On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 10:46 AM, Mehdi <akri...@gmail.com> wrote: > *Dear **Shrinivasan > > *1) I install the thunderbird on the XP on the files of outlook express > import to the thunderbird. and i copy that files. > > 2) I install the thunderbird on linux, but i was not able to import any file > there. >
Essentially the data structure for Thunderbird on *both* Linux and M$ is the same. In fact that is the mechanism used to dual use Thunderbird in a dual booting computer. So if the data is imported in thunderbird then transferring it to Linux is very easy. I also use this mechanism to store my thunderbird data in a non default location , as opposed to /home/fooUser/.mozilla-thunderbird How to share Thunderbird is below, (and as i said earlier) the same can be used to transfer all your data to Linux Wincedows (Thunderbird) 1. First Boot into Wincedows – Install Thunderbird 2. Kept the folder view setting to show hidden files and file extensions 3. Check what the file structure looks like (for comparision with Linux) 4. Wincedows Location: C:\Documents and Settings\Foo User\Application Data\Thunderbird and this is the profiles.ini file [General] StartWithLastProfile=1 [Profile0] Name=default IsRelative=1 Path=Profiles/4kip27at.default changed to:[General] StartWithLastProfile=1 [Profile0] Name=default *IsRelative=0* *Path=E:\sharing_apps_dual_boot\mozilla-thunderbird\profile.default * *E:\ Drive in my case is a shared drive between Linux and Wincedows* Linux (Thunderbird) 1. Boot back into linux 2. Opened /home/fooUSer/.mozilla-thunderbird 3. backed up the profile 4. The original linux profile is [General] StartWithLastProfile=1 [Profile0] Name=default *IsRelative=1* *Path=ss91eh74.default* the bolded section is changed to [General] StartWithLastProfile=1 [Profile0] Name=default *IsRelative=0* *Path=/media/sda5/sharing_apps_dual_boot/mozilla-thunderbird/profile.default * This enables sharing between two drives and in your case it will help you transfer your data to Linux after you have imported from M$ shoutlook to thunderbird ** I no longer use this dual boot sharing as a method, but when i did it worked well. The same method can be used for firefox as well. regards ram
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