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Re: [LUG] XP to Debian ...

 

On 22/05/11 19:23, Gordon Henderson wrote:
> 
> A few google searches suggested simply copying it over from the XP box
> "as is" - which is what I did - I used the file manager to copy the
> entire Thunderbird profile directory from the XP side to the
> .thunderbird directory - and it worked! No exporting accounts,
> addresses, themes, settings, etc.

I meant for Outlook and many other clients the easy route is into
Thunderbird on Windows, and then over to Thunderbird on GNU/Linux.

The Outlook export uses the API, they use to include it in the GNU/Linux
version of Thunderbird even though it wouldn't work without the relevant
Microsoft DLLs for accessing the Outlook mail store.

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