[G4] OS 9/Netscape question

[Carol]

I had a problem importing my mail from Netscape 4.x on OS 9 into 
Netscape 7.1 on OS 10.3.  The address book imported, but not the e-mail. 
  I finally figured out where the mail in OS X Netscape 7.1 was by 
searching for inbox.  I also located the mail from from Netscape 4.x in 
the prefs folder of the OS 9 system.

I made myself a new POP account in Netscape 7.1 with a dummy input 
server such as dummy.mail.com.  Then I found the inbox for the dummy 
account.  I replaced this new empty inbox file with the one from the OS 
9 pref folder.  Much to my delight, I had access to all my old e-mail.

Presumably, I could then move the messages from the dummy to the real 
account used by OS X.


Try a few things. It just might work.



David Russell wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am using a G4 dual processor running at 450 Mhz running OS 9.2.2. I 
> have just partitioned my HD in preparation for installing OS X and in 
> the process I did a clean install of OS 9.04 and updates. I use Netscape 
> 7.02 as my mail client. When I opened up Netscape to do my mail, none of 
> the folders or mail  from the previous version had been imported. I 
> tried to import the folders using  Netscape  Mail's Import command but 
> that would only work with Eurdora mail. When  the import Netscape mail 
> option is selected, the import function does nothing but hang.  I can 
> see the folders and the mail in my prefs folder but I cannot get them 
> into Netscape. Obviously I would really like to get my mail back. I 
> would be grateful for any suggestions.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> David
> 
> 
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