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preserving junk mail settings after clean install
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Senior User
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: san fran, ca
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i'm planning on using the forthcoming panther upgrade to completely wipe my hard drive and start fresh.
is there a file i can copy over into the new install in order to preserve all the learning mail.app has done in regards to what is junk mail, or will i have to start training all over again?
i don't really want to copy over all my mailboxes and mail (i'll keep all that stuff in a back-up), just the junk rules.
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Senior User
Join Date: Oct 2001
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Great question! I would like to know if this is possible too. Especially with Panther coming up.
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Join Date: Apr 2000
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GREAT QUESTION!
I plan to do the same - install a new HD internally, and do a 'clean install' - I archived for Jaguar which kept my settings, and it worked great, but I love that 'formatted and fresh installed' feeling - it forces me to clean out the junk.
BUT, I don't want to lose iTunes settings, Mail folders (Junk mail settings), prefs for registered shareware apps etc. I Plan to make a serious backup of my home folder before I do anything - I reccomend the same to you. (I suggest carbon copy cloner).
Help on the easiest way to do a reformat and clean install, and still move over many 'user' based settings, would be greatly appreciated...
Lee
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Apr 2000
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Answered my own question - partially...
Check out Back up user prefs seems to do a lot of things I would like prior to a fresh install, though I assume CCC will copy the entire user folder, so you can't go wrong really...
Lee
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iPhone 3G 16Gb
24" 2.8Ghz Core 2 Duo iMac, 4GB/320GB/256MB
12" AlBook 1Ghz/768Mb/80Gb/Combo/AX
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Senior User
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: san fran, ca
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i know how to copy over all the other things i need. the only thing i'm really interested in is the junk mail "learning".
anyone have any idea?
there's a file called MessageSorting.plist in ~/Library/Mail. is this it?
thanks.
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Join Date: Nov 2002
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I believe MessageSorting.plist is for user set rules only. I could be wrong. However, why not just copy all of ~/Library/Mail/ and use it with the new installation? I've done this since day 1 and never had any problems. Mail will work just fine, with all your settings.
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Senior User
Join Date: Nov 2000
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because i didn't want to bring all my mail from my old install into the new one. i guess i could just copy over the whole folder then delete the mail.
still, i'm curious where the junk mail learning is stored if anyone does know.
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Join Date: Sep 2002
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I believe the file you are looking for is ~/Library/Mail/LSMMap.
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