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burnedback - 13 Jun 2006 22:12 GMT

Sorry if this has been asked many times before but I am new here and
can't find an answer in the Eudora docs or on the internet anywhere.

Is there any way to delete or change the dominant personality in
Eudora 6.2.1? I am dropping my current service provider and getting a
new fast DSL line and I want the new email account to be the dominant
one.

Again I am sorry if this is an old question but I'm stumped.

Thanks in advance for your attention.

Frank (my real name)

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Kwan Yeoh - 14 Jun 2006 01:40 GMT

> Is there any way to delete or change the dominant personality in
> Eudora 6.2.1? I am dropping my current service provider and getting a
> new fast DSL line and I want the new email account to be the dominant
> one.

Just try deleting the information in the Dominant personality. One of
the other personalities might move up to replace it. Or it may not. Just
something that My brother stumbled across yesterday.

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AES - 14 Jun 2006 03:19 GMT

> > Is there any way to delete or change the dominant personality in
> > Eudora 6.2.1? I am dropping my current service provider and getting a
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> the other personalities might move up to replace it. Or it may not. Just
> something that My brother stumbled across yesterday.

Go to Preferences, change the appropriate account names in the Settings
pane and other preference panes located near the top of the list of
panes to the new account values, then scroll down in Preferences to
Preferences >> Personalities pane >> Dominant and see if the
corresponding settings there have already been automatically updated.
If not, update them appropriately.

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burnedback - 14 Jun 2006 19:00 GMT

> > > Is there any way to delete or change the dominant personality in
> > > Eudora 6.2.1? I am dropping my current service provider and getting a
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> corresponding settings there have already been automatically updated.
> If not, update them appropriately.

Thanks for the advice. I have already done all of that but the actual
nane of the personality is what I can't change. I deleted all other
personalities and Eudora will not allow me to change the dominant name.
It still has the name I gave it from my old email account.

To be more clear - the dominant personality name is not "Dominant". It
is named after my old account (Classicnet). Is there maybe an x-setting
that will allow me to rename the dominant personality?

I hope I am describing this properly.

Again, thanks for your help.

Frank

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Sander Tekelenburg - 15 Jun 2006 03:42 GMT

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> Is there maybe an x-setting
> that will allow me to rename the dominant personality?

<x-eudora-setting:9113>

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burnedback - 15 Jun 2006 04:48 GMT

> <x-eudora-setting:9113>

Thank you Sander. Now there is one more mysterious problem. The name on
the button for the drop down personality menu still says "Classicnet"
which was my old personality name. How did the button name get changed
and how the heck do I change it back to "Dominant"?

Thanks for you help.

Frank

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burnedback - 15 Jun 2006 18:36 GMT

> > <x-eudora-setting:9113>
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> Frank

I found my problem. It was an old "MainPersonality Plug-in" that was
hiding in the Eudora Folder in my user Documents folder. I opened this
plug-in with Resorcerer and sure enough - there was the name for the
Dominant Personality button. I changed it to the name of my new account
and now the button name matches the Dominant personality name.

It's hell getting old and forgetting things. I installed that plug-in 3
years ago and just forgot that Eudora uses these plug-ins, and that
they are scattered around in several places including within the
Eudora.app package itself.

I wrote my self a note this time and flagged it with a red label.

Thanks again to those of you who offered suggestions.

Frank

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Sander Tekelenburg - 15 Jun 2006 20:01 GMT

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[MainPersonality Plug-in]

> It's hell getting old and forgetting things. I installed that plug-in 3
> years ago and just forgot that Eudora uses these plug-ins, and that
> they are scattered around in several places including within the
> Eudora.app package itself.

Plug-ins can live in several places. Just put them where you prefer. If
you don't want them to live inside the Eudora application bundle,
~/Documents/EudoraFolder/Eudora Items/Plugins/ should work.

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