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Date:	Wed, 19 Mar 2003 18:26:04 PST8
From:	Ray Davison <raydav@charter.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: Mozilla Mail & Plugins

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J. R. Fox wrote:

>Ray wrote:
>
>
>>I just - fifteen minutes ago - got Mozilla mail to work. I'm impressed.
>>
>>Two ISPs; dial and cable.
>>Common bookmarks
>>Put the profiles and mail in subdirectories I chose; they're close to the
>>root and I got rid of the funny subdirectory names.
>>
>>
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>How ? I thought Mozilla stuck you with those, after it does the (mandatory ?) migration / conversion from
>your existing NS 4.61 setup.
>
See my response to Peter.

>>Copied mail, including filters and bookmarks from NS. Haven't tried the
>>address book yet.
>>
>>
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>Haven't tried Mozilla mail yet -- I'm still intending to switch to one of the dedicated Mail programs -- but was
>curious as to how it may differ from the Mail client in NS 4.61. Some things are apt to have changed there also,
>as witness the added trickiness in editing Preference or Bookmark files.
>
>Other Mozilla stuff:
>Can someone remind me as to what is the correct procedure for updating a Mozilla version ? Is it that you blow away
>everything from the CHROME directory on down, except for Plugins, and install the new version over top of the old ?
>(This presumes your Profiles stuff is in a *separate* HOME section, as Steven recommended.)
>
Delete the entire Mozilla directory.
Keep a copy of the plugins somewhere else. I keep them in NS, which I
still use once in a while. Copy them to the new install.

Ray

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