On Sat, 2010-06-26 at 12:24 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > On 26/06/10 07:13, Bob Goodwin wrote: > > On 25/06/10 13:34, Craig White wrote: > >> should work if you can ping it > >> > >> Craig > >> > >> > > > > > > Also, someone suggested using "rsync" [which I asked about several > > days ago and got no response?] > > > > The message suggesting rsync was received in t-bird on the "new" > > computer [box9] and when I ran: > > > > [bobg@box9 ~]$ rsync -av bobg@box6:/home/bobg/.thunderbird . > > > > The message was lost. This does a fine job of making both sets of > > mail files the same, effectively replacing the box9 files with the > > box6 mail files which was what I wanted to do in the first place. > > But now I would also like to keep the existing messages and add to > > box9 any new messages that box6 has collected. > > > > If that is possible it is not obvious to me from looking at the man > > page list of options. > > > > What option/s should I be using to copy only the differences? > > > > Bob > > > > > The rsync man page has a very long list of options and the > functional descriptions are not as clear as they might be but it > appears that the "-u" option accomplishes what I need, at least it > worked for a test message I sent to myself and was not over-written > by rsync. > > "-u, --update update only (don't overwrite newer files)" > > [bobg@box9 ~]$ rsync -uav bobg@box6:/home/bobg/.thunderbird . > > If that is not the best choice I would appreciate advise. ---- probably a real bad idea for anything but a one time sync. I don't use pop3 but I gather that Thunderbird uses an mbox format which means that you will could easily replace a file and lose e-mails. The only real solution is to set up an IMAP server. 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
