in reply to ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), MLJames's message of 1:22 PM, 8/20/07 >>Hi Mary Lou, >> >>1) See attached screen photo - does yours look the same? I am using the >>current version of PowerMail 5.5.3 and it DOES still have an "Import >>from Claris Emailer" feature. Pull File Menu to "Database" to "Import". >>Next screen asks for the location of your Emailer application, and your >>choice of address book, messages, or both. >> >>2) PowerMail demo only allows a limited number of emails. Um, 200, if I >>remember correctly. So don't even try to import all your CE Emails. >> >>In my experience, the PowerMail import from Claris Emailer worked, but >>not very well for 7 years of heavy CE email usage (no doubt with some db >>corruption). If you have a lot of email, I would definitely recommend >>EmailChemy - it's a lot better and faster. >> >>I went with PowerMail, which I say more resembles Emailer. Gyazmail is >>still rather "young", and shows promise, but not enough for me to commit >>to it, not yet. But when I tried GyazMail, I mostly liked what it did. >>The GyazMail developer was very responsive, much more so than the >>PowerMail dev. But I now use PowerMail daily, and it can easily take the >>pounding of 300+ emails daily and 27 email lists. >> >>Hope this helps. > > >You are right Dave. Not sure how I was missing the option (probably >trying to do too many things at a time.). So when I clcik on SELECT, >should I point PowerMail to my entire Claris Emiler folder, or the >application? It won't let me select the mail database or mail index (but >I expect it needs the application to be running). Or is it even necessary >to click on "select" at all? > >Also, does it import all the mail randomly or does it retain the messages >in their original folders? I realize the demo is limited in that it can >only import 200 mail messages. I just want to test it and see if it is >worth the purchase. Former Claris emailer folks have been recommending >its use. > >Thanks for all your help. > >Mary Lou >
Hi MLJ, I believe you point PowerMail at the CE application or the entire CE folder. Whatever it will accept. Emailer does not need to be running at that time. Before starting, keep a copy of your entire CE folder on a CD or something safe. If you crash CE a lot (as I did), that BU may come in handy. Also, be sure that CE is not trying to check for (more) mail while you are exporting/importing. IIRC, it does retain folder structure. And iirc, it imports emails by folder, in either alpha or crono order. There is no way to select which folder to import, so what I did was 1) make a back up to someplace safe (cd or anywhere I would Not get confused) 2) turn off all schedules in CE 3) import until it got stuck (hung- hard to tell if you're not watching), then 4) kill & relaunch classic mode 5) Knowing I have a perfect Emailer Back Up (which I am not changing at all, and may need to revert to a copy of), I would then delete from my active CE what I had successfully transferred to PowerMail. Then delete the next 2 messages in CE, assuming they may have been the corrupt ones that caused the hang. 5b) I *may* have done a CE db rebuild at this point (Launch CE with option & apple keys down, then choose "Typical"). Can't remember. If you don't, it might still try to import the deleted CE emails again, and get stuck on the same one you prev deleted. 6) begin the xfer again 7) Repeat until done. In my case that was 3 days of bleary heck, which is why I recommend Emailchemy. If you are only importing 1 folder, you'll quickly see what folder it is, and be able to move emails in/out of it so you control what gets imported, and stay way under the 200 limit. Actually, the PM demo limit of 200 emails isn't very many. You might want to just skip the importing email business at this time, and just move fwd with the demo testing. You can "redirect" a few emails from CE to PM to reply to. and Set PM to "Leave messages on server" so CE or your next email program can get them too. Powermail is not the OSX version of Emailer. But it's as close as it comes, and you'll probably like it. Mostly. Best, Dave Nathanson Mac Medix ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
