[email protected] wrote:
Richard Owlett wrote:
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.
Newer versions of SeaMonkey sometimes change the format used for
some files in the profile. When that happens, the new version
usually converts files from existing profiles when it's first
used. Afterwards, the profile won't necessarily work correctly on
an older version, and in attempting to do so the old version
might clear or corrupt data it doesn't recognise from the newer
version.
Yepp ;/
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
Do you still have an uncorrupted copy of the SeaMonkey 2.26.1
profile from the laptop?
Not only that, I have the repaired laptop.
If so, rather than trying to fix the broken profile [snip]
That's NOT my goal. I've used the desktop for two weeks and wish
to put the "new" emails on the repaired laptop.
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