On 25/06/10 12:41, Craig White wrote:
> 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
>
>
>
I am still doing something wrong. I first did:
[bobg@box9 ~]$ mv .thunderbird .thunderbird-bak
And then:
[bobg@box9 ~]$ scp -r bobg@box6/home/bobg/.thunderbird
usage: scp [-1246BCpqrv] [-c cipher] [-F ssh_config] [-i
identity_file]
[-l limit] [-o ssh_option] [-P port] [-S program]
[[user@]host1:]file1 ... [[user@]host2:]file2
I thought it would ask for a password but instead I get error messages?
Bob
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