Larry S. wrote:
Paul B. Gallagher wrote:
My fault, I omitted a step. I just tested it and this does work if you
add one more step.
As before, do this in Windows Explorer with SM closed.
In the OldMail.sbd folder that you created, you'll see a series of
paired files, one with no extension and one with the same name and an
.msf extension, for example "Personal" and "Personal.msf." In some
cases, there will be a third file, a folder with an .sbd extension
("Personal.sbd"). Exclude the cases with an .sbd folder and look for a
pair of files that you think is empty or nearly so. Important: be sure
there's no corresponding .sbd folder. Rename these two files to OldMail
and OldMail.msf, and drag them to the /parent/ of OldMail.sbd. You now
have a three-part system: the file "OldMail," the file "OldMail.msf,"
and the folder \OldMail.sbd, all directly under your FP mail folder.
Relaunch SeaMonkey and you'll see the folder and its contents. Whatever
messages were in the folder you renamed will be in OldMail, and the rest
of the folder tree will be under it.
Thank You!! It worked. While I readily followed the logic of your
original suggestion, your additional step would never have occurred to
me. In fact, I don't even understand why it worked, but it did.
Several odd outcomes. (1) The files I renamed were the (empty) Junk and
(almost empty) Junk.msf files. To all appearances, the new folder tree
has just attached itself to the original Junk file. There's no new
OldMail folder or file. (2) As I mentioned before, a "2011" folder
appeared under Archives after my earlier attempts to make the changes.
The new tree also has a "2011" folder, with identical contents. (3)
Finally, I see that Mail messages deleted from the original Inbox are
going to the "new" Trash file on the tree, not in the original Trash
file. Hmmm . . . Unexpected outcome.
Once I've moved around or deleted the messages as I wish, how do I get
rid of the new folder tree? Do I go Windows Explorer to delete the
files/folders? Also, if I empty the "new" Trash file (or Sent, or
whatever), that shouldn't affect the original Trash file, should it? Can
I just then delete it? (See above where newly deleted messages from the
current Inbox are going into the "old" Trash file.)
Again, thank you. You've helped so very much!
Welcome.
In my experience, you can easily delete any folder by simply selecting
them and pressing "Del," except that there are a few reserved names that
can't be deleted this way: Inbox, Unsent Messages, Drafts, Templates,
Sent, Archives, Junk, Trash. If you can't drag and drop them into the
real Trash, you'll have to close SM and delete them from Windows Explorer.
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Paul B. Gallagher
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