Re: T-bird pop mail files -

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Am 25.06.2010 19:24, schrieb Bob Goodwin:
> On 25/06/10 12:41, Craig White wrote:
>    
>> On Fri, 2010-06-25 at 12:36 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote:
>>
>>      
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>        
>> -----
>> as your regular user (I presume bobg) on the new computer...
>>
>> Quit all running instances of Thunderbird
>>
>> cd ~
>> mv .thunderbird .thunderbird-bak
>> scp -r bobg@ORIGINAL_COMPUTER:/home/bobg/.thunderbird .
>>
>> Then you should be able to run thunderbird with everything copied
>>
>> Craig
>>
>>
>>
>>      
>      I am still doing something wrong. I first did:
>
>          [bobg@box9 ~]$ mv .thunderbird .thunderbird-bak
>
>      And then:
>
>          [bobg@box9 ~]$ scp -r bobg@box6/home/bobg/.thunderbird
>          usage: scp [-1246BCpqrv] [-c cipher] [-F ssh_config] [-i
>          identity_file]
>                      [-l limit] [-o ssh_option] [-P port] [-S program]
>                      [[user@]host1:]file1 ... [[user@]host2:]file2
>
>      I thought it would ask for a password but instead I get error messages?
>
>      Bob
>
>
>    
right:

cd
scp -r bobg@box6:/home/bobg/.thunderbird .


The "." stands for the actual directory, which will be
your home directory having called a blank "cd".
The ":" delimites the host and the directory
part in the "scp" command.

Joerg
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