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Mac Forum / Applications / Eudora / November 2005How do I...?
Just upgraded to a new G5 and tried out Apple Mail. I'm sure it's great, but I'm just so used to Eudora (been using it since System 7x on my old Mac Classic II). I tried, but can't give up Eudora. So I've got my old settings from my old Eudora (Version 5.x, was operating on Mac OS 9.x), but how do I get all of this into my new Eudora 6.2? I see how to get my mail imported, and I'm assuming this will also import my various mailboxes. But what about my mail IDs and zillions of filters? Thanks, Total Eudora Addict...I admit I'm powerless > Just upgraded to a new G5 and tried out Apple Mail. I'm sure it's great, > but I'm just so used to Eudora (been using it since System 7x on my old [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Total Eudora Addict...I admit I'm powerless I too have been using Eudora for years (since 1988 or so) on Macs, and reluctant to change (it does all I want with years of accumulated emails and lots of mailboxes and filters). I seem to recall the newer versions will use the older settings files just fine. But I when gradually from 4.x to 5.x to 6.x. Should work tho. I'd just (make a backup copy of the entire Eudora folder first tho just in case) use your old 5.x settings files, and using Control click on the older Eudora settings file, select OPEN WITH and choose the latest/newest version of Eudora you wish to use (all this under OSX) and it should work then. I think if you just save your settings or just quit after opening it once this way, in subsequent launches it will launch the newer chosen version. I think it is a quirk that if you have two or more versions of the same software on you hard drive, OSX will auto launch (if you double click on an icon) the one most recently installed (not necessarily the newest version) application. If you wish, you can change this behavior by selecting an icon data file, CMD I (GET INFO) and set in that to ALWAYS open with a specific application. You do this alternate method as well to launch your newest Eudora with the old settings as well. It should work this way, it has been some time since I've changed major versions of Eudora but always worked fine for me with no problems. G'Day Morenuf, still using Eudora since 1988 or so  Signaturemorenuf@nobodyhome.com.invalid Oh, wow, it worked like a charm!!! THANK YOU!!! My old mail was all there, along with my filters, and then it junked about 98 percent of the spam as well! (Love that!) Everything is just as it was on my old G3, only better. :) It seemed to reinstall the application, though, and I had to re-enter my reg. code. Should I just delete the other version I installed earlier today and use this fresh one? Thanks again, I'm terribly excited! > > Just upgraded to a new G5 and tried out Apple Mail. I'm sure it's great, > > but I'm just so used to Eudora (been using it since System 7x on my old [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > > Morenuf, still using Eudora since 1988 or so In article <nospamthx-07029F.18042203112005@newsclstr01.news.prodigy.com>, > Oh, wow, it worked like a charm!!! THANK YOU!!! > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Thanks again, I'm terribly excited! Glad to help out. Glad it worked well for you. My experience was the same, all mailboxes, filters, emails etc all transferred fine. Up to you, but if you are happy with new version and intend to use OSX only, yes I'd probably delete the old version. And yes, do keep backups of the mailboxes on other hard drives or media at least, and perhaps the entire Eudora folder if you feel better about it. You never know, hardware can fail someday and probably will eventually. G'Day Morenuf Signaturemorenuf@nobodyhome.com.invalid > Glad it worked well for you. My experience was the same, all mailboxes, > filters, emails etc all transferred fine. Yes, this is one of the great virtues of Eudora - you can just grab and entire Eudora mail folder, put it on your new computer, install the new version of Eudora, and then instead of clicking on the Eudora application to open it, just double click the Eudora settings file in your transferred file, and everything works. The real beauty of this is that you can have a series of Eudora mail folders on the one computer, if you like, belonging to different peopleor personalities (or ISPs) with different settings, and they can each open theirs from the Eudora settings file in their own mail folder (make an alias to it for your desktop or somewhere convenient!) Then there's no need to configure dominant/relay personalities etc from the one mailbox. They just act totally independently. Rifty SignatureAcademic and Computing Help http://rifty.net > > Glad it worked well for you. My experience was the same, all mailboxes, > > filters, emails etc all transferred fine. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Rifty Can I transfer mailboxes as easily as that from my husband's home Mac to his PC at work? I've been wanting to do this for a while but dreaded it because someone said I have to do some file conversion stuff to make them work on the PC. (My husband uses Outlook at work and wants me to set him up with Eudora there. The Windows version of Eudora, however, is clunky IMO.) > Can I transfer mailboxes as easily as that from my husband's home Mac to > his PC at work? I've been wanting to do this for a while but dreaded it > because someone said I have to do some file conversion stuff to make > them work on the PC. The conversion work is fairly straightforward- mainly changing the Mac text format, such as line endings, to PC, which you can do in a free application like TextWrangler, and changing the mailbox files to have the .mbx extension. If you want the detail, have a look at <http://www.emailman.com> which has a megaload of stuff on it and maybe a few useful scripts. SignaturePeter > > Can I transfer mailboxes as easily as that from my husband's home Mac to > > his PC at work? I've been wanting to do this for a while but dreaded it [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > If you want the detail, have a look at <http://www.emailman.com> which > has a megaload of stuff on it and maybe a few useful scripts. Thanks--that sounds less complicated than the other explanation I got. |
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