Author: Peter Salisbury Date: To: paul, Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Moving Thunderbird
2009/1/15 Paul Stimpson <paul@???>: > Hi,
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> I just installed Kubuntu Intrepid on my spare hard drive. I'm trying to move all my Thunderbird mailboxes and settings over from FC10. I copied the .thunderbird directory over by dragging it onto my Truecrypt-encrypted external drive then booted the Kubuntu drive and dragged the thunderbird directory into my home. I'm sure this is what I've done successfully in the past.
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> This time Thunderbird opens with the create account wizard and totally fails to acknowledge the contents of the .thunderbird directory. I've checked the ownership is right. Can anyone give me a hint as to what has gone wrong?
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> Thanks,
> Paul.
>
>
Hi Paul, I've had issues in the past with a conflict between .firefox
and .mozilla/firefox, could there be a similar thing with thunderbird?
