Re: [PLUG] Copying mail folder from one user to another

["K.S. Bhaskar" <ksbhaskar@gmail.com>]

Thanks, Fred.  That's exactly the solution I was looking for.

Regards
-- Bhaskar

On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Fred Stluka <fred@bristle.com> wrote:
> Bhaskar,
>
> Based on your proposed solution, it sounds like you are NOT trying
> to set up the folder to be permanently shared between two people,
> each able to update the single shared copy from their Thunderbird
> installation.  You just want to copy it to their installation.
> True?
>
> Forget the index file.  Just copy the mail file (a Thunderbird mail
> "folder" is stored as a single mbox-like file) into a directory of
> their existing mail tree.  Thunderbird will find it, create a new
> index file, and open it correctly.  I do this all the time.
>
> If you need to share a Thunderbird mail "folder" that contains
> Thunderbird mail "subfolders", yes, there is a tree of files, one
> per folder, with similarly named subdirectories in the file system.
>
> Mail "folder" abc is represented by disk file abc, plus self-
> recreating index file abc.msf and subdirectory abc.sbd that
> contains all of the "subfolder" files and their indexes.  There's
> no bookkeeping hidden elsewhere, like a Windows registry or
> anything, so you can also just copy whole trees of such files.
> Delete the *.msf index files, or don't bother.  Should work fine
> either way.
>
> --Fred
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>
> K.S. Bhaskar wrote:
>> I have a thunderbird folder of mail that I would like to share with
>> someone.  What is the best way to copy and share the folder? As things
>> stand, I plan to create a tarchive of the folder and its index file,
>> have the other person create a new folder with the same name, and
>> replace their file and index with the one I provide.
>>
>> Is there an easier (less geeky) way?  While I am reasonably geeky (and
>> proud of it), the recipient is not.
>>
>> Thank you very much, in advance.
>>
>> -- Bhaskar
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