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retrieving mails and adressbook from old pc

Addressbooks are in your mailbox folder and are made up of a pair of files, on with a .PMR

extension and one with a .PM! extension.

A couple of things to consider:

1. You could copy the entire old mailbox directory to your new machine and then use the "add mailbox to list" to add that directory as a folder in the folder list of your new Pegasus Mail.  This would allow you access to all old messages.  You would still need to copy the addressbook files into the new mailbox directory.

2. If you are more adventuresome you could incorporating your old mailbox into your new install.  To do this complete the installation of Pegasus Mail on your new PC including creating a new user.  Once that is all working you can copy all files except folstate.pm, state.pmj, hierarch.pm and pmail.ini  from the old mailbox folder to the new one.

The most likely location for mailbox directories of older installations is C:\PMAIL\MAIL.  In the working Pegasus Mail installation you can use the Info button located in Help|About Pegasus Mail and find the entry that contains the path to the home mailbox location. 

FYI, there is an excellent source for information about Pegasus Mail filenames and extensions here: http://www.vandenbogaerde.net/pegasusmail/pf_pmfiles.html

<p>Addressbooks are in your mailbox folder and are made up of a pair of files, on with a .PMR extension and one with a .PM! extension. </p><p>A couple of things to consider:</p><p>1. You could copy the entire old mailbox directory to your new machine and then use the "add mailbox to list" to add that directory as a folder in the folder list of your new Pegasus Mail.  This would allow you access to all old messages.  You would still need to copy the addressbook files into the new mailbox directory. </p><p>2. If you are more adventuresome you could incorporating your old mailbox into your new install.  To do this complete the installation of Pegasus Mail on your new PC including creating a new user.  Once that is all working you can copy all files except <i><b>folstate.pm, state.pmj, hierarch.pm and pmail.ini</b></i>  from the old mailbox folder to the new one.</p><p>The most likely location for mailbox directories of older installations is C:\PMAIL\MAIL.  In the working Pegasus Mail installation you can use the Info button located in Help|About Pegasus Mail and find the entry that contains the path to the home mailbox location.  </p><p>FYI, there is an excellent source for information about Pegasus Mail filenames and extensions here: <a href="http://community.pmail.com/forums/the%20most%20likely%20location%20for%20mailbox%20directories%20of%20older%20installations%20is%20C:%5CPMAIL%5CMAIL." title="the most likely location for mailbox directories of older installations is C:\PMAIL\MAIL." target="_blank" mce_href="http://community.pmail.com/forums/the most likely location for mailbox directories of older installations is C:\PMAIL\MAIL.">http://www.vandenbogaerde.net/pegasusmail/pf_pmfiles.html </a> </p>

In my old pc Pegasus mail does start up, but then closes immediately. There are more problems with that old machine, so I had to buy a new computer. In Safe mode I can still copy files from it to a memorystick. Can I copy the mails and the adressbook to an USB-stick without using PMail? What filenames do I look for?

My old machine has Windows XP with service-pack 3 and on installation of PMail I did not change any of the suggested pathnames.

<p>In my old pc Pegasus mail does start up, but then closes immediately. There are more problems with that old machine, so I had to buy a new computer. In Safe mode I can still copy files from it to a memorystick. Can I copy the mails and the adressbook to an USB-stick without using PMail? What filenames do I look for?</p><p>My old machine has Windows XP with service-pack 3 and on installation of PMail I did not change any of the suggested pathnames. </p>
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