On Wed, 07 Apr 2021 11:11:23 -0400, in
Post by -mhdCan desktop shortcuts be modified to launch Eudora using a different file other
than "Eudora.ini" via a command line parameter?
I would like a way to fast switch the settings file without renaming it for
testing purposes.
-mhd
Page 446/447 in the manual. Pasted below
Name and Location of the INI File
The default name is EUDORA.INI and the default location is in the mail
directory. But the name and location can be changed.
To specify a different INI file from the EUDORA.INI that is not in the
mail directory, add a second parameter to the command line in the
Program Item for Eudora, for example:
Command Line: c:\apps\eudora.exe c:\mymail c:\inis\myeudora.ini
To use a different INI file that is in the mail directory:
Command Line: c:\apps\eudora.exe c:\mymail myeudora.ini
Command Line: c:\apps\eudora.exe c:\mymail\myeudora.ini
This is a way to have multiple settings for one set of mailboxes,
nicknames, etc. For example, you may have multiple email accounts in
which you receive mail, but want to collect mail from all of the
accounts in one place. You could set up separate Program Items for
each account (each having a different INI file on the command line),
and switching between accounts would be as simple as double-clicking
on a Program Item.
And for an even more tricky specification, if the first parameter is
an INI filename without a path, then the mail directory is searched
through the normal process of checking the EUDORA environment variable
and then using the executable directory.
Examples:
SET EUDORA=c:\mymail
Command Line: c:\apps\eudora.exe myeudora.ini
will use c:\mymail as the mail directory and c:\mymail\myeudora.ini as
the INI file.
SET EUDORA=myeudora.ini
Command Line: c:\apps\eudora.exe
will use c:\apps as the mail directory and c:\apps\myeudora.ini as the
INI file.
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Jim H