And it came to pass that Gaikokujin Kyofusho wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Jahn) wrote in message
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>> And it came to pass that Gaikokujin Kyofusho wrote:
>>
>> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Jahn) wrote in message
>> >news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>> >> And it came to pass that Gaikokujin Kyofusho wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Hi, i have some emails that i had saved using mutt and
>> >> > now want to view them using messenger (in windoze). I
>> >> > had done this (i thought) with old elm emails by just
>> >> > putting the text files in the mail folders then
>> >> > messenger would see them (assuming i hadn't screwed
>> >> > around with the headers (which i haven't). Is there
>> >> > some method for doing this o
>> >>
>> >> REmove the extension, and copy them into the MAIL folder
>> >> with Mozilla closed.
>> >>
>> >> So, for the file "letters.txt"
>> >> You'd copy it into MAIL as "letters".
>> >
>> >actually that is what i did (when i said "text" i ment
>> >that it was not some funky bin like outlook uses) there
>> >are/were no extensions on these files. To add another
>> >angle to this i tried "compacting" the folders (they show
>> >up as blank folders) and it compacts for hours but never
>> >finishes... crashes i guess. anyway keep they ideas
>> >comm'in! and thank you!
>> >
>>
>> NExt, be sure you copied it into the CORRECT mail folder.
>> It wants to go into the mail folder under your PROFILE
>> name.
>
>well i am almost positive it was in the correct profile but
>still no luck. for what it is worth i tried what i
>origonally did with netscape 4.7 messenger and it worked like
>a charm. i even gave it .txt extensions for the hell of it
>(i was curious) and it worked... oh well. mozilla *is* beta
>and *has* come a long way, i'll try it again when 1.0+ comes
>out. thanks anyway.
>
Curious, I just tried it and it worked for me.
don't know why you're having problems.
Is Mozilla closed when you copy the folder over?
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