[ubuntu-za] Mail between two versions of Thunderbird

[Chris Schoonbee]

I had a similar experience with an empty folder (no emails) for one of 
my email addresses after moving the profile folder to a new partition.  
The solution has to do with the fact that I was Local Folders for that 
email address.

I hope the brief notes I wrote for my own future reference will help:

Changing to a backup copy of the profile folder
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Problem - all the old folders in Local Folders have disappeared!

I copied my existing profile to another partition and updated the 
symbolic link to point to this new folder. I then restarted Thunderbird. 
Disaster!? - other mailboxes appeared in the folder panel but my main 
Local Folders was empty.  My main pop3.mweb.co.za mail is stored in 
this.  After panicking, restoring a two-day old backup etc, I realised 
the problem.
The Local Folders points to a local directory which was still in the now 
deleted old profile folder.
Go to Edit > Account Settings > Local Folders.  Updated the location for 
the Local directory by browsing to the corresponding folder in the new 
profile and restarted Thunderbird.  Phew!, all restored again.


On 08/12/2011 14:42, Ian Whitfield wrote:
> I've been watching this thread as I said I would and would comment as 
> follows....
>
> Most times I have tried these various "tips & Tricks" the best I get 
> an "empty" mailbox!! By empty I mean that it has a size and if you 
> look inside it there is data there but in TB itself it is just - 
> empty!! no messages at all.
>
> After wrestling with this for a few days I give-up.
>
> Just my comment and my experience!!!
>
> Ian Whitfield./
> /
>