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 is

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

2013-01-13 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

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 for one second,

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.

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.sbd

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

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

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

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 meant. I

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

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 with

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

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