Installing CommuniGate Client

Workstation

The CommuniGator application can be installed on the same computer that runs the CommuniGate Server or on any workstation that is connected to CommuniGate Server computer via AppleTalk.

To install the CommuniGate Client on a workstation, follow these steps:

Place the CommuniGate Client Modules file in the Extensions folder inside the System Folder. Note that it is not an extension: MacOS won't route it if you drop it on the System Folder icon, and you don't need to restart to make it active.
If you want to be notified when new mail arrives while CommuniGator Application is not running, drop the CommuniGate Notifier icon on the System Folder icon. The Finder will route that extension to the Extensions folder ant it becomes active after you restart the computer.
Copy the CommuniGator application anywhere on your disk. You also might want to make its alias and put it into Apple Menu Items folder inside the System folder so you can quickly launch the program.
After you launch CommuniGator application, enter your username and connect to CommuniGate server, CommuniGator will create "Mail Folder" folder in the same folder where CommuniGator resides, in that folder it will create "username" folder. You can share your workstation with other users; a separate folder for each user will be created. If you want your mail to be stored somewhere else, you can replace any folder with an alias.

Lab Environment

If your CommuniGate users do not have personal workstations and often connect to the system from different computers (as in a school Lab), you may want to store all their Client-related settings and data (Local Mailboxes, Station Rules, etc.) on a file server on your network.

To install the CommuniGate Client software in a Lab environment, follow these steps:

Create a folder Mail (you may use any other name as well) on your File Server and grant all CommuniGate users access to that folder, so they can "See Files" in it.
Create an alias to that folder and name it Mail Folder (don't misspell it!)
Place the CommuniGator application on each workstation. Then place the Mail Folder alias into the same folder where the CommuniGator application is
Start the CommuniGator application from workstation and Log in using all your User Names. This will create the user mail folders named username in the Mail folder. Or you can create those folders manually.
For each user mail folder created, check that the user is granted access to that folder, and that the user can "Make Changes" in that folder.
Check that each workstation has the CommuniGate Client Modules file placed in its Extensions folder.

Even if the File Server and the CommuniGate Server are located on the same computer, two dialog boxes will appear when you use a workstation to start the CommuniGator application located on the File Server: one dialog box will ask your name and password to connect to the File Server, the second one will ask your name and password to connect to the CommuniGate Server.

Remind your users to quit the CommuniGator application and to disconnect from the File Server when they finish using a workstation.