restoring mail file in thunderbird

[Jamon Camisso]

Chris Aitken wrote:
> I just did a clean install of fedora 7. I used scp to copy my mail file 
> from a backup computer. I changed the permissions. I created a new 
> account and pointed the server to that (/home/chris/docs2bckup/mymail). 
> I reload thunderbird but still no mail. Interestingly one (and only one) 
> folder shows up (a folder named "holding" that I had set message filters 
> to send junk mail to). Why is this so difficult? I've done this from 
> version to version before...

Thunderbird uses a ~/.thunderbird or ~/.mozilla-thunderbird directory 
for its settings, extensions, and most importantly, mbox (I think that's 
the format) files.

You might want to wipe out the new .thunderbird or whatever it is and 
copy a copy of your backup into its place.

Jamon
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