> Greetings
>
> How do I convert a very large numbers of standard folders and mails (2GB) to a public folder efficiently? Lately our company have grown and
> the need to access Pegasus mail boxes from any computer has grown. Unfortunatly our Pegasus mail system is configured as a single user
> environment. We could move everything manually but that would take a very long time.
FWIW, I would simply install Pegasus Mail on a "server" in the Multiuser mode and then copy the folders (everything but the pmail.ini) to the system on the server. You would then just need a shortcut the the Pegasus Mail program. I believe this would be a LOT more efficient than trying to move the mail to public folders and the access to the mail would be faster as well.
1. Install WinPmail in the multiuser mode on the "server". Use c:\pmail
for the program; c:\pmail\mail for the mail directories.
2. Run PCONFIG.exe from the WinPMail program directory and change the HOME and
NEW mail directory specification to the \\server\vol\pmail\mail\~8
format.
3. Go to the remote workstations and install a shortcut to the common
program.
4. Install Mercury/32 on this same server pointing to the Pegasus Mail
directory structure. Use MercuryD, MercuryS, MercuryC at least. Use
\\server\vol\mercury\queue for the mail spool directory.
5. Point MercuryD at all of your POP3 mailboxes to download the mail to
your Pegasus Mail user directories.
You can now do the copying of the users folders to the new installation. Again, everything but the pmail.ini can be copied.
6. If you want to maintain other POP3/IMAP4 clients, point the client at
the at your Mercury/32 host as a POP3 and SMTP host using the Pegasus
Mail username and password to pickup the mail.
You can do a complete inbound and outbound mail archive with this setup using a simple Mercury/32 "Always" filter that put a copy in a users mail directory.
> Greetings
>
> How do I convert a very large numbers of standard folders and mails (2GB) to a public folder efficiently? Lately our company have grown and
> the need to access Pegasus mail boxes from any computer has grown. Unfortunatly our Pegasus mail system is configured as a single user
> environment. We could move everything manually but that would take a very long time.
FWIW, I would simply install Pegasus Mail on a "server" in the Multiuser mode and then copy the folders (everything but the pmail.ini) to the system on the server.  You would then just need a shortcut the the Pegasus Mail program.  I believe this would be a LOT more efficient than trying to move the mail to public folders and the access to the mail would be faster as well.
1.  Install WinPmail in the multiuser mode on the "server".  Use c:\pmail
    for the program; c:\pmail\mail for the mail directories.
2.  Run PCONFIG.exe from the WinPMail program directory and change the HOME and
    NEW mail directory specification to the \\server\vol\pmail\mail\~8
    format.
3.  Go to the remote workstations and install a shortcut to the common
    program.
4.  Install Mercury/32 on this same server pointing to the Pegasus Mail
    directory structure.  Use MercuryD, MercuryS, MercuryC at least. Use
    \\server\vol\mercury\queue for the mail spool directory.
5.  Point MercuryD at all of your POP3 mailboxes to download the mail to
    your Pegasus Mail user directories.
You can now do the copying of the users folders to the new installation.  Again, everything but the pmail.ini can be copied.
6.  If you want to maintain other POP3/IMAP4 clients, point the client at
    the at your Mercury/32 host as a POP3 and SMTP host using the Pegasus
    Mail username and password to pickup the mail.
You can do a complete inbound and outbound mail archive with this setup using a simple Mercury/32 "Always" filter that put a copy in a users mail directory.
