main' computer I was planning to copy the contents of the Mail folder that is on the secondary computer onto the main one and then do the same thing of 'moving' the pmail mailbox location on the secondary computer to the shared access drive. 

Thanks

Ellie 

You appear to be trying to set up pegasus on a Windoes network, rather than a server/workstation network. So I think you need to ignore the instructions you are trying to use.

Install Pegasus as normal on both machines as if they are stand alone, non networked machines.

Then on the secondary (not always running computer) change the mailbox location (under tools/options) to the location on the other (primary) computer. You might need to map a network drive or do some other trick to make Pegasus use a directory on the other (primary)computer.

I hope some of this helps.

Cheers

Thanks for the help. I have tried without success to set up the mailbox on the primary computer on a different location from the default (on the same computer) by using the Options dialogue, so it seems as if I have to run pconfig (not possible on Windows 7 without installing DOSbox.

It didn't matter that the mailbox WAS actually set up when I set it in the Options (it created a directory on the Public folder just fine) it hung each time and would never complete the process. So when I reopened Pmail it was back at the old (default) mailbox location.

This rather concerns me for trying to set up the secondary computer to access a different mailbox location.  

> Thanks for the help. I have tried without success to set up the
> mailbox on the primary computer on a different location from the
> default (on the same computer) by using the Options dialogue, so it
> seems as if I have to run pconfig (not possible on Windows 7 without
> installing DOSbox.

One more time, this is not a Win7 problem this is a Win 64 problem.  Win 64 does not support 16 bit programs and has not since it first came out with WinXP.

> It didn't matter that the mailbox WAS actually set up when I set it
> in the Options (it created a directory on the Public folder just
> fine) it hung each time and would never complete the process. So
> when I reopened Pmail it was back at the old (default) mailbox
> location.

You really need to change the file pmail.cfg in the Pegasus Mail program directory using the 16 bit program pconfig.

> This rather concerns me for trying to set up the secondary computer
> to access a different mailbox location.  

If you setup the primary location to the UNC format \\server\share\pmail\mail\~8 then all you need to do on the remote systems is setup a shortcut to the primary Pegasus Mail program.

If you are running with the mail store on a different system than either the primary or secondary using a drive mapping like z:\pmail\mail\~8 than all you need to do is ensure all systems use the same drive letter mapping of the share.  Personally I prefer using a UNC format even here.

   WINPMAIL.EXE directory: C:\pmail
   Home mailbox location: \\tstephenson\c_drive\pmail\mail\thomas
   New mailbox location: \\tstephenson\c_drive\PMAIL\MAIL\support

In this case I have installed Pegasus Mail to the local hard drive and then used pconfig.exe to change the new mail directory and Tools | Options to change the home mail directory.

FWIW, if you have a Win 32 system someplace you can install Pegasus Mail to c:\pmail and then use pconfig.exe to change the home and new mail directory location.  After you are sure this works you can copy the pmail.cfg from this system to the Win 64 system.