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- ECSMail 2.x to Simeon 4.x Conversion Notes
-
- This document describes the issues involved with upgrading from ECSMail 2.x
- to Simeon 4.x.
-
- Local Folders
- -------------
-
- ECSMail 2.x local folders (dawz format) can be viewed directly with Simeon
- 4.x. No importing or conversions are necessary. The dawz format is provided
- for backwards compatibility. Any new local folders created with Simeon 4.x
- will be in the mh format and ECSMail 2.x will not be able to view them..
-
- To access your ECSMail 2.x local folders do the following:
-
- a) From the File menu select New Message Service.
- b) In the New Message Service dialog enter the following:
- Service Type: Local (File) Folders.
- Folder Location: the path to your ECSMail folders.
- Typically this would be something like c:\ecs\folders\.
- Be sure to enter the trailing \. This is very important.
- Folder Prefix: Can be left blank. If you wish to remove the
- path name from the folder display enter the same value as
- entered in the folder path.
- c) Press OK
- d) Select View->Unsubscribed from the menu to enable the viewing of
- unsubscribed folders.
- e) Expand the V2 message service by clicking on the '+' sign. Your
- V2.x folders will be displayed as unsubscribed. If you wish to
- subscribe to any of all of these folders simply select the folder
- or folders and select Folder->Subscribe from the menu.
-
- Your V2.x folders can be accessed in the same manner as any other Simeon 4.x
- folder. You may drag and drop message in and out of them as well as drag the
- folders themselves to other local or remote message services. Any conversions
- necessary are done by Simeon.
-
- Note:
- Any Simeon 4 folder dragged into this V2 message service will not be converted
- into V2.x format. The message service merely points to the location of the
- V2.x folders, it does not imply a particular folder format.
-
- Local Address Books
- -------------------
-
- Local address books created by ECSMail 2.x are not directly accessible to
- Simeon 4.x. They must be imported into Simeon 4.x using the Address book
- import utility provided.
-
- To convert your old address book you must import it into the new format
- as follows:
-
- a) Start Simeon and open the address book window.
- b) Select or create the book into which you wish to import your
- V 2.x data. Do not open the book, simply click on it to select it.
- c) Select Address/Import from the menu. A file selection dialog
- will be displayed. Go to the working directory for ECSMail 2.x.
- The file you want will be called "lbook", select it and press OK.
- d) A dialog will come up showing the entries as they are being
- imported.
-
- You must be very careful to select the correct file. Results are unpredictable
- if you select a file which is not in the ECSMail 2.x address book format.
-
- Phone Messages
- --------------
-
- ECSMail 2.x phone messages can be viewed directly with Simeon 4.x.
-
-
- Virtual Folders
- ---------------
-
- ECSMail 2.x virtual folders functionality has been replaced by Message Groups
- in Simeon 4.x. Unlike Virtual Folders, Message Groups are created on a per
- folder basis and allow sorting and conditional display. ECSMail Virtual
- Folders are not converted into Simeon 4.x Message Groups.
-
- To create Message Groups for a folder in Simeon 4.x, select the folder
- and select New Message Group... from the File Menu. See the on-line help
- in Simeon for more information.
-
- End ECSMail 2.x to Simeon 4.x Conversion Notes
-