On 3/30/2010 5:45 PM, MCBastos wrote: > Interviewed by CNN on 29/3/2010 14:12, Frog told the world: > >> I believe everything from line 5 (Profiles) through line 16 >> (news.mozilla.org)is related to SeaMonkey 1.1.18. Is that >> correct? >> >> I believe everything from line 17 (SeaMonkey) to the end of the >> data presentation is part of SeaMonkey 2.0.3. Is that correct? > > Yes, those sure look correct. > >> >> I presume that making a backup would involve copying everything from >> line 1 through the end of this presentation to a location on my "E" >> drive. Is that correct? > > Yes, that's a good approach. You probably could limit the backup to the > 1.1.18, but let's be paranoid and get everything. Better safe than sorry > and all that. > >> Once the backup has been made, I would then proceed to the "Profile >> Manager" to delete my SeaMonkey 2.0.3 "default" profile. I would >> accomplish this by going to--start>SeaMonkey(making sure that the >> SeaMonkey selected belongs to 2.0.3)>Profile Manager (click "Manage >> Profiles...")>make sure the "default" profile is selected/highlighted >> and then click "Delete Profile". At this point, my SeaMonkey 2.0.3 >> "default" profile is gone--is that correct? Will this delete all of the >> entries included in the above data presentation that pertain to >> SeaMonkey 2.0.3? > > Actually, I'm not sure if it will delete the files from the disk. Maybe > it will just ignore those files from now one. You should check later, > and delete if necessary. But anyway, not having the old profile listed > might be enough to satisfy Mozilla. > >> Your instructions at this point are a little confusing to me. >> MCBastos indicates that I should "Use the Profile Manager to import the >> profile from my 1.1.18 installation. I was unable to find any >> indication of how to import information from 1.1.18 while in the >> SeaMonkey 2.0.3 "Profile Manager". Thus, I presume that I would have to >> create a new profile before the import option would appear. Is that >> correct? > > No, I don't think so. I think you are supposed to start the import > process without creating a profile. Mark's explanation is probably more > correct than mine in this particular.
>From what I understand, when you launch SM 2,X and it doesn't find a 2.X profile, but it does find a SM 1.X profile, it will ask if you want to migrate it. > >> Mark Hansen indicates that once the 2.0.3 "default" profile is gone, I >> can then launch SM 2.x again and it will ask if I want to migrate my >> 1.1.18 profile information to a new 2.0.3 profile. Is this correct? >> The migration of this information during installation of 2.0.3 worked >> just fine, so let's hope that process will go smoothly again. > > Yeah, that sounds right. If you don't have a default profile, Seamonkey > will ask you if you want to create one or import one. I guess I goofed. > > >> Once the new profile is established for 2.0.3, I will change the >> settings in 1.1.18 to check "Leave messages on the server" and uncheck >> "Leave messages on the server' on 2.0.3. I will make this change here-- >> Mail window>Edit>Mail & Newsgroups Account >> Settings...>[email protected]>Server Settings>Leave messages on server. >> Is that the correct location for making this setting change? > > That's right. Only, I would change this setting right *before* > migration, right before closing 1.1.18 for the last time. > > The reason for this is that, if a message arrives after you close 2.0.3 > and before you open 1.1.18 post-migration, you don't want 1.1.18 to > delete that from the server. Yes. Tell SM 1.X to no longer fetch mail (or remove it from the server) before you begin the final migration to SM 2.X. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
