Hi Luann, It sounds like your application is not seeing/recognizing your files. Does Thunderbird have an "import files/folders" function? It might be necessary to do this for the files to be recognized.
Regards, Russ Preston On Apr 15, 2006, at 6:09 PM, Luann Johnson wrote: > Because of a problem with HD, I had to do an erase an install. > Person at tech support said that moving my home folder to my > external drive would keep everything safe, including mail (I use > Thunderbird) addresses and folders and old mail. I had no problem > restoring my safari bookmarks and iTunes library, but am having > problems with mail. > > I have dragged everything from my thunderbird folder from home > folder on the external hard drive to the new thunderbird folder on > the HD, and I can see the folders on the HD, but can't see them > when I open thunderbird. It's probably a very easy step I'm > missing. Can anyone help? > > Thanks. > > Luann > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be April 25 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. > | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be April 25 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
