James Pistrang on 7/5/03 said >Hi all, > >I'm new to this list, so forgive me if these questions have already been >asked. > >1) Is there an online archive of this list?
No. Except in the files of many of us. > >2) I'm evaluating PowerMail 4.1.3, and I just tried importing my Emailer >database. My Emailer Mail Database is 107mb and the Mail Index is 24mb. > I optimized them prior to starting the import. PowerMail says that it >will take 1360 hours, which is a tad long. Am I doing something wrong? >Is there a (relatively) fast way to move my mail archives from Emailer to >PowerMail? The following is from my own personal archive: [The answer comes before the question, in this particular exchange.] >Frank, > >In this email, I copy/pasted from a previous post the best way to >transfer from CE to Powermail. I promise you, this will work: > >Forget all the automated stuff built into Powermailer, it doesn't work >except for the importing of a CE address book. What I found to be the >problem with all the fancy import/export options is the fact that most, >if not all want to import an entire database. This doesn't ever seem >to work. > >There is a small AppleScript written by an "R Shapiro" that exports CE >mailboxes into a Eudora format which Powermail reads "almost" >perfectly. This script is mentioned on Powermail's website, but the >link is outdated and dead. I searched the Internet and found it at >another site which I've forgotten. I put the script here: >http://www.debonne.net/temp/ImportExport-v3.1.sit > >* If you have several mailboxes (folders) in CE, I'd recommend making a >finder folder, say on your desktop for you put your exported CE folders >(mailboxes). This is the key to why this script works. > >* Simply drop the ImportExport AppleScript into CE's AppleScript >folder, and then boot up CE. > >* Here's the trick - SINGLE-CLICK on ONE mailbox (folder) in your >folder list. Then, pull down the AppleScript menu in CE and choose the >EXPORT-EUDORA option. Do this for EACH folder in CE. NOTE: If you >have a folder with more than...oh, 200 emails, this will take a while. >You'll think your computer locked up on you. It DID NOT! Be patient. >Huge folders can take close to 45 minutes! > >* Quit CE, and open up Powermail. Choose IMPORT from the FILE -> >DATABASE menu. Then choose EMAIL MESSAGE, then EUDORA, then A SINGLE >E-MAIL DATABASE. Again, this is the important part. Import each >single CE folder, one after the other. > >The reason why I wrote above, "...Powermail reads "almost perfectly" is >because some of your emails will import as zero k, meaning an empty >email. What I did was, sort Powermail by file size and found all the >zero k emails. Then I opened up CE and did the same to see what didn't >import. I either re-directed the ones I wanted from CE and emailed >them to Powermail (set up CE to only send and not receive) or I simply >deleted them because they weren't that important anyway. ;) > >I hope this helps. I've done this import/export at least a dozen times >with flawless success (except for the zero k issue). > >Good luck, > >Yann > > >On Sunday, October 20, 2002, at 08:23 PM, Frank Mitchell wrote: > >> This is my first message to this list. >> >> I sent this request for help to PowerMail tech help some days ago, but >> so >> far have not received a reply. This is holding up my migration from my >> old PPC 8600 (with Mac OS 7) to a new Dual G4 (with Mac OS 10.2.1). >> >> My problem is transferring my old email messages from Claris Emailer >> 2.0v3 (on the PPC 8600) into PowerMail 4.0.1 on the G4. I've tried two >> of >> the procedures described in the manual. >> >> 1. I copied my old Emailer folder from the 8600 and filed it under >> Applications (Mac OS 9) on the G4. >> >> In PowerMail, File->Database->Import brings up the Import Assistant. I >> imported the Address Book first and this appears to be generally OK. >> >> But, when I select 'E-mail messages', Emailer is not listed among the >> applications available to import from. >> >> 2. I then imported my old message folders into Outlook Express 5.0.2 >> which was already installed on the G4. They now appear as sub folders >> in >> a folder titled 'Emailer Import' >> >> But, in the Import Assistant, the only Outlook Express program >> available >> to select is version 4.x. When I navigate to the Outlook folder, the >> application is grayed out. >> >> I haven't tried the third or fourth import methods (of downloading the >> scripts) yet, I am hoping to make one of the above two methods work. >> >> I have looked for an older version of PowerMail on their Web site in >> the >> hope that I could import direct from Emailer into that, then into >> PowerMail 4. I also tried to find a copy of Outlook Express 4.x on the >> Microsoft Web site. I could find neither. >> >> If anyone has already achieved the above I would appreciate some help. >> >> Thanks in advance >> Frank >> >> >> Frank Mitchell, Scottsdale, Arizona >> M&LFHS member #0756 >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> -- Barbara Needham
