restoring mail file in thunderbird

[Chris Aitken]

Chris Aitken wrote:
> 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...
> Also, thunderbird is defaulting to go to the Local Folders account (I 
> never really did understand the "special" Local Folders account). The 
> acount I want to get to is chris-n/jUll39koHNgV/OU4+dkA at public.gmane.org - it shows up in 
> properties but when I open thunderbird I am in Local Folders...
And I notice that I was getting two of every email for a while - not now 
but for a while...
>>
>> Chris
>>
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