Saving Tbird e-mail files?

[DB]

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,

I copy the .thunderbird folder from my home directory (& the .mozilla 
for Firefox )to carry my settings from one machine/installation to 
another.  It's worked fine for a couple of years now.

Hope that helps

Dave