> wrote the following about [netconnect] MD2 recovery...:
> > Big question is: is it safe to download my mail again? I'm confident it
> > would be okay but want to make sure that things won't be out of synch or
> > screwy - I don't want to download new mails and find MD2 getting confused.
>
> I would do two things:
>
> 1) Backup the whole directory (lzx it if you want to keep the size
> down)
Thank iomega for Zip disks :-)
> 2) In 'Accounts', uncheck "Delete Mail On Server". Now you can check
> your mail, see if MDII is behaving, and once you are happy, recheck
> "Delete Mail On Server"
Cheers, this worked a treat... nice work, everything seems to be
present and correct which is a relief. Time to get the backup regime
back on track methinks...
> > Am I just panicking? Has anyone tried this?
>
> When I moved from NC1.1 to NC3 I manually copied everything over,
> rather than relying on the installer (why? I dunno!), which is pretty
> much what you are talking about here. All my mails back to June '97
> are still intact, so it does work :)
*phew* Yep, all works correctly - next step is to plough through the
300 odd mails that have arrived since Monday evening... :-/
John
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