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#1 (**permalink**) 01-17-2008, 08:07 PM

Hello,

I change my HDD and reinstalled linux(Redhat 7.3) on it. I also intalled
netscape 7.1. I would like to know how to recover my old email from my
previous disk (it was also the same linux and same netscape). I cannot
start from the old disk, apparently the boot for linux does not work any
more.

Thank you for your help.

Franck

#2 (**permalink**) 01-17-2008, 08:07 PM

Franck wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I change my HDD and reinstalled linux(Redhat 7.3) on it. I also intalled
> netscape 7.1. I would like to know how to recover my old email from my
> previous disk (it was also the same linux and same netscape). I cannot
> start from the old disk, apparently the boot for linux does not work any
> more.
>
> Thank you for your help.
>
> Franck
>
Just reload it from your backup tape.

If you do not make backups, preferably daily, the time to start was just
before you changed your HDD.

A way that might work would be to install both HDDs in your machine, with
your new HDD as the primary drive (since the other, you say, will not
boot), and then copy from the old /var/spool/mail to the new one.

Then start making daily backups.

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#3 (**permalink**) 01-17-2008, 08:07 PM

Franck wrote:

> I change my HDD and reinstalled linux(Redhat 7.3) on it. I also intalled
> netscape 7.1. I would like to know how to recover my old email from my
> previous disk (it was also the same linux and same netscape). I cannot
> start from the old disk, apparently the boot for linux does not work any
> more.

.... mount the partition containing the data and
then just copy it over to your new home directory
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bedded down the software loop transmitter yet.

#4 (**permalink**) 01-17-2008, 08:07 PM

Thank you for your answer.

/var/spool/mail is empty (file = 0 byte)

I guess this is because I am using exclusively netscape for my email or
maybe there something I don't know?
Actually, with new HDD this is the same despite the nuumber of email
that are store in the netscape mail.
(Note: I am not talking about webmail, just application)

I try to locate which file is modified when making modification in my
netscape emails but could not find it.

Any other idea?

Franck.

Jean-David Beyer wrote:
> Franck wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I change my HDD and reinstalled linux(Redhat 7.3) on it. I also intalled
>> netscape 7.1. I would like to know how to recover my old email from my
>> previous disk (it was also the same linux and same netscape). I cannot
>> start from the old disk, apparently the boot for linux does not work
>> any more.
>>
>> Thank you for your help.
>>
>> Franck
>>
> Just reload it from your backup tape.
>
> If you do not make backups, preferably daily, the time to start was just
> before you changed your HDD.
>
> A way that might work would be to install both HDDs in your machine,
> with your new HDD as the primary drive (since the other, you say, will
> not boot), and then copy from the old /var/spool/mail to the new one.
>
> Then start making daily backups.
>

#5 (**permalink**) 01-17-2008, 08:07 PM

On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 09:51:59 -0400, Franck wrote:

> Thank you for your answer.
>
> /var/spool/mail is empty (file = 0 byte)
>
>
You need to look for and in the directory named something like;
/home/username/.netscape/default/<8-character_name.slt>/Mail

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