Migrating to TBird from Netscape, take two (more detail)

[seawasp]

Well, I tried the suggestions, which seemed to sorta-almost do it, but I suspect I'm doing something wrong. I have just reset everything (deleted and reinstalled Thunderbird), so here's some more detail for the wizards out there:

New Computer:

C:\Documents and Settings\rs\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\1dpqw5m7.default

would appear to be the proper directory to put stuff into. "rs" is my username on Windows XP.
Currently in that directory:



Old Computer Hard Drive:
D:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Mozilla\Profiles\default\1x1vea8k.slt

Appears to be the equivalent directory. I say this because it is only in this directory that there were changes in the mail files up through the last day I used this drive.

In THAT directory:



You'll note the several directories: Cache, Cache.Trash, Chrome, Imapmail, and Mail.The important stuff is in Mail, but THAT is a little strange, too. In "Mail" is the following:



The most important material is in the folder "mail.webcom.com", which contains the most up-to date mail, but a couple of the others appear to have been modified in the last month or so which is odd, as I have only one really active account on this machine.

Inside mail.webcom.com is:






So, what needs to be moved, what needs to be left alone, and what's so screwed up that I should give it up, chump? Any ideas?

Comments

[dsrtao]

Move the whole tree starting at Mail.

[argonel.livejournal.com]

I agree with this. You may end up moving a little extra cruft along with the critical files, but I am assuming that your new computer has more than adequate drive space, having extra junk shouldn't have any measurable impact on performance.

[seawasp]

So into the folder

C:\Documents and Settings\rs\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\1dpqw5m7.default

I move the folder titled "Mail" (and all contents) which is inside the directory

D:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Mozilla\Profiles\default\1x1vea8k.slt


Will this "set up" the whole account for me -- passwords, servers, etc -- or will I have to do that before, or after, I do this move?

[dsrtao]

That moves all the mail. It probably does not move configuration info.

[alex swavely (from livejournal.com)]

the prefs.js file in the profile root contains all the config info.