firefox/thunderbird

[DavidFourer]

Re: things a new Linux user needs to know.

I have not seriously tried to make a list -- yet.



I was aware of the concept of hidden folders/files, but they were
system files, not my mail messages.  I deleted a whole hidden partition
of Dell diagnostic programs that are accessed by the BIOS.  I knew about
it but could find no information on dealing with this when installing
Ubuntu on Dell computers.  I decided to use the default installation so
as not to mess anything up.  



I would not have needed to find the mail folder if Evolution mail
reader could "export" my emails, or if Thunderbird could import them
from Evolution.  I thought there was a chance they were in the same
format, and all I had to do was copy the folder contents from
/.evolution/mail to /.thunderbird/mail, or something like that.  It
works fine.  As it turns out, I learned something useful.



If you want to run with this, you could start a new thread and let me
know about it.



David


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DavidFourer