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Saving Tbird e-mail files? -</td>
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<div class="headerdisplayname" style="display: inline;">From: </div>
Bob Goodwin <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:bobgoodwin@wildblue.net"><bobgoodwin@wildblue.net></a></td>
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Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:33:06 -0500</td>
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Fedora-list <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:fedora-list@redhat.com"><fedora-list@redhat.com></a></td>
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There must be a way to save/export/import Thunderbirds email files
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when going from F-11 to F-12! I have never been able to do this
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despite suggestions to simply move the Thunderbirds "Mail" files.
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Every six months or so I lose all the mail when I upgrade Fedora and
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reinstall Thunderbirds,
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I usually have two Fedora computers as is the case now. I would like
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to move the mail from the F-11 box to the new F-12 installation on a
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second computer. The Thunderbirds mail import function looks for
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something in "Communicator 4x" or some such thing but is very
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inflexible. "Communicator 4x" doesn't exist on any of my computers!
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Is there a known working procedure to accomplish this. I routinely
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transfer files between them via sftp and nfs. But those mail files
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defy all my attempts.
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Any help appreciated.
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Bob
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Hi Bob,<br>
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I copy the .thunderbird folder from my home directory (and .mozilla for
Firefox) when moving from desktop to laptop & new installations.<br>
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Hope that helps<br>
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Dave<br>
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