[GRLUG] transfer Thunderbird settings from one Linux box to another

[john-thomas richards]

On Wed, May 30, 2007 at 03:55:10PM -0400, Rick Vargo wrote:
> If you have already ran Thunderbird on the machine you want to copy your
> profile to, then you are probably not overwriting the TB registry file
> which points it to the originally created profile on that machine.  If
> you do not need any TB settings you have setup on the machine you are
> copying to, delete the .mozilla/thunderbird directory first before
> copying over your desired profile.

I did not understand how (and why; thanks, Rick) Thunderbird creates
and uses profiles.  I do now.  It seems the Linux way is *far* easier
and simpler.

Thanks for your help.
-- 
john-thomas
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