Configuring ODBC

Emailrobot uses ODBC to allow you to use different kinds of databases, giving you maximum flexibility. To be able to use Email Management, you will have to setup the Access database, emanage.mdb, provided with Emailrobot in the Program Files\ERobot\database directory.

To do this:

Step 1: Go to the Control Panel (from the task bar or from the 'My Computer' icon)

Step 2: Double-click on the ODBC icon. This starts up ODBC Data Source Administrator dialog. ODBC requires that any database you wish to use is added as either a user DSN (if you want it to be available to you only) or a system DSN (If you want it to be available to all users on this machine). Depending on your preference, you must now select the User DSN Tab or the System DSN.

Step 3: Select 'Add'. This fires up the 'Create New Data Source' dialog. A data source is essentially a database.

Step 4: Select 'Microsoft Access Driver' (This requires that you have Microsoft Access installed). This will start up the dialog ODBC Microsoft Access 97 Setup dialog. Click 'Finish'.

Step 5: Give the database a name and description, then click 'Select' and select emanage.mdb file from the Program Files\ERobot\database directory. Click 'OK', and exit the ODBC Data Source Administrator.

Your data source is now setup! In step 3 of the next paragraph you will have to select this database source in the Configure Email Management dialog.


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