[xubuntu-users] combining folder contents

[Norman Silverstone]

On 25/05/12 12:17, Eberhard Roloff wrote:
> On 05/24/2012 08:18 AM, Norman Silverstone wrote:
>> On 23/05/12 22:55, Ric Moore wrote:
>>> On 05/23/2012 03:22 PM, Norman Silverstone wrote:
>>>> < snip >
>
>>>
>> I think that part of the problem is because Evolution is on
>> an old machine and Thunderbird on a new one. Also the fact
>> that I have started using Thunderbird means that I would
>> prefer to be able to retain mail I have already received.
>> Perhaps if I set up Thunderbird on the evolution machine,
>> copy the files needed from Evolution to Thunderbird on that
>> machine and then transfer the result, using an external HDD,
>> to the new machine I would achieve what I want. What do do
>> you think, please?
>>
>> Norman
>>
>>
> You could do that, because it minimises the risk of something going 
> wrong on the "real" target machine.
>
> However, as you might know now, the directory .thunderbird is your 
> friend.
>
> Simply copy (COPY, not rename) it to a different name on the "real 
> machine", and when things go wrong, you can restart from new by 
> deleting the faulty ./thunderbird directory and then renaming your copy.
>
> So, it is also possible to directly copy the files, e.g. via ssh, also 
> done graphically via konqueror with fish://, I believe.
>
> And there are alway a dozen solutions that will work, just as well.
>
> Eberhard
>
>
I hate to admit this but I think that I have not been seeing things very 
logically. Put it down to old age or something. I had totally forgotten 
that my original mail client which had been set up for me quite some 
years ago was IMAP and not POP. So, all I had to do was to make sure 
that my new Thunderbird was set to IMAP and all my stored emails were 
there. The only file I have not got is the address book but that is soon 
remedied. I must apologise to all those helpful people who I might have 
mislead.

Norman