Importing mail from Netscape 4.x

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Dwain Wilder - 15 Mar 2005 20:30 GMT

Maybe this topic has been covered before, but I haven't found it in the msgs I
downloaded. I am trying to import mail into OE5 on the mac, under Mac OS 9.2,
from Netscape 7.2 To do that, I've followed instructions I found on a netscape
forum for back-importing mail from NS7 to NS4. Now I'm trying to import the
results. But there is some problem with the sequence of events in the Import Wizard:

1. File>>Import...
Import Wizard:Begin Import: From an application
Select Application: Netscape Communicator 4 or higher
Ready to Import: <Mail/Addresses/Signatures/Accounts/Rules selected>
Dialog: Select a Communicator User Profile to Import from: Dwain
File Dialog: Please select your "Netscape Users" folder> Dwain Wilder
Dialog: Select an Internet Mail and News User Profile to import from>
Archive
Cache f
Mail <--Select
News
Security

Wizard: "Outlook Express did not finish importing data from your current
program. You may finish at a later time by selecting Import from the File Menu."

No mail was imported. Was it something I said?? I can see all my mail in
Netscape 4.7, so I know it is intact. Help.

Dwain

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TG Online (MVP) - 16 Mar 2005 18:19 GMT

> Maybe this topic has been covered before, but I haven't found it in the msgs I
> downloaded. I am trying to import mail into OE5 on the mac, under Mac OS 9.2,
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>
> Dwain

Sounds like you've done everything correctly, although I don't know whether
or not it's possible to pull mail data into OE 5.x after it's been
previously imported into NS 4.x from NS 7.x (what an awful sentence).

Short of ensuring that you're using the latest version of OE (i.e. v.5.0.6)
then I'm not sure what else to suggest here. Perhaps there's a better
import script available on http://www.scriptbuilders.net/ ?

Ricky

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Importing mail from Netscape 4.x