Move Mail to New PC?

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scnrfrq
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Move Mail to New PC?

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I need to move my SM EM accounts to a new PC. I thought before I just had to copy the Mail folder from the old PC to the new one. This isn't working. What do I need to do?
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Re: Move Mail to New PC?

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See this thread. It refers to Thunderbird but the basic logic and process would be the same for SeaMonkey. You want to move the full profile, not just message files
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_ ... hunderbird
For a concise, less detailed version of the process, see this thread --
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic ... 5#p7251375

For an alternative approach, see tanstaafl's posts in this thread -- http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic ... #p14209121
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Re: Move Mail to New PC?

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I was hoping for something easier. I have everything else transferred except for the mail accounts. The accounts and folders do transfer, but not the emails in the folders. Right now I'm forwarding them from one PC to the other, but it's tedious. Thanks for the info though.
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Re: Move Mail to New PC?

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How is the account set up in Thunderbird, as POP or IMAP? Find out using menu path Tools->Account Settings->Server Settings->Server Type at the top right of the dialogue.
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Re: Move Mail to New PC?

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It is POP.
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Re: Move Mail to New PC?

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scnrfrq wrote:I was hoping for something easier.
Just move/copy entire profile:
viewtopic.php?f=40&t=3105277
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