Interviewed by CNN on 1/1/2010 17:21, OldTimer told the world: > I'm running SM 2.0.1 on Win XP SP2. In the accounts panel on the left > side of the SM main screen, I have 2 accounts with many folders: 1)an > old account with an ISP I'm going to close (it's dial-up). and 2) a new > account (DSL) with some similar and some different folders from the old > account. > > As mail senders began using my new address, I set up new folders. I > don't have all the same folders and I don't have all the folders that > are in my old account and I have new ones that aren't in the old account. > > I want to merge/transfer? all my old mail messages to my new account, > delete my old account and ensure that the address book is retained. > > Is there an quick way to do this? I discovered that I could drag mail > messages from the old account to the new - but this would be tedious > even if I could transfer whole folders (I'm haven't tried this yet). >
Is the old account a POP account? If so, you don't really have to do anything, you can keep the folder as they are right now -- just go to the account settings and disable all the "check mail" options instead of removing the account, so Seamonkey won't keep bothering you with error messages. If you really wish to move the message folders from one account to another, you might try this: 1. Close Seamonkey (very important) 2. Locate your profile folder: in XP, it's probably C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Application Data\Mozilla\SeaMonkey\Profiles\[random string].default\ 3. You will find a "mail" subfolder and, within it, more subfolders named after your mail & news accounts. 4. Just move the files you will find within to the new place you wish them to be, in the folder for your new DSL account. Some notes: - You don't really have to move the small files with .msf extension; Seamonkey will recreate them automatically the first time you open the folder. - File folders named <something>.sbd hold the archives to the mail folders contained within mail folder <something>. For instance, if you have a subfolder for <inbox> named <oldstuff>, then you will find: a file called inbox, a folder called inbox.sbd, and a file called oldstuff inside the folder inbox.sbd. - You can rename files. However, if they have a corresponding folder, be careful to rename both the same way. 5. Open Seamonkey: the folders will be found in their new places. If it's an IMAP account, though, you probably should create new folders -- either in the "Local folders" pseudo-account or in a "phantom" account -- and copy/move the messages there -- manually. It's a lot of a work, sure. But IMAP stores the messages in your ISP's computer, and Seamonkey keeps just a local cache to speed up access -- which may or may not be complete. The Seamonkey address book is global (not linked to individual accounts), so you don't have to do anything. -- MCBastos This message has been protected with the 2ROT13 algorithm. Unauthorized use will be prosecuted under the DMCA. -=-=- ... BOFH excuse #169: broadcast packets on wrong frequency * TagZilla 0.0661 * http://tagzilla.mozdev.org on Seamonkey 2.0 _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
