moon

Like most of you I've piled up a lot of mail with older versions of
Pegasus in different formats. I.e. in some cases I backuped the whole
mailbox and sometimes I saved all messages from a folder to a text file.

Now I wanna merge all old mails - if possible - to one format that can
be browsed by Pegasus since browsing text files with a viewer is much
less comfortable. So I'm thinking about putting all old mails into one
folder that will be stored in zipped format on my backup media and
only integrated back into Pegasus in case I gotta look up some old
mails. Is this possible?

Is there a way to re-import old mails that have been saved by Pegasus to
a text file? Due to my ignorance some of those files have been saved
with complete headers while others only have from/to/subject and date.

Should I use the native Pegasus or Unix mailbox format for storing
messages?

And what about having folders of of the same name in different trays
like:

[in]
identity1
identity2
identity3

[out]
identity1
identity2
identity3

Does this still confuse Pegasus? Would it make sense to go back to
Pegasus 2.x where you can enter the filenames of the folders and then
upgrade to 4.12a? Or does Pegasus not care about the mailbox file name
but only of the name used in Pegasus itself?

Thanks.

stephen howard

I can't now remember how I did it, but I have another mailbox attached
to my main mailbox ( Pegasus 3.12C ).
This can be set to point anywhere you like, though I keep mine within
the Pmail hierarchy ( i.e Pmail/archives ).
In normal use I keep this mailbox encrypted - it shows up on the
Pegasus folder management window as a mailbox, but with nothing in
it..

Every so often I decrypt it, fire up Pegasus and shift all my old
emails into it.

If you're using Identities ( by which I mean you click on Change User
to access them ), you will have to close down Pegasus and reopen in
your chosen identity in order for the archive to function properly.

As regards folder names, I set up a separate main folder for each
identity, and I have had no problems using sub folders that are named
the same as sub folders within the other Identity hierarchies...though
I've subsequently amended this, as you'll see...

For example:

/ID1
/my friends in
/ my friends out

/ID2
/my friends in...etc

There are a few anomalies with this system - the directory structure
seems to break down for all the other Identities you're not logged in
as, but it all comes back together when you log off and log on again
in another Identity. I haven't ever lost an email.
It doesn't do any harm to prefix every folder with a few letters that
tie it to a specific ID...you only need to do it the once and it's
done. It's probably unnecessary, but it's a great deal less scary when
you see how the hierarchy goes to pot for the ID's you're not logged
in as! For example...

/ID1
/ID1 my friends in

I suggest you set up a similar arrangement and try it out for a while,
copying the messages over rather than moving them.
Try accessing folders when you're 'out of identity' and see what
happens.
Someone here should be able to tell you how to attach a new mailbox.

It's a bit of a crappy setup really, but it works - and I'm quite
prepared to change it if anyone comes up with a better method.

Not as far as I'm aware.


I use the Pegasus format.

Hope you get all that, it's a bit Heath Robinson....

Regards,

--
Stephen Howard - Woodwind repairs & period restorations
http://www.shwoodwind.co.uk
Emails to: showard{whoisat}shwoodwind{dot}co{dot}uk