Andrew Lentvorski wrote: > Tracy R Reed wrote: >> Andrew Lentvorski wrote: >> >>> Anybody know how to export/import settings from one Thunderbird >>> installation to the next? >> >> I just scp the .thunderbird directory around. Works for me. > > I don't like that idea because it carries around any bugs or > misconfigurations that crept in with time. > > Also, I'm not always on the same type of system. Doing an scp from > Linux to OS X is likely to cause havoc. > > You'd think with all of the "Import from XXX" that Thunderbird has, it > could migrate from itself. >
Yep, you'd think! I've gone trying to do that a couple times, assuming that "migration" meant what you said -- but it doesn't <sigh>. The best it can do, it seems, is detect a version change and try to update or disable old extensions .. it does that pretty good. _Maybe_ it does something sensible re: checking the mail database, too? <hope> :-\ Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
