T-bird pop mail files -

[Craig White]

On Fri, 2010-06-25 at 13:24 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote:
> 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 at 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 at box9 ~]$ mv .thunderbird .thunderbird-bak
> 
>     And then:
> 
>         [bobg at box9 ~]$ scp -r bobg at 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?
-----
sorry, my mistake - recursive is -R (capital R) in scp

scp -R bobg at box6:/home/bobg/.thunderbird

note the colon after 'box6'

Craig



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