Firefox & Thunderbird move from Windows to Linux

Ronald Wiplinger

1 May 2006 1 May '06

15:41

I want to keep my emails / bookmarks from my Windows set-up over to my Linux installation. How can I do that? Will my Thawte certificate still work? bye Ronald Wiplinger

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Kevanf1

1 May 1 May

19:15

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On 01/05/06, Ronald Wiplinger wrote:

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I want to keep my emails / bookmarks from my Windows set-up over to my Linux installation.

How can I do that? Will my Thawte certificate still work?

bye

Ronald Wiplinger

It's all dependent on what programs you wish to migrate them from, Ronald. There are some mailbox formats that will near enough seemlessly migrate onto a Linux platform. For example, I was able to transfer all my mailboxes and folder formatting from Pegasus Mail (WinPmail) in Windows to Kmail in Linux. The bookmarks will be easy, they are simply in a html file. Put them onto disk (back them up to a CD which is a good idea anyway) and import them into whatever browser you want to use. If you can give us some more information I'm sure we can go into better detail. -- ============================================== I am only human, please forgive me if I make a mistake it is not deliberate. ============================================== PLEASE DON'T drink and drive it's not clever, it's just stupid. Kevan Farmer Linux user #373362 Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HR

Peter Van Lone

19:25

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On 5/1/06, Kevanf1 wrote:

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It's all dependent on what programs you wish to migrate them from,

lol! I've often found that having information ONLY in the subject line, leads to its being missed. I think in this case, Kevanf1, you missed the subject line material. FireFox bookmarks are, as you said, easy ... just copy bookmark.htm over to the new setup and import. Thunderbird, I would guess, would be the same. But, I am not sure since I do not use it. Peter

jfweber＠gilweber.com

19:46

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into electronic streams flowing thru the cosmos On Monday 01 May 2006 3:25 pm, Peter Van Lone wrote:

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On 5/1/06, Kevanf1 wrote:

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It's all dependent on what programs you wish to migrate them from,

lol! <snip> Yup.. I often wonder why I bother to put things into the subject line, other than to allow the listserv to file it under the proper threads..

Always struck me as odd that *no one* seems to "see" the subject , even tho it's usually in larger an bold type in Kmail... and that is the email program most of the folks use.. esp. the newer angels among us.. ( hey it's "free" it came in my installation... < very Big Grin > ) It's time we started using that line too. adding of course that a great number of programs come free and built in.. other than the multi media stuff you can almost talk pple through an install over the phone.. At least you can do it easily if they have everything open at full screen... "Okay, starting at the top of the screen, read me what it says.. " -- j Out here in the fields ; I work for my meals.. I put my back into my living... (song lyric ) and a good advert for staying in school!

Kevanf1

2 May 2 May

09:05

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On 01/05/06, jfweber@gilweber.com wrote:

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into electronic streams flowing thru the cosmos On Monday 01 May 2006 3:25 pm, Peter Van Lone wrote:

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On 5/1/06, Kevanf1 wrote:

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It's all dependent on what programs you wish to migrate them from,

lol! <snip> Yup.. I often wonder why I bother to put things into the subject line, other than to allow the listserv to file it under the proper threads..

Always struck me as odd that *no one* seems to "see" the subject , even tho it's usually in larger an bold type in Kmail... and that is the email program most of the folks use.. esp. the newer angels among us.. ( hey it's "free" it came in my installation... < very Big Grin > ) It's time we started using that line too. adding of course that a great number of programs come free and built in.. other than the multi media stuff you can almost talk pple through an install over the phone.. At least you can do it easily if they have everything open at full screen... "Okay, starting at the top of the screen, read me what it says.. "

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I think I have a good excuse this time. I'm dosed up on high dose prescription only painkillers (again) and in absolute agony. I have arthritis all through my body but particularly bad in my back. While repairing a friends PC last week it went on me....very badly. So I'm not exactly with it :-))) -- ============================================== I am only human, please forgive me if I make a mistake it is not deliberate. ============================================== PLEASE DON'T drink and drive it's not clever, it's just stupid. Kevan Farmer Linux user #373362 Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HR

Thurston Ackerman

13:45

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If you are RA ask your MD about trying orednisone (it has had worked great for my >60 year old RA back 8-) Stay youing, OldAck. On Tuesday 02 May 2006 05:05, Kevanf1 wrote:

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On 01/05/06, jfweber@gilweber.com wrote:

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into electronic streams flowing thru the cosmos On Monday 01 May 2006

3:25 pm, Peter Van Lone wrote:

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On 5/1/06, Kevanf1 wrote:

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It's all dependent on what programs you wish to migrate them from,

lol!

<snip> Yup.. I often wonder why I bother to put things into the subject line, other than to allow the listserv to file it under the proper threads..

Always struck me as odd that *no one* seems to "see" the subject , even tho it's usually in larger an bold type in Kmail... and that is the email program most of the folks use.. esp. the newer angels among us.. ( hey it's "free" it came in my installation... < very Big Grin > ) It's time we started using that line too. adding of course that a great number of programs come free and built in.. other than the multi media stuff you can almost talk pple through an install over the phone.. At least you can do it easily if they have everything open at full screen... "Okay, starting at the top of the screen, read me what it says.. "

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I think I have a good excuse this time. I'm dosed up on high dose prescription only painkillers (again) and in absolute agony. I have arthritis all through my body but particularly bad in my back. While repairing a friends PC last week it went on me....very badly.

So I'm not exactly with it :-))) -- ============================================== I am only human, please forgive me if I make a mistake it is not deliberate. ============================================== PLEASE DON'T drink and drive it's not clever, it's just stupid.

Kevan Farmer

Linux user #373362

Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HR

Kevanf1

18:44

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On 02/05/06, Thurston Ackerman wrote:

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If you are RA ask your MD about trying orednisone (it has had worked great for my >60 year old RA back 8-)

Stay youing, OldAck.

It's osteo. I was on Celebrex.... I'm sure you've heard about Vioxx which is it's cousin. I stopped taking it about 12 months ago when I first heard the stories coming from the States. Now I'm purely on Paracetamol/Codeine on prescription strength. It helps but does not take it away completely. Then there are the bad days :-((((( I'm 43 by the way. Still, life goes on :-) -- ============================================== I am only human, please forgive me if I make a mistake it is not deliberate. ============================================== PLEASE DON'T drink and drive it's not clever, it's just stupid. Kevan Farmer Linux user #373362 Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HR

Carlos E. R.

1 May 1 May

19:29

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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Monday 2006-05-01 at 23:41 +0800, Ronald Wiplinger wrote:

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I want to keep my emails / bookmarks from my Windows set-up over to my Linux installation.

Thunderbird or Mozilla mail is easy; you could even use the same folder when you boot one or the other systems, if you let the windows side be boss, ie, store them in a fat partition. The trick is telling the linux side where the mail folders are - normally they are in a folder like "~/.thunderbird/dcvgs9m1.default/Mail/*", but there is a place where you can change that easily enough. As for the configuration itself, I'm not sure, but compare the directories from one and the other, and you will find which files you need to copy over, or symlink: in linux you can symlink one file to some other place. - -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFEVmGRtTMYHG2NR9URAp7kAJ40uui74XNhOuTlU+LB5B8bkj9UGQCeLEYK GRHKAIG9n74t+0y2aBjZsfE= =4xIH -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Catimimi

19:37

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Ronald Wiplinger a écrit :

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I want to keep my emails / bookmarks from my Windows set-up over to my Linux installation.

How can I do that? Will my Thawte certificate still work?

bye

Ronald Wiplinger

Hello, It is rather easy, I usually share my mailboxes between my windows installation and my linux installation. I have a FAT32 partition in which my mailboxes are located, you simply have to configure both installations in order to use the same folders and files. For your accounts and saved passwords, just copy : abook.mab ???.s default.ini prefs.js and training.dat (for spam definitions) from your Windows profile to your Linux profile I have a FAT32 partition in which my mailboxes are located, you simply have to configure both installations in order to use the same folders and files. And it works fine, no need to synchronize !! For Firefox, copy : ???.s bookmarks.html prefs.js from your Windows profile to your Linux profile. Good luck. Michel

James Knott

2 May 2 May

00:33

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Ronald Wiplinger wrote:

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I want to keep my emails / bookmarks from my Windows set-up over to my Linux installation. You can copy over all your settings etc.

How can I do that? Will my Thawte certificate still work?

Yes.

Michael W Cocke

11:29

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On Mon, 01 May 2006 23:41:32 +0800, you wrote:

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I want to keep my emails / bookmarks from my Windows set-up over to my Linux installation.

How can I do that? Will my Thawte certificate still work?

I'm not sure what you mean by "keep my emails / bookmarks from my Windows set-up over to my Linux installation.", but I use (and wrote) PMRA to allow my bookmarks to follow me around, windows or linux, home, work, or laptop. It requires an ftp server. I keep meaning to add the stored password file but I've been busy lately. http://www.catherders.com/tiki-download_file.php?fileId=2 -- If you're not confused, you're not trying hard enough. -- Please note - Due to the intense volume of spam, we have installed site-wide spam filters at catherders.com. If email from you bounces, try non-HTML, non-encoded, non-attachments,

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Ronald Wiplinger
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