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Moving Thunderbird profile from Win 10 to Linux Mint22

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wojtekgs
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Hello, to whom may help. I used multiple methods to "move" a 3GB Profile folder from the latest version of Thunderbird on Win10 to the same version of TB on Linux Mint.

I have 1 active (used daily) account and 2 inactive accounts with emails and other account data downloaded for offline viewing. All emails and child folders for ALL 3 accounts are visible and accessible in TB on Win10.

After moving the profile folder (i tried C&P, Import/Export add-on tool, and Profile Manager, etc.) all methods work fine. I can see all child folders under each of the 3 accounts until... I close TB on Linux Mint 22.

When I close and reopen it, the 2 inactive accounts only show the Inbox folder with NO emails inside, but everything is fine with the 3rd active account. All emails and child folders are the same as in TB on Win10. I have no idea WHY and worst of all, how can I solve this problem? Thanks in advance for any suggestions that will help solve this problem. W

Hello, to whom may help. I used multiple methods to "move" a 3GB Profile folder from the latest version of Thunderbird on Win10 to the same version of TB on Linux Mint. I have 1 active (used daily) account and 2 inactive accounts with emails and other account data downloaded for offline viewing. All emails and child folders for ALL 3 accounts are visible and accessible in TB on Win10. After moving the profile folder (i tried C&P, Import/Export add-on tool, and Profile Manager, etc.) all methods work fine. I can see all child folders under each of the 3 accounts until... I close TB on Linux Mint 22. When I close and reopen it, the 2 inactive accounts only show the Inbox folder with NO emails inside, but everything is fine with the 3rd active account. All emails and child folders are the same as in TB on Win10. I have no idea WHY and worst of all, how can I solve this problem? Thanks in advance for any suggestions that will help solve this problem. W

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Matt
Matt
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What is an inactive account? If it is IMAP I am guessing the folder contents are deleted as the account probably no longer authenticates.

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wojtekgs
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Hi Matt,correct, all accounts are IMAP. All 3 - even these 2 inactive, when I reopen TB try to connect to their servers and of course, these 2 inactive, fail this attempt. Strange as for these 2 inactive I have unchecked: "Check for new message and startup" in Server Settings. If as you said "folder contents are deleted" why do I see them all once I import them and open TB for the 1st time? That means they must be sitting in Profile, correct? If deleted what to do to not allow TB to delete them?

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AmpliDude
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Personally I would create two folders inside 'Local Folders', like 'Mail1' 'Mail2'. Inside each of them create subfolders as You want, for example: Inbox, Sent etc.

Then manually move mails from each mailbox to those created folders and remove inactive mailboxes, so they won't try to synchronize and display errors.

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wojtekgs
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Hi, thanks for suggestion but what you mean saying "manually move ..." ? Copy & Paste emails from .thunderbird profile folder? If yes which folders and files? If not how would you do it if as I said emails don't show up under inactive accounts ?

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