Re: [LUG] Thunderbird mail files

[Peter Walker <peter.walker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Julian Hall wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> There's probably a simple answer to this.  I'm currently using Xandros 
> 3.0 OCE with Thunderbird email.  However the installation of 
> Thunderbird I am using is sat in my /home directory because that's 
> where I installed it under Mandrake.
>
> I'd like to use the version installed by Xandros simply because it's 
> more up to date and this is the installation Xandros looks to update.
>
> So, how do I tell the Xandros installed version to look at the mail 
> files for the one in my /home directory?  Apart from anything if the 
> install gets blatted for any reason I won't lose any mail if T'bird is 
> referring to files on /home.
>
> I've had a Google and ploughed through the menus in T'bird but I can't 
> find the answer.  If it's a manual edit of a config file, then OK it's 
> not terribly tidy but it's doable :)
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Julian
>
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IIRC all local mail is stored in a folder within your profile directory. 
Normally this would be in your home directory anyway. Where does Xandros 
put it? I think the default for POP3 mail is for it to be stored in the 
Local Folder. If you click on the top level of this you get the admin 
page which takes you to folder settings. You can specify where the 
folder will be stored here.
This will leave your profile wherever Xandros put it. If you want to 
move that then it is a manual edit I think.

Cheers,


Pete


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