More eMail client for me

[OldGuy]

Several suggested Thunderbird so I installed it on my laptop.
I entered all my accounts and was able to get the contacts from Opera.

Now I am putting Thunderbird on my desktop.
I see how to export the contacts from the laptop and import to the
desktop.

But how do I get the Account Info copied? (not the eMail, just the
account setup stuff)? Can do? A file to copy?

I better look for a Thunderbird newsgroup too. Is there a direct one?

 

[Mike Easter]

Several suggested Thunderbird so I installed it on my laptop. I
entered all my accounts and was able to get the contacts from Opera.

Now I am putting Thunderbird on my desktop. I see how to export the
contacts from the laptop and import to the desktop.

But how do I get the Account Info copied? (not the eMail, just the
account setup stuff)? Can do? A file to copy?

Tb's new account wizard will likely do it all for you, except the
user/pass. When you create a new mail account Tb wants you to provide
the user and pass first; then it 'derives' guesses at the recommended
mail server from a database and type of account pop/imap and settings
such as port and contacts the email server using your user pass to
finish the configuration.

Personally I would rather do it myself, so I don't give the wizard my
pass, which causes the setup configuration to stop so that I can tweak
the account to my liking.

If you build an account such as a news account from scratch, Tb is
different from most news agents in that it doesn't provide a place in
the account settings for you to put your user/pass. Instead, you
configure the account to always authenticate (when appropriate) and when
Tb accesses the server it activates the password manager, which is
actually a part of preferences/options for you to populate that
configuration and ask Tb to save the authentication info.

I better look for a Thunderbird newsgroup too. Is there a direct one?

Moz has their own server news.mozilla.org port 119 no authentication
group is mozilla.support.thunderbird.

MesNews, your current news agent has some nice features, for example it
properly implements format=flowed, which Tb doesn't do compliantly.

 

[Bob Henson]

Several suggested Thunderbird so I installed it on my laptop.
I entered all my accounts and was able to get the contacts from Opera.

Now I am putting Thunderbird on my desktop.
I see how to export the contacts from the laptop and import to the
desktop.

But how do I get the Account Info copied? (not the eMail, just the
account setup stuff)? Can do? A file to copy?

I better look for a Thunderbird newsgroup too. Is there a direct one?

If you want an exact copy of your setup on the laptop transferring to
your desktop version, back it up with Mozbackup, install Thunderbird to
the desktop and do a restore to it from the laptop backup file that you
made. If you tick all the boxes when you do the backup it will copy
across all your settings and data in one easy move - even your extensions.

 

[Bob H]

Several suggested Thunderbird so I installed it on my laptop.
I entered all my accounts and was able to get the contacts from Opera.

Now I am putting Thunderbird on my desktop.
I see how to export the contacts from the laptop and import to the desktop.

But how do I get the Account Info copied? (not the eMail, just the
account setup stuff)? Can do? A file to copy?

I better look for a Thunderbird newsgroup too. Is there a direct one?

I use Mozbackup, and you can select what you want to backup/restore
before it actually starts.

 

[s|b]

But how do I get the Account Info copied? (not the eMail, just the
account setup stuff)? Can do? A file to copy?

I don't use MozBackup. I open FreeCommander (or Explorer) and copy the
profile folder. It can be copied to Portable Thunderbird, another
Windows OS or to a Mac or Linux OS.

I better look for a Thunderbird newsgroup too. Is there a direct one?

mozilla.support.thunderbird

I can be accessed through news.mozilla.org (no account needed).

 

[OldGuy]

OldGuy explained on 6/20/2013 :

Several suggested Thunderbird so I installed it on my laptop.
I entered all my accounts and was able to get the contacts from Opera.

Now I am putting Thunderbird on my desktop.
I see how to export the contacts from the laptop and import to the desktop.

But how do I get the Account Info copied? (not the eMail, just the account
setup stuff)? Can do? A file to copy?

I better look for a Thunderbird newsgroup too. Is there a direct one?

Thanks all. TBird is now installed and I am going to try the Mozilla
app to transfer all the setting on one PC to another PC.