ot: migrating TB user's email to new laptop

[voytek at sbt.net.au]

On Wed, May 25, 2016 4:31 pm, Philip McGaw wrote:
> Did user historically have POP set up?

Philip, thanks

no, not for a long time, IMAP/143/StartTLS on old laptop

> If you still have access to the old laptop set up imap and move the
> emails back.

yes, I have old laptop here.
sorry, not sure how to, is that inside TBird, or how ? (not very familiar
with TBird...)

>> another OT:
>>
>> setting up new W10 laptop with TBird:
>>
>> user has three accounts, several hundred emails on old laptop BUT NO
>> LONGER on server
>>
>>
>> two of the accounts are on my Dovecot server, one on ISP server
>>
>> what's best way to transfer local emails:
>>
>> transfer TBird files laptop to laptop ? or, is there some way to sync
>> old laptop to server, then retrieve on new laptop ?
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> V
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>>
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