On 12/17/2009 08:29 PM, Mail Lists wrote: > On 12/17/2009 04:33 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, > > > WHile you can usually re-use your .thunderbird directory, one should > never save any email in thunderbird local format in my view. I use TB > coz I still thinks its the best of a bunch. > > A far, far better way than using local TB storage, is to simply run a > local imap server (dovecot works really well) and use that. The major > advantages are > > (i) You are now essentially indifferent to what mail client you use > - and its simple quick to change between different mail clients. > > (ii) TB local storage (mbox format) was designed in the 70's ... and > it has long since been replaced by far far safer, faster and superior > formats. > > mbox format is a single large file - so if you delete a message in > the middle, it doesn't actually delete it (too slow) until you > "compress" it. Using a modern format (like maildir++) never needs > compression and the risk of corruption is gone. > > > [MS outmook uses a similar approach - and they have similar problems > - corrupted mail files. There is a small cottage industry of repair > programs which attempt to recover mails from a corrpted outlook.pst file! ] > > And remember to turn off GLODA too in tb 3 or you're in for all kinds > of gigabyte files and slow to start and run tb. What is GLODA and where does one look to turn it off? > good luck! -- Kevin J. Cummings kjchome@xxxxxxx cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Registered Linux User #1232 (http://counter.li.org) -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
