Re: T-bird pop mail files -

2010-06-26 Thread Tim
Tim: >> Until the next update, or some big problem rears its head... Bob Goodwin: > Update? I assumed it is something I will have to do with a new > Fedora release? Problems happen, all kinds. I just struggle with > them. If I can't fix them I do without a function perhaps ... Yes, I meant system

Re: T-bird pop mail files -

2010-06-26 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 26/06/10 20:17, Tim wrote: > On Sat, 2010-06-26 at 10:36 -0400, Genes MailLists wrote: > >> On your lan choose 1 machine to be your local mail server - run imap >> (ie dovecot) - then put all your mail in there (via fetchmail, set >> client to download pop mail to the imap server or whatever

Re: T-bird pop mail files -

2010-06-26 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 26/06/10 20:39, Tim wrote: > On Sat, 2010-06-26 at 13:19 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > >> This probably is not the best or right solution for everyday use. I >> don't question your advise. But really, once I get the F-13 computer >> set up it becomes my primary e-mail box and there will be no

Re: T-bird pop mail files -

2010-06-26 Thread Tim
On Sat, 2010-06-26 at 13:19 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > This probably is not the best or right solution for everyday use. I > don't question your advise. But really, once I get the F-13 computer > set up it becomes my primary e-mail box and there will be no further > need to transfer t-bird files b

Re: T-bird pop mail files -

2010-06-26 Thread Tim
On Sat, 2010-06-26 at 10:36 -0400, Genes MailLists wrote: > On your lan choose 1 machine to be your local mail server - run imap > (ie dovecot) - then put all your mail in there (via fetchmail, set > client to download pop mail to the imap server or whatever). And, for peace of mind, use something

Re: T-bird pop mail files -

2010-06-26 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 26/06/10 12:46, Craig White wrote: > > > probably a real bad idea for anything but a one time sync. I don't use > pop3 but I gather that Thunderbird uses an mbox format which means that > you will could easily replace a file and lose e-mails. > > The only real solution is to set up an IMAP

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2010-06-26 Thread g
Bob Goodwin wrote: > No, I don't think so, I've got the process pretty well documented > now using either scp or rsync. > I will save this for reading and self-education. > I am very much aware of the .Thunderbird files but had numerous problems > trying to copy them between t-bird

Re: T-bird pop mail files -

2010-06-26 Thread g
Bob Goodwin wrote: > If that is not the best choice I would appreciate advise. if you are trying to bring in old files from f12 into f13 and are no longer using f12, then you are not going to be able to if your are now using f13 for emails. what you are going to have to do is copy in f12 files

Re: T-bird pop mail files -

2010-06-26 Thread Craig White
On Sat, 2010-06-26 at 12:24 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > On 26/06/10 07:13, Bob Goodwin wrote: > > On 25/06/10 13:34, Craig White wrote: > >> should work if you can ping it > >> > >> Craig > >> > >> > > > > > >Also, someone suggested using "rsync" [which I asked about several > >days ago and

Re: T-bird pop mail files -

2010-06-26 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 25/06/10 20:11, g wrote: > Bob Goodwin wrote: > >> It seems I ask this question after every new Fedora release. How do >> I go about transferring my Thunderbird pop mail files from this F-12 >> computer to a second computer running F-13. >> > and you will probably ask again. ;) >

Re: T-bird pop mail files -

2010-06-26 Thread Genes MailLists
On 06/26/2010 12:24 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: The rsync man page has a very long list of options and the > functional descriptions are not as clear as they might be but it > appears that the "-u" option accomplishes what I need, at least it > worked for a test message I sent to myself a

Re: T-bird pop mail files -

2010-06-26 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 26/06/10 07:13, Bob Goodwin wrote: > On 25/06/10 13:34, Craig White wrote: >> should work if you can ping it >> >> Craig >> >> > > >Also, someone suggested using "rsync" [which I asked about several >days ago and got no response?] > >The message suggesting rsync was received in t-bir

Re: T-bird pop mail files -

2010-06-26 Thread Genes MailLists
On 06/26/2010 07:13 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote: [b...@box9 ~]$ rsync -av b...@box6:/home/bobg/.thunderbird . > > The message was lost. This does a fine job of making both sets of > mail files the same, effectively replacing the box9 files with the > box6 mail files which was what

Re: T-bird pop mail files -

2010-06-26 Thread g
Bob Goodwin wrote: > On 25/06/10 13:34, Craig White wrote: >> should work if you can ping it > Also, someone suggested using "rsync" [which I asked about several > days ago and got no response?] > > The message suggesting rsync was received in t-bird on the "new" > computer [box9]

Re: T-bird pop mail files -

2010-06-26 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 25/06/10 13:34, Craig White wrote: > should work if you can ping it > > Craig > > > Also, someone suggested using "rsync" [which I asked about several days ago and got no response?] The message suggesting rsync was received in t-bird on the "new" computer [box9] and when I

Re: T-bird pop mail files -

2010-06-25 Thread g
Bob Goodwin wrote: > It seems I ask this question after every new Fedora release. How do > I go about transferring my Thunderbird pop mail files from this F-12 > computer to a second computer running F-13. and you will probably ask again. ;) in order to transfer your files, read and bookmark the

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2010-06-25 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Fri, 2010-06-25 at 12:05 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > The computers are all tied to our LAN, I can put files on a flash > drive, cdrom, etc. but my effort never seem to be able to get the > job done. I will try anything ... Every mail client I have ever seen can import mbox files. You ju

Re: T-bird pop mail files -

2010-06-25 Thread Genes MailLists
On 06/25/2010 01:56 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: > Yes thanks much. I appreciate the help and will save this for reference. > > Bob > . > or perhaps just: rsync -av b...@original_computer:/home/bobg/.thunderbird . -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To

Re: T-bird pop mail files -

2010-06-25 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 25/06/10 13:35, Joerg Bergmann wrote: > Am 25.06.2010 19:24, schrieb Bob Goodwin: > >> On 25/06/10 12:41, Craig White wrote: >> >> >>> On Fri, 2010-06-25 at 12:36 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 25/06/10 12:15, Craig White wrote: > On

Re: T-bird pop mail files -

2010-06-25 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 25/06/10 13:31, Craig White wrote: > On Fri, 2010-06-25 at 13:24 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > >> On 25/06/10 12:41, Craig White wrote: >> >>> On Fri, 2010-06-25 at 12:36 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: >>> >>> On 25/06/10 12:15, Craig White wrote: > On Fri

Re: T-bird pop mail files -

2010-06-25 Thread Joerg Bergmann
Am 25.06.2010 19:24, schrieb Bob Goodwin: > On 25/06/10 12:41, Craig White wrote: > >> On Fri, 2010-06-25 at 12:36 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: >> >> >>> On 25/06/10 12:15, Craig White wrote: >>> >>> On Fri, 2010-06-25 at 12:05 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote:

Re: T-bird pop mail files -

2010-06-25 Thread Craig White
On Fri, 2010-06-25 at 13:24 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > On 25/06/10 12:41, Craig White wrote: > > On Fri, 2010-06-25 at 12:36 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > > > >> On 25/06/10 12:15, Craig White wrote: > >> > >>> On Fri, 2010-06-25 at 12:05 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>

Re: T-bird pop mail files -

2010-06-25 Thread Craig White
On Fri, 2010-06-25 at 13:24 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > On 25/06/10 12:41, Craig White wrote: > > On Fri, 2010-06-25 at 12:36 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > > > >> On 25/06/10 12:15, Craig White wrote: > >> > >>> On Fri, 2010-06-25 at 12:05 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>

Re: T-bird pop mail files -

2010-06-25 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 25/06/10 12:41, Craig White wrote: > On Fri, 2010-06-25 at 12:36 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > >> On 25/06/10 12:15, Craig White wrote: >> >>> On Fri, 2010-06-25 at 12:05 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: >>> >>> It seems I ask this question after every new Fedora release. How do >>

Re: T-bird pop mail files -

2010-06-25 Thread Joerg Bergmann
Am 25.06.2010 18:05, schrieb Bob Goodwin: > It seems I ask this question after every new Fedora release. How do > I go about transferring my Thunderbird pop mail files from this F-12 > computer to a second computer running F-13. > > I've been running Redhat and Fedora Linux sinc

Re: T-bird pop mail files -

2010-06-25 Thread Craig White
On Fri, 2010-06-25 at 12:36 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > On 25/06/10 12:15, Craig White wrote: > > On Fri, 2010-06-25 at 12:05 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > > > >> It seems I ask this question after every new Fedora release. How do > >> I go about transferring my Thunderbird pop mail files fr

Re: T-bird pop mail files -

2010-06-25 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 25/06/10 12:15, Craig White wrote: > On Fri, 2010-06-25 at 12:05 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > >> It seems I ask this question after every new Fedora release. How do >> I go about transferring my Thunderbird pop mail files from this F-12 >> computer to a second computer running F-13.

Re: T-bird pop mail files -

2010-06-25 Thread Craig White
On Fri, 2010-06-25 at 12:05 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > It seems I ask this question after every new Fedora release. How do > I go about transferring my Thunderbird pop mail files from this F-12 > computer to a second computer running F-13. > > I've been running Redhat and Fedora Linux