[Mdlug] [mdlug] Repairing Thunderbird profiles

[Ingles, Raymond]

> From: Ingles, Raymond

>  I got my wife switched over to Ubuntu, and had her using Thunderbird
> on Linux pointing to the old Windows profile on a FAT drive. It worked
> for a month or so, and then suddenly failed. No mail, no account, no
> indication that it even *saw* the profile that its own config files
> were pointing it at.

 Turns out this is a known bug with Thunderbird; it sometimes 'forgets about'
its default profile. To prevent this, rename the profile something besides
'default'.

 I never did manage to get the old profile properly restored. What I *did*
manage to do was import all her old mail into a new profile, following this
page:

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Thunderbird_:_FAQs_:_Merge_Profiles

 This page has information on various Thunderbird issues and some
workarounds:

http://www.desktoplinux.com/articles/AT3034613099.html

 It's titled "Keeping Thunderbird from breaking". :-/

 Sincerely,

 Ray Ingles                                                     (313) 227-2317

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