JoeHill schreef: >I swear I've seen a solution provided on this list whereby one can run T-Bird >in >Linux and have it read/write to the appropriate location on the Win partition, >so that T-Bird can be used in both Win and Lin. > >Finally took the time to get my wife's comp to a dual boot. Just the first step >:-) > > >
Joe, Actually it is not very complicated to share a mozilla (firefox / thunderbird / netscape) profile between Linux. What is required is that you can read/write to the profile in both systems - which makes it necessary to create (or move - which is a problem on its own) the profile on a FAT partition. And this FAT partition needs to be mounted always. The basic idea is described overhere (for mozilla) if you can read German. http://www.mozhilfe.de/mozfaq_profil_winlinux.php But I will try to tell it for Thunderbird as short as possible. This solution is based on creating a profile in windows within a FAT partition and then point linux to this partition. 1) create / have a profile in Windows normally /Documents and Settings/....Application Data/Thunderbird/ 2) create / have a profile in Linux normally ~/.thunderbird 3) In both systems you have to define your email settings (accounts) 4) First make thunderbird (per account!) look at the FAT partition for the stored local email Go to Edit -> Accounts Point he 'local folder' path below to the fat partition, like /mnt/win_C/Documents and Settings .... Profiles/default/<nr.slt>/Mail/pop.gmail.com This is also where message filters and labels (colours) are stored - so you will see the same in both systems. 5) Symlink some files to files on the FAT partition (rename the old ones first) abook.mab (to share your address book) history.mab (to share the history) localstore.rdf training.dat (for the spam training) If i install a fresh or different linux system (or even a different user) you can install the linux part again if you tar the ~/.thunderbird folder and untar it again. For another user you will have to change the owner afterwards. For another distribution take care that the FAT partition is mounted on the same path. Greetings, Peter Vollebregt ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
