share install directory

Initial setup
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Hey everybody,

I think a last question, before I decide to buy or not :wink:
Is it possible to share an installation directory (the user-part) over a network share, so that a user has to customize it’s client once and is able to use this and all following changes on every device in a company?
Is it also possible to use one “profile” (the user-part) on two workstations at the same time?

Thank you and have a happe new year!
Jürgen

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Hi again Jurgen, eM Client has a strict one license per computer policy, so you’re required to have a valid license for each computer you want to use the application on, for commercial, server use you’re required to obtain a valid license for each user accessing the server and eM Client.

Hope this helps,
Paul.

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Dear Paul,

I understood the licence-model, that 's not the problem…

  • one licence per computer and all users on that device are able to use em client
  • second licence for the next computer and once more every user is able to use em client
    Am I right?
    That is a valid policy, similar to many firewall products oder similar to microsoft standard licensing…

The discussed point is sharing the user-profile over a network and use it concurrent (with valid licences), also a more technical question, to save customizing time on every client for the same user…

Sincerely
Jürgen

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Is it also possible to start emclient twice an a computer with different profiles or once with a path to the used profile, without changing the logged in user?
Thank you!

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Hi again, it is possible to run a second instance of eM Client in your current session, however it is not allowed by default, you’d have to use this command line:

"C:\Path\to\MailClient.exe" /dblocation "C:\Path\to\eM Client Database"

Sharing a user profile over the network, i.e. the database, is not supported by eM Client, as having multiple users accessing a single database would cause database corruption causing you to lose any local data.

Having database saved locally on your computer is always recommended.

Hope this helps,
Paul

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cool, one more big point for your software!

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sharing would be fine, but a backup and restore on another computer will do the same…ok!

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Glad I could help, please make sure to let us know if you come across any other issues or questions about the application, we’ll be happy to help.

Thank you,
Paul