Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 21:51:46 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions !!!! <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to transfer Mail from old machine to new FreeBSD box .... Message-ID: <20140812195146.GC7166@slackbox.erewhon.home> In-Reply-To: <53EA6991.4070101@hiwaay.net> References: <53EA391E.9050609@hiwaay.net> <20140812185621.GA7166@slackbox.erewhon.home> <53EA6991.4070101@hiwaay.net>
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--QRj9sO5tAVLaXnSD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 02:22:57PM -0500, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: > On 08/12/14 13:56, Roland Smith wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 10:56:14AM -0500, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: > >> > >> .... Well, I am down to the snorting post, the last task I need to > >> complete before putting my new FreeBSD 9.3 box into service, replacing > >> this one (AMD64X2 3800+, FC14 64-bit, terminally patched up several > >> years ago). Unfortunately, it looks like a bit of a doozy. I need to g= et > >> the Mail directory from the old machine to the new one. To start with,= I > >> just copied the whole thing. 35 min. later when it was done, I invoked > >> T-bird on the FreeBSD box & none of the Mail-directory was visible :-/. > >> That method worked AOK the last time I used it, 10+ years ago when I p= ut > >> the old box into service :-). That was also the last time I tried, last > >> time I needed to do that. Is what I am doing supposed to work ? If not, > >> how am I supposed to do this ? Mind you, there are yearly archives goi= ng > >> back into the '90's, which I want preserved. The whole Mail directory = is > >> ~20 GiB :-/ .... thunderbird.x86_64 17.0.7-1.fc14.remi on the Fedora > >> box, thunderbird 31 on the FreeBSD (box std,) .... TIA for any pointer= s .... > > Check the permissions and ownership on the folders and files. Even if y= our > > 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 > numerical UIDs & GIDs are identical. Both T-birds identical as near as I= =20 > can tell, a bit touch going back & forth w/ 2 machines :-/ .... Mozilla has detailed instructions for moving your profile folder to another machine[1] or making a backup[2]. I suggest you try one of those. [1]: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Moving_your_profile_folder [2]: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_backup Or try =E2=80=9Cexporting=E2=80=9D it from the old Thunderbird and =E2=80= =9Cimporting=E2=80=9D it into the new ones. It has been my observation that the way Mozilla apps handle data is not exactly KISS, with copied profiles not working for unclear reasons. Maybe t= hat's inevitable, but this is one of the reasons I still prefer old fashioned mbox files. 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) --QRj9sO5tAVLaXnSD Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJT6nBSAAoJEED21dyjijPgdjcP/RIJCkt+h9m9s8pAXsunwa6D yKzdiNKyooZq6NDnPWanWDkOox+YL1pGH8ZwbVNAqWJ80eLHZZNwIjWxlK2sU28J BCJVuXzH3bseNbuicZMp/Wbw6X6Y/t6vf15Cuiii9cEEhM3Jj+9DrvivrHBA/IaR VPQL8bMkpHBp4wSxlvJkoOK1IujTmk5L3cyE3jHlbcI38tyHOtoYZKsg7LqMoaxa 5dPycUvuss+y3herapm32C/hYMe4WVazIJWvE6LnVdf8IDXZlrsRjFyijNeOgY1j 1vxdIKkK4xAOcfGa+AoYFEUF/8ssnCMGheWE/vSPHL5ySKP3fH65iLct+JuQvvSW aA1TsiTzRHBUYdCTK1NiDMF9ePd4lmAW6KivVCGNjFTJcVzbJXAi8Ku8ApGufkP1 dPs0ijusXYweEPkCnLN6gIwnBatOIhI0rZADH0NqEk0YjH9pr1Qk6NkO1VDisTOE SMQY4Ho/Dt55B798JoEyirVmnNYDa+lAaEAqanETQeIYHHi25nnyWDmoT9ur98+E qUNVNRAAV4TBU8PVcvbCzsYd/ug4svxbVlCOqP152XkGwokLkumNv3sGiTY5muMc JYNuMUMiuUP0dJxFx1Piaq1WWv95ON3cN7gGwiK5fZ2nzsR88DxackQXaY9u/n6X LQzRs2NX5q93uYHFRokL =R7UT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --QRj9sO5tAVLaXnSD--
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