Hi Barry,
Just copying the .thunderbird folder is not supposed to work, because TB
will create a new profile with a different sub-folder name on a new
computer. Have you been following the instructions here?
https://support.mozilla.org/t5/Install-Migrate-and-Update/Moving-Thunderbird-Data-to-a-New-Computer/ta-p/14714
You need to move your profile, which is done by copying the _contents_
of the TB profile folder (a sub-folder of the .thunderbird folder);
simply copying the .thunderbird folder won't do. (Or maybe you can use
the TB Profile Manager to pick up the old copied profile explicitly
after copying.)
I have done this a fair number of times between different computers by
copying the contents of the profile folder with the cryptic name rather
than the profile folder itself, also Windows-Linux both ways, and that
has always worked for me.
Alternatively, if all of your mail folders are on-line and you have no
local mail folders, you shouldn't have to copy anything but can simply
re-enter server details and credentials.
Kind regards,
Helmut.
On 26/02/17 01:44, Barry wrote:
Hi All
After many days trying to get all my Inbox sub folders showing perhaps
this should start with <rant>.
This is a new install of Mageia5 on a new (to me) clean hd. I have
copied the old .thunderbird directory to /home/barry/ and made other
necessary changes which have worked in the past, but I still can not get
all but the basic mailboxes to list. I have checked the directory
structure in a file manager and all appears ok. I have uninstalled and
then reinstalled tb but still no mailbox listings. I have gone crosseyed
over several days googling for an answer which would work but to no avail.
Any suggestions on how to fix my problem will be appreciated.
Alternatively another mail app I could install to replace tb.
<rant>
How difficult is it to write an app which can not follow the directory
structure on which it is dependent? After all if a file manager behaved
in this manner it would not be accepted by anyone.
</rant>
TIA
Barry
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