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Q: How can I use NeXT's Mail application to read my mail on a machine where someone else is logged in?\
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A: No (in 2.0):\
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The routine that fetches mail from /usr/spool/mail uses the lookup service to find what mail process spawned it. Inevitably it picks the wrong one if two copies of mail (even 2 copies running under different logins) are running on the same machine.\
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A: Yes (in 1.0).\
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Launch Shell or Terminal and type\
\f1 su
\i yourname
\f3 \
\i0 You'll be prompted for your password. Then type\
\f1 /NextApps/Mail.app/Mail &
\f3 \
and Mail will launch, using your own Active.mbox. Note that there may already be another independent copy of Mail launched by the other user; if so, you may want to hide it to help keep track of which windows are your own. When you're done, remember to quit your copy of Mail as well as the Shell or Terminal you launched. \
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If you need this capability frequently, you can put the following line:\
\f1 alias nxmail '/NextApps/Mail.app/Mail &'\
\f3 in the file called .cshrc in your home directory. (If you don't see this file, check whether you can see "dot files." Use the Filter... command in Workspace's View menu. In the panel that comes up, if there's no check mark for Special Files, click that button and then Show. If you have no .cshrc file, you can create one with Edit.) Then instead of having to type\
\f1 /NextApps/Mail.app/Mail &
\f3 \
each time, you can just type\
\f1 nxmail\
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\f3 As usual, avoid running Mail for the same login name more than once simultaneously -- for example, if you already have Mail launched on another machine. See the "Trouble" section of the on-line Mail help for details about this precaution.\
