Imagine my surprise when, after accepting the proposed upgrades posted for OS 11.1 today, that my SeaMonkey email client shows NO messages from Sept. 2010 in any account, sent or received.
Any idea of what happened? Any hope of recovery?
More info: Upon checking for messages, an unusually large number were seem to download (POP server) but few appeared in the in boxes. Old messages from August appeared for the first time.
As you know, all mozilla info is stored in that hidden folder .mozilla
Yes, and checking after I calmed down a bit revealed that the upgrade created a new .slt directory. My Sept. messages were in an old file under .mozilla/default/ā¦ rather than .mozilla/seamonkey/ā¦
In the mail interface, I was unable to change the local directory to .mozilla/default. Couldnāt paste the string, and the Browse button, while it allowed me to find the .mozilla/default/ā¦ directory, would not change to it.
So, I seem to have only one other option, which is to move the āgoodā files into the new .mozilla/seamonkey/ā¦ directory, overwriting the older files. Before I try that, Iād appreciate any hints that may apply. For example, I believe I recall that the index file will be rebuilt automatically if deletedāwhich sounds like a good idea if changing the mail file. Any other gotchas?
Thanks.
At least one good advice:
Find out where all Seamonkey data reside, make backup copies.
On 2010-10-03 17:36, konsultor wrote:
> In the mail interface, I was unable to change the local directory to
> mozilla/default. Couldnāt paste the string, and the Browse button,
> while it allowed me to find the .mozilla/default/ā¦ directory, would
> not change to it.
You can have different profiles and choose during start. Start the program with āāhelpā on a
terminal to find the options.
Also, you can copy the mail folders from the old structure to the new - and change their names if
necessary to avoid overwriting new folders. If you also copy the indexes you will keep the
information about which mail was read, replied-to, etc.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 āEmeraldā at Telcontar)