At 11:07 +1200 2003/07/28, Andrew Grebneff wrote:Eudora's a great program except for losing mailboxes, addresses and signatures every time you install a new OS.
I've been using Eudora for many years and have update the OS numerous times and have never had that problem.
I suspect that what's happening is that you're not opening the same Eudora folder as you had before. When Eudora is opened -- except when it is opened by clicking on a settings file -- it looks for a folder (or an alias to a folder) named 'Eudora Folder' in the 'Documents' folder on the startup volume. If it finds it, it uses that folder as the Eudora Folder and the 'Eudora Settings' file therein, if there is one, as the settings file. If it doesn't find them, it creates them, blissfully unaware of any Eudora folder, of any name, anywhere on your computer!
One way of dealing with this problem is:
* Find the Eudora Settings file in the folder that contains the Mail Folder, Nicknames File, Signature Folder, etc. that you want to use. Then open that settings file the way you open any document. That should open the Eudora application and your Mail, SIgnatures, Addresses, etc., should appear in the menus.
There IS no settings file in this folder! That is, the Applications Folder copy. The System:Documants copy is missing its settings file as well. There has spontaneously appeared a Documents folder (not the one in the System) which contains a settings file, but its mailbox etc folders are empty.
* If that works, then save an alias of that settings file on the desktop (and anywhere else that may be convenient) and use it to start up Eudora. (If you don't have a good settings file in that folder, put one in!)
OK, got it. BUT I find that the copy I'm using to write this is the new Documents (not System) copy, with a different set of mailboxes... so I'll send this lot, then revert to the original copy.
BUT the addresses are still not there in the menu...
That way, even if you have multiple startup volumes, you will always be using the same Eudora folder.
BTW, a Eudora settings file can have any name but its creator must be 'CSOm' and its type, 'PREF' for Eudora to treat it as a settings file. But if it is not called 'Eudora Settings' or is not in a folder called 'Eudora Folder' in the active system folder, it will only be used if you open the settings file itself, not just the application.
-- Regards Andrew
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