Saving Tbird e-mail files?

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On 12/17/2009 10:33 PM, fedora-list-request at redhat.com wrote:
> Subject:
> Saving Tbird e-mail files? -
> From:
> Bob Goodwin <bobgoodwin at wildblue.net>
> Date:
> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:33:06 -0500
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> To:
> Fedora-list <fedora-list at redhat.com>
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>
>    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

Hi Bob,

If you use Dolphin as file manager, turn on (under View) Show Hidden 
Files for your Home directory.  Then you'll see .thunderbird which 
contains everything you ever did with TBird. copy the .thunderbird to 
your new machine/installation & - as the old english saying has it - 
"Bob's your uncle"!

To do the same for Firefox, you'd need to copy the .mozilla directory.

Hope that helps

Dave

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