The Account Menu
There is no limit to the number of different accounts you can set up
under one Polarbar Mailer installation. You can use different accounts
for different users or for different internet addresses for the same user.
Each account has its own settings,
its own folders (though accounts can be made to share folders by having
"local" folders under one account and "remote"
folders under the other accounts pointing to the first account's local
folder directories), its own Filters,
etc.
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Create new account
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Creates a new account for another user or for another internet address.
If only the account name is specified, a directory by that name will be
created under the MailData subdirectory of the Mailer
directory and the account files and folders will be created in that new
directory. The program refers to these as "local" accounts. If a full pathname
is specified, such as "D:\My New Account", then that directory will be
created if it does not exist and the files and folders will be created
there. We refer to these as "remote" accounts. The name of the account,
as displayed within the program, will include the pathname for remote accounts
but not for local ones.
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Delete current account
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This option, when used while a "local" account (the usual type) is open,
deletes the account's directory, all of its files, folders, subfolders,
and all their contents. The program warns you twice before doing so because
there is no way to undo it after it's been done. When used while the current
account is a "remote" one, this option has a less drastic effect. When
you delete a remote account, nothing actually gets deleted except the entry
in the Account.Index file and the account directory's Account.Settings
file. The directory and its contents will still exist but Polarbar Mailer
won't see them anymore.
At the bottom of this menu is the list of accounts, as specified in the
Account.Index file in your
Mailer
directory. Selecting an account from this menu closes your currently open
account, which includes closing and autosaving any and all open compose
windows and closing the default address book, and opens the chosen
account. The currently active account is indicated with a check mark.
Main Menu Bar