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

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    • 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.

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      • 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!
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        • 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

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          • 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.

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            • 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.

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              • 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!

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                • leocg
                  leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
                  1. 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

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                  • 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!

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                    • 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?

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                      • 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.

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                        • 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.

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                          • 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!

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                            • 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.

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                              • 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.

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                                • guidoruzzier
                                  guidoruzzier last edited by

                                  @leocg

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

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