7.1 deleted ALL my email addys

HELP i upgraded to 7.1 from 7.02 and now all my emaill addys have disappeared!! and it doesnt 'collect all the incomming addresses anymore like it used to.

Also when i try to add an address to my personal book ( or any other book) it doesnt show !!
i want my address book back

 

So0o0Confused,

What is your OS ?

How did you get your profile data from 7.02 to 7.1 ?

As far as collecting addreses from INCOMING email, 7.1 does not collect this data unless you add the option.

By default this is set in mailnews.js:

// by default, only collect addresses the user sends to (outgoing)
// incoming is all spam anyways
pref( "mail.collect_email_address_incoming ", false);
pref( "mail.collect_email_address_outgoing ", true);
pref( "mail.collect_email_address_newsgroup ", false);

to force collection of incoming addresses either add the following line to your prefs.js file:

user_pref( "mail.collect_email_address_incoming ", true);

or

MODIFY "about:config" entry

mail.collect_email_address_incoming

to read true

Collected addresses from outgoing emails are added to the address book you select in:

Edit|preferences|mail & newsgroups|addressing

( default is personal address book)
Please post back and we will see if we can find out what is going on with your addressbook.

regards:

 

re deleted email addys

im running WIN 98SE
but as for "How did you get your profile data from 7.02 to 7.1 ?

As far as collecting addreses from INCOMING email, 7.1 does not collect this data unless you add the option. "

i just upgraded over 7.02 and i THOUGHT all previous settings in 7.02 were automatically transfered over to 7.1 like they have always done in all previous upgrades, And as far as i can tell they were, EXCEPT my saved email addys and now they are all gone i looked in my prefs.js file and didnt see ANY THING referencing // by default, only collect addresses the user sends to (outgoing)
// incoming is all spam anyways
pref( "mail.collect_email_address_incoming ", false);
pref( "mail.collect_email_address_outgoing ", true);
pref( "mail.collect_email_address_newsgroup ", false);

nothing saying anything about MAIL COLLECT or email addresses incomming OR outgoing

do you want me to paste a copy of it in here?

PS thanks for the quick reply

 

So0o0Confused,

Thanks for the reply, It is not necessary for you to post your file.

The information I posted was pretty generic for 7.1/Moz1.4 - and was meant to indicate primarily that 7.1 does not collect incoming addresses.

As to the other problem
Do you have a back-up of your address book (abook.mab)from your OLD 7.02 profile ?

CLOSE ALL INSTANCES OF NS

Go to your current active profile and look at "abook.mab'"

What is the size of "abook.mab" file ?

Verify that "abook.mab" is not "read only ". If it is, uncheck "read only ".If it is not, re-name it to "xabook.mab "

Start NS and see if you can add an entry.

Please post back.

regards:

 

captjlddavis

ok all i did was to rename my
"abook.mab" to "xabook.mab "

and it seems to be retaining the new addy's ive readded so far.
But what i'd REALLY like it to do now is to start auto collection all incomming addys, so please tell me exactly WHERE would i add:
pref( "mail.collect_email_address_incoming ", true);

and is this the exact way to place it in the prefs.js file? and where should it be inserted at? (i will just copy & paste it)
and thank you again

 

So0o0Confused,

The best approach is to do the following:
1. enter about:config in the location bar.

2. scroll down until you come to this entry: mail.collect_email_address_incoming

3. Right mouse click on entry.

4. select "MODIFY" - change false to true

5. Select Edit|preferences|mail & newsgroups|addressing| - select the address book that you want to add addresses to from the drop down list.

Post back if you have any more questions.

regards: