[xubuntu-users] combining folder contents

[Ric Moore]

On 05/23/2012 03:22 PM, Norman Silverstone wrote:
> < snip >
>>>
>> 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.

I doubt those files are compatible. From evolution I recall you can 
export the emails to a backup file, which Tbird can import. I think that 
might be the only way to go. Ric



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