The issue there is that the stable snap is missing a change which is in the beta channel to allow read access to ~/.thunderbird (snap blocks access to hidden directories by default).
I've pushed a fix to the vcs now https://git.launchpad.net/~desktop-snappers/thunderbird/+git/snap/commit/?id=0fcac123 a new snap build should start in a few moments ** Changed in: thunderbird (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to thunderbird in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2056434 Title: Thunderbird profile not migrated to snap Status in thunderbird package in Ubuntu: In Progress Bug description: Today's update installed the thunderbird snap and removed the thunderbird binary but it did not migrate my thunderbird profile. Now I don't have access to any old mails anymore. Looking at ~/.thunderbird: $ cat profiles.ini [Profile1] Name=default IsRelative=1 Path=ao6t0qef.default Default=1 [InstallFDC34C9F024745EB] Default=ji04wv64.default-release Locked=1 [Profile0] Name=default-release IsRelative=1 Path=ji04wv64.default-release [General] StartWithLastProfile=1 Version=2 ji04wv64.default-release is the folder that should have been migrated. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/2056434/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
