Yours is certainly one of the sadder transition tales I've heard, and I'm sure that there were some non-PowerMail-related factors and issues. Moving the Emailer database to either PowerMail or Gyazmail is challenging due to the nature of the Emailer database, but there are tools which can get the job done, primarily Emailchemy. With but a few glitches, my entire Emailer database imported into my PowerMail database, and it took hours rather than days. It isn't necessarily easy, and its been too long since I did it for me to remember any tips or tricks, but it sure didn't hurt, except for the obvious: it was painful to stop using Emailer.
On 1/14/06, Dave declared: >I have found that Powermail does crash and even when I'm not using the >computer. So it must be some weirdness with checking mail or spam >filtering. I have been lucky in that no data has been lost, except for >any unsaved emails in the process of being composed. Emailer was a lot >better in that regard. ThunderBird doesn't come close. > >When I migrated from [EMAIL PROTECTED] to PowerMail, it was a bit painful, as >I had >well over 7 years of mail, and the transfer took about 3 days and needed >constant babysitting due to crashing classic mode all the time. I finally >gave up on that, and used EMA to transfer all my Emailer mail into a >FileMaker Pro database. That was still a bit of a struggle. I then >locked the FMP db, so it wouldn't need to be re-backed up every time I >looked something up. I'm really glad I have kept it, because I have >needed to look up a few things, like serial numbers of purchased >software, etc. > >I still hang around the Emailer-Talk list just in case there is something >helpful that I might be able to share about Emailer. I still wish Emailer >was actually ported to OSX. Although the newer programs have some very >compelling features, Nothing else is as good. If only Apple would release >the source code to GPL! > >Best, > Dave Nathanson > Mac Medix > >in reply to ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), Jay's message of 2:29 PM, 1/14/06 > >>I took both on a test drive nearly three years ago, and ended up with >>PowerMail. The PowerMail email discussion list is packed with former >>Emailer users. I thought Gyazmail was excellent as well, and could be >>happy with either application. There are a few differences on which your >>decision would hinge, if you were to decide to leave Emailer. >> >>Of course, like many others on the Emailer-Talk list, I left Emailer but >>not the Emailer community. >> >>---Jay ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
