felixding Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 I want to make Thunderbird in Windows and OSX share one mailbox folder, so that I dont have to check my mail twice since I have a "universal" mailbox folder, how to do it please? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5946-how-to-share-thunderbirds-mailbox-on-2-systems/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
romey-rome Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 IMAP... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5946-how-to-share-thunderbirds-mailbox-on-2-systems/#findComment-37449 Share on other sites More sharing options...
felixding Posted December 19, 2005 Author Share Posted December 19, 2005 thanks but I mean the mail folder is at local, right on my hd. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5946-how-to-share-thunderbirds-mailbox-on-2-systems/#findComment-37490 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasepsilon Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 very easy, just move your mbox to somewhere where both systems can read and write (=FAT32) and then create a new account as you wish, then simply go to account settings, change the local directory under "server settings" of the corresponding account to point to the correct mbox-folder. restart and you should see all your mails. you can do so even with linux.. das epsilon Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5946-how-to-share-thunderbirds-mailbox-on-2-systems/#findComment-37527 Share on other sites More sharing options...
felixding Posted December 20, 2005 Author Share Posted December 20, 2005 very easy, just move your mbox to somewhere where bothsystems can read and write (=FAT32) and then create a new account as you wish, then simply go to account settings, change the local directory under "server settings" of the corresponding account to point to the correct mbox-folder. restart and you should see all your mails. you can do so even with linux.. das epsilon Really? Does this method work for you? I had tried before I asked, but failed - After I changed the directory under "server settings" and restarted, nothing had changed, it is still "/library/felixding..." Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5946-how-to-share-thunderbirds-mailbox-on-2-systems/#findComment-37678 Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnniecarcinogen Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 what he maens is that you have to move away from ntfs and make a fat32 fs partition (not that big, just big enough) and make the common ile pull place on a file system each OS can read/write. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5946-how-to-share-thunderbirds-mailbox-on-2-systems/#findComment-37679 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasepsilon Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 (edited) Really? Does this method work for you? I had tried before I asked, but failed - After I changed the directory under "server settings" and restarted, nothing had changed, it is still "/library/felixding..." eeh? this should not be possible, since the preferences are being written on the root-directory, and for this one you do have permission to write. so changing the directory should ALWAYS work, unless you have some problems with writing on your own libary directory. and even if you point the directory to a ntfs-partition, where macos cannot write, it still can read, so you should be able to read your mails, but in that case you cannot write and hence can get no new mails.. so mayhap you really first move your mail to fat32, then delete all your library/../thunderbird directory, and reconfigure your thunderbird. (as always a "disk utitlity-->repair permissions" can be a magic key) das epsilon ps: and yes, i do have a extra-data-partition, fat32, 10gb, where all my personal data resides, e.g. my mails. i can (and do) use thunderbird on winxp, macos and linux. good thing to have access to mails everywhere. Edited December 20, 2005 by dasepsilon Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5946-how-to-share-thunderbirds-mailbox-on-2-systems/#findComment-37712 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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