Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:23:15 -0600 From: Programmer In Training <pit@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Migrating Thunderbird 3 Email Archives from XP Pro SP3 to FreeBSD 8.0 Message-ID: <4B60A0B3.8040505@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigD054549F0A4FA13DE1FE35D7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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)! (: --=20 Yours In Christ, PIT Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may want. --------------enigD054549F0A4FA13DE1FE35D7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJLYKC5AAoJEENZQ8DH7rW0M74H/02ErSHtgANY03hZfF20f8RC OSozkZnBdm6r3FfDeABLId8rvxsr1vZN/nrzhffiWLQtKoYqFYMG2FAnPlHghsBo rSa3WkXa4+wD77SeOjNzrMQOlaD7xVkuC/zmbp7P+NnimbNIWz/6OXmweVXlLCDH fulm+p5QWAUVU++FIxybZ5U87FFoqnPh6CmpqZYpY9O9kgpXZ1uK7oJ+smPtYy+S XWQbknILsGyZnx7FavMn01d3Ku/nxgB3Z3fJX7XJsJuA5frNpIJVf+JYf1wNmJ3I 4s6mOkiPSEuDC6t2VZdtfVv53DmDiNVRbTZ4vBPbcW+Nsp1J9+FA9b5y9fb1JnI= =4LAf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigD054549F0A4FA13DE1FE35D7--
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