My old laptop has developed a fault and I need to move my Pegasus installation and messages base to another PC.
When I needed to do this a few years ago it was simply a matter of installing Pegasus mail on the other PC as a new installation, and then replace the "Pmail" folder with the one from the old PC. I guess this worked because Pegasus stored all of its configuration and settings inside the folder rather than in the registry.
Can I still use this simple technique to move my Pegasus mail to another PC? I have a lot of filters and accounts set up so I need to be sure that these will all copy across and work exactly as they did on the old PC.
I tried this method this week and the old mailboxes etc. are no where to be seen in 4.41 and I have not been able to find the older version of the software to load that and try from there. If you figure it out I sure would love to know how.
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My old laptop has developed a fault and I need to move my Pegasus installation and messages base to another PC.
When I needed to do this a few years ago it was simply a matter of installing Pegasus mail on the other PC as a new installation, and then replace the "Pmail" folder with the one from the old PC. I guess this worked because Pegasus stored all of its configuration and settings inside the folder rather than in the registry.
Can I still use this simple technique to move my Pegasus mail to another PC? I have a lot of filters and accounts set up so I need to be sure that these will all copy across and work exactly as they did on the old PC.
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1. Use Help | About Pegasus Mail | Info and note all the
directories. This is the directory structure you want to
backup.
2. Use the Windows backup program to backup the entire
structure. In the multiuser made this means you'll have to
backup the top level structure to get all the user
directories. You can simply ZIP these directories to a
CDROM and restore on the other end as well.
3. Restore this to the new computer.
Note:
A. If you are using a CDROM for backup make sure that the
files did not get marked read only. Use Explorer and check
the file properties.
B. If you changed drive letters then run pconfig.exe and
change the drive letter of the home and new mail directory
to match the new location. You also should check the
Mailbox: line in the *.PND files and make sure it's blank.
C. If you want to upgrade in the process do it after you transfer
the files and install it over the old installation using exactly
the same directory structure and options.
