On Fri, 2010-06-25 at 12:36 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > On 25/06/10 12:15, Craig White wrote: > > On Fri, 2010-06-25 at 12:05 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > > > >> It seems I ask this question after every new Fedora release. How do > >> I go about transferring my Thunderbird pop mail files from this F-12 > >> computer to a second computer running F-13. > > your emails are all undoubtedly stored in a subdirectory > > titled .thunderbird (note the dot makes it invisible to many things) and > > inside a generated profile directory but you could actually copy the > > entire directory if you wish. For example, on my system... > > > > .thunderbird/3cdy05wk.default/Mail/ > > > > the 3cdy05wk.default is the generated profile directory and my Mail is > > actually inside the Mail directory > > > > Personally, I have found it more advantageous to run my own mail server > > and even run fetchmail to get the mail from various pop accounts, filter > > it, and then run an IMAP server so I see the same e-mail regardless of > > which computer I use in my house. That is a bit more ambitious but > > definitely a better solution for accessing email from multiple > > computers. > > > > Craig > > > > > > > > And what is the proper command to accomplish this? > > There are a number of sub directories under : > > /home/bobg/.thunderbird/5d6oa34m.default/Mail/ > > I never seem to get that right. If I could replace everything in the > new system it seems it should work but apparently I keep making the > same mistakes. ----- as your regular user (I presume bobg) on the new computer... Quit all running instances of Thunderbird cd ~ mv .thunderbird .thunderbird-bak scp -r bobg@ORIGINAL_COMPUTER:/home/bobg/.thunderbird . Then you should be able to run thunderbird with everything copied Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
