And it came to pass that Kenneth P. Ruppel wrote:
> Holger Metzger wrote:
>
>> Dino M�ller wrote:
>>
>>> With Netscape I could simple copy the files between the
>>> versions. But this doesn't work because Mozilla has a new
>>> file format. (*.msf, old was *.snm)
>>
>>
>>
>> Still the same format (Unix mbox). The *.snm never
>> contained the mails, they're index files. Your mails are in
>> the files without extension. And you can copy them from
>> 4.xx to Mozilla.
>>
>>
>> Holger
>
> This may be true for mail, but not for newsgroup data. The
> only files I have in my news directories are *.snm files,
> and they grow as more messages get downloaded.
Unless you have downloaded messages for offline readers, the
only thing in the summary files for news are your group
preferences.
> There is
> also a hostinfo.dat file, but sometimes this is extremely
> small, sometimes over a meg in size. In fact, when I
> finally found out where to specify the directory locations
> for my OLD datafiles (because I have a separate partition
> for DATA -- I can't STAND that 6.1 automatically put
> everything in C:\Documents-blah-blah-blah), now all of my
> newsgroups are empty. In other words, I have lost access to
> all my old newsgroups, and I was doing research in many
> threads that now I can't get to.
With Netscape 6 closed, FIND and delete "*.msf" files, and see
if this restores your ability to read messages on your news
groups.
Have you tried copying "news.rc"from NC4.xx to N6? That's where
the tally of messages is kept, and it can be moved from one news
client to another (in most cases). This will subscribe you to
all the active newsgroups that you had.
Also, in the Navigator location window, type news://(newsgroup
name) and it will subscribe you to that group and open it if
it's on your default server.
>
> I intend to continue reading this newsgroup (ironically, the
> only one I currently have!), to find if anyone has the
> answer to fixing this ridiculous situation. In the
> meantime, I am ready to uninstall 6.1, to hopefully get my
> old news messages back. This should be an install option.
> I don't mind 6.1, in fact, in 2 days, it was kinda growing
> on me. But this newsgroup situation is impossible. Shame
> on you, Netscape!
Well, all your news messages are still there in Communicator,
just run it. All N6 does during Import is to copy your old
profile into the new program - it leaves everything in your old
Communicator profile alone. You can run both programs side by
side.
--
}:-) Christopher Jahn
{:-( Dionysian Reveler
Why is the cheese moving?
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