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OT: Thunderbird mail Q.

Stefan Walker

2005-04-23, 7:28 pm

I've got a nice shiny new laptop - allowing me to work anywhere in the
house thanks to the wonder of wireless.

However, although I can sync my working folders between laptop and main
pc - it would be nice to sync my thunderbird mail + address book.

I've tried just doing a sync on the mail folders that thunderbird uses
on my main pc, and my laptop - but to no avail nothing happens - I can
only assume the directory structures are slightly different due to the
naming convention I used on each machine.

Seems, the only way is to tick the 'leave messages on server' box.

Anyone, experienced anything similar and found a solution?

Could Thunderbird be made to use a remote mail folder i.e so the laptop
uses the mail folder on the main pc and address book?

Dylan Parry

2005-04-23, 7:28 pm

Stefan Walker wrote:

> Could Thunderbird be made to use a remote mail folder i.e so the laptop
> uses the mail folder on the main pc and address book?

Yes, it can. "Tools > Account Settings > Server Settings > Local
directory". Simply copy your emails from your profile directory (usually
in "C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application
Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\RANDOM_STRING\Mail") to a network accessible
location, and then in the settings change the local directory to
wherever you have put your emails.

I have sucessfully used this method for keeping my emails on a
thumbdrive and taking them to and from work each day.

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Stefan Walker

2005-04-23, 7:28 pm

Dylan Parry wrote:
> Stefan Walker wrote:
>
>
>
> Yes, it can. "Tools > Account Settings > Server Settings > Local
> directory". Simply copy your emails from your profile directory (usually
> in "C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application
> Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\RANDOM_STRING\Mail") to a network accessible
> location, and then in the settings change the local directory to
> wherever you have put your emails.
>
> I have sucessfully used this method for keeping my emails on a
> thumbdrive and taking them to and from work each day.
>
Thankyou.
Thankyou.
Thankyou.

Blinky the Shark

2005-04-23, 7:28 pm

Stefan Walker wrote:

> I've got a nice shiny new laptop - allowing me to work anywhere in the
> house thanks to the wonder of wireless.

> However, although I can sync my working folders between laptop and main
> pc - it would be nice to sync my thunderbird mail + address book.

> I've tried just doing a sync on the mail folders that thunderbird uses
> on my main pc, and my laptop - but to no avail nothing happens - I can
> only assume the directory structures are slightly different due to the
> naming convention I used on each machine.

Does your unspecified flavor of Windows have the Briefcase utility that
used to ship as a Windows accessory? If so, that would sync parallel
directories on the two computers, and they wouldn't have to live within
identical directory trees.

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