Michael Pillsbury wrote: >>> That would be great if I hadn't gotten so used to multiple email >>> accounts-- the reason I switched to Mozilla in the first place. >>> >>> Bummer. >>> >> I'm sure there's a way to do it... I have to use Outlook int he office >> for e-mail, so I've never bothered with the mail client in Moz... best >> bet is to figure out which of the files hold mail prefs and settings >> and copy them into a backup folder, restoring them after the reinstall >> is done... shouldn't be too difficult :) > > > > Problem is, the setting for each account (how often it checks, whether > it leaves messages on the server, etc.) are all part of prefs.js. I'm > afraid that re-using a prefs.js from an earlier build might introduce > some of that goofy behavior you mentioned earlier. > > Mike >
could you copy the prefs into a user.js file and keep that one instead? I know you can add new settings to a user.js to avoid messing with the prefs.js file, but can you migrate certain settings from one to the other? would be good to know :) Patrick
