thank you; i'll try this. i don't have high hopes for success, since everything else i've tried ends either with an error message or PowerMail crashing, but i'll try it anyway.
walt Quoting Marlyse Comte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I'd suggest the following: > > a) delete the demo v4 instance (application folder) > b) move the beta v5 version into the application folder > c) copy the beta v5 key into the application folder > d) drag the beta v5 key onto the application > e) now you should be presented with the new database or the convert > database dialog > f) select the convert database and via the presented dialog box choose > the message index file > g) optional: if the dialog box under e) did not appear, you are now > probably in an opened, new database with no messages. if so, go to the > menubar, database and choose new user environment and proceed with select > the message index file via the dialog box. > > ---marlyse > > >