The Movefold tool enables a user's private folders to be moved to another postoffice. This tool is required when a user is changing physical locations and becomes a member of a new Microsoft Mail postoffice. Note that Movefold will work only with Microsoft Mail 2.1x postoffices and Microsoft Mail 3.0 or 3.2 postoffices that do not have enhanced security enabled. Also, this tool only affects the MS-DOS client's private folders.
You can use this program whenever you want to move a user's folders from one postoffice to another.
There are no side effects when using Movefold, because this tool performs read-only operations on the Microsoft Mail database files.
To run Movefold
movefold <mailbox> -p<password> -d<drive> [-e<exportfile> | -i<importfile>]
The following table lists the command-line options available in Movefold, and their definitions:
Option | Description | |
<mailbox> | The user's current mailbox name. | |
<password> | The user's current password. | |
<drive> | The drive where the Microsoft Mail database is located. | |
<exportfile> | The export file name. | |
<importfile> | The import file name. | |
As with all Microsoft Mail utilities, it is highly recommended that you back up your Microsoft Mail database before running Movefold. You must also make a backup of the folder subdirectory you will be working with.
Also, make sure each Microsoft Mail user moves his or her private folders back to the server by running the MS–DOS Microsoft Mail client and selecting Options, Folders, Private-Storage, Server. Do not proceed until all private folders have been moved back to the file server postoffice.
Because the Movefold tool must use the user's password, you may have to start the Microsoft Mail Administrator program and use the Local-Admin, Recover commands to recover all of the passwords back to the global default password.
Note The Movefold tool must be run from a drive where there is enough disk space to store all of an individual's private folders. All the parameters of the Movefold tool must be used to guarantee its performance.
To move the folders of a user named Chris
Type the following at the command prompt to export the folders from Chris's user account on the postoffice on drive M to the Chrfold.arc file:
movefold chris -ppassword -dm -echrfold.arc
Type the following at the command prompt to import the Chrfold.arc file into Chris's user account on drive N:
movefold chris -ppassword -dn -ichrfold.arc.
If the destination postoffice is not currently available, the Movefold import command can be run at a different time.
To enable a folder owner to move folders
Start the MS–DOS Microsoft Mail client and then log on to the user's current mailbox.
Choose Options, Folders, Folders, Archive.
Select each folder, and then choose the file name you want to save it as. Make a note of the folder name.
Start the MS–DOS Microsoft Mail client and log on to the user's new mailbox.
To recreate each folder, choose Options, Folders, Create.
Choose the folder name and the access permissions you want associated with that folder.
To restore folders to the archived folders, choose Options, Folders, Folders, De-Archive.
Select each folder and select the file name.