Moving Thunderbird Mail from WindowsXP to Fedora18

[Frank]

On 08/11/2013 07:52 PM, Jim wrote:
> 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


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