ot: migrating TB user's email to new laptop

Skippy philip at mcgaw.eu
Wed May 25 12:59:02 UTC 2016


That would work well too

However make sure you get to the bottom of the mail not being on the server
as well

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dovecot [mailto:dovecot-bounces at dovecot.org] On Behalf Of Paolo
> Sent: 25 May 2016 10:16
> To: voytek at sbt.net.au
> Cc: Dovecot Mailing List
> Subject: Re: ot: migrating TB user's email to new laptop
> 
> On Wed, 25 May 2016, voytek at sbt.net.au wrote:
> 
> > 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...)
> 
> Start TB on the new laptop
> Close it
> You have created the default folder/settings in the local %appdata%
> folder
> 
> copy the %appdata%\Thunderbird folder from the old laptop to the new
> 
> Finished ;-)
> 
> The new laptop is now exacly as the old (better if TB same version
> before migration).
> 
> --
> 
> Regards,
>                           Paolo
> 
> ____________________________________________




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