On 25/06/10 13:31, Craig White wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-06-25 at 13:24 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote:
>
>> 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?
>>
> -----
> sorry, my mistake - recursive is -R (capital R) in scp
>
> scp -R bobg@box6:/home/bobg/.thunderbird
>
> note the colon after 'box6'
>
> Craig
>
>
>
>
The colon was the problem and it seems the trailing "." is required.
You were correct the first time around. I left out the colon.
[bobg@box9 ~]$ scp -r bobg@box6:/home/bobg/.thunderbird .
bobg@box6's password:
abook.mab 100% 3957
3.9KB/s 00:00
folderTree.json 100% 763
0.8KB/s 00:00
prefs-8.js 100% 17KB
16.7KB/s 00:00
localstore-7.rdf 100% 21KB
20.6KB/s 00:00
mimeTypes-2.rdf 100% 1356
1.3KB/s 00:00
XPC.mfasl 100% 2233KB
2.2MB/s 00:00
..................... snip .......................
Thunderbird on the F-13 computer seems now to look just like here on
F-12. That means I can begin using the new release and eventually
update this one once I know I have everything. It appears to have
copied mail filters, etc. Great!
I thank you much for your help. I have wasted hours on this. Never
used "scp" before. This will go in my "Notecase" files.
Bob
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