Am 12.08.2013 21:40, schrieb g:
i did not notice anywhere op make mention of imap or pop. _only_emails_. your pushing imap and profile is not really needed and may tend to bring confusion.
i _presume_ that he already has emails in his linux system, coping will still be faster copying them with in his system.
yes, and i presume that if he knows exactly what he is doing he would not need to ask, and so it is most likely not the case and *dangerous* do omve folders and files around
hence if it is me i have no problem to merge 20 thunderbird profiles within 20 minutes without lose any message, but not the average user and so my idea is
* look what are more messages * look how much messages are the lesser ones * look if you can move them away from your profile * look that you have an idea how bring them back to your profile
hence, you can even move the files/folder from "Mail/Local Folders" in case of POP3 accounts, but you need to be careful not overwrite things and most likely rename files and folders
if we are at these details: delete all the .msf files which are only the indexes to not need rename *two* files which are "foldername" and "foldername.msf"
so technically it is really really easy but how to explain it to the ordinary users not understanding the profile-structure beause *that* is the hard thing?