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Add new account on two computers

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I don't know the correct terminology to describe my question. Extensive searching with various wording in several places gives answers to other questions. I have the same Thunderbird Mail account on two Linux computers. I can read and write messages from different email accounts on both devices and other mail clients with no problem. Changes made in one place are reflected everywhere else I have the same account. What I want to know is if I can have a new account added to Tbird on one computer automatically added to the other one. When I upgraded the OS on my desktop computer and installed Thunderbird, and signed in with my profile details, the left pane was empty. In order to start using it, I had to manually add each email account as if for the first time. I had thought that the information in the Tbird app on my laptop (same profile) would sync with the other computer, but it seems that's not what synchronize means. I've added a Blogs and Feeds folder to each of the computers, but when I add a new RSS Feed, it's only found on the computer I was using when I added it. Searching seems to suggest there is a way to do this with some complicated third-party mediation, but I use Thunderbird because it's simple to open any message right at my fingertips. Isn't there some way I can copy everything in my Thunderbird account from one computer to the other with just a few clicks?

I don't know the correct terminology to describe my question. Extensive searching with various wording in several places gives answers to other questions. I have the same Thunderbird Mail account on two Linux computers. I can read and write messages from different email accounts on both devices and other mail clients with no problem. Changes made in one place are reflected everywhere else I have the same account. What I want to know is if I can have a new account added to Tbird on one computer automatically added to the other one. When I upgraded the OS on my desktop computer and installed Thunderbird, and signed in with my profile details, the left pane was empty. In order to start using it, I had to manually add each email account as if for the first time. I had thought that the information in the Tbird app on my laptop (same profile) would sync with the other computer, but it seems that's not what synchronize means. I've added a Blogs and Feeds folder to each of the computers, but when I add a new RSS Feed, it's only found on the computer I was using when I added it. Searching seems to suggest there is a way to do this with some complicated third-party mediation, but I use Thunderbird because it's simple to open any message right at my fingertips. Isn't there some way I can copy everything in my Thunderbird account from one computer to the other with just a few clicks?

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frankp said

What I want to know is if I can have a new account added to Tbird on one computer automatically added to the other one.

No. There is no account sync. Much as there is a demand.

Just be aware there is no Thunderbird server. What exists on your two machines is not linked in anyway, other than by open mail protocols such as IMAP.

Your best bet is probably to use the profile export import 6that will come with V102 in a few weeks and migrate the profile that way.

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frankp said

What I want to know is if I can have a new account added to Tbird on one computer automatically added to the other one.

No. There is no account sync. Much as there is a demand.

Just be aware there is no Thunderbird server. What exists on your two machines is not linked in anyway, other than by open mail protocols such as IMAP.

Your best bet is probably to use the profile export import 6that will come with V102 in a few weeks and migrate the profile that way.