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Copying emails from one instnce of Thunderbird into another

Submitted by f2003305 on October 23, 2006 - 11:23pm

My requirement is to copy emails from TB in USB to TB in PC and vice versa. But if we simply copy the mbox files from one instance of TB into another, will it not overwrite existing files? I wanted to append emails.

Suppose, if we check emails using TB of USB, and if we want to copy them to TB of PC, what do I do? Copying the whole Mail folder works fine, but it will overwrite whatever emails present in TB in PC, right?

I wanted something like importing Outlook emails. Create a separate folder called 'emails of USB' and then have its own inbox,sent,trash folders etc.

I copied the folder in Local Folders, changed its name to 'emails of USB' and pasted them in the Mail folder of the PC's TB. All those folders(inbox,sent etc.) are getting created. Even those files corresponding to each folder(mbox files for inbox etc.) is present with the same size. But then, no emails are visible in any of the folders. What do I do now?

Problem using jpeg logo in html signature file

Submitted by johnny on October 22, 2006 - 3:02pm

Hi
I have used Word to create a signature file that includes a jpeg company logo
with some other text and saved it as a web page file. I have set up Thunderbird
(version 2 alpha 1) to use this file but when I "compose" a new email the text of the signature file appears ok but an empty box appears where the logo should be with a little red diamond in the top left hand corner. If I try to send the message anyway a dialog box appears "Attaching image002.gif" but nothing more happens.
I have checked that the option in Thunderbird account settings for compose messages in html is ticked.
Thanks

Setting up TBP with Enigmail+GPG for the very first time..?

Submitted by naitsirk on October 22, 2006 - 7:57am

Hallois

I set up PGP Desktop about a month ago in order to send emails encrypting with pgp, but soon after having set it up I had some major data loss (my SD Memory Card died on me).

I found out I am suppose to be able to use TBP with GPG, so would prefer to use that as TBP is my favourite e-mail client anyways. Smile

So, since I've lost the first pgp-key I created etc, how do I really go about getting this set up in TBP for the first time?

Didn't learn much when setting up with PGP Deskptop, so really have no experience with PGP/GPG usage..

I have the TBP 1.5.0.5 with Enigmail+GPG version, but can't seem to find any setting for it inside thunderbird, or how do I go about setting this up?

Search Result Directory

Submitted by romelden on October 21, 2006 - 2:39am

Hi,

1. I found that the directory to save the search result cannot be
Delete. I cannot find this choose in the right click menu. How can I
do this?

2. The search result directory do not including the new folder that
added in the account. I need to choose the new added folder every time
in properties. Can there is setting for this?

Thanks.

Can PTB be configured to use a portable LDAP server?

Submitted by PollieXmas on October 20, 2006 - 12:24pm

Hallo All,

Does anyone know whether it would be possible to setup a portable LDAP server?

The idea is to then point PTB and Outlook to use the same (portable) LDAP server which would simplify synchronising my Windows Mobile 2005 device with PTB and the two copies of Outlook.

FinchSync does not work for me as it does not allow your phone to be the master device, i.e. the phone (100 contacts) keeping PTB (same 100 contacts) and Outlook (same 100 contacts) in synch as opposed to duplicating their data on the phone (the 100 contact duplicated for each source).

Continous updating fo multiple accounts

Submitted by rameez on October 20, 2006 - 5:39am

Hi,
I use TB 2 Alpha 1.I also used outlook express before which had an option to check messages after a certain number of minutes, and then all the accounts created would get updated automatically.It had not problem with the number of accounts.
How ever I have set TB to work with two POP accounts, and both have been set to get
mails after a certain number of minutes, the problem is it seems that only one mail gets updated.and i have to manually click get all mail button to get the other account to get it;s mail.
Is there a way to set TB to get mails for all the accounts after a certian number of minutes as in Outlook express.

Sync Thunderbird with Thunderbird Portable?

Submitted by radioheadboy on October 19, 2006 - 4:56pm

Hi,

I have decided to use normal Thunderbird on my home computer and Portable Thunderbird on a USB stick at work to view RSS feeds.

Is it possible to sync the the Portable Thunderbird to my home computer when I get home? Is it as simple as what is on the Support page - "Copying you local Thunderbird settings" just in reverse?

Thanks in advance,

Phil

All messages marked unread if I use PTB on a computer never used before

Submitted by rmiraPTB on October 18, 2006 - 8:02pm

Hello,

I have searched the forum for "unread" in order to make sure I am not repeating a previous post, and didn't find anything applicable. Sorry, if I missed something.

I have moved from 10 years of Eudora usage to PTB on a USB flash drive and love it. There is just one single issue, which I encountered. Every time I use PTB on a computer I never used it before, almost all mailboxes and all messages therein will be marked as unread again. The Shift-Ctrl-C command only works on folders without subfolders. Thus, it is rather painstaking to set all messages to read again.
Is there a way to stop this (the resetting to unread) from happening in the future?

Slooooow Down v1.5.0.5

Submitted by colfrank on October 17, 2006 - 5:50pm

Overnight TB slowed to a crawl.
Program load takes "forever", message loading is slow, Delting a msg is real slow.
Did Compact Folders.
Seems that I remember that deleting a file in each folder that will be rebuilt on startup fixes this problem.
Am I having a "Senior Moment" or is there a such a delete a file fix?
Regards,
Frank

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