{Opera Mail 1.0} How can I change location of Opera Mail storage directory?

[sebostone]

sebostone last edited by admin

check it out: https://forums.opera.com/topic/1865/opera-mail-move-mail-folder-to-another-drive

[guidoruzzier]

guidoruzzier last edited by

Thanks, but I do not understand your instruction "Move your mail folder": which mail folder? where should I move it to?
I changed the "Mail" part in operaprefs.ini, which now looks like you can see here:

[Mail]
Mail Database Consistency Check Time=1396699861
Mail Default Flat Threaded View=0
Default Mail Sorting=7
Default Mail Sorting Ascending=0
Default Mail Search Type=1
Mail Message Width List On Top=0
Mail Root Directory=G:/Opera Mail

What else should I do? What happens then?
(Don't say I didn't warn everyone that I am not versed in technical matters...)
Thanks again!

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

@guidoruzzier

You should move the mail folder from its original location to g:/opera mail.

If you haven't added any accounts yet, i think you don't need to do that.

[guidoruzzier]

guidoruzzier last edited by

@leocg
Same question again: what do you mean by < mail folder >?

1. I took the folder < C:/Utenti/Guido/AppData/Roaming/Opera/Opera Mail" > with everyting inside it, and moved it to < G:/", thus obtaining a folder called < G:/Opera Mail" > with the same contents.
2. I changed the "Mail" part in < operaprefs.ini > by adding the suggested line, so that the whole item looked as follows:
   < [Mail] Mail Database Consistency Check Time=1396699861 Mail Default Flat Threaded View=0 Default Mail Sorting=7 Default Mail Sorting Ascending=0 Default Mail Search Type=1 Mail Message Width List On Top=0 Mail Root Directory=G:/Opera Mail >.
3. I rebooted my pc (it runs on Windows 7).
4. I opened Opera Mail, it was totally and virginally empty and asked me to set up an account, &c.
5. I rebooted &c.
6. I went thru the whole process backwards, and Opera Mail reappeared, with all the stuff that I had put into it since installation in it - accounts, mail, labels, &c.
7. Everything works perfectly, but I have not solved my problem: How can I move all that stuff to my beloved < G:/ > external disk, and feel safe?
   Where did I go wrong?
   Any correction, or further instruction?
   Thanksalot!

[emc]

emc last edited by

Are you talking about the mail in your Eudora, you want all that mails in your Eudora move to Opera 1.0 ?

I don't know how to do that but just want to clear your question.

Thank you
Edmond

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

Make sure that mail root durectory is pointing to the correct folder, the one that has omailbase,accounts.ini and so on.

[guidoruzzier]

guidoruzzier last edited by

@leocg
That's exactly what I did - twice! - as I explained in detail in my previous message at 4:25 PM today, but it didn't work.

[guidoruzzier]

guidoruzzier last edited by

@emc

No, that went automatically and everything is OK. Kindly read my message of April 7, at the head of this Discussion, and my other questions. I would welcome your suggestions, if you have any. Thx!

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

3. I rebooted my pc (it runs on Windows 7)

No need to do it

Mail Root Directory=G:/Opera Mail >

Try Mail Root Directory=G:\Opera Mail

[guidoruzzier]

guidoruzzier last edited by

@leocg
I had tried that before, knowing that the slash < / > I had used could have been the wrong one, and that I should probably have used < \ >, but it hadn't helped.
I was thinking that maybe the instruction < Mail Root Directory=G:\Opera Mail > should go under some heading other than "Mail" in < operaprefs.ini >, and/or that my < Opera Mail > file should be transferred from < C:\Utenti\Guido\AppData\Roaming\Opera\Opera Mail > to a different place than just < G:\Opera Mail >.
I haven't tried to create a folder < G:\Opera|Opera Mail > - do you think that could do the trick?
Thanks!

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

maybe the instruction should go under some heading other than "Mail"

Nope, Mail is the right place.

What do you have under G;\Opera Mail?

[guidoruzzier]

guidoruzzier last edited by

@leocg

Nothing, now: I even deleted the empty folder with that name that I had created.
Thank you for taking so much trouble - it's the first time ever that I cannot solve such a stupid problem, by myself or with the help of some nice person like you...
Most of what I found in forums etc. refers to Opera's old mail program, and I have noticed that there are a lot of perplexed users around, now that there's Opera Mail.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

Make sure that g:\opera mail had the same content of your current mail folder. Check help > about ooera to see the path.

[guidoruzzier]

guidoruzzier last edited by

@leocg

Thx. This is what it looks like:

Preferenze
C:\Users\Guido\AppData\Roaming\Opera Mail\Opera Mail\operaprefs.ini
Sessione salvata
C:\Users\Guido\AppData\Roaming\Opera Mail\Opera Mail\sessions\autopera.win
Cartella di Opera
C:\Users\Guido\AppData\Roaming\Opera Mail\Opera Mail
Cartella della posta
C:\Users\Guido\AppData\Local\Opera Mail\Opera Mail\mail

I suppose I should work on < Cartella della posta >, since that's where my stuff presently resides. If it's so, which < Opera Mail > folder should I remove, to be placed into < G:\Opera Mail >? The first or the second? In other words, the final result should be:
1.
G:\Opera Mail\Opera Mail\mail
or just
2.
G:\Opera Mail\mail ?

Thx again, and good night!

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

The last path that you've listed is your mail folder. Copy/move it to your G drive and change the path in operaprefs.ini.

[guidoruzzier]

guidoruzzier last edited by

@leocg

That sounds better. I'll work on it in the next days, and than I'll come back and tell you.

[guidoruzzier]

guidoruzzier last edited by

@leocg

Sorry, I obviously meant < ... and then ... >