No worries, I've embarressed myself a few times forgetting things were hidden and wondering why I couldn't find them, so it's something that now comes easily to mind :-)))
John. On Fri, 14 May 2004 10:30, g2 wrote: > ah yes, ok, that did the trick. Actually I did not know what the "." stood > for. Thank you for thinnking of the obvious, all set now ! > > :) > > GT > > On Thursday 13 May 2004 12:27 am, John Layt wrote: > > It should be in your home directory, i.e. /home/yourusername/.Mail > > > > Note that it is a hidden directory due to the . in front of the name, so > > If looking for it under Konqi you will need to go to the View menu and > > turn on "Show Hidden Files". > > > > John. > > > > On Thu, 13 May 2004 14:49, g2 wrote: > > > On Tuesday 11 May 2004 11:59 pm, g2 wrote: > > > > On Sunday 09 May 2004 11:47 pm, g2 wrote: > > > > > Hi folks. > > > > > Not the bigest problem, but I have gotten myself into a bit of a > > > > > pickle I don't know how to get out of. Before I wiped my hard > > > > > drive to install MD 10.0, I backed up my "Mail" folder tat > > > > > contained by KMail data. AFTER running Kmail under MD 10.0 and > > > > > setting up my mail account, I copied my old "Mail" folder to my > > > > > home directory. I did have a couple of new messages in kmail, > > > > > before i quit and copied the old mail folder to home, but nothing I > > > > > needed. Everything is working fine now, EXCEPT that each time > > > > > kmail starts up, I recieved a dialoge box that announces: > > > > > > > > > > "The directory .Mail exists. We can't move mail." > > > > > > > > > > I need to release this dialogue box before kmail will load. > > > > > Incidently, the dialoge box is oddly covered up by another box, > > > > > that announces "K KONTACT groupware". I am however able to move > > > > > the underlying box out in order to click "ok" and allow the program > > > > > to continue loading. > > > > > > > > > > What should I do to make things right? > > > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > Gideon > > > > > > > > so why no responses folks? Was my problem not explained clearly, or > > > > did it seem like not a big enough problem for people to bother > > > > answering? > > > > > > > > G2 > > > > > > Thanks to everyone who responded. > > > Where might this ".mail" folder exist? I cannot find it. > > > The "mail" folder which actually contains my mail data is right in my > > > home directory. I have done a file search on ".mail" and it doesnt > > > find it. > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > G2
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