[Users] Multiple boots sharing Claws info on common partition

[Charles Curley]

On Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:50:01 -0600
Albert Wagner <albertwagner at cox.net> wrote:

> I usually maintain several linux installations on a single system. I'm
> new to Claws, and therefore have little knowledge of what is contained
> in each file and what each file is for.  Is such info documented? Can
> each Claws installation share mail, addresses, settings, etc. on a
> common data partition using links?  

If it's all the same person and all the same data and preferences, and
-- this is key -- only one instance of claws running at a time, you
should be able to share ~/.claws-mail and ~/.Mail. Everything except
the actual mail and some mail metadata files is in ~/.claws-mail.

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