Transfering Thunderbird folder

[Linux for blind general discussion]

Many many thanks, this works perfectly.

Pavel


Dne 16. 07. 21 v 13:07 Linux for blind general discussion napsal(a):
> Hi,
>
> Thunderbird creates a new folder but you can still use another one. 
> Just start it like this:
>
> thunderbird -P --allow--downgrade
>
> and select the profile you want.
>
> Before doing that, put the profiles you want in ~/.thunderbird
>
> For instance my profiles are in:
>
> /home/didier/.thunderbird
>
> Cheers,
> Didier
> -- 
> Didier Spaier
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>
>
>
> Le 16/07/2021 à 12:34, Linux for blind general discussion a écrit :
>> Okay, Thunderbird absolutelly ignores my profile and creates a new 
>> one, so I think something changed in profiles.ini or installs.ini. 
>> When I transfer my profile from Win to Win, it works, but from Win to 
>> Linux not, so I will create all my setup again, it will be easyer for 
>> me.
>>
>> Pavel
>>
>>
>> Dne 15.07.2021 v 22:49 Linux for blind general discussion napsal(a):
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> well, I have quite bad experiences doing this anywhere at any time,
>>> independently on platform or TB version, so I personally prefer to set
>>> up things from scratch as most of the configuration is done on the
>>> server anyway.
>>>
>>>
>>> But you can try it out if you want. Just let TB create a profile folder
>>> and replace the content of the folder with your own, that should 
>>> work if
>>> your previous version of TB was upgraded to version 78 with the 
>>> profile.
>>>
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>>
>>>
>>> Rastislav
>>>
>>>
>>> Dňa 15. 7. 2021 o 17:35 Linux for blind general discussion napísal(a):
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I want to transfer my Thunderbird folder from Win to Linux. It was
>>>> possible 3 4 years ago without any issues, but from some new 
>>>> Thunderbird
>>>> version, something must be changet to get transfered folder working as
>>>> expected. Can you help please? When I transfer my folder to
>>>> .Thunderbird, app ignores all existing profiles and creates another 
>>>> and
>>>> asks me to login to my mail accounts.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Pavel
>>>>
>>>>
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