And it came to pass that Jaguwar wrote: > Ok, so now I'm frustrated. Everything was working just fine > for the last 2 weeks. I had avoided compacting folders as > that seemed to do weird and wonderful things to folders and > accounts. But now, for reasons I don't quite understand, I > have completely lost over half my mail accounts! > > Here's the deal: AT&T finally decided we'd have to change > our email addresses, so I was in the process of updating > that. I'd added the new accounts (6 altogether), and > verified that all was well for sending and receiving all of > them. The next step was to delete the old, > soon-to-be-obsolete accounts. In the middle of doing that > (I was in the "Edit=>Mail & Newsgroups account settings" > window), some of the headers for my accounts disappeared, > but the sub headers (Server Settings, Copies and Folders and > so on) were still visible and readable. I figured it was > just a memory problem, so I closed down M&NASettings, shut > down Netscape and rebooted. BIG mistake! Everything that > had "disappeared" was.. well. gone! > > Here's the kicker, though: all the folders that are > automatically created when you create a new account are > still there. So is my NEW (freshly added) default SMTP > server. > > So, what to do? I don't want to recreate all those accounts > (groan!) when they're still there. Surely there's a file I > can edit, just the same way I discovered the rules (message > filters) can be edited by hand in a text editor, yes? > > Thanks, and forgive my long-windedness. It just seemed so > weird I thought it would be best to be as specific as I can. > > Jaguwar > >
This is the Mozilla mail/news developers' group For NEtscape 6 support, use the Netscape 6 Support groups: [Note that after clicking the link, you may have to go into server properties [EDIT-Mail/News Account Settings] to enable SSL before you can read any groups on the Secure server. You may need to re-boot before the settings take effect.] snews://secnews.netscape.com:563/netscape.netscape6.windows snews://secnews.netscape.com:563/netscape.netscape6.unix snews://secnews.netscape.com:563/netscape.netscape6.macintosh other useful Netscape 6 links: http://ufaq.org http://www.hmetzger.de/net6e.html -- }:-) Christopher Jahn {:-( Dionysian Reveler Mommy's all right, Daddy's all right, they just seem a little weird To reply: xjahnATyahooDOTcom
