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|    Mark Lloyd to Mark Lloyd    |
|    Re: Moving Thunderbird from Ubuntu to Wi    |
|    08 Sep 22 18:20:35    |
      From: not.email@all.invalid              On 9/8/22 11:37, Mark Lloyd wrote:       > On 9/7/22 13:48, Lew wrote:       >> On 07/09/2022 16:38, Mark Lloyd wrote:       >>       >>> To find the profile folder on Linux:       >>> Look in ~/.thunderbird/profiles.ini (the default section)       >>       >> When I type that in I get "Permission denied".       >>       >> What am I doing wrong?       >       > That's a file. Go to the directory first:       >       > cd ~/.thunderbird       > cat profiles.ini       >       > There's a line (the second line in mine) that starts with 'Default='.       > The remainder of the line is the name of your profile directory, which       > is in ~/.thunderbird The contents of this directory (not the directory       > itself) should be copied to the profile directory in your new       > installation (while Firefox is NOT running). then start FF.       >       > OT: I notice numeric coincidences, such as the date (the 8th) is the       > same as the LSD in the days until Christmas.              Sorry for the error. When I said Firefox I meant Thunderbird.                     --       108 days until the winter celebration (Sunday, December 25, 2022       12:00:00 AM for 1 day).              Mark Lloyd       http://notstupid.us/              "We didn't send you to Washington to make intelligent decisions. We sent       you to represent us." [Kent York, Baptist minister to US Rep. Bill       Sarpalius]              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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