Daniel wrote:
Hartmut Figge wrote:
TMitchell:
My last attempt to update messed up (it's the first time this happened)
and I ended up "losing" (the files are still in the old "Profile", but
Seamonkey couldn't access them)all my emails, newsgroups, etc., so I ran
an old system backup, but now need to get those more-recent (pre-crash)
email messages back into my active inbox. Can I just copy them over
from the intact, most recent (pre-crash) profile folder into the active
profile folder overwriting the existing older emails, and, if so, which
files? I note, for example, there is a large file called "inbox" and a
smaller one called "inbox.msf"; Do I copy them both?
Your old mails are in the Inbox of your old profile? Close SM and copy
from your old profile the file with the name Inbox to a file with the
name Inbox_old in your current profile. The target directory should the
one which holds your current Inbox.
On the next start of SM you will have not only your Inbox, but also a
new folder with the name Inbox_old containing your old mails. Now you
can copy or move the mails as normal.
Hartmut
and, of course, Hartmut meant you should do similar name changing and
moving to your new profile, the sent file and any other files in the old
profile (i.e. drafts, maybe)
Do not bother renaming/moving the .msf files, they will be re-created as
you need them.
After you have done all the re-naming/moving, do a File->Empty Trash and
a File->Compact Files to remove any rubbish in your profile.
Thank you all. Your suggestions worked like a charm.
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