Re: [Dorset] Thunderbird profiles
On 10/08/18 22:22, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Tim, let it import all the settings and emails (3 accounts with many sub folders). OK, that's different to the earlier requirement where it was just the emails to be taken from the old profile. See if http://kb.mozillazine.org/Moving_your_profile_folder_-_Thunderbird#Create_a_new_profile_and_copy_the_old_one_over_it is useful, or that page in general. Cheers, Ralph. That may have been my bad phrasing of the question, sorry to confuse. Tim H -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2018-09-04 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] Thunderbird profiles
I am in IT but nothing to do with Red Hat, sure that not the other Tim in the group?? Tim On 10/08/18 21:49, Hamish MB wrote: Yes, I renamed it before and it worked. If it doesn't you can always revert :). I thought you were employed by Red Hat? Hamish On 10 Aug 2018, at 21:45, Tim mailto:t...@xendistar.co.uk>> wrote: On 10/08/18 14:52, Ralph Corderoy wrote: No, Tim should `create a new profile' before `Tools→Import the copies'. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/using-multiple-profiles I am pretty sure deleting or removing current profile folder .Thunderbird, normally found in the users home folder, Thunderbird should recreate one when it next launches. Tim -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2018-09-04 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] Thunderbird profiles
Hi Tim, > let it import all the settings and emails (3 accounts with many sub > folders). OK, that's different to the earlier requirement where it was just the emails to be taken from the old profile. See if http://kb.mozillazine.org/Moving_your_profile_folder_-_Thunderbird#Create_a_new_profile_and_copy_the_old_one_over_it is useful, or that page in general. Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2018-09-04 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] Thunderbird profiles
Ah I see On 10 Aug 2018, at 22:09, Ralph Corderoy mailto:ra...@inputplus.co.uk>> wrote: Hi Hamish, I thought you were employed by Red Hat? There's at least three Tims on the mailing list. `Thunderbird' Tim isn't the one you saw on Tuesday at the pub. :-) Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2018-09-04 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] Thunderbird profiles
Hi Hamish, > I thought you were employed by Red Hat? There's at least three Tims on the mailing list. `Thunderbird' Tim isn't the one you saw on Tuesday at the pub. :-) Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2018-09-04 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] Thunderbird profiles
Yes, I renamed it before and it worked. If it doesn't you can always revert :). I thought you were employed by Red Hat? Hamish On 10 Aug 2018, at 21:45, Tim mailto:t...@xendistar.co.uk>> wrote: On 10/08/18 14:52, Ralph Corderoy wrote: No, Tim should `create a new profile' before `Tools→Import the copies'. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/using-multiple-profiles I am pretty sure deleting or removing current profile folder .Thunderbird, normally found in the users home folder, Thunderbird should recreate one when it next launches. Tim -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2018-09-04 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] Thunderbird profiles
On 10/08/18 21:44, Tim wrote: I am pretty sure deleting or removing current profile folder .Thunderbird, normally found in the users home folder, Thunderbird should recreate one when it next launches. It should do, however: thunderbird -P This will make Thunderbird open the profile manager where you can chose which profile to use and create a new one. -- Andrew. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2018-09-04 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] Thunderbird profiles
Yes, I renamed it before and it worked. If it doesn't you can always revert :). I thought you were employed by Red Hat? Hamish On 10 Aug 2018, at 21:45, Tim mailto:t...@xendistar.co.uk>> wrote: On 10/08/18 14:52, Ralph Corderoy wrote: No, Tim should `create a new profile' before `Tools→Import the copies'. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/using-multiple-profiles I am pretty sure deleting or removing current profile folder .Thunderbird, normally found in the users home folder, Thunderbird should recreate one when it next launches. Tim -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2018-09-04 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] Thunderbird profiles
On 10/08/18 14:52, Ralph Corderoy wrote: No, Tim should `create a new profile' before `Tools→Import the copies'. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/using-multiple-profiles I am pretty sure deleting or removing current profile folder .Thunderbird, normally found in the users home folder, Thunderbird should recreate one when it next launches. Tim -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2018-09-04 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] Thunderbird profiles
On 10/08/18 14:58, Ralph Corderoy wrote: If Thunderbird is already happy with the contents of its own mbox files then give them back to it. I did see `the application automatically discovers new mbox files and makes them into folders' on that page I suggested to Tim. He could avoid the Import→Tools, perhaps. http://kb.mozillazine.org/Importing_and_exporting_your_mail#Manually_importing_and_exporting This link seem to be the closest to what I envisaged I wanted to do (manually importing bit). Has anybody tried this? Tim -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2018-09-04 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] Thunderbird profiles
Hi Ralph On 10/08/18 10:59, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Tim, But over time little niggles have crept in (I posted about those issue a few months ago) Is that https://www.mail-archive.com/dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk/msg07654.html ? I've just watched the video of Thunderbird's window not repainting content until you run the mouse pointer over each item. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1058083 and the https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1012145 it refers to seem relevant. No that is an older one which has been resolved. What I was hoping to do was something along the lines off: Make a copy current profile, rename it backup and store it out of the way for safety Move existing old profile from home folder and save it to a new location on PC, make sure there is no other profiles available to Thunderbird, then restart Thunderbird If Thunderbird can not find a profile it "should" make a new one Then simply go into Thunderbird >> Tools >> Import the point the import to where the I stored the copy of the profile and let it import all the settings and emails (3 accounts with many sub folders). Due to being unemployed, I need to keep my email working hence the reason for the question. I don't want to attempt this until I am 100% certain I know whatever it is I do will work. Tim -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2018-09-04 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] Thunderbird profiles
Hi Hamish, > I use a plugin called ImportExportTools to help with this, which is > perhaps a better option than copying the files manually. If you export > in EML format, you should be able to re-import. That's two translations, and two chances of corrupting the emails. Even for mbox format there are four main variations with minor deviations. It would seem safer to not need to alter the file contents at all. http://kb.mozillazine.org/Importing_and_exporting_your_mail#Mbox_files If Thunderbird is already happy with the contents of its own mbox files then give them back to it. I did see `the application automatically discovers new mbox files and makes them into folders' on that page I suggested to Tim. He could avoid the Import→Tools, perhaps. http://kb.mozillazine.org/Importing_and_exporting_your_mail#Manually_importing_and_exporting Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2018-09-04 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] Thunderbird profiles
Hi Peter, > > Can you exit Thunderbird, cp(1) those elsewhere, start Thunderbird, > > create a new profile, and Tools→Import the copies of the mbox files? > > At the bottom of the tools menu, there are a number of Import/export > options for mail. But this doen't cover the option of setting up a new > profile. No, Tim should `create a new profile' before `Tools→Import the copies'. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/using-multiple-profiles Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2018-09-04 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] Thunderbird profiles
On 10/08/18 14:40, Hamish MB wrote: Hi Tim, I use a plugin called ImportExportTools to help with this, which is perhaps a better option than copying the files manually. If you export in EML format, you should be able to re-import. You can also save in a nice HTML format (and various others) if you don't need to view them in thunderbird anymore, which is whatI do for archiving old emails. At the bottom of the tools menu, there are a number of Import/export options for mail. But this doen't cover the option of setting up a new profile. Peter M. As an experiment, as I have four email profiles in T-Bird and had just about retired one, I exported my xx.netscape inbox and imported it into my xx.yahoo inbox and it all worked successfully, up to a point. There were 16 emails in the inbox to be exported, and there are 21 in the imported inbox, with the exported 15 showing as not read. The import/export tools has an option to export/import profiles I just noticed. Cheers, Peter PS: Now to empty that retired email profile again! P. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2018-09-04 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] Thunderbird profiles
Hi Tim, I use a plugin called ImportExportTools to help with this, which is perhaps a better option than copying the files manually. If you export in EML format, you should be able to re-import. You can also save in a nice HTML format (and various others) if you don't need to view them in thunderbird anymore, which is whatI do for archiving old emails. Hope this helps, Hamish On 10/08/18 14:36, PeterMerchant via dorset wrote: > On 10/08/18 10:59, Ralph Corderoy wrote: >> Hi Tim, >> >>> But over time little niggles have crept in (I posted about those issue >>> a few months ago) >> Is that >> https://www.mail-archive.com/dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk/msg07654.html ? >> I've just watched the video of Thunderbird's window not repainting >> content until you run the mouse pointer over each item. >> https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1058083 and the >> https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1012145 it refers to seem >> relevant. >> >>> so I have got to a point where I want to setup a new profile and >>> import the email from the old profile into the new profile, is it >>> possible?? >> I'm sure it must be. >> http://kb.mozillazine.org/Importing_and_exporting_your_mail seems to >> have a lot of information, but not cover your case. It says Thunderbird >> uses mbox format to store emails. Can you exit Thunderbird, cp(1) those >> elsewhere, start Thunderbird, create a new profile, and Tools→Import the >> copies of the mbox files? >> >> Cheers, Ralph. >> > At the bottom of the tools menu, there are a number of Import/export > options for mail. But this doen't cover the option of setting up a new > profile. > > Peter M. > > -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2018-09-04 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] Thunderbird profiles
On 10/08/18 10:59, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Tim, But over time little niggles have crept in (I posted about those issue a few months ago) Is that https://www.mail-archive.com/dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk/msg07654.html ? I've just watched the video of Thunderbird's window not repainting content until you run the mouse pointer over each item. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1058083 and the https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1012145 it refers to seem relevant. so I have got to a point where I want to setup a new profile and import the email from the old profile into the new profile, is it possible?? I'm sure it must be. http://kb.mozillazine.org/Importing_and_exporting_your_mail seems to have a lot of information, but not cover your case. It says Thunderbird uses mbox format to store emails. Can you exit Thunderbird, cp(1) those elsewhere, start Thunderbird, create a new profile, and Tools→Import the copies of the mbox files? Cheers, Ralph. At the bottom of the tools menu, there are a number of Import/export options for mail. But this doen't cover the option of setting up a new profile. Peter M. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2018-09-04 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] Thunderbird profiles
Hi Tim, > But over time little niggles have crept in (I posted about those issue > a few months ago) Is that https://www.mail-archive.com/dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk/msg07654.html ? I've just watched the video of Thunderbird's window not repainting content until you run the mouse pointer over each item. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1058083 and the https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1012145 it refers to seem relevant. > so I have got to a point where I want to setup a new profile and > import the email from the old profile into the new profile, is it > possible?? I'm sure it must be. http://kb.mozillazine.org/Importing_and_exporting_your_mail seems to have a lot of information, but not cover your case. It says Thunderbird uses mbox format to store emails. Can you exit Thunderbird, cp(1) those elsewhere, start Thunderbird, create a new profile, and Tools→Import the copies of the mbox files? Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2018-09-04 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
