D 1.076 and 2.061 release

Walter Bright newshound2 at digitalmars.com
Wed Jan 2 13:11:19 PST 2013


On 1/2/2013 12:47 PM, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
> On 2013-01-02 21:37, Walter Bright wrote:
>
>> Windows has gotten better in this regard, that is true.
>>
>> But it's still bizarre that, with Thunderbird, you can export/import the
>> address book, but not the mail database.
>>
>> A welcome improvement would be to have a button to export/import the
>> whole farkin' thing.
>>
>> Instead, when I installed TB on my laptop, I had to open the account
>> settings on my desktop, and screen by screen, manually copy the data
>> into my laptop TB install. A long and tedious and error-prone process,
>> as there are endless screens and config settings.
>
> Copying the thunderbird profile directory should do the trick:
>
> http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Thunderbird

I've suffered trying to figure out that page many times. It's exactly why a 
button is needed.



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