Thunderbird newbie

[Claude Jones]

On 02/12/2013 03:33 PM, Stephen Morris wrote:
 >> Claude Jones wrote:
>> Perhaps it's a one-way street. I've done this many times. It's
>> possible that I originally created my first TBird install in Linux,
>> and copied that profile over to my Windows box, thus preserving the
>> Linux case usage. That would explain the fact that copying back from
>> Windows to Linux works for me - it's the only thing that comes to mind
>> to explain our different experiences - as I've said a couple of times
>> in this thread, I've done this many times and it has always worked for
>> me.
> It is possible things were done differently. My specific situation was
> that if folders were created in Tbird under linux in the shared mail
> folder then they were accessible in Tbird under both environments, but
> if the folders were created in Tbird under windows in the shared mail
> folder, Tbird under linux listed the folders in its folder list, but
> when you clicked on them to display the contents Tbird complained it
> couldn't find them

Sounds like you've confirmed my theory...Windows doesn't care about case 
much of the time, but Linux usually does
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Claude Jones Brunswick, MD, USA