August 31, 1992

Dear Sir/Madam:

	I have some questions regarding the capability of managing multiple
connections from a single PC.  I've heard of a multi user IPX which is
compatable with Multi-User DOS from Digital Research, is this true?
Does this capability exist through the Novell API? Is this even possible
with the current release of Novell products.

	Lets say I have a PC running a background TSR running a function to
watch for mail messages being broadcast.  Maybe the PC is sitting in the
lunchroom or something and mail comes in for a group of people eating lunch
together.  If there is something running foreground and I see a message
come in for me, I want to hotkey to the mail system and read my message.
But, the foreground application is already logged in and I need to change
privilidges for myself to read the mail but still maintain the foreground
process's state.  Is there a a method for doing this?

	I've done some research into the ConnectionID table information but
gather this is the connection table maintained on the server and I can't
manage my own.  I came across the shell maintaining a table of 8
connections for up to eight servers, could I use this table for eight
connections to one server?

	It's kind of along the lines of what RemoteLanNode is doing or
what is being done with the DigiBoard equipment and multiple users.  They
must be incorporating these same questions into their existing products.

	I would be very appreciative if you would answer my questions, pro-
viding there understandable!  Thank you in advance for your help.

Brian
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