Thank you for the advice. I must admit I'm not very tech savvy so using the tool for GnuPG sounds difficult. If I just move the thunderbird and Mozilla portions (as the other gentleman suggested) and leave GnuPG on the old PC would that move the old emails to the new PC? Thank you,
Marcus Romanowski, MD. Sent from my iPhone. On Mar 26, 2016, at 8:07 AM, Robert J. Hansen <[email protected]> wrote: >> On the old PC, open Windows Explorer, type %appdata% into the Location >> line, and Enter. You should be in a directory called "Roaming" now. >> Therein, you should see a directory "Thunderbird" (or "Mozilla >> Thunderbird"?) and another called "gnupg" (or "GnuPG"). Just copy both >> directories to a thumb drive. > > Please don't do this. This will work for Thunderbird; it will *appear* > to work for GnuPG, but... > > GnuPG has a habit of putting per-machine files in that directory, things > like socket file descriptors, lock files, and other such things. Most > of that is harmless. But some of it, such as random_seed, are files > that *must not* be shared between PCs. > > Instead, use a tool to do the migration. Something like: > > https://rjhansen.github.io/gpg_wpf_migrator/ > > Use the Profile Backup Tool on one machine to create a ZIP archive > containing only those files that may be shared between GnuPG instances. > Install GnuPG on the second machine, then install the Profile Backup > Tool on it. Use the PBT to restore from the archive you created. > > _______________________________________________ > enigmail-users mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or make changes to your subscription click here: > https://admin.hostpoint.ch/mailman/listinfo/enigmail-users_enigmail.net _______________________________________________ enigmail-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or make changes to your subscription click here: https://admin.hostpoint.ch/mailman/listinfo/enigmail-users_enigmail.net
