Hi,
I lost a significant amount of mail after migrating from 6.01 to 6.1 and
running the "compact folders" function. Mail just disappeared from a number
of the folders (*.msf files left OK but no mail messages). I run
Windows2000.
I have seen in the past week several postings on disappearance of mail and
addressbook. One case reported that the index files only was gone.
I think this is once again, in the Netscape 6.xx family tradition, a
premature release of a product. Considering the level of damage it can
cause, puts it in the category of a VIRUS!
See my Bug report at: http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=95964
Nahum
"mcherm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Well, I'm hoping someone on this newsgroup can help. Here's the
> problem I'm having.
>
> My problem is this: I migrated over 500 MB worth of emails, but
> they seem to have *disapeared*! Specifically, the email account
> appears in the left-hand pane in mail-and-news, but after
> restarting Mozilla, it appears to have no folders under it!
>
> Specifically, here's a complete accounting of what I did. I needed
> to migrate to a new computer, and at the same time wanted to
> migrate from keeping my mail in Netscape 4.6 to keeping it in
> Mozilla. On top of that I wanted my user prefs and emails kept in
> a non-standard location. So I did the following:
>
> * Copied old Netscape user-files to new computer.
> * Using Netscape 4.6 on the new computer, created a user
> in that directory, which made the emails accessible in
> NS4.6 on the new computer.
> * Grabbed the latest Mozilla release (0.9.3) and, in profile
> manager, created a NEW user, so I could specify the
> directory location.
> * In Mozilla profile manager I ALSO migrated the NS4.6 user
> over to Mozilla. This created a user profile (in the default
> location) with the emails.
> * In Mozilla I copied the files from the user profile in the
> default location to the one in the location I preferred.
> * I also fiddled with a few other files to try and migrate over
> bookmarks and cookies from my previous machine.
>
> So I have two questions:
>
> (1) Was there an easier way to do this?
>
> (2) (Really important) HOW DO I RESTORE MY 500 MB OF EMAILS!
>
>
> Anyone out there think they can help? If so, please reply here
> AND email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] because I'm not sure whether I'll
> be able to check the newsgroup for an answer.
>
> -- Michael Chermside
>
