Hi Ronni, Many thanks, it's a job for tomorrow - dining on the dining room table took precedence today :)
Cheers, James >Hi James, > >Whew, you like making work for yourself ;-) >The amount of work depends on how many messages >and whether they are filed neatly in mailboxes >or if they're all over the place. >Looks like you are going to have to do some >sorting of emails, and manually move the >messages you need. > >If I'm understanding your situation (actually >your wife's situation), I feel you are going to >have to select all messages you wish to transfer >and then place them in the same mailboxes in the >'Current' working Eudora Application Mailbox >folders on the iMac in Eudora Folder/Mail/ folder > >I've never used Eudora or know much about it's folders structure. >NOTE: Of course make sure you BACKUP before you do anything ;-) > >Quit Eudora before you start: >I guess you have Mailboxes such as Inbox, Sent, >& possibly other named mailboxes >Assuming that you can identify the material you want to transfer. > >1. Create a 'Transfer' Folder on the Desktop >2. Within that folder create folders named the same as the mailboxes >3. Move all the messages you need to transfer >into the appropriate Mailboxes in the 'Transfer' >folder >4. Then, one folder at a time: >A) Open the folder and 'select all' messages in >that folder and 'drag & drop' the messages into >the 'same named' Mailbox in the 'Current' >working Eudora folder on the iMac. > >At the moment that is the only way I can think of doing this. >If it was just a normal transfer of the Eudora >Mail folders from one Mac to a new Mac, or even >if you were transferring from Eudora to Apple >Mail would be easy :-) >But when you have messages in two Eudora >Applications and only need to move the ones that >are NOT in the current Eudora Application >folders, not quite as easy :-( > >Also, I take absolutely NO responsibility if >this does not work, or you mess up the moving of >the messages. > >Someone who uses (or remembers) Eudora might have a better idea > >Cheers, >Ronni > >On 19/10/2011, at 1:47 PM, James I Fraser wrote: > >> Hi Ronni, >> >> The 'migration' was in fact, simply Installing >> the old and loved Eudora 6.2.4 on the iMac. (as >> were all the other programs - clean installs). >> She then used the iMac until it's HD died. New >> HD fitted (such fun, all that sticky aluminium RF >> shielding!) During the intervening period she >> reverted to the G4 >> >> So there are G4 Eudora folders on the iMac, it's >> own Eudora folders and Eudora folders from a >> backup HD, all of which have overlapping dates. >> >> Eudora 6.2.4 is used on all machines until a >> reasonable equivalent is found/developed. That >> and some well loved games aren't ready for Lion. >> Yes, there was quite a volume on Eudora >> replacements and their various merits - and >> nothing has yet come up with an overall >> equivalent. >> >> OS X 10.7.2 is sitting in a second partition on >> the iMac, for my out of hours familiarisation >> >> I hope that is a little clearer than mud . . . >> >> Cheers, >> >> James >> >> >> >> >>> Hi James, >>> >>> You mention "In Attempting to migrate" S I'm >>> unclear how you have gone about transferring >>> everything over from the G4 Tiger to iMac Snow >>> Leopard. >>> >>> Did you use Migration Assistant and transfer >>> everything across from the G4 to her new iMac? >>> >>> Is your wife going to continue using Eudora or >>> is she wishing to import all her Eudora Mail >>> into Apple Mail? >>> What version of Eudora was on the G5 and what >>> version (if she is thinking of continuing using >>> Eudora) is on the iMac? >>> Eudora is an old email program and has not been updated since 2006. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Ronni >>> >>> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 "Thunderbolt" >>> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD >>> >>> OS X 10.7.2 Lion >>> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) >>> >>> On 18/10/2011, at 2:58 PM, James I Fraser wrote: >>> >>>> To all the Wizards, >>>> >>>> Help please! >>>> >>>> In attempting to migrate Eudora from my wife's G4 (PCI graphics) > >>> running 10.4.11 to her newish iMac 20" 5.1 running 10.6.8 I have 3 >>>> sources of files - both computers and a backup disk - each with >>>> differing periods of incoming, outgoing and other mailboxes. Please >>>> is there a simple way to merge/meld all these mailboxes to their >>>> respective mailbox on the iMac? >>>> >>>> In great anticipation, >>>> >>>> James- >>> > >-- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >Settings & Unsubscribe - ><http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
