Need to get emails off old hard drive for new install

Hi. I'm doing a new install of XP, and all programs, on a new hard drive
to replace the old one. I have decided to use Mozilla/Thunderbird in
place of Netscape 7.2 that I have been using for ages, since it seems to
be the replacement for it. (unless someone can say why that is not a
good idea?) But what I need to know is how to get all my mail
boxes/emails/newsgroups from the old drive to the new one? I can install
the old hard drive as a slave if necessary to copy files, or copy them
to removable media. Thanks,


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lynx

On 09/26/2006 06:44 AM, lynx wrote:
> Hi. I'm doing a new install of XP, and all programs, on a new hard drive
> to replace the old one. I have decided to use Mozilla/Thunderbird in
> place of Netscape 7.2 that I have been using for ages, since it seems to
> be the replacement for it. (unless someone can say why that is not a
> good idea?) But what I need to know is how to get all my mail
> boxes/emails/newsgroups from the old drive to the new one? I can install
> the old hard drive as a slave if necessary to copy files, or copy them
> to removable media. Thanks,
>
>

If you are a Netscape user, you'll feel more comfortable with Seamonkey
than with Thunderbird. The old Mozilla Suite is dead.

Copy your profile to removable media: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile

Then install Seamonkey: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey

When you start SM, be sure to create a *new* profile. You do not want
Seamonkey to use the old Netscape profile, which is what it will do by
default.

After you've created the new profile in Seamonkey, close SM and migrate
the most important parts of your old, backed-up, profile into the new SM
profile: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Category:Migration_%28mail%29

Go to http://kb.mozillazine.org/ for more information about the Mozilla
applications (Netscape, Mozilla Suite, Firefox, Thunderbird and Seamonkey).

BTW, when you crosspost to this many groups like this, it's probably a
good idea to let people know what group you are reading, because I might
have chosen to only post to one group, and you might have missed the
message.

(Follow-ups to alt.fan.mozilla)

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Mumia W. (reading news) wrote:

> On 09/26/2006 06:44 AM, lynx wrote:
>> Hi. I'm doing a new install of XP, and all programs, on a new hard
>> drive to replace the old one. I have decided to use
>> Mozilla/Thunderbird in place of Netscape 7.2 that I have been using
>> for ages, since it seems to be the replacement for it. (unless
>> someone can say why that is not a good idea?) But what I need to know
>> is how to get all my mail boxes/emails/newsgroups from the old drive
>> to the new one? I can install the old hard drive as a slave if
>> necessary to copy files, or copy them to removable media. Thanks,
>>
>>
>
> If you are a Netscape user, you'll feel more comfortable with
> Seamonkey than with Thunderbird. The old Mozilla Suite is dead.
>
> Copy your profile to removable media: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile
>
> Then install Seamonkey: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey
>
> When you start SM, be sure to create a *new* profile. You do not want
> Seamonkey to use the old Netscape profile, which is what it will do by
> default.
>
> After you've created the new profile in Seamonkey, close SM and
> migrate the most important parts of your old, backed-up, profile into
> the new SM profile:
> http://kb.mozillazine.org/Category:Migration_%28mail%29
>
> Go to http://kb.mozillazine.org/ for more information about the
> Mozilla applications (Netscape, Mozilla Suite, Firefox, Thunderbird
> and Seamonkey).
>
> BTW, when you crosspost to this many groups like this, it's probably a
> good idea to let people know what group you are reading, because I
> might have chosen to only post to one group, and you might have missed
> the message.

ok.

>
> (Follow-ups to alt.fan.mozilla)
>

Thanks very much for the info / your help. I have now got it working -
but not without incident.


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rgds,

Pete
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