On Sun, Mar 21, 2004 at 07:51:05PM -0500, Brian wrote:
> The problem with this, of course, that in Eudora, even though I now
> have local copies of the IMAP server content, they still mirror the
> server (delete stuff from server, content will vanish) and you can't
> drag-n-drop IMAP folders from the server side to the local mailfolders
> (permanent archive) side of the program.  Only individual messages can
> get copied, which means setting up 50+ folders by hand, and moving all
> the messages manually.

it's not that bad...  you can select and move groups of messages with
alt-shift.  (or whatever it is under windows)

I've done this for users at work, but usually going the other way.  (:

> Thoughts welcome; am I making this too hard?

yes.  make the folders locally, then drag and drop groups of messages.

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  Aaron J. Grier | "Not your ordinary poofy goof." | agrier@poofygoof.com
  "someday the industry will have throbbing frontal lobes and will be able
  to write provably correct software.  also, I want a pony." -- Zach Brown