Trying to move outlook2003 to linux thunderbird

Linux Support
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hi
the szhyvx4z has gone from my usb i cannot even find it im my windows pc
i have backed up again and re done the import from outlook its called outlook import1.sbd

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Is thunderbird on XP exactly how you want it ?

43

yes

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OK, copy the szhyvx4z.default directory from the XP installation to your USB stick.

On the Linux PC run:

rm -r ~/.thunderbird

then:

mkdir ~/.thunderbird

then:

nemo ~/.thunderbird

if a window opens … copy the szhyvx4z.default directory from your USB stick into that window.
then run:

gedit ~/.thunderbird/profiles.ini

when a BLANK file opens, make it read:-

[General]
StartWithLastProfile=1

[Profile0]
Name=default
IsRelative=1
Path=szhyvx4z.default

SAVE te file, and close gedit.

Now start Thunderbird … is it how you expect it ?

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ron@ron-GA-78LMT-USB3 ~ $ rm ~/.thunderbird
rm: cannot remove ‘/home/ron/.thunderbird’: Is a directory
ron@ron-GA-78LMT-USB3 ~ $ mkdir ~/.thunderbird
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/home/ron/.thunderbird’: File exists
ron@ron-GA-78LMT-USB3 ~ $

has this happend because i deleted my profile from thunderbird last night

46

ok the files are there now so lets leave this alone
but i do have a question i have a file that ends in .sbd What is sbd and what is the way to open it in to plain readable Text

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has this happend because i deleted my profile from thunderbird last nigh

No, it happened because I missed out the “-r” option in the first command … so the .thunderbird directory didn’t get deleted.

For an explanation of what the .sbd (sub-directory) extension is about, see here:
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=143193