Interviewed by CNN on 27/08/2012 15:57, microsys told the world: > The problem is a bit messy as I have some email already in SM-2.11 and I want > to > put the email I have in SM-2.0.14 into the newer SeaMonkey ( fold both the > old > mail reader contents and the new into the new version). The web mail solution > is > not an option as I delete mail from the server on download in the newer > version > of SeaMonkey. I use SMTP and not web mail. On cautions side I am making the > assumption there is nothing on the server once the mail is on the local > computer > either version of SeaMonkey. > > The history of how this mess happened is short and sweet... After using the > new > computer with the latest version of SeaMonkey for a few months the box went > south for the winter. I had to revert back to the older SeaMonkey and now the > email account is split between two versions of SeaMonkey. > > It appears the msgFilterRules.dat file between the two versions is the same > and > there should be no problem there. What I don't want to do is to have the > email > already in the newer SeaMonkey lost when I transfer the old versions account > over. That is, if the import can be done. > > The Question is, can I do this and is there a method I can use so I don't > screw > this up? In the end I will still use the old SeaMonkey for retrieving mail > but > will leave the messages on the server so they can be retrieved by the new > SeaMonkey. The Old SeaMonkey is on a laptop and it gives me access to mail > when > I don't have access to the desktop with the latest and greatest SeaMonkey > > There are hundreds of mails in the new SeaMonkey so forwarding them or > sending > them back to the same account is not a pleasant option. I can't update the > old > SeaMonkey on the laptop without upgrading the OS and I don't want to update > the > OS for a number of reasons. That shouldn't be a problem anyway since it's > only > about email and not the OS. SMTP should just work and for the most part it > does > and very well for my needs.
If you just want to import the message archive, it's no problem. Seamonkey will recognize the message store files just by dropping them in the correct folder. Generally speaking, it goes like this: 1. Identify the location of both Seamonkey profiles (the old and the new one). I'm not sure where it would be on Linux, but I'm sure that there's plenty of websites liting that information. 2. Inside the profile folder, there's a "mail" folder. 3. Inside the "mail" folder, there are one or more subfolders named based on your mail accounts (plus "Local folders," "Feeds" and such. 4. Each of these folders contains files. Those are always in pairs: a big one with a familiar name (the same as one of your mail folders) and no file extension; and a small one with the same filename and the "msf" extension. The "msf" files are just indexes and are unimportant for our purposes; you can ignore them, Seamonkey will rebuild them as needed. 5. There may be subfolders, again with the same name as one of the mail files, and the extension "sbd". These contain the store files for the subfolders in your mail structure. For instance, if your inbox has a mail subfolder named "2011", you will find a file folder called "Inbox.sbd" containing a pair of files named "2011" and "2011.msf". As you can see, it's not complicated. So, here's the thing: First, CLOSE SEAMONKEY. This procedure should not be performed with Seamonkey open. Now that you know how the mail store works, you can easily figure which files contain the messages you want to import. Copy them to the "new" profile and just drop them in the desired places in the mail structure. You can rename them to avoid ambiguity, if you wish. When you open Seamonkey, it will recognize the new mail folders automatically. You don't have to do anything special. If you didn't copy the .msf files, Seamonkey will generate new one the first time you attempt to look at the contents of the folder. You can now tweak things a bit, moving messages around as you wish. -- MCBastos This message has been protected with the 2ROT13 algorithm. Unauthorized use will be prosecuted under the DMCA. -=-=- ... Sent from my Starfleet Universal Translator. * Added by TagZilla 0.7a1 running on Seamonkey 2.11 * Get it at http://xsidebar.mozdev.org/modifiedmailnews.html#tagzilla _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
