Re: Exporting messages

2013-01-14 Thread Philip TAYLOR
MCBastos wrote: > That's not what I meant. I meant simple drag-and-drop *without* holding > a modifier key. Yes. I was referring to Paul's message : > Of course, on Windows systems, at least those of recent vintage, an order to > move a file or folder between different drives or computers i

Re: Exporting messages

2013-01-13 Thread MCBastos
Interviewed by CNN on 13/01/2013 12:24, Paul B. Gallagher told the world: > The oldest version in common use nowadays is XP, released in 2001. I > would count that as "recent vintage," but perhaps you see it as "a long > time." Close enough. The behaviour is older, dating at least from Windows

Re: Exporting messages

2013-01-13 Thread MCBastos
Interviewed by CNN on 13/01/2013 12:30, Philip TAYLOR told the world: > Unable to believe that for one second, I created a top-level > directory N:\To be moved, and shift-dragged it (i.e., "move") > to P:\ It was moved. It was not copied. The original is gone. > Forever. That's not what I mean

Re: Exporting messages

2013-01-13 Thread Cruz, Jaime
Wolfgang Steger wrote: Cruz, Jaime schrieb: [...] Am I copying over the entire Mail folder? I see several files in that directory beginning with "inbox:" inbox.sbd (a directory) Inbox. Inbox.msf If all you are interested in is the (old) Inbox, but not in subfolders, just copy the file "Inb

Re: Exporting messages

2013-01-13 Thread Philip TAYLOR
Paul B. Gallagher wrote: > Presumably these are virtual drives, not physical ones? > > I'd never tried it that way... Physical. Separate discs. Philip Taylor ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.

Re: Exporting messages

2013-01-13 Thread Paul B. Gallagher
Philip TAYLOR wrote: Paul B. Gallagher wrote: MCBastos wrote: Of course, on Windows systems, at least those of recent vintage, an order to move a file or folder between different drives or computers is realized as a copy anyway. It has been that way for a long time... Unable to believe t

Re: Exporting messages

2013-01-13 Thread Wolfgang Steger
Cruz, Jaime schrieb: [...] > > Am I copying over the entire Mail folder? I see several files in that > directory beginning with "inbox:" > > inbox.sbd (a directory) > Inbox. > Inbox.msf > If all you are interested in is the (old) Inbox, but not in subfolders, just copy the file "Inbox". Inbox

Re: Exporting messages

2013-01-13 Thread Cruz, Jaime
Paul B. Gallagher wrote: Jay Garcia wrote: Rename the old mailbox "mailbox.old" such as INBOX => INBOX.OLD and then move that file over to the new location. When SM is started, INBOX.OLD will be in the list of mailboxes. Simple matter now to copy/move the old messages to the new mailbox. Exac

Re: Exporting messages

2013-01-13 Thread Philip TAYLOR
Paul B. Gallagher wrote: > MCBastos wrote: > >>> Of course, on Windows systems, at least those of recent vintage, an >>> order to move a file or folder between different drives or computers is >>> realized as a copy anyway. >> >> It has been that way for a long time... Unable to believe that f

Re: Exporting messages

2013-01-13 Thread Paul B. Gallagher
MCBastos wrote: Interviewed by CNN on 13/01/2013 04:06, Paul B. Gallagher told the world: Of course, on Windows systems, at least those of recent vintage, an order to move a file or folder between different drives or computers is realized as a copy anyway. It has been that way for a long tim

Re: Exporting messages

2013-01-13 Thread MCBastos
Interviewed by CNN on 13/01/2013 04:06, Paul B. Gallagher told the world: > Of course, on Windows systems, at least those of recent vintage, an > order to move a file or folder between different drives or computers is > realized as a copy anyway. It has been that way for a long time... but it's

Re: Exporting messages

2013-01-12 Thread Paul B. Gallagher
Jay Garcia wrote: Rename the old mailbox "mailbox.old" such as INBOX => INBOX.OLD and then move that file over to the new location. When SM is started, INBOX.OLD will be in the list of mailboxes. Simple matter now to copy/move the old messages to the new mailbox. Exactly what I would have done

Re: Exporting messages

2013-01-12 Thread Cruz, Jaime
Jay Garcia wrote: On 12.01.2013 20:41, Cruz, Jaime wrote: --- Original Message --- I know how to move an entire mailbox from one computer to another (I've done it enough times), but I need to layout a scenario here to see if anyone else has come up with a solution. I built a new computer fo

Re: Exporting messages

2013-01-12 Thread Jay Garcia
On 12.01.2013 20:41, Cruz, Jaime wrote: --- Original Message --- > I know how to move an entire mailbox from one computer to another (I've > done it enough times), but I need to layout a scenario here to see if > anyone else has come up with a solution. > > I built a new computer for my Mom wit

Exporting messages

2013-01-12 Thread Cruz, Jaime
I know how to move an entire mailbox from one computer to another (I've done it enough times), but I need to layout a scenario here to see if anyone else has come up with a solution. I built a new computer for my Mom with Windows 7 (her previous computer was XP). After installing Seamonkey al