Ping Mary

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Brian K
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Re: Ping Mary

Post by Brian K »

Mary,

I didn't know about a Global inbox until you mentioned it so I have separate email accounts, each with its own inbox. I like it that way although I gather TB 24 can have a Global inbox.
Brian K
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Re: Ping Mary

Post by Brian K »

Mary,

I just tested TB 24 and the Global inbox works for POP3 accounts.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Global_Inbox
mjnelson99
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Re: Ping Mary

Post by mjnelson99 »

It is called Local Folders in TB 17. Trash, Sent, etc, can
also go there.

On 9/21/2013 3:59 PM, Brian K wrote:
> Mary,
>
> I just tested TB 24 and the Global inbox works for POP3 accounts.
>
> [
> http://kb.mozillazine.org/Global_Inbox
> ](http://kb.mozillazine.org/Global_Inbox)
>
>
>
mjnelson99
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Re: Ping Mary

Post by mjnelson99 »

I could not get to that screen to attempt to make a change
since TB 24 was unhappy with almost all the folders used for
storage.

Don't know why 17 is happy with ALL of them. I went in and
looked. There are no conflicts. All accounts use Local Folders.

I could not even make any changes to those whose storage
address 24 was happy with either.

It might work with new email accts just being set up but I
have lots of folders/emails I would lose if I do that.

TB will not import its own files either. I thought of that.


On 9/21/2013 3:59 PM, Brian K wrote:
> Mary,
>
> I just tested TB 24 and the Global inbox works for POP3 accounts.
>
> [
> http://kb.mozillazine.org/Global_Inbox
> ](http://kb.mozillazine.org/Global_Inbox)
>
>
>
Brian K
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Re: Ping Mary

Post by Brian K »

Mary,

Would you like to try this? Copy the TB Portable 17 folder that is working. Extract the TB Portable 24 exe to the copied folder. Does it work? That's how I upgrade. Extract the new exe to the old folder.
mjnelson99
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Re: Ping Mary

Post by mjnelson99 »

I do know just updating TB 17 did not work.

I did find a way to export various emails by folder I might
want to reference in the future. I exported as .eml since it
does not look like there is any way to import them as a
group no matter the format.

Am considering setting up a few email accounts on a new TB
24 and notice what is happening. It if looks like it is
okay, I may take the time to clean up old stuff I just
haven't done yet.

I can try doing the copy for Portable. Easy to delete if
it is messed up.

On 9/21/2013 6:19 PM, Brian K wrote:
> Mary,
>
> Would you like to try this? Copy the TB Portable 17 folder that

is working. Extract the TB Portable 24 exe to the copied
folder.

Does it work? That's how I upgrade. Extract the new exe to
the old folder.
>
>
DrTeeth
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Re: Ping Mary

Post by DrTeeth »

On Sat, 21 Sep 2013 15:03:44 PDT, just as I was about to take a herb,
mjnelson99 disturbed my reverie and wrote:

>TB will not import its own files either. I thought of that.

Mary,

Betas are available for v18 > 23 inclusive. maybe using one of those
as an intermediate step on a copy of the data may help?

--

Cheers,

DrT

** Stress - the condition brought about by having to
** resist the temptation to beat the living daylights
** out of someone who richly deserves it.
mjnelson99
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Re: Ping Mary

Post by mjnelson99 »

TB 17 has the email accts in Global Folders that is separate from the
usual Local Folders option.

That may be messing 24 up. I have only seen the Local Folders option in
24 so is worth a test.

Will test later today.
Mary

On 9/21/2013 4:45 PM, mjnelson99 wrote:
> It is called Local Folders in TB 17. Trash, Sent, etc, can
> also go there.
>
> On 9/21/2013 3:59 PM, Brian K wrote:
>> Mary,
>>
>> I just tested TB 24 and the Global inbox works for POP3 accounts.
>>
>> [
>> http://kb.mozillazine.org/Global_Inbox
>> ](http://kb.mozillazine.org/Global_Inbox)
>>
>>
>>
>
>

mjnelson99
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Re: Ping Mary

Post by mjnelson99 »

I moved all accounts to their own folders.

Updated to TB 24. Still did not like where stuff was stored and won't
accept attempted changes.

If I want to move to 24 or higher it looks like I need to start a clean
install of TB and maybe use the Portable 17 I have if I want to get old
emails later on.

I did start to set it up am using TB 24 now to send this message.

I did a Mozbackup from new to old computer of TB 24 and it looks like it
worked well so far.

The TB 24 file is significantly smaller than 17, too.

I did trf a few of the more recent, important emails from exported .eml
by forwarding the emails into TB 24. It took a bit of time to pick &
choose and with the TB 17 Portable I will be able to retrieve others if
necessary down the line.

For now, I will probably stay with regular TB 24 since the Mozbackup
worked well to trf to my old computer.

Thanks for all your assistance, Brian.
Mary

On 9/22/2013 1:37 PM, MJNelson wrote:
> TB 17 has the email accts in Global Folders that is separate from the
> usual Local Folders option.
>
> That may be messing 24 up. I have only seen the Local Folders option in
> 24 so is worth a test.
>
> Will test later today.
> Mary
>
> On 9/21/2013 4:45 PM, mjnelson99 wrote:
>> It is called Local Folders in TB 17. Trash, Sent, etc, can
>> also go there.
>>
>> On 9/21/2013 3:59 PM, Brian K wrote:
>>> Mary,
>>>
>>> I just tested TB 24 and the Global inbox works for POP3 accounts.
>>>
>>> [
>>> http://kb.mozillazine.org/Global_Inbox
>>> ](http://kb.mozillazine.org/Global_Inbox)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

mjnelson99
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TB 24

Post by mjnelson99 »

Thunderbird 24 is doing an excellent job of picking out SP__AM.

It may be even better than 17.

Maybe it is worth the effort to get it working after all.
Mary

On 9/21/2013 2:36 PM, mjnelson99 wrote:
> Brian
> Can you use Local Folders in TB 24 for all accounts or does
> each one have it's own Inbox, etc?
>
> On 9/20/2013 4:05 PM, Brian K wrote:
>> mjnelson99 wrote:
>>>
>>> Wish I knew if it was my error that TB 24 versions do not
>>> like lots of different email addresses or maybe a new
>>> "feature" they added to TB 24?
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> I have about ten email accounts in my TB 24.
>>
>>
>
>
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