Paul Lussier said:
> In a message dated: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 09:51:59 EST
> Bayard Coolidge USG ZKO3-3/S20 said:
>
> >BUT, I notice that the Netscape Mail files for my mail under NT are
> >very different from the structure in $HOME/nsmail under Linux (and,
> >I might add, under Tru64 here at work). In both instances, I'll be
> >using POP3 protocol, because that's what the ISP offers (no IMAP).
> >
> >Has anyone in the group done such a migration? It appears that I
> >can't simply copy the files - I suspect (but haven't confirmed yet)
> >that I'll have to do some sort of file conversion. I have about
> >75MB of mail that I'll be processing...
>
> Doesn't Netscape keep all mail in plain Berkeley-style folders regardless of
> platform? I would expect that you should be able to copy the NT folder
> structure to the Linux/Unix system and maye edit your .mailboxlist file
> appropriately without any problems.
>
> Of course, I could be completely wrong :)
Nope. When I converted my home system to mh, all it took was using inc on the
foldersto convert it. Netscape nicely follows standards here.
jeff
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