At 10:28 am -0400 4/21/02, Andrew Stiller wrote: >On my old computer I have Eudora lite. I downloaded the full Eudora 5.1 >(sponsored version) to the new machine, and now I'd like to import my old >inbox, outbox, settings, filters, and address book into the new version. >Normally, when you download Eudora it will overwrite any old version it >finds and incorporate all these data into the new one, but since the two >versions are on different machines, this process did not occur. Eudora 5.1 >has a built-in mechanism for importing data from other e-mail >applications--but not from other copies of Eudora! >
Andrew -- Move the folder "System Folder" > "Eudora Folder" from the old machine into the "System Folder" of the new machine replacing the "Eudora Folder" that the 5.1 install created. This has always worked for me when switching computers. This not only transfers your mailboxes but retains all of your options for multiple accounts/personalities and retains your passwords, filters and other preferences. If you have any essential data (new mail you want to keep) in your v. 5.1 mailboxes, move them out onto the desktop first. (This would also be a _very_ good time to rename them to save confusion later.) After you have put your old "Eudora Folder" in the "System Folder" of your new computer you can then open the mailboxes on the desktop by launching Eudora and going to File > Open. Drag the messages you want to keep out of the v. 5.1 mailboxes and into your permanent mailboxes, and then delete the mailboxes on the desktop. You should do this under Window > Mailboxes > "select the mailbox you want to delete and then click the tray icon at the bottom of the window that has an X on it" > Both > Remove, rather than in the Finder, so that Eudora deletes its aliases and knows that it should no longer search for the v. 5.1 mailboxes -- just don't get your permanent mailboxes confused with the ones you just transferred files out of.... n.b.: This advice is for OS 9.x and earlier. If you have installed Eudora under OS X it may have placed the (mailbox containing) "Eudora Folder" in some other location. The fix should be the same, but may require you to search for the "Eudora Folder" that contains your mailboxes and settings. (It'll probably be somewhere under the directory for the user name you were logged on with when you did the install.) Best wishes, -=-Dennis p.s.: I convinced my father to get one of the new iMacs and he received it last week. The pictures _do_not_ do them justice. It's one of the most elegant machines I've ever used and the screen is beautiful -- sharp, clear and bright with excellent color and no edge distortion. Being able to micro-adjust the exact angle and placement of the screen at the touch of a finger has to be experienced to be believed. -- _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
