TSGL: Moving email from one comptuer to another

John S john.shortland at bigpond.com
Sat Feb 10 06:49:48 EST 2007


The Computer Whisperer wrote:
> Will,
>
> <snip>
>
> end quote.
>
> I think tilman means if the person has already started receiving emails on
> his/her new computer before the old email files are transferred.
>
> Regards
>
> Justin
Tilman wrote in part:

> If there already exist NEW folders with exactly the same names as before,
> AND with new content after downloading emails, the procedure is a bit more
> tedious. You certainly wouldn't like to loose any of the old or new emails.
> What you then do is renaming those newly created folders while your new OE
> is running, for instance "Office email" into "Office email new" or similar.

Justin, 
Tilman wrote that part because the important last paragraph in Will's original post said:

> >  Is there a way to transfer the mail (and it's organization) from the
> >  old machine to the new one? Since she's downloaded mail on the new
> >  machine it would be good to keep that (i.e. not overwrite what she's
> >  already done)
... ~ John S.




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