Steps for Thunderbird migration from Windows Vista to Fedora

[Sibir Chakraborty]

Hi all,

Thanks for getting the info in. Can't wait to see F11 rocking ! I am already
trying that out in 3 of my machines. Trying on different combination on
Vista to Fedora migration...Will keep posted...

Thanks,
Sibir

On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 11:28 AM, Juan M. Rodriguez <nushio at gmail.com>wrote:

>
>
> On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 11:42 PM, Sibir Chakraborty <jkstriangle at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Ragarding access to Thunderbird profile, kindly note that: On Windows
>> Vista/XP/2000, the path is usually
>> %AppData%\Thunderbird\Profiles\xxxxxxxx.default\, where xxxxxxxx is a random
>> string of 8 characters.
>>
>> Also, C:\users\[User Name]\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles\ is the
>> access path that I found in Vista. This is required to be updated in the
>> docs mentioned below.
>>
>> In am a newbie to the forum...and you request and appreciate if someone
>> guides me through.
>>
>>
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Secondly I would also like to add one more guidance tip on the section at
>> : *Application Data Folder*
>> If you are unable to fing AppData, please do the following:
>>
>> Start > Run > enter %AppData% and press Enter. You will be taken to the
>> "real" folder, which is C:\users\[User Name]\AppData\Roaming on Windows
>> Vista.
>>
>>
>>  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Also, it would be nice to know that, users can move around the Profile to
>> some location or sda where the sda is not full(enough HD space). It is also
>> possible to backup on a Remote Mounted location.
>>
>> To do this:
>>
>>  Shut down Thunderbird completely
>>
>>  1. Go to: the path is ~/.thunderbird/
>>  2. In profiles.ini, locate the entry for the profile you've just moved.
>> Change the Path= line to the new location
>>  3. Change IsRelative=1 to IsRelative=0 and lastly.
>>  4. Save profiles.ini and restart Thunderbird.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Sibir
>>
>>
>> **********************************************************************************************************************
>>
>>   On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 2:38 AM, Kirk <kirk202 at q.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I've written the steps needed to migrate Thunderbird Profile Data from
>>> Windows XP. I don't have access to Vista.  Could someone read over this
>>> section for me that's more familiar with Vista and let me know if
>>> different steps are required?
>>>
>>>
>>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User_Guide_-_Communications#Moving_Your_Thunderbird_Profile_Data_from_Windows_to_Fedora
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>>  -Kirk
>>>
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>>
>> Hey Sibir,
>
> Thanks for your corrections, as I said, I'm no Vista user so I couldn't
> check if anything else had changed.
>
> I'm updating the Wiki page to make up for my mistake.
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Nushio
>
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