T-bird pop mail files -

[Bob Goodwin]

On 25/06/10 13:35, Joerg Bergmann wrote:
> 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 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?
>>
>>       Bob
>>
>>
>>
>>      
> right:
>
> cd
> scp -r bobg at 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
>    

    Yes thanks much. I appreciate the help and will save this for reference.

    Bob
    .