On 25/06/10 12:15, Craig White wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-06-25 at 12:05 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote:
>
>> It seems I ask this question after every new Fedora release. How do
>> I go about transferring my Thunderbird pop mail files from this F-12
>> computer to a second computer running F-13.
> your emails are all undoubtedly stored in a subdirectory
> titled .thunderbird (note the dot makes it invisible to many things) and
> inside a generated profile directory but you could actually copy the
> entire directory if you wish. For example, on my system...
>
> .thunderbird/3cdy05wk.default/Mail/
>
> the 3cdy05wk.default is the generated profile directory and my Mail is
> actually inside the Mail directory
>
> Personally, I have found it more advantageous to run my own mail server
> and even run fetchmail to get the mail from various pop accounts, filter
> it, and then run an IMAP server so I see the same e-mail regardless of
> which computer I use in my house. That is a bit more ambitious but
> definitely a better solution for accessing email from multiple
> computers.
>
> Craig
>
>
>
And what is the proper command to accomplish this?
There are a number of sub directories under :
/home/bobg/.thunderbird/5d6oa34m.default/Mail/
I never seem to get that right. If I could replace everything in the
new system it seems it should work but apparently I keep making the
same mistakes.
Bob
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