[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mon, Oct 18, 1999 at 10:49:03PM +0100, colin.murphy wrote: > > It would be kinda neat if I could set up a symbolic links for Netscape > > in Linux to use the equivalent DOS files for things like the message > > files. This would keep both Netscape's in sync. > > > > Would this work? More importantly, if not, why not? Sometimes there's > > more to be gained by understanding why something doesn't work. > > > > Of course, if it is practical, how would you go about it? > > Give it a try and let us know how it works! (Seriously, I don't think I've > ever seen any messages from anyone who's tried it) > > Be sure to make a backup of the DOS side of things so they don't get hosed. > > Well, it does seem to work. I've created the same directory structure in Linux Netscape(LNS) as I had in Windows Netscape (WNS) so that I had the right number of Subfolders in each. Taking the 'Unsent Messages' folder as an example, using Midnight Commander, I deleted the LNS file ~/nsmail/Unsent Messages and created a symlink, again using MC, by selecting the equivelent file from WNS directory and using the Symlink command. Then, going back into LNS and selecting the Unsent Message folder the messages originally created under Windows appear. I have not created symlinks for the WNS .snb files, which may be the equivelent to LNS *.summery files. I can't figure out for sure how important they are, but currently seem to be big and worthless. They may have some effect on the linking of follow-up messages, but even this seems to be already working in LNS, so I don't really know. I look forward to now hearing all the reasons why I shouldn't have made these symlinks ;-)
