Hi, I noticed a big gap in your documentation on netscape mail. (I
posted it also as a bug report with mozilla).

(And by the way, I'm suffering now trying to figure out the right way
to do it)

Often I backup my mail to a CD and have a need for viewing them on
other machines. I can copy the folders to the local system, but for
the life of me, I have no clue what steps to take to be able to view
archived mail on the new system.  I've done it once before way back
when, and I'm sure I'll figure it out, but the online help
documentation needs to contain specific directions about how to import
old folders to the mail client. For example, what is the necessary
directory structure and what settings need to be added or modified?
Ironically, it's significantly easier to import Outlook or Eudora mail
than to import old Netscape/Mozilla folders. In fact, the import
button doesn't do anything for old Netscape mail.

This is an extremely common need, and quite frankly, my difficulty in
importing old netscape folders has made me reluctant to use Mozilla
mail very much. I know the answer exist somewhere on a newsgroup, but
this needs to be in the documentation itself. Below are the major
categories for documentation. I would propose that "Exporting and
Transferring old Mail to Netscape" be an additional category on the
same level as the categories below.

Using the Mail Account Setup Wizard

Setting Up Additional Mail and News Accounts

Changing the Settings for an Account

Viewing or Changing Your Identity Settings

Choosing Between IMAP and POP3 Mail Servers

Setting POP Server Information

Setting IMAP Server Information

Setting Newsgroup Server Information

Choosing Settings for Copies and Folders

Choosing Offline and Disk Space Settings

Choosing Addressing Settings

Choosing Outgoing SMTP Server Settings

Using Instant Messenger with Netscape Mail

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