From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 12 18:56:26 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3BE87D9A for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2014 18:56:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp-vbr14.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr14.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.34]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E2EDF207F for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2014 18:56:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from slackbox.erewhon.home (slackbox.xs4all.nl [83.162.243.5]) by smtp-vbr14.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id s7CIuMf3041337; Tue, 12 Aug 2014 20:56:22 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.erewhon.home (Postfix, from userid 1001) id D9AF512547; Tue, 12 Aug 2014 20:56:21 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 20:56:21 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: "William A. Mahaffey III" Subject: Re: How to transfer Mail from old machine to new FreeBSD box .... Message-ID: <20140812185621.GA7166@slackbox.erewhon.home> Mail-Followup-To: "William A. Mahaffey III" , FreeBSD Questions !!!! References: <53EA391E.9050609@hiwaay.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Dxnq1zWXvFF0Q93v" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <53EA391E.9050609@hiwaay.net> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: FreeBSD Questions !!!! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 18:56:26 -0000 --Dxnq1zWXvFF0Q93v Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 10:56:14AM -0500, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: >=20 >=20 > .... Well, I am down to the snorting post, the last task I need to=20 > complete before putting my new FreeBSD 9.3 box into service, replacing=20 > this one (AMD64X2 3800+, FC14 64-bit, terminally patched up several=20 > years ago). Unfortunately, it looks like a bit of a doozy. I need to get= =20 > the Mail directory from the old machine to the new one. To start with, I= =20 > just copied the whole thing. 35 min. later when it was done, I invoked=20 > T-bird on the FreeBSD box & none of the Mail-directory was visible :-/.= =20 > That method worked AOK the last time I used it, 10+ years ago when I put= =20 > the old box into service :-). That was also the last time I tried, last= =20 > time I needed to do that. Is what I am doing supposed to work ? If not,= =20 > how am I supposed to do this ? Mind you, there are yearly archives going= =20 > back into the '90's, which I want preserved. The whole Mail directory is= =20 > ~20 GiB :-/ .... thunderbird.x86_64 17.0.7-1.fc14.remi on the Fedora=20 > box, thunderbird 31 on the FreeBSD (box std,) .... TIA for any pointers .= =2E.. Check the permissions and ownership on the folders and files. Even if your username and group name are the same, the *numerical* UID and GID might be different. Is thunderbird configured the same on both machines. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://rsmith.home.xs4all.nl/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 5753 3324 1661 B0FE 8D93 FCED 40F6 D5DC A38A 33E0 (keyID: A38A33E0) --Dxnq1zWXvFF0Q93v Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJT6mNVAAoJEED21dyjijPgOFQQAKumEp7tCwNDw6tIA75FWuEr TkUtTYBo+EP+FPASTG99zt+p+H7jF+uyEwKkbhX4pLboP68mHXw9PLA8C492IkXI 4JBMXSL2lBPOvhV8zbheV6QpBRg8+kj4qnD+DAzGDykiFw1w/28dpn6Y11ZqyOT4 TJugW7e1Cw03VvkZm1m4ZtwB/3sCKCChNKkKqfn+W5yrZWE1/s6iDmU+mZrxs93p HPfjwU/YT1va8N6bJ/mseX+XN7+KopdbsxeCkGN1W8YNZGbxC1dknsLOMD4TvSXk NFb48wvu1MpeSkEGB8sCpoA4v9804XsrMpHcNmty4LIo01jL5iHScn1H3Yery4BR GzMOfH1w7fqEVPcebMyKxp2jc1x89vAUGD0n0AGDEfvRctO2aKkVuSXV87RxYTGF 6dxy49ZvHk2R2DHLD+Y4XlIQbiy+med5XHiPi767Rqg/X49EVJlPg6rPGcq8QXv4 ZL3zhsZinmQvCLScZFxRZDYGIrIIuD8BACYUckl6U0Sj3x8U7bQlodDrcteb++UM sJuY+RZvksJ5j6hk4xWTN5RdfHwr3EbGw7dc9WjGqd6ghCBIvQfnhr99UKv/6los i2r8QwUtpU/4f6A7aBc9WiZdPwPzfhDhtwy7rjapWhdNJ8+WBWheo2ifqENEmAcd sw2yrFDK1odb7L33iZfZ =BVm+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Dxnq1zWXvFF0Q93v--