I think it would be nice if there was a simpler more automated solution...


Morten Nilsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 
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> Scott Buck wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> >    On and on I have spent hours tring to move my mozilla mail from one
> > machine to an other.  It has proved an almost imposible task as
> > mozilla seems to have some internal registry entry that maps to a
> > randomly named directory that has the data in it. Moving that
> > directory to an other machine does not achive anything as the mozilla
> > there does not reconize it.
> > 
> >    So in short - how can one archive and retrive ones main environment
> > in Mozilla?
> 
> Create a new profile on the target computer, and copy everything from the
> random named folder on the source into the random named folder on the 
> target.
> Next, you need to update your prefs to make them reflect the new folder 
> names.
> Either do this from inside mozilla, or edit prefs.js (but back it up first)
> 
> hth,

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