> I may be missing something but this seems simpler than going to >through ResEdit. If you want to look up something in a previous year, >simply go to the finder and add the current year to the current db >files and remove the year from the file you want to inspect. When I >switched to an OS X email program I had seven renamed database files in >my Mail folder. I never had a problem with the database, even when >switching to a new computer. Of course, before doing any of this save >your mail folder to a safe location.
I have an even easier solution. Go into the System folder, go into the Claris folder, remove the Emailer Prefs file and put it inside the Emailer application folder instead. Now just select the Emailer application folder, hit Command-D (duplicate). Change the folder name of the duplicate to include the year (or whatever marker you want that makes sense to you for your backup). Now you have two fully functional copies of Emailer. You can run them both at the same time, or run one at a time, or whatever. Next year, you just have to duplicate the Emailer folder again and change the dupe's name again and you are ready to go with your new year. Also, doing it this way, there is no new Mail Database being built, which means you don't have to reenter all your account info for each account. If you want to purge mail, then just select all the folders and delete them. Once you have purged all you want to, do a rebuild to clear the index file. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net> ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
