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From: singer@endor.harvard.edu (Rich Siegel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: SUM and MultiFinder (was Re: Macintosh mail utilities)
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Date: 10 Nov 88 15:12:32 GMT
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In article <63101@ti-csl.CSNET> holland@mips.UUCP (Fred Hollander) writes:
>I guess you didn't notice the :).  I'm not really complaining about InBox.
>I was simply upset with Symantec.  Last weeks message about
>SUM's notice in the "Welcome" chapter about not being MultiFinder
>friendly was the last straw.  I was already upset that Symantec hasn't sent

	Where in the manual is it written that the SUM utilities aren't
MultiFinder friendly?  The manual does say that the programs like a lot of
memory, and for that reason, it's recommended that you not run them
under MultiFinder, in order to maximize the amount of free memory. I quote:

	" All programs attempt to use as much memory as they are able to
obtain in your computer. This allows them to perform at their optimum level...

	For this reason, and with the exception of Guardian, we recommend
you do not run any SUM program under MultiFinder. Although the programs
do operate under MultiFinder, problems can arise and the programs cannot 
operate at maximum efficiency."

(end of quote)

	This does NOT say that the programs aren't MultiFinder-friendly; it
DOES say that they demand memory, and not using MultiFinder is a way to
ease the memory constraint.

	This in no way sets SUM apart; is FullWrite Professional not Multi-
Finder friendly, just because it can't run in a normal-sized partition?

	There is another good reason not to run SUM under MultiFinder: since
things can happen in the background, it is possible that the disk structure can
change  AT THE SAME TIME SUM IS TRYING TO MODIFY IT. Can you imagine the
results? I don't care to...

	Mind you, I'm not defending SUM out of company loyalty; I am, however,
defending it as a satisfied user (who's had is hard disk - and his work -
saved by this package).

		-Rich




Rich Siegel
Staff Software Developer
THINK Technologies Division, Symantec Corp.
Internet: singer@endor.harvard.edu
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Phone: (617) 275-4800 x305

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