Re: winXP and win98 and pegasus mail

In article <1149352520.984661.51190@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
pdc124@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
I want to share an email client with access from either a laptop
(WinXPHome) or a desktop.

Ive installed the app on the win98 machine and shared the relevant
folder with read/write access and then created a shortcut to it
(\\win98machine\pmail\Programs) and add it to the winXP laptop.
When I try to run the app from the XP machine i get a 'reinstall this
program' error message .

Is there a problem with WInXPHome/Win98 and running exe files across a
networked connection?

I cant come up with any other explanation.

How do i fix this ?

or is there a way of running OUtlook express in a similar way - ie
common access to folders/adressbooks etc ona 2 computer network.

In general, it isn't possible to install a program on one computer and
run that program from a second computer. The second computer won't
have the necessary support files and configuration information
(registry entries) that the installation process creates.

Here's a method that might work:

1. On the Win98 machine, share the folder where Pegasus stores its
data files. That might be different than the folder where it stores
its program files.

2. Install Pegasus on the XP machine, and configure it to use the
shared Win98 folder for its data files.

I haven't tried it, so I don't know whether it will work. If you try
it, don't run Pegasus simultaneously on both computers -- that would
almost certainly corrupt the data storage.

Here's another possible way to do what you want:

1. Install Pegasus on both computers. Don't share any folders.

2. Configure your E-mail account(s) to use IMAP, so that messages are
stored on the E-mail server and not on either computer. Both
computers will see the same messages.

3. If Your E-mail account(s) can't use IMAP, configure them to use POP
and to leave messages on the server. Both computers will see the same
incoming messages.

Here's one last method that will work for all types of E-mail
accounts:

1. Install Pegasus on one of the computers.

2. Install a remote control program, such as RealVNC, on both
computers.

3. When you want to access E-mail from the second computer, use the
remote control program to access the first computer.
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