Just one more thing. I've found out that compressing the folder (making a
tarball) is an easy way to backup the Icedove folder conveniently in one
place. Restoring the tarball (extracting) has an option to overwrite existing
files.
Tar is a useful utility, either command line or with a GUI
Yes, backing up and restoring the hidden folder in its entirety is the easy
way. On a fresh install, .icedove only contains one file -- profiles.ini.
Once started, another folder inside will be added -- randomly named eg.
'2323hg67.default'.
It's possible to start the profile manager (if
After years of struggling with this process before muddling through, today I
was faced with
the fact that the trisquel community had gone hone for the weekend ... and so
I had to work
it out rather than complaining.
Here's what works:
1. The .icedove folder is indeed right there in the home
It's a hidden folder '.icedove' (without quotes) that you must backup and
restore.
After reading several old forum topics I tried the Internet and found that
there is
actually something useful right in the Help section of Icedove, under
troubleshooting,
where there is a link to the actual storage location of my present icedove
profile,
and from which I copied it into the
