[members at lugog] exporting thunderbird mail folders

[Douglas Phillips]

Thanks Phil,

Just the instruction I needed, I followed them BUT on restarting 
Thunderbird I get the message ;
'Thunderbird is already running, but is not responding. To open a new 
window, you must first close the existing Thunderbird process, or 
restart your system.'

 I have shut down but get the same error message. So now I have 
uninstalled TBird, then reinstall and _/still/_ I get the same message.

I seem to have screwed something up!?
Douglas

Phil Wood wrote:
> Hi Douglas
>
> I've done this a few times.
> In your home directory there should be a hidden directory  called 
> .mozilla-thunderbird.
> Inside that is a directory with an odd name that seems to be generated 
> at random when thunderbird is installed.
> Install Thunderbird on the new machine then shut it down. It will have 
> created its own directory with a different odd name.
> I just replace everything in the new directory with all the stuff from 
> the directory on the old machine.
> Restart Thunderbird and it's just like you were back on the old machine.
>
> I'm not sure where the idea came from but I've used it a number of times 
> and it's always worked ok.
>
> Good luck
>
>     Phil
>
> Douglas Phillips wrote:
>   
>> I'v my new computer up and running. Linuxmint, plain and simple, no dual 
>> boot. Despite being a cheap box, it is wonderfully faster than the 6 
>> year old machine I was ( nearly) using.
>>
>> I have moved folders etc over from the old machine using ssh or Giver 
>> but am now stuck. I cannot work out how to export mail folders from 
>> Thunderbird on old machine to thunderbird on new machine. Thunderbird 
>> has an export facility for the address book (so have done that) but not 
>> for mail.  The mail is held ( so i read) in a 'profile folder' but I 
>> cannot find it.
>>
>> This is no doubt basic stuff to all you out there but I am flumoxed and 
>> only go round in googeled circles. Can any one do me a 1,2,3, solution 
>> please?
>>
>> Best wishes to all,
>> Douglas
>>
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