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gglposting@yahoo.co.uk - 06 Jul 2006 02:54 GMT

Hi.

I'm trying to convert Eudora mailboxes from windows to mac. The
instructions on the Eudora web site don't seem to be working.

"Migrating From Windows to MAC" at
http://www.eudora.com/techsupport/kb/1644hq.html

I've tried ftping the file. Then I tried bbedit but it doesn't
recognize the file so I can't open it and do a 'save as'.

any ideas?

thanks.
john

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Sander Tekelenburg - 06 Jul 2006 03:22 GMT

> I'm trying to convert Eudora mailboxes from windows to mac. The
> instructions on the Eudora web site don't seem to be working.

You're not saying *how* they're not working.

> "Migrating From Windows to MAC" at
> http://www.eudora.com/techsupport/kb/1644hq.html
>
> I've tried ftping the file.

Yes? And? What happened, what didn't happen?

> Then I tried bbedit but it doesn't
> recognize the file so I can't open it and do a 'save as'.

I find that extremely hard to believe. BBEdit opens just about
*anything* and definitely text files (which is what those mailboxes
are). Exactly which version of Mac OS, which version of BBEdit are we
talking about, and exactly how are you telling BBEdit to open the
mailbox?

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gglposting@yahoo.co.uk - 06 Jul 2006 16:15 GMT

Hi Sander,

Thanks for the reply.

I'm new to Mac so I may not have the right terminology so please bare
with me... ;-)

I followed the instructions and got one of the mailboxes from the pc
to the mac via ftp. When I put it in the appropriate folder, it just
sat there looking like any ol' text file. But when I created a mailbox
via the mac eurdora client, it created an icon in the folder which
represented the mailbox. In other words, the file from the pc was not
recognized as a mailbox by the mac-eudora.

So, I thought, maybe I need to process it through bbedit as suggested.
I downloaded a demo copy and tried to open the file. But I could not
select it from the open file dialog - I could see the icon of the file
there but it was disabled, non-selectable.

The os is OSX. I just downloaded bbedit, so whatever the current
version is. I'm not at the mac right now.

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Jim Gibson - 06 Jul 2006 19:16 GMT

> Hi Sander,
>
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> select it from the open file dialog - I could see the icon of the file
> there but it was disabled, non-selectable.

BBEdit has a selection menu in its Open dialog window labeled
"Enable:". The default is "All Readable Files". Despite that
terminology, some files may be grayed out and not selectable. Try the
other selection: "All Files". All files should now be selectable. Don't
ask me why BBEdit thinks some files are not readable, but can still
open them and read them.

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Sander Tekelenburg - 07 Jul 2006 00:18 GMT

> Hi Sander,
>
> Thanks for the reply.

You're welcome, but *please* learn to post. See
<http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanb/documents/quotingguide.html> and
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topposting> to get an idea. If you don't
quote properly you make it hard on your readers to follow you and thus
increase the chance they'll choose to simply ignore you.

> I'm new to Mac so I may not have the right terminology so please bare
> with me... ;-)

No prob.

> I followed the instructions and got one of the mailboxes from the pc
> to the mac via ftp.

FWIW, the instructions specifically point you need to ftp them in text
mode, not binary mode. Given that you're not getting the result you're
looking for you need to check whether you did this right.

Still, IMO the BBEedit approach is easier and more practical.

> When I put it in the appropriate folder, it just
> sat there looking like any ol' text file. But when I created a mailbox
> via the mac eurdora client, it created an icon in the folder which
> represented the mailbox.

That doesn't mean much. It only tells you what the Finder thinks the
file is. It may still well be that Eudora considers it a valid mailbox;
that the Finder just doesn't know yet what icon to slap onto it.

If the mailbox is OK (correct linebreaks) and in the correct place, then
it should be listed and openable from the Mailboxes menu in Eudora.
*that* is what you need to try.

[...]

> So, I thought, maybe I need to process it through bbedit as suggested.
> I downloaded a demo copy and tried to open the file.But I could not
> select it from the open file dialog - I could see the icon of the file
> there but it was disabled, non-selectable.

See Jim Gibson's explanation: Message-ID:
<060720061116116799%jgibson@mail.arc.nasa.gov>. An even easier
(depending on what you consider easy) way to 'force' BBEdit to open the
file is to drag&drop the file onto the BBEdit application file, in the
Finder, or on the BBEdit Dock icon.

> The os is OSX.

"Mac OS X" is the marketing name, not the version number ;)

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