This is assuming Ben has a separate /home partition. If not, this won't work.
Ben, from within Netscape you can bring up your address book, then click
the Directory entry (on the left) that you wish to save. Once it is
selected, from the File menu choose Export, and you will get a Save As
prompt. Give the file a name with a .ldif extension. Now, your address book
is backed up and you may import it later into Netscape or any other email
client which supports the ldif file format.
Dave
At 11:23 PM 01/22/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>Put everthing you want to keep in your /home directory. When you reinstall,
>do not change the size or name of your /home paartition and do not format
>the /home partition during your install. That should preserve all your
>essential files.
>Frank
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Benjamin Sher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "Newbie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 11:03 PM
>Subject: [newbie] Saving Netscape settings for fresh install
>
>
> > Dear friends:
> >
> > I am too embarrased to ask this question but better late than sorry.
> >
> > I have been using Linux for nearly three years and have learned an awful
> > lot, but there is one thing I have never learned: In case I need to
> > reinstall Linux, what files do I need to save in Linux (and in Win98 I
> > might add -- but especially in Linux) to preserve my Netscape Address
> > Book, filters and mail? I know how to save my bookmarks (just save the
> > bookmarks.html file in Netscape's hidden directory). But believe it or
> > not, I have yet to figure out how to save my address book and filters.
> > So, every time I have had to reinstall Linux (quite often, I might add),
> > I start from scratch. It would be nice to have copies of my mail,
> > address book and filters on my zip drive so that I could easily replace
> > them after doing a fresh install.
> >
> > Well, there you have it -- a full confession. Now I am looking for an
> > absolution or is it a resolution of the issue.
> >
> > Thanks so much.
> >
> > Benjamin
> >
> > --
> > Sher's Russian Web
> > http://www.websher.net
> > Benjamin and Anna Sher
> > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
Dave Sherman
SoftServ Business Systems, Inc.
"Quid quid latine dictum sit, altum viditur."
