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
Усі відповіді (2)
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.
Щоб відповідати на повідомлення, ви повинні ввійти у свій обліковий запис. Поставте нове питання, якщо ви ще не маєте облікового запису.