Suddenly, in the last 3 days, I am unable to add any kind of attachment.

I've been looking at this now for a couple of days and cannot figure out what is going on.  I've only encountered things like this where the drive did not allow access or the path was really really long and then I got a crash.  Can you attach a file if you select it from the program, home or new mail directories?

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When download mail, I do not see any little window/box which gives me details of the transefer

Along the bottom of the window is the status bar. During sending and receiving, details of how many messages are being transferred are shown, along with the progress of larger messages.

I click on "new", enter the user info, and click okay, but get an error noise, and the name is not added.

Sounds like either a bad path or yuo do not have the rights to the directory on the system.  Try using c:\pmail for the program and c:\pmail\mail when asked for the location of the mailbox.

FWiW, if this is Vista you should always make sure you mention you are using Vista when asking any type of computer question.

Can you please confirm that you are seeing different settings in your two Identities? I'll explain:

Tools | Internet Options | Sending (SMTP) tab

If things are set correctly for your desired setup, you should find that when you are in your Gmail Identity, the only SMTP host listed is the Gmail one. Equally, in your other Identity you should not see the Gmail one.

I have not tested but if you only change the identity within the Compose Message window, rather than using the main toolbar before composing the message, it is possible that there is a bug which means it sends through the settings of the "toolbar identity".

Let us know how you get on.

If you know where the old mail files are located on the hard drive you can probably move all of them EXCEPT the pmail.ini file into the new HOME and NEW mail directory.  Use Help | About Pegasus Mail | Info to determine the current home and new mail directories, it is probably the same directory for both of them.  Make sure that WinPMail is NOT running when you do this or you'll mess up the hierarch.pm.

Hello,

using Pegasus 4.41 italian on WIn XP I have some problems saving
messages to disk.

If the disk is local the filename and position choosen are correct (not always, but about 99%).
If the disk is on a lan (NAS server) often Pegasus fails creating the
file name. For example: I choose the directory

 z:\nomedir\nomedir1\nomedir2\email.eml

and the program creates a file "nomed" (o something similar to the
name of a directory) in one of the sudirectory.

Best Regards
  Filippo B.

No, I meant we need to develop a Reply All button for her, for the next version. Sorry about that.

Problem solved!

Like I said, the pc had crashed twice and I also noticed that a mswinsck.ocx had been changed. So basically I did a system recovery to the day before the crash and, like magic, Pegasus stopped crashing. So it wasn't its fault after all [:D]

Two other operations I found useful to identify the problem are:

-  to move out (and back one by one) the .CMN files

- to remove (and then put back) the HIERARCH.PM file

this allows you to see if it makes a difference or not. If yes, then the solution is much less painful than to have to restore the system!!!

Thanks again, especially to Thomas and  arnaudherve!!

Note that the existing version of OpenOffice (2.4) does NOT support docx import. But v3 which is currently in final stages of Beta does. I gather that v3 will be formally issued in around a couple of weeks, when it does this may be your best option.

I had the same problem and I was able to use Thomas's instructions (5-step process) to get back to my mail.  Thank you.

Can you send me an example please to Irelam@telus.net ?

Regards,

     Martin

Thanks.  I will try these and keep you posted.

Donna

Worked like a charm...Thank you!

Hello Thomas,

Add my thanks as well for a clear answer to the same problem I had just now after upgrading from version 3.(mumble) to 4.51.  The cursor trick did the business nicely.

Regards,

Scott

Yes use the -i <username> -MS commandline option to start the program.  This will start you as the user you specify and allow you to run other copies as well as a different user.  You must have at least 2 users setup since if there was only one then it would not even ask.

I suggest you use MapiPM from http://community.pmail.com/files/folders/pegadd/entry17704.aspx   Once installed, any attachment file can be mailed from a Pegasus Mail session (or from Windows Explorer). But please read the install instructions to see the sequence and actions required.

Martin (author of MapiPM)

Dear Thomas,

Thanks a million. It has worked perfectly. This is the second time you've helped me out.

Best regards,  Jan

Or can I just install the new version over the old one without loosing my mails and settings, too?

Exactly, install it as an upgrade.

Is Spamhalter available on a Windows 98-based system?

Yes, but if you are running PB1 then this is probably just another indication of the Win98 resource problem.

Many thanks Thomas.

take care