Closed Bug 84991 Opened 24 years ago Closed 24 years ago

Does not recognise dragged User folder

Categories

(MailNews Core :: Profile Migration, defect)

PowerPC
Mac System 8.6
defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

VERIFIED WORKSFORME

People

(Reporter: cdkrall, Assigned: sspitzer)

Details

From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC; en-US; rv:0.9.1) Gecko/20010607 BuildID: 20010517 Mozilla 0.9 would not recognise a Mail file copied from another machine. Sorry I don't have build ID, but trashed it. Build ID used is PROBABLY WRONG. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Connect Powerbook to Beige G3 2.Copy All Mozilla folders to laptop, including Registry file in Preferences 3.Open Mozilla on Powerbook and find that it does not see the Bookmarks or Mail that was copied over. Actual Results: I also tried deleting the Mozilla folder and reinstalling it; the new install could not find the user folder either. Tried replacing the Netscape User folder with the Mozilla User folder, but all that did was keep it from trying to import my old settings. Tried letting it set up an identically named folder, and then switching files (Bookmarks were recognised with this move). It just could not "see" the mail I had copied over. I became convinced that Mozilla was using some invisible files somewhere or had a Microsoft-like Registry issue, and I felt I would be unable to depend on synching my mail and being able to read it. Expected Results: Read the dragged Mail folder, since it was in the right place. One possible idea is that I have 9.0.4 on my Tower and 8.6 on my Powerbook. Don't know if that would make a difference or not. In the end I dragged the Mail and Bookmarks out of the Mozilla folder and into the Netscape Users folder and NC 4.76 recognised the Mail and Bookmarks, so I'm back to using NC for Mail for the time-being.
On Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC; en-US; rv:0.9.1+) Gecko 2001060808 deinstalling mozilla and installing a new build works as expected reconizing the profile (folders,mail accounts,messages,bookmarks), poster please, download a current build and try out, if you download the folders from the other machine by ftp be sure to get them in binary mode.
WFM on Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC; en-US; rv:0.9.2+) Gecko/20010710, deleting the old mozilla and installing a new one doesn't affect the profiles, the new build just works with all the options of the older profile
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 24 years ago
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
Carl, you probably have different paths in your prefs.js, too. If you adjust those paths, and this still doesn't work, re-open. verified wfm.
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Product: MailNews → Core
Product: Core → MailNews Core
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