What version changed the way they do it?
I have simply gone into the right directory and restored mailboxes in
Outlook with out a problem.
having sid that I do not use it and prefer Eudora, the old Eudora not
the new one.
Stewart
At 09:11 AM 11/5/2008, you wrote:
Not fair and not correct.
Thunderbird and Apple Mail do virtually the same thing in this regard.
Thunderbird uses mbox format. Apple Mail uses emlx format. Emlx stores
one message per file within folders and these files can be accessed via
the Finder -- viewed directly using QuickView or a variety of other ways.
Mbox has a number of variations, but typically stores one folder per
file. Mbox files can be viewed in any text viewer. Both email programs
maintain a separate index file.
Apple used to use mbox and still labels many files with an mbox
extension, even though they are not mbox. I don't know why they do that.
Perhaps they consider emlx to be just a further development of mbox? It
is similar enough that one could argue for this.
I don't think the Apple Mail team possesses the sharpest pencils, but it
is not a bad product. Thunderbird is better in some cases, but the
feature sets are not identical. Either is a fine choice depending on
circumstances.
Either mbox or emlx are in sharp contrast to what MS does: storing all
emails in one huge, fragile database file that is constantly hit with
changes and hard to back up (due to its potentially huge size and
frequent changes).
I just spent 10 hours recovering 100s of lost messages from a 2.5 GB MS
database file. It was a brutal job. I'm now looking at alternatives for
my client.
Rev. Stewart A. Marshall
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org
Ozark, AL SL 82
*************************************************************************
** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy **
** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ **
*************************************************************************
