Stephen writes, <Shoot, got here a bit late. Strange, we live in Alaska time here in Alaska and I just got off work!
The best way to do this is to do a clean install of Thunderbird on the new machine, start it up, let it create a default profile, then quit and copy everything inside of the profile from the old machine to inside of the profile on the new machine, replacing everything inside of the profile. Once in a great while the Tbird app gets mucked up on the old machine and you may not know it, so it's always better to start off fresh. There. Let the flame war begin (donning flame proof clothes and heading out to the barbecue!)> Ehhh, I won't start any flame wars with you. As it happens -- even though I hadn't seen your email yet -- what you suggested is exactly what I did. I didn't have Tbird ON the iBook yet, so, after "cleaning up" my new Tbird mail database on the G4 with the full version of Emailchemy, I copied Tbird's installation disk image, as well as the ~users/Library/Thunderbird like Bruce suggested onto the flash drive, and moved the whole thing into the iBook -- where I installed Tbird, booted it, shut it down and copied in that folder to ~users/Library in the iBook. Then I rebooted Tbird, checked my folders and... BEEYOUTEEFUL! Er, at least if I have to reference any emails while on the iBook -- all of it made the transition. I haven't had opportunity to test it online for send/receive email yet. I will probably do that tomorrow. But I don't expect problems, I mean, Tbird is picking up and sending my emails on the G4, as you can see! I'm still in the 'adjustment' phase with TBird -- I don't regret the decision but after 13 solid years of using Claris Emailer, change is definitely noticeable. I'm sure it'll only take me a week or two for my brain, which you all know is shielded by a solid neutronium skull, to fully kick into it. And in some respects, I'm actually enjoying the newness! I liken my new Tbird experience to when I first got OS X, only on a smaller scale since it's just an emailer, not a new operating system -- I'm finding things some things I like better, finding other things a pain in the neck, but the overall result is that I like it. Oh, a barbecue? Please pass me the spare ribs! :-) ~Yersinia. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
