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   On 1 Jun 2006 20:26:21 -0700, in message <1149218781.693386.1175   
   0@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,   
   vze3j5ge@verizon.net wrote:   
      
   > I finally got a new XP machine and Netscape 8.0 after years of Windows   
   > 98 and Netscape 4.73 only to find that 8.0 doesn't handle email.  I was   
   > able to export the address book and import it into Mozilla Thunderbird   
   > (but not Outlook).  I was initially unable to export the mail folders   
   > and messages - which I would like to keep but then I found I could   
   > import into an old version of Outlook Express on the old Win98 machine.   
   >  But now I can't export them from OE in order to (I hope) move them to   
   > the XP machine make them available to Outlook or to Mozilla   
   > Thunderbird.   
   >   
   > Does anyone have any suggestions?   
      
      
   Transfer the mail directly from Netscape 4.73 into Thunderbird.   
      
   A.  On the Win 98 machine, your Netscape 4.73 will be installed in   
           C:\Program Files\Netscape\Communicator\Program   
       and your mail will be stored in one or more files in   
           C:\Program Files\Netscape\Users\<***PROFILE-NAME***>\Mail   
      
       The mail files which you want to copy from the Win98 machine are   
       the files with no extension (e.g. "Inbox") and not the files   
       with an ".snm" extension (e.g. "Inbox.snm").   
      
       If there are file folders with a .sbd extension, look inside them   
       for more mail files with no extension.   
      
       Transfer these files (with no extension) to the Win XP machine.   
      
      
   B.  On the Win XP machine, find where your "Local Folders" mail files   
       are stored...   
      
       1.  Go to Tools -> Account Settings -> Local Folders   
       2.  Check the location given in the "Local Directory" box.   
       3.  Go to this location in Windows Explorer.  You may first   
           need to tell Win XP to "show hidden files and folders".   
      
       Now copy the Netscape 4.73 mail files from 'A' into this location.   
       But first, rename any of the Netscape 4.73 mail files so that they   
       do not overwrite files already in "Local Folders".   
       For example, rename the Netscape 4.73 mail file "Inbox"   
       to (say) "Inbox_old".   
      
   C.  Now restart Thunderbird.   
      
      
      
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   Ralph   
      
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