I'm trying to copy a v147 windows profile to a v140 esr linux profile without re-downloading the imap messages.
I'm trying to move from Windows to Linux without downloading all my imap messages again. What I've tried: 1. Install tbird on Linux, create new profile. 2. Close tbird. 3. Using Linux file manager,
- delete contents of new profile folder - copy contents of old profile folder into new folder - delete Compatibility.ini in the copy
4. Open tbird with -p (profile manager)
I've tried twice with different results. The first time at step 4 I started offline. Thunderbird opened will all my previous tabs open, except that all the internet tabs reported connection failure - as expected. Under account settings, both local folders and my gmail account reported the correct (new, linux) path. When I went online and completed the gmail OAuth dialog thunderbird reported an inbox summary folder error, and deleted all the imap mbox files. I closed and restarted tbird- which failed with a crash dump. the terminal window reported successful minidump creation- the file manager showed the minidump file at zero size.
I repeated the process (recreating the original unmodified profile). This time at step 4 I started online, and tbird never opened- it generated the crash dump immediately.
Two questions: 1. Is it possible to transfer an imap profile and avoid re-downloading all the old messages? 2. What am I doing wrong that I'm getting the crash dumps?
Windows: [Compatibility] LastVersion=147.0_20260108190847/20260108190847 LastOSABI=WINNT_x86_64-msvc LastPlatformDir=C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird LastAppDir=C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird
Linux: [Compatibility] LastVersion=140.12.1_20260628021646/20260628021646 LastOSABI=Linux_x86_64-gcc3 LastPlatformDir=/initrd/mnt/dev_save/Thunderbird-portable64/thunderbird64 LastAppDir=/initrd/mnt/dev_save/Thunderbird-portable64/thunderbird64
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Is it possible to transfer an imap profile and avoid re-downloading all the old messages?Transferring a profile is possible, but there may be some issues. See https://kb.mozillazine.org/Move_to_a_new_PC#Moving_from_Windows_to_OSX_or_Linux
If the ESR version number you are changing to is lower (older) than the release version number you have been using, then you must use --allow-downgrade parameter for the first startup, to override downgrade protection. Note, files from a newer version are not guaranteed to work in an older version. However, I wouldn't expect any problems related to an IMAP account. See https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/thunderbird-release
Wrt the 'not re-downloading all the old messages' part, simply turn off IMAP synchronization. https://support.mozilla.org/kb/imap-synchronization
Note, with IMAP synchronization turned off you can't create local backups of your email archive.
LastPlatformDir=/initrd/mnt/dev_save/Thunderbird-portable64/thunderbird64 LastAppDir=/initrd/mnt/dev_save/Thunderbird-portable64/thunderbird64
The portable version is provided by PortableApps.com, so you should check with them about your crashes. You may want to try using the current release version from https://www.thunderbird.net/thunderbird/all/
Thank you.
Have you solved your problem?
christ1 said
Have you solved your problem?
Well, yes and no. First- a bit of trivia: I'm not using a PortableApps.com release, I'm using a Thunderbird ESR packaged into a 'portable' folder: LTS Thunderbird : v128 esr - in 'portable' format - 32- and 64-bit (Thunderbird auto-updated from 128esr to the 140esr I reported in the OP.)
I was never successful in any attempt to load Linux Thunderbird using my Windows profile. I tried with --allow-downgrade, I tried with deleting compatibility.ini, I tried with --allow-downgrade AND deleted compatibility.ini, I tried with --safe-mode. (I started each attempt with a clean copy of my windows profile.)
I suspect that if I were to be successful at opening Thunderbird with my old profile that Thunderbird would correctly recognize my previously synchronized imap mail.
However, since I was unsuccessful I created a new Thunderbird profile and from the account setup screens pointed Thunderbird at my existing mail folders. As expected, Local Folders was recognized without any problem. But, to my disappointment, Thunderbird ignored the previously downloaded messages in the imap folder. When I enabled synchronization Thunderbird proceeded to methodically replace every existing mbox file with new downloads.
I imagine that is precisely how imap synchronization is supposed to work. It's just that I was hoping to avoid repeated download of what had previously been synchronized.
As I have completed the process of creating a new profile and synchronizing with my gmail it's not likely that I will undertake any further testing.
Rather than repeating the download of a 11GB of mail, I converted over half to local folders and deleted the corresponding 'folders' from gmail before enabling synchronization.
Anyway, that's my current status. I'd be happy to flag your reply as solution, except that it really wasn't.
I do thank you for your reply.
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