From: raykosXXX@optonline.net   
      
   RayXXX wrote:   
   > I had to reinstall N7.2. It happens that there are two   
   > different paths to the old and new .slt folders, so both versions are   
   > still on my hard drive.   
   >   
   > In the old installation, I had five address books: Personal, Collected,   
   > and three more with custom names. I've copied the following files from   
   > the original .slt folder into the new .slt folder:   
   >   
   > abook.mab (Personal addresses)   
   > abook-1.mab (one of my created address books)   
   > history.dat   
   > history.mab (collected addresses)   
   > impab.mab (imported books)   
   > impab-1.mab (imported books)   
   > impab-2.mab (imported books)   
   >   
   > Then I closed the mail program, reopened it, but didn't find the old   
   > addresses.   
   >   
   > What have I missed?   
   >   
   > (Yes, I should have exported the old ones as LDIF files, but too late now.)   
   >   
   > Thanks,   
   >   
   > Ray   
   >   
   After experimenting, here's what I had to do.   
      
   Close Netscape and the email program. Use Explorer and:   
   1. In the old .slt folder, open the prefs.js file with Netscape or   
   Notepad) and print it. Usually, you'll just need the first 2 pages.   
   2. Search for the first occurrence of the word "description". To the   
   right, between quote marks, will be the name of one of your created   
   address books. Note the exact name, including spaces, case, and punctuation.   
   3. Two lines below, to the right of the word "filename", will be a   
   filename, between quote marks. This file is associated with the name of   
   the address book identified in step 2. It will be something like   
   abook-1.mab or impab.mab. Note the exact name.   
   4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for each of the address books you've created.   
   You do not have to do this for the default Personal or Collected address   
   books. If you had created three address books, you will have three names   
   and three associated files.   
   5. Launch the email program, open Address Book (Ctrl-5), and create new   
   books using the identical names that you located in step 2.   
   6. Close the email program (and browser, if open).   
   7. In the new .slt folder, open the prefs.js file. Locate each of the   
   names of your address books (as in step 2) and note the names of the   
   associated files (as in step 3).   
   8. Copy each .mab file from the old .slt folder into the new .slt   
   folder, and rename each to match the name in the new prefs.js file. If   
   the new .slt folder already has a file with the same name, overwrite it   
   when copying. In renaming, if you are trying to rename to an existing   
   file, delete (or rename) the existing file.   
      
   Launch the email program and all your old addresses should be in the   
   proper book. The only things that will be missing are the collected   
   addresses. They are stored in the history.mab file, and even when I   
   copied the old one into the new .slt folder, they didn't appear in the   
   new Collected book. But they weren't really important.   
      
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