Interviewed by CNN on 16/11/2009 13:56, Brian Fairey told the world: > I found them but now the files have no extension ie saved.file??? > or a msf extension ie saved.msf > How do I open them or transfer them to SM 2.0
Netscape/Mozilla/Seamonkey/Thunderbird mail store files have no extension, this is normal. MSF files are just index files to improve performance; if they don't exist, Seamonkey will recreate them when you open the message folder. A quick-and-dirty way to move those old messages to the new profile is... just moving them to the new mail store folder. If you don't want to delete the corresponding folder in the new profile, just rename the old file -- for instance, rename inbox to inbox2 and move it to the same folder where the new inbox file is. The next time you open Seamonkey, it will recognize that file as a mail folder, recreate the MSF index and you will have all your messages back, no special configuration necessary. That's one of the things I like best about Netscape-descended mail programs... The other main thing I like is that the mail stores are mbox-based -- which means, they are plaintext files. Once or twice over the last fifteen years I had a mail file become corrupted -- I just loaded it into a text editor and fixed it by excising the damaged message. Fixing a corrupted mail store in Outlook or Outlook Express, OTOH, is a black art usually involving special software... Although I wouldn't mind seeing an option for using maildir storage instead of mbox. There's a couple bugs open for it as a request for enhancement, they already have my votes... -- MCBastos This message has been protected with the 2ROT13 algorithm. Unauthorized use will be prosecuted under the DMCA. -=-=- ... Don't trust nothin' except your instinct.-Forrest Gump * TagZilla 0.0661 * http://tagzilla.mozdev.org on Seamonkey 2.0 _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
