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Spare The Spam - 04 Oct 2005 22:40 GMT

I really don't have a good reason to spend any money, but I thought I
might try upgrading from Eudora 6.0.2. The only problems with the old
version are an "Invalid window" message that junks up system.log, and
rather high CPU load when transferring mail.

So If I try the latest version, and am not totally amazed, will I be
able to just start using my old paid version the same filters and mail
folders?

Thanks

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Andrew Starr - 06 Oct 2005 02:07 GMT

> I really don't have a good reason to spend any money, but I thought I
> might try upgrading from Eudora 6.0.2. The only problems with the old
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> Thanks

Why not:
A) Backup everything
B) Set it to leave mail on server for 7 days

Then if you don't like it, you can revert.... (except for perhaps sent
messages, unless you are using IMAP)

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Spare The Spam - 17 Oct 2005 19:44 GMT

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> > So If I try the latest version, and am not totally amazed, will I be
> > able to just start using my old paid version the same filters and mail
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> Then if you don't like it, you can revert.... (except for perhaps sent
> messages, unless you are using IMAP)

Thanks for the reply.

I'm assuming that means files from the latest Eudora are not compatible
with the older (6.0.2) Eudora.

So the trick is to find everything that needs saving. And no, Earthlink
does not provide IMAP. I would lose at least the date info from sent
mail (doing a manual convert). That might not be too serious. I
suppose I could BCC myself in order to keep the original date.

What would I need to save besides the Eudora Folder (this is OSX) in
order to revert to the earlier version if I don't like the new one? I
didn't see anything in /Library/Preferences or ~/Library/Preferences.

But the big question is whether the new Eudora is worth the effort.
Does it still do some sort of spin-lock on mail transfer that hogs the
CPU?

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Peter Ceresole - 17 Oct 2005 19:49 GMT

> I'm assuming that means files from the latest Eudora are not compatible
> with the older (6.0.2) Eudora.

On the contrary; I have the impression that they *are* compatible.

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Rifty - 18 Oct 2005 08:10 GMT

> On the contrary; I have the impression that they *are* compatible.

I have never yet seen a version where they were *incompatible.* You just
find the old settings file and open that with the new version of Eudora,
and it works. At least, it always has for me.

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Peter Ceresole - 18 Oct 2005 09:36 GMT

> I have never yet seen a version where they were *incompatible.* You just
> find the old settings file and open that with the new version of Eudora,
> and it works. At least, it always has for me.

Yup, that's it. Every version so far from 1.5 to 6.1.

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