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minus-squareMangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoI just gave it a try and it does not pick up my existing Thunderbird data automatically, or prompt to import it.
minus-squaremcmxci@mimiclem.melinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoThe instructions change if you’re using flatpak. I was only able to get it to work with a manual import
minus-square7eter@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-25 days agofor TB -> TB-flatpack simply pasting from ~/.thunderbird/ to ~/.var/app/org.mozilla.Thunderbird/.thunderbird/ did work for me. I might try betterbird sometime.
minus-squareMangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-25 days agoI’m on Windows on this PC, so nothing being isolated here.
I just gave it a try and it does not pick up my existing Thunderbird data automatically, or prompt to import it.
Same here :(
Booooo
The instructions change if you’re using flatpak. I was only able to get it to work with a manual import
for TB -> TB-flatpack simply pasting from
~/.thunderbird/to~/.var/app/org.mozilla.Thunderbird/.thunderbird/did work for me. I might try betterbird sometime.I’m on Windows on this PC, so nothing being isolated here.