From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 28 04:05:02 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 226C41065670 for ; Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:05:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from randy@woy.us) Received: from hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com (hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com [71.74.56.124]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D051E8FC08 for ; Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:05:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([10.128.143.53]) by hrndva-qmta02.mail.rr.com with ESMTP id <20100128034305829.LEYR1979@hrndva-qmta02.mail.rr.com> for ; Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:43:05 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=pmrLzWDPK8YA:10 a=eiIctnwA33QA:10 a=NYcIN9P_6sGrgYRAuCYA:9 a=e5eifwbhskN5YZ9HJOsA:7 a=ZACDyDJ0zxrRxKIpxe65l94srLEA:4 a=tMNjEnUbBREA:10 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Originating-IP: 69.76.152.118 Received: from [69.76.152.118] ([69.76.152.118:63959] helo=Stark.kc.rr.com) by hrndva-oedge03.mail.rr.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.2.39 r()) with ESMTP id D8/C0-12545-B87016B4; Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:42:04 +0000 Message-ID: <4B610793.3060805@woy.us> Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:42:11 -0600 From: Randy Woy User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (X11/20081220) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Programmer In Training References: <4B60A0B3.8040505@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> In-Reply-To: <4B60A0B3.8040505@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Migrating Thunderbird 3 Email Archives from XP Pro SP3 to FreeBSD 8.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: randy@woy.us List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:05:02 -0000 Programmer In Training wrote: > I've done some searching on the Thunderbird (TB) website and have posted > the question at one of their support forums, but I felt I should ask > here, too, just in case someone else has confronted this. > > I only use POP3 to retrieve email (the merits of POP3 vs IMAP not > withstanding) and store locally so I have easy and offline access to it. > For about two years now I've been using XP to retrieve and check my > email, upgrading through various versions of TB without a problem. Now > I'm confronted with an issue I've not faced before (or attempted to > confront). > > Transferring archives from one computer to another. I know where they > are kept on the XP machine, I /think/ I know where they are kept on my > FreeBSD box (nothing a little ls -a won't help me find). My question is > if this even possible since Mozilla Foundation went to using binary > archives for the email. I think it might be, but I'm not really wanting > to waste the time to only be frustrated in the end. > > Has anyone attempted such a migration? Did you need any special tools? > If not, was it as simple as copy/pasting into the appropriate directory > structure? Or do I need to set up the accounts in TB on my FreeBSD box > /first/ then copy/paste? > > TIA for reading and especially for helping (if you can)! (: I made the same migration in the opposite direction. It's a straight copy from one system to the other. I copied my FreeBSD Thunderbird archives to Windows 7 Thunderbird on a dual boot system using a USB memory key. Copy the contents of C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles\.default\Mail\Local Folders\ to /usr/home//.thunderbird/.default/Mail/Local Folders/ That's it. Randy -- Randy Woy randy@woy.us From Thunderbird on FreeBSD 7.1 "Believe me, they'll find a way. Governments loath people being free." - Bill Nighy as Quentin in Pirate Radio