On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 17:10:31 +0100, Bob Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a CD with the /home backup. On the cashed system I kept a ToKeep > folder into my Thunderbird's local folders with mail I wanted to keep. > How do I reimport that and the old address book ?
If I understand what you mean correctly, then it should be easy. Thunderbird uses the mbox format, so you can just move one mbox file in place of another. For instance, if you have myBackupInbox, you can move that to Inbox and be ready to go. If you're trying to merge, then "select all" (alt-a) and "move to..." are your friends. For the address book, you should be able to replace the new abook.mab with the backed-up version. If you've made any changes to the abook.mab that's currently in place, you might have to re-enter some of the data. I'd take whichever is larger and hand-enter the smaller one's data. I'm sure it's possible to merge the files, but it's not a simple plain-text format. HTH -- Michael A. Marsh http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/~mmarsh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
