Moving Thunderbird Mail from WindowsXP to Fedora18

[Jim]

On 08/11/2013 07:32 PM, linuxnutster at videotron.ca wrote:
> On 08/11/2013 06:54 PM, Jim wrote:
>> I have retreved the Thunderbird folder from a crashed WindowsXP and now
>> have it on a Fedora 18 /home/user install.
>>
>> The Fedora install already has Thunderbird installed and New Emails are
>> already in Thunderbird, I want import the Emails from the WindowsXP
>> Thunderbird in with the existing emails already in Fedora Thunderbird.
>>
>> How do I do that ??
>
>  There's a profile folder for thunderbird. I believe all you need to 
> do is copy it to the .thunderbird folder in your home directory. If 
> you're using something like nautilus or nemo, you'll need to checkmark 
> "show hidden files"in the "view" section. If .thunderbird isn't 
> showing up then run it at least once and then copy over the profile 
> directory, which is usually something.default.
Keep in mind that I already have a existing profile and emails on my 
Fedora Install, doing what you suggest would cause problems with the 
existing emails I already have