Post by Hallvord SteenPost by LarryPost by FinnigannHaving upgraded (part-way anyhow) to version 10.x, I can't find my
filters for the mail program.
Not wishing to recreate 'em from scratch, how can I get 'em into Opera 10?
In a nut shell, you can't. You will need to recreate them.
Upgrading from 9.x to 10 should keep all your E-mails and the
filters/settings. I don't know what causes you problems (and what did
you mean by upgrading "part-way"?), but using normal upgrade procedures
you definitely should not have to recreate any filters.
Hallvord
By part way, I mean I didn't get the email set up as you describe. I tried
un-installing and re-installing version 10.00 (when it was new) and never
got the filters sorted out. Besides the install shuffle, I tried coping
various files/directories to the new installation. (this maybe a hint)
without any success. I have applied another more cent Opera upgrade. I'm
on 10.10 now. I gave up and just started making NEW filters. and now I
have to versions of Opera installed (9.64 and 10.10) I sometimes start the
older version if/when I need some email from before the upgrades. It
doesn't happen often.
About the hint, since Opera has from time to time choosen a NEW directory
to install itself, this maybe why the ver 10 didn't catch up with my
email. As to why this is so, I cannot guess. I think the first time I
noticed this was around version 6. And I think I had similar problems back
then too. But I was new to Opera and still learning how things worked. I
might have just glossed over that snag.
I would like to suggest a utility for exporting email, notes, filters,
bookmarks etc. I know some of these things are handled via the sync tool,
and I use that. But the email and filters are not handled that way.
Perhaps a dated email export option. So I can export email between dates
xx/xx/xxxx and yy/yy/yyyy. And if you make a filter handleing tool, let it
be capable enough to allow mass editing. Having looked thru my filters on
two instances, I wish I could layer them(?) or build sub folders for them.
ie (I'm a HAM) Club email and club member email would go into HAM folder
but not into the same filter. Well you guys are pretty bright, I'm sure
you know what I mean.
Anyway the point of the tool, is that I didn't KNOW I needed this level of
filtering until later and now it looks like the only way to construct such
a system is to start over. Not really a good idea. BUT if the tool could
globally edit the filters... maybe something like that would be useful.
BTW my spell checker has died, or I have greatly increased my spelling
skills (not likely). Did I de-select spell checker somehow?
Anyway thanks for the great software you guys rock!
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