FreeLists / arachne / [arachne] Re: Setting up Arachne 193 :-((

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

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On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:54:38 -0800, Eric S. Emerson wrote:

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> Hi Greg M.,
>                 I agree with you that a new user
> may not know how to do that.....and maybe...
> some more experienced users might have
> some difficulty with it...BUT...it is not recommended
> that the new user should install Arachne in other
> than the primary subdirectory of any drive.
> Eg. x:\arachne where x can be d, e, f, etc.
> And as I do, D: is a RAMdrive.
> That note is meant as a warning to the user
> and should maybe be headed "WARNING".
> Any deviation from the default could cause
> installation problems.  I think any experienced
> computer user should know that. I certainly
> have experienced that phenomenon many times.

> I sure don't want the wizard changed so that I
> have to do special editing just to set Arachne
> up in any drive besides C:.

> I think that someone whose computer setup
> is complicated enough to  require installing
> Arachne in other than X:\arachne should have
> the knowhow to create the needed directories.
> I have been using Arachne now for over 10 yrs.
> on several computers and not yet have I found
> it necessary to install in other that X:\arachne .

****** Well, I have about seven versions of Arachne installed, calling
them all C:\Arachne will make a mess... so I use C:\190 C:\193 etc.

Mails from all versions are directed (that's the plan) to
C:\ALL-ARA\MAIL in order not to search for a special mail in what?
version.

But, a newbie will have only one version I suppose??

Regards, Bastiaan



> Perhaps,  providing a wizard to setup the needed
> directory structure could be provided eventually.....
> but...right now making the connection to the ISP/
> Internet more friendly is a priority issue.

> Eric

> On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:13:31 +0930 "Greg Mayman" <gmone@xxxxxxxxxx>
> writes:
>> 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.

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