[quote user="whiskyfizz"]If you want to use them or consult the emails for a particular year, just copy-paste the relevant folder into the MAIL folder when Pegasus Mail is not running, then launch the program and the folder should appear.[/quote]

There is no need to copy the folders back into the mail folder.  With the Folders window active (I use plain view), go to Folders in the menu bar and select "Add mailbox to list". In the next window, point Pegasus to the directory where the folder/folders is/are stored and provide a - unique - name for the mailbox.

Hello. I was encouraged to use Pegasus Mail by a techie person I knew years

ago, who is no longer alive. I don't know anyone who uses Pegasus. I've put my

whole work/personal life files into Pegasus folders.

My computer is aging and I've been backing up what seems to be the relevant

files on an external hard drive, but there are different MAIL and PMAIL folders on

my major drive, so I don't really know  what the proper subfolders are called and if I'm

backing up the right files.

 In addition, I have another Pegasus shortcut on my computer ELwinpm-32 that duplicates

the files on my winpm-32 but is in a different location on the drive.

I've been reluctant to upgrade Pegasus because of the confusion and fears I might lose

my files.

Also, if I install Pegasus mail on a new computer, how would I, or can I, have my

current folders and content transferred there to show up?

This is a mess, and I'm hoping some among you can clear up my understanding of how

the program files are arranged to insure I maintain, or at least transfer elsewhere,

what I need to have.

 Thanks!

On a 'normal' install of Pegasus there is a PMail directory which has a sub directory called Mail and in that sub directory there will be folders for each user you have configured.

To just copy your whole Pegasus environment copy the PMail directory and all its sub folders.

 To just copy your own email find the subdirectory of the Mail folder which has you name on in.  You can confirm it is the right one easily by looking for files with the extension .CNM and checking the dates which should more or less match those of the files in your new mail folder.  You can open the .CNM files with notepad and check their contents if you like.  Alternatively if you are a very tidy person and file all your email straight away look for PMM and PMI files in the same directory and compare the most  recent ones with when you last filed an email.

If you want to be able to go back after upgrading then just copy the contents of your mailbox folder ( the subdirectory of  mail with your name on it) and the pmail directory which contains winpm-32.exe somewhere and run the upgrade, if it goes wrong you can just copy them back.  I have never known a Pegasus upgrade to cause a problem.

 To move Pegasus to a new machine copy the PMail directory to a convenient place.  On windows 7 systems a sub directory of Program files does not really work, unless you reset directory permissions a bit, if your Mail directory is a sub directory of PMail.  Run winpm-32.exe once check it is all working then install Pegasus again, the setup program will detect when WINPM-32.exe was run from and offer to install in the right place, tell the setup program to create the desktop shortcuts and set Pegasus as your default email client for mail to links and you are done.

If as you imply your mail directory containing your user email folder is not a sub directory of PMAIL a simple solution is to put it in the same place (same disk name and path) on a new system and put the PMail folder wherever you like.

Please feel free to email me if you need any more information, chrisc_w@yahoo.co.uk will find me when I am not in the office.  Or of course post here.

 The Pegasus manual is also quite good and does explain how things work from a basic level up. 

Hi

I have been using Pegasus for about 15 years, and I always file the reply or the incoming message if I don't reply.  This means my message folders are huge, and it takes a while to load up.  I am very unlikely to need to read messages more than, say, five years old, but I feel I ought to keep them archived in case, provided it is not too difficult.  If I have trays called 'archive', they still open with Pegasus, so load speed won't change.

What I would like is a way to strip the old messages into archive folders which are not opened every time I start Pegasus, but which can be accessed if needs be.

Can anyone suggest how to do this? I cannot find an answer on the forum.

 Steve

Steve K,

I created a document for my users containing message archiving options.  I would be happy to provide you a copy.  Please check your private messages for my email address.

I use a piece of software called Mailbag Assistant  $50 USD

<http://www.fookes.com/mailbag/>

to archive all Pegasus emails over two years old.

Search is quick, emails stored in a database, which I can read or launch to reply. Sorting and grouping is very good. the file can be burned to a DVD etc for extra backup

Not free, but worth it to me. Currently have a bit over 275K messages, in a 9GB file.

Hello Steve K.

Here is what you can do. Launch Pegasus Mail with all your emails. Then create archive folders (not trays) having meaningfull names like, for instance, archive_2008 for the year 2008 archive. Next step is to move into the appropriate folder all the relevant emails. For extra security, first copy them and once you have verified that everything has been correctly copied, delete the emails from the initial folder. At this point all the emails have been stored in relevant archive folders. For each of them, right-click on them and select "more information on the folder". This will give you the name of the folder on your hard drive. Note and keep with extra caution all the "system names" of your archive folders. Close Pegasus Mail and wait till the closing is completely done. Thenk go to your PMAIL folder and inside to the MAIL folder. Find the archives folders by using their system names and cut-paste them in another folder which you will have created before, but not inside the MAIL folder. And then, that's it. Those folders that you have cut-paste will be on your hard drive but will not appear on Pegasus Mail. If you want to use them or consult the emails for a particular year, just copy-paste the relevant folder into the MAIL folder when Pegasus Mail is not running, then launch the program and the folder should appear.

 I hope my solution has been clearly presented so it can help you. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask. This is a great community with a high sense of help.

Cheers !