dman84 wrote: > Brian A. Heinrich wrote: > >> OK, so this isn't a bug, but: >> >> When I installed 0.9.9 last night, I encountered a situation where the >> folders associated with my ISP were doubled and no messages were present. >> >> The reason, of course, is that there are now two sets of folders on my >> machine, and the two sets of folders are in completely different >> directories, and I'd like to get the missing messages back. >> >> Please tell me that it's quite as simple as ensuring that folders in >> the new directory are empty (I have to use local folders to store any >> e-mail) and just copying the old set of files (the ones /sans/ >> extension and the ones with the .msf extension) into the new location. >> >> Otherwise, the new release seems quicker and more stable – even on an >> old P-200 box. >> >> Most of my IE-using friends (some of whom are ITs, programmers, and >> 'geers) think I'm daft to've abandoned IE; I'm just grateful to have a >> viable – /and/ standards compliant – alternative. I'd doff my hat to >> all of you, but I never wear one. Still, thanks . . . >> >> . . . And thank-you for any help you might be able to give me with my >> wee problem. >> >> — Brian >> >> [Oops. Sorry 'bout the mis-posting; hope this one works better. . . .] >> > > if you have IMAP you can delete the directories and account and create a > new IMAP account for ISP and it should be back to normal.. If you have a > pop3 account you could move all your mail to local folders and delete > the system folders&files, and pop account and create a new one and it > should work fine.. just get rid of, or move all your mail to local > folders if its not saved on the mail-server. That works everytime my > IMAP account in netscape webmail acts goophy and does weird things.. > > -dman84 >
Thanks. It took a bit of futzing about (deleting folders/accounts, recreating folders/accounts, copying files, &c), but it worked like a charm. I'm assuming that I can, then, delete the old default mail folder (C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Mozilla\Users50\[username]\[random-string].slt\Mail\mail) and just use the new default (C:\Program Files\mozilla.org\Mozilla\mail.identity.id3.useremail) in its stead? (Using Win 98 SE.) BTW, my apologies for forgetting to indicate that I'm using a POP-3 account and that my ISP doesn't allow old e-mail to be stored on their servers; a stupid over-sight on my part. Again, thanks. — Brian
