Synchronizing ChoiceMail folders

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	Synchronizing ChoiceMail folders

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If you are using ChoiceMail One on multiple computers, you will need to synchronize a number of files as you switch from one computer to the other so that ChoiceMail has the correct data to process incoming mail. If you don't do this, you run the risk of losing registrations as ChoiceMail will ignore an incoming registration response if it does not know that it previously sent out a request.

You also need to synchronize so that your whitelist, blacklist and permission rules are always up to date.

Make sure you have shut ChoiceMail One down completely before you copy or restore these files to avoid losing any information.

The following is a list of key files and/or folders with an indication as to whether they should be synchronized. If a filename is not mentioned here, you can safely assume that it doesn't matter whether you synchronize it or not.

Some files are optional - if the file does not exist on your machine, then you can safely ignore it.

All references to filenames or folders assume you are starting in the folder where ChoiceMail is installed.

Make sure you keep backups. DigiPortal Software cannot help you restore these files if you lose them other otherwise cause them to become corrupted. DigiPortal Software cannot provide support for problems due to mistakes caused by synchronization.

You can easily backup the entire ChoiceMail system simply by copying the contents of the ChoiceMail folder and subfolders to some other location on your system. ChoiceMail does not install any files in the Windows system folders and so is completely self-contained.

Please ensure that you have a legally purchased copy of ChoiceMail for each computer on which you wish to run ChoiceMail.

File or folder name	Type	Purpose	Synchronize
AcceptedDomains	Folder	Your list of accepted domains is stored inside this folder	Yes
Aliases	Folder	Your alias list is stored inside this folder	Yes
AwayMessage	Folder	Data for the away auto-responder	Yes
mailboxes	Folder	Contains all your mail messages (approved, blocked and deleted)	Yes
PendingRequests	Folder		Yes
RejectedDomains	Folder	Your list of rejected domains is stored inside this folder	Yes
Rules	Folder	Your permission rules	Yes
Senders	Folder	Stores information about each sender	Yes
cmdb.mdb	Database file	As of version 2.5, information that was previously stored in various INI files is now being stored in a database file instead. Over time, all standalone information will be merged into this single database.	Yes
Choicemail.ini	File	Stores configuration information for connecting to your ISP as well as port information for your email application	NEVER
PopManager.ini	File	Stores more information about your connections	NEVER
CoachSettings.ini	File	Remembers your coach settings	No
SmptQueue.ini	File	Queued registrations	Yes
Users.ini	File	Preferences and accounts	Never
Custom.ini	File	Foreign language support	Yes

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29 Jun 2004 06:47 AM

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