Saving Tbird e-mail files? -

[Steven Stern]

On 12/17/2009 03:33 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
>
> There must be a way to save/export/import Thunderbirds email files
> when going from F-11 to F-12! I have never been able to do this
> despite suggestions to simply move the Thunderbirds "Mail" files.
> Every six months or so I lose all the mail when I upgrade Fedora and
> reinstall Thunderbirds,
>
> I usually have two Fedora computers as is the case now. I would like
> to move the mail from the F-11 box to the new F-12 installation on a
> second computer. The Thunderbirds mail import function looks for
> something in "Communicator 4x" or some such thing but is very
> inflexible. "Communicator 4x" doesn't exist on any of my computers!
>
> Is there a known working procedure to accomplish this. I routinely
> transfer files between them via sftp and nfs. But those mail files
> defy all my attempts.
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
> Bob
>

I just move the ~/.thunderbird directory from install to install. All 
the relevant files are there.

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   Steve