My primary machine is a laptop using SM 2.26.1 on WinXP Pro SP3.
My secondary machine is a desktop using SM 2.5 on WinXP Pro SP3.
My laptop had to go into shop to replace intermittent fan. When I
bought the
laptop I had simply copied the profiles from the desktop to the
laptop. The
laptop's SM had been updated a couple of times ending as 2.26.1 .
I copied
the profiles from the SM 2.26.1 machine to the SM 2.5 machine >
likely not the
best idea ;< Some where in the copy sequence some data was corrupted
- observable symptoms were one mail sub-folder's name was
corrupted and at
least on email was threaded wrong. The laptop repair took longer
than predicted
- now have >1000 emails to xfr to laptop.
My proposed recovery scheme is:
1. local backups of profiles on both desktop and laptop
2. on desktop create sub-folder of "Local Folders" titled
"Recent Mail"
3. search top level account (and sub-folders) based on age
4. copy found emails to Local Folders -> Recent Mail
5. Exit SM
6. copy ../Recent Mail to USB stick
7. copy above file to laptop profile
8. Start SM on laptop
9. mark all mails now in Local Folders -> Recent Mail as not read
10. copy (NOT move) all mail from Local Folders -> Recent Mail to
appropriate
top level folder
11. use existing filters to move this "new" mail to appropriate
sub folder
Have I covered all bases? Any comments?
TIA
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