<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 3:24 AM, Paul <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:claws@thewildbeast.co.uk" target="_blank">claws@thewildbeast.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div id=":19r" class="" style="overflow:hidden">This is the config directory, it contains the imap cache and a lot of<br>
other stuff. What you want to do is change the location of the config<br>
directory.<br>
<br>
You move the directory in the same manner you move any directory. You<br>
tell Claws to use it by starting Claws Mail with the option<br>
<br>
--alternate-config-dir [DIR]<br>
<br>
where [DIR] is the full path to your config directory.<br>
</div></blockquote></div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Thanks very much Paul. So far this works! <br>I assume you meant two dashes here:<br>--alternate-config-dir<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">anyway, that is what I used in the Win command line:<br>f:\Claws Mail\claws-mail.exe --alternate-config-dir f:\Claws Mail Config<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">f: = the external drive and Claws Mail Config = the directory where Claws Mail<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">config files reside (Claws Mail)<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">When I ran that command Claws had me go through the installation again, which I did and<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">It remembered where the config directory was. At least I could not find the mail folders in a config directory on boot drive C<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">(which is a SSD with limited storage).<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Evidently this may be the standard way to install Claws in Win on an external drive.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">What a fine email client!<br>Thanks again.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Lawrence<br clear="all"></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Lawrence F. London<br><a href="mailto:lfljvenaura@gmail.com" target="_blank">lfljvenaura@gmail.com</a><br></div><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/avantgeared/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/site/avantgeared/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br></div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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