Accessing NS 4.7 e-mail database (1MB) on Windows 2000

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Accessing NS 4.7 e-mail database (1MB) on Windows 2000

Postby Tinek » Tue 12 Jul, 2005 12:05 pm

1. I have a four year old ..\users directory containing several profiles and 1MB+ e-mails.
2. Is it safe to install 4.7 on Windows 2000. I note the download only says Win95/98 and NT4?
3. How do I work the place to put ..\users in the directory structure for it to be seen?
4. If 2 doesnt work can I load a later version on Win2000 and again where do I put the ..\users directory? I tried Netscape 6 4 years ago but never had enough disc space to complete conversion.
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Postby Mandrake » Wed 13 Jul, 2005 10:33 pm

Yes, the folder goes in the same place in Netscape 4.x, regardless of what version of Windows you're using.
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Yes but dare I load 4.7 or will 7 or later recognise..\users

Postby Tinek » Thu 14 Jul, 2005 4:16 am

Thanks moderator, but I do not have my old directory structure - just the users directory with several profiles. Is it safe to load 4.7 on Win2000 (it only mentions Win98 and NT4 on the download button and it has taken 4 days to install half of MSDN on this machine) or which later versions have an e-mail client that will recogise a correctly placed users directory (I know 6 does but that also only says Win98 and NT4).
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Postby Mandrake » Thu 14 Jul, 2005 7:38 am

Re-install Netscape 4.8 to C:\Program Files\Netscape\Communicator (default directory) - then copy your user profiles (the Users directory) back to C:\Program Files\Netscape\Users.
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