Re[2]: upgrade from 1.51 to 1.62i
hi, i think the dust is clearing ;) the test-userprofile i updatet was from an older version which indeed did not have the structure as mentioned by Mark Wieder. the users that are using v1.51 by now, all have he structure Mail/account/inbox (etc.). so i am going to try this with a more recent userprofile and will let you participate in my experiences ;) thx to Mark and Thomas, for putting me on the way alexander Alexander Jernejcic said: T Hello Jernejcic, T On Thu, 27 Feb 2003 17:08:10 +0100 GMT (27/02/03, 23:08 +0700 GMT), T Jernejcic Alexander wrote: are there any caveats, hints or points to information regarding an upgrade from 1.51 to 1.62? i would like to make it as painless as possible to my users. i did the upgrade on a testinstallation and it created a new folder structure beside the old folders - what i do not like to happen to my users... T I am not aware of a new folder structure between 1.51 and the current T release version. What difference did you see upon upgrading? -- Using The Bat! v1.51 on Windows NT - 5.0 Build - 2195 Service Pack 2 Current version is 1.62 | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[2]: upgrade from 1.51 to 1.62i
Thomas- I went from version 1.53 to 1.62 and had to move the folders myself. I remember an earlier upgrade where the files were modified automatically as part of the process, but I misremember the versions. You may well be right about some intermediate version taking care of moving the files - I usually hold off upgrading until there's some compelling reason to do so, so I haven't paid much attention to minor (and some major) versions. The only reason I'm using beta4 now is so I can do some development work on antispam filters. TF I thought there was always this MAIL folder, but I may be wrong. I TF never noticed anything when I upgraded, so I believe there was one TF version in between that automatically moved the messages. Have you any TF idea when the new folder structure started? The version introducing it TF must have an internal conversion tool, so Alexander should upgrade TF from 1.51 to that version, and then from that version to 1.62i, and TF everything will be automatic. -Mark Wieder Using The Bat! v1.63 Beta/4 on Windows 2000 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 2 -- Current version is 1.62 | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[2]: upgrade from 1.51 to 1.62i
I, on the other hand, went through the same pain of having to move folders, etc. The new structure is: main TB folder: TheBat! executable | MAIL folder | ---account1 | ---account2 etc., where the old system didn't have a MAIL folder enclosing the various account folders. The easiest thing to do is to back everything up, upgrade, then move the messages.tbb files (if there aren't too many folders) into the new places and let TB have its way with them. Having done this, I'm quite happy with the new arrangement and the new version. Did I remember to say you should back everything up first? -Mark Wieder Using The Bat! v1.63 Beta/4 on Windows 2000 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 2 -- Current version is 1.62 | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
