moving Eudora between Mac's

George Strasser

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Dec 10, 2009, 12:36:48 PM12/10/09

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I moved from a Powerbook G4 under Panther to a Macbook with Snow
Leopard. After the content of my old HD was transfered it appeared that
the Eudora application was empty: no mailboxes, nicknames etc. The
Eudora folder however is present in the System folder. I would be
grateful if someone can explain how I can connect now the Eudora
application to the Eudora folder, so that my archives are at my disposal
and I can continue working..

George

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Peter Ceresole

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Dec 10, 2009, 2:22:14 PM12/10/09

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George Strasser <strasse...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I would be
> grateful if someone can explain how I can connect now the Eudora
> application to the Eudora folder, so that my archives are at my disposal
> and I can continue working..

The simplest way, I have found, is not to start Eudora itself, but to
open the Eudora Settings within the Eudora Folder. As far as I can
remember (I last set this up some years ago) it then fires up Eudora,
pointed at the Eudora Folder in question. This means that you can have
several different settings (I have three, for different ISPs, and use
Eudora 6.2.4 in Light mode).

I use Keyboard Maestro and open the Eudora Settings that way. Otherwise
you could take the Settings and put them in the dock., or have an alias
in a convenient place.
--
Peter

Martin-S

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Dec 10, 2009, 2:39:12 PM12/10/09

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In article <elmop-9ECA93....@nothing.attdns.com>,
"Elmo P. Shagnasty" <el...@nastydesigns.com> wrote:

> the Eudora folder doesn't go inside your System folder. It goes inside
> your home folder/Documents folder.

It actually can be located in the System Folder if Classic System Folder
is present and was used with Eudora before.

I've just come across this the other day and did as Peter suggested.
After that first launch Eudora will remember, where its folder resides.

You can of course move it to the Documents folder under your OS X user
account or simply create an alias there.

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Martin

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George Strasser

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Dec 11, 2009, 4:22:32 PM12/11/09

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That was the solution. Many thanks!

George

George Strasser

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Dec 11, 2009, 4:27:00 PM12/11/09

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That was indeed the solution. Many thanks!

George

Martin-S

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Dec 11, 2009, 11:07:56 PM12/11/09

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In article <elmop-E837ED....@nothing.attdns.com>,

"Elmo P. Shagnasty" <el...@nastydesigns.com> wrote:

> But in the situation described, with Snow Leopard, there is no more
> Classic.

George moved from a PB G4 with Panther, so it is very likely that a
Classic System Folder was present.

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Martin

George Strasser

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Dec 29, 2009, 11:26:23 AM12/29/09

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In the meantime I succeeded in starting Eudora from Eudora settings of
my old Eudora Folder as suggested by Peter, but I got into trouble again:
Mailboxes (except In and Out) won't open because "Selection is not
properly formatted mailbox".
Check mail doesn't work : "Couldn't open mailbox Junk (-5000); Unknown
error has occurred. (45:215)". After OK: "Task progress. Error while
checking mail for " Dominant". Couldn't open mailbox. In.temp(-5000);An
unknown error has occurred. (45:215)"
Any ideas?

George Strasser

Peter Ceresole

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Dec 29, 2009, 11:34:26 AM12/29/09

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George Strasser <strasse...@gmail.com> wrote:

> In the meantime I succeeded in starting Eudora from Eudora settings of
> my old Eudora Folder as suggested by Peter, but I got into trouble again:
> Mailboxes (except In and Out) won't open because "Selection is not
> properly formatted mailbox".

This is all jolly odd. It should work without any trouble, unless your
mailboxes are from a Windows machine, which yours are not.
--
Peter