FreeLists / arachne / [arachne] Setting up Arachne 193, creating new dir's

["Bastiaan Edelman" <bastiaan.pa3ffz@xxxxxxxxx>]

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On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:13:31 +0930, Greg Mayman wrote:

> Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!

> On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:20:17 -0500, Glenn McCorkle wrote:

>> As the instruction on the setup page say......

>> | All paths are pre-configured to the 'defaults'.                       |
>> | Alter as needed if you installed to any other                         |
>> | drive:\dirname\ than C:\ARACHNE\ Note: Paths must end                 |
>> | with '\' and must exist. Arachne will not create non                  |
>> | existing directories. See also using Arachne in LAN..                 |

> IMO it is not reasonable to expect a new user to know how to do that.

> We have installation Wizards. Isn't this the kind of thing they are
> supposed to handle?

> Perhaps the option of selecting another directory name should be dropped
> from the installer. Then if the experienced user wants to move it to
> another directory, he can do it under DOS and edit the CFG files at the
> same time.

I moved this mail with "MOVE" to the mail folder TEST that did not already 
exist. But it could be created with the "CREATE" button. 
A new subdir could be created outside Arachne C:\ALL-ARA\MAIL\TEST\

Perhaps a button like this can be introduced in the wizzards to create
new directories...???

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