Networking Error Message When attempting to read Eudora E-Mails across a LAN

I have a LAN which networks files between my desktop and my laptop.

Both machines have XP Pro SP2 installed and are networked using a DSL
broadband modem and a wireless router.

I have Eudora installed on both and the path is identical on both
machines i.e. the e-mail data is found in the path :-

c:\docs & settings\own name\Application Data\Quallcom\Eudora.

I usually access my daily e-mails on the desktop machine thus d/l
these files onto the Eudora Folder on the desktop machine.

In order to subsequently read these files on the laptop , I have
enabled Sharing on the Eudora Folder on the Desktop. I then bring up
this Eudora Folder on the laptop by entering in Network Places the
path :-

My Network Places>Entire Network>MS Windows Network>Workgroup>Dtop ,

thus displaying the Desktop's Eudora Folder with all the recently
downloaded e-mails.


However , when I click on these files I now get the message :-

"Could not open the file \\Dtop\Eudora\In.mbx for reading.
Cause: Access permission denied, File may be marked as read only or
locked(13)"

I then checked the Properties of the Eudora Folder on the Dtop and
found it marked "read only" . I now unticked this "read only" box but
on again trying to read the e-mails on the networked laptop , I again
got the same error message.

On checking this Folder once more on the Dtop , I found that it had
once more returned to the checked "read only" state.

Can you explain why I am unable to read these networked e-mails in
this set-up?

All other files so arranged are able to be seen across this LAN and ,
when clicked , are able to be opened and read where appropriate.
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In article <(E-Mail Removed)>,
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I have a LAN which networks files between my desktop and my laptop.

> Both machines have XP Pro SP2 installed and are networked using a DSL
> broadband modem and a wireless router.

> I have Eudora installed on both and the path is identical on both
> machines i.e. the e-mail data is found in the path :-

> c:\docs & settings\own name\Application Data\Quallcom\Eudora.

> I usually access my daily e-mails on the desktop machine thus d/l
> these files onto the Eudora Folder on the desktop machine.

> In order to subsequently read these files on the laptop , I have
> enabled Sharing on the Eudora Folder on the Desktop. I then bring up
> this Eudora Folder on the laptop by entering in Network Places the
> path :-

> My Network Places>Entire Network>MS Windows Network>Workgroup>Dtop ,

> thus displaying the Desktop's Eudora Folder with all the recently
> downloaded e-mails.


> However , when I click on these files I now get the message :-

> "Could not open the file \\Dtop\Eudora\In.mbx for reading.
> Cause: Access permission denied, File may be marked as read only or
> locked(13)"

> I then checked the Properties of the Eudora Folder on the Dtop and
> found it marked "read only" . I now unticked this "read only" box but
> on again trying to read the e-mails on the networked laptop , I again
> got the same error message.

> On checking this Folder once more on the Dtop , I found that it had
> once more returned to the checked "read only" state.

> Can you explain why I am unable to read these networked e-mails in
> this set-up?

> All other files so arranged are able to be seen across this LAN and ,
> when clicked , are able to be opened and read where appropriate.
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Do you still have Eudora running on the Desktop machine?
If so it will probably have the file open and therefore lock any other user
out.

Peter

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Peter Gillett : (E-Mail Removed)
Totnes : South Devon