[xubuntu-users] combining folder contents

[Norman Silverstone]

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> It's not clear what you want Norman. Do you mean to move or copy the
> contents from one folder to the other without overwriting the same files?
> Or do you mean to do this like Luna suggests. Please explain.

OK, I'll start again. I am trying to copy folders and their contents 
from Evolution to Thunderbird and, as example, take the folder called 
'norman'. I find the folder named 'norman' in Evolution and, in a 
separate window open up where I think the contents of the folder should 
go in Thunderbird. So, rt. click on folder 'norman' and select copy then 
rt. click in the Thunderbird window and select paste. Up pops a message 
which says this folder already contains a file called "norman". Surely, 
the fact that it contains a file with the same name as a folder should 
not prevent the folder from being copied without replacing the existing 
file. I suppose what I really want is a folder called 'norman' in 
Thunderbird into which I can copy the contents of the folder in 
Evolution but there isn't one. Should I make one or what?

I hope that gives you a better idea of my dilemma.

Norman