Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1998 22:51:47 -0400 From: Malartre <malartre@aei.ca> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Sharing Netscape Communicator 4.05 mail files? Message-ID: <35F49BC3.2D476334@aei.ca> References: <35F3712B.265C9885@home.com>
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Ryan Thompson wrote: > > Hiya hiya... More "intelligent" questions from yours truly :) > > Just a query... Has anyone SUCCESSFULLY shared the SAME netscape mail > folder between both Win95 Netscape 4.05 and FreeBSD-* Netscape 4.05? > I want to access the SAME Inbox, Sent messages, etc folders on an MSDOS > FAT partition (note mounting is NOT the problem here.. both OSes can see > the Win95 Netscape mailbox just fine :) I want to (ideally) be able to > access my mail account from EITHER OS, and have the same downloaded > messages visible and accessible from either OS. > > >From what I can tell, each flavor of Netscape stores the folders only > slightly differently... Win95 appears to add an assortment of header > files, indexes and what not, while BSD Netscape seems only to need the > INBOX. or equivalent file to generate it's OWN header/summary files. > > I found this out on an earlier install when I COPIED the contents of one > of my Win95 mailboxes (\Program Files\Netscape\Users\name\....blah... > wherever it stores those profiles.. I forget now :) to the FreeBSD > Netscape's mail directory (in my case, as root, /root/.nsmail I > believe. > Again, the default...) And I was ABLE to see all of my existing > mail FROM the Win95 install of Netscape. (Now we know the two are > at least compatible in ONE direction :) > > However, when I tried (in the FreeBSD Netscape preferences menu) to > change the mail path of the current user to the mounted DOS path > (in my case, /dos_mount/program files/netscape/users/myname/mail/) > FreeBSD Netscape would NOT recognize the existing INBOX or any other > mail folder residing in the MSDOS directory). Note, I have full > R/W privileges to /dos_mount. > > Any thoughts? Success stories? Horror stories? :) > > .-----------============-----------. > : Ryan Thompson -*- ryant@home.com : > .--------------------------------------------. > : # config world : > : # make world : > : - Can your OS do THAT?! - Ryan T. : > `--------------------------------------------' Well, I have backed up some of the files in the win95 version of netscape mail and it worked on the freebsd box. Now, maybe I should try to share them like you want. How about -linking- files who can be shared without problems in /dos/blahblah/ to nsmail (netscape continue to check in $HOME/nsmail). I will try it. -- [Malartre][malartre@aei.ca][http://www.aei.ca/~malartre/] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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