Saving Tbird e-mail files? -

Bob Goodwin bobgoodwin at wildblue.net
Sun Dec 20 08:55:55 UTC 2009


On 20/12/09 00:11, Mail Lists wrote:
>    Slow it down a moment - lets get some concepts clear.
>
>     gmail does 3 things for you ..
>
>         1) it receives your mail
>
>         2) it send mail on your behalf
>
>
>         3) it lets you store the mail it has received and read the mail
> that it has received for you.
>
>
>   (1)&  (2) are mail server functions.
>
>   (3) is an imap server function.
>
>   So when you set up an local imap server - you are setting up a server
> that allows you to store and read emails. This is (3).
>
>    In thunderbird you 'add an account' and as I described in first email
> - set it up for your imap server.
>
>    Once that is done you should have 2 accounts in thunderbird - gmail
> and the second one you created.
>
>    In thunderbird you can drag or copy emails from gmail to your second
> account.
>
>    
>
>     Thats it.
>     I am good through steps one, two, and three then on the F-12
>     server but the second part of my experimental effort is to move a
>     message from the server to this compuster box 9 [192.168.1.109] on
>     the wired LAN, connected through an Ethernet bridge, a part of a
>     Buffalo wireless device that also ties these cvomputers to the
>     router downstairs in the den. The LAN works well, no problems with it.
>
>     Where I am having trouble is understanding how to set up
>     Thunderbird accounts on this second [client [box9]] computer. I
>     found an entry in the account setup GUI called "movemail" which
>     sounds like the right place to enter the account info. I made an
>     account there forthe server [F-12 box6] but have not been able to
>     extract files from the server to the client. I suspect there may
>     be something left undone in dovecot.conf, all I did there was
>     un-comment a few items that obviously [to me] needed to be ...
>
>     Part of my problem is that I have been trying to do a number of
>     things at once, but have tried to block my thinking from the other
>     stuff and concentrate on this. Other stuff; converting this box to
>     F-12, and a new Laser printer that seems only to like Windows XP.
>     I had Windows lurking on this computer but had never booted it or
>     set it up for internet/LAN operation, Windows stuff is mostly
>     beyond my comprehension and I had to figure how to set that up.
>     Windows is not Linux, there's no help with it, not for me anyway!
>     To add to the confusion it seems Windows had some effect on the
>     router that disrupted LAN operation, a panic ensued since other
>     family members notice disruption of their Mac boxes! Things are
>     calm there now, the LAN is restored to normal. I offer that just
>     as background information.
>
>     My question is why can't I collect messages from the server on the
>     client. I can "drag" items around on both computers but the client
>     sees only what arrives via the gmail POP server. It has an imap
>     account set up to point to the server [192.168.1.106 [box6]] in
>     additon to it's original pop.gmail.com.
>
>     Bob
>




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