Hello again, > Harold B wrote ... Netscape 4.79 has a email icon in the lower right hand corner (I > forget what the bar is called and what > the default email for the browser is called; I know they have names). Anyway, the > question is ... How do you back up the > filters that you build up over time when you go to Edit>Message Filters? ... Harold
> The file is called Rule.dat. Go to C:\Program Files\Netscape and do a search for > rules.dat. This is the file with all the > filters ... Keith Thompson Thank you, Keith; you are right on mark. It's in the Mail folder, which is in C:\Program Files\Netscape\Users\harold7(in my case). The name of the file is Rules.dat (note the plural). It's interesting how you and many others on this list know details like this. Seven years and it's the first time I ever heard of that file. Follow-up Question (using Windows98) ... The above file has all the information. There is a shorter version in C:\Windows\Application Data. Why is this file in the system? It's in another "mail" folder (looks like a duplicate of my real mail folder) that is within folders within folders, etc. I'm not deleting Application Data; don't know why such an idea even came into my head :) since I see, for example, M$ material including Internet Explorer and Quick Launch (QL is very important to me). But what's the purpose of some apparent duplications of other folders and files within folders within folders in Application Data? ... Harold ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
