On 4/20/2016 12:12 PM, Ed Mullen wrote:
Create a new profile and migrate your email and news.
<http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_SeaMonkey>
Then make whatever changes you want.
As I said elsewhere I hadn't read that for several and
misremembered its scope.
I'm taking this as an opportunity for a major
housecleaning/reorganization and preparation for an upcoming move
from WinXP to Debian Linux. All files that pertain to how I use
SM will be in a directory structure that's aimed at how I work,
not SM's default layout. It's more work but should pay off in
long run.
Sources consulted include:
References Directly used
A.
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_SeaMonkey
B. http://kb.mozillazine.org/Finding_the_profile_folder_on_Windows
../#Finding_your_profile [ (about:support) ]
C. http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_SeaMonkey
D. http://kb.mozillazine.org/Moving_from_Windows_to_Linux
[Info when moving to Linux]
E.
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Moving_address_books_between_profiles says:
In the Address Book window, select the address book that you
want to export.
Go to the "Tools" menu and select "Export...".
Enter a name for the address book, select "LDIF" from the
drop-down list,
choose where on your computer you want to save the address
book, and then
click to save the file.
F.
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Moving_your_mail_storage_location_-_SeaMonkey
G. http://kb.mozillazine.org/Moving_your_profile_folder
[useful comments about profiles.ini ]
References with background information that influenced some
choices I make
[some of it is dated and does not apply to SM 2.26.1]
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Mail_Utilities#MboxViewer
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Category:Migration_%28mail%29
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Recovering_a_missing_profile
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profiles.ini_file
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Creating_a_new_default_profile
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_SeaMonkey
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_backup
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Bookmarks
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Places.sqlite
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