Migrating windows thunderbird emails, accounts, address books to Linux Mandriva 2010
http://systems-edge.co.uk/linux-thunderbird/index.html(a) Install thunderbird from your Mandriva control panel
(b) Install Krusader file manager from Mandriva control panel
Please substitute user name “tony” to “you user name”
(c) Launch Krusader file manager
(d) Click on the 3 coloured disks select /home/tony on l/h side of the panel
(e) On the right hand window click on the 3 coloured disks select /home/tony/.thunderbird.
(f) Delete the files and folders in /home/tony/.thunderbird in the right hand window
(g) Exit Krusader file manager
(h) Launch Mandriva control panel from the task bar (monitor with red button)
(i) Select install and remove software
(j) Click on mozilla-thunderbird to uninstall thunderbird
EXIT
(k) Launch Krusader
On the right hand window click on the 3 coloured disks select /home/tony/.thunderbird
On the left hand window click on the 3 coloured disks select the location of the windows backup of thunderbird profiles. Copy and paste these to the left hand window
(L) Reinstall thunderbird from the control panel
Close the control panel
(m) Open Krusader
Select TOOLS, MOUNTMAN. UNMOUNT your memory stick
(n) Terminate Krusader then restart Krusader
(o) Open a terminal window (small black monitor located in the internet drop down menu)
[tony@localhost ~]$ su
Password: (enter your root password)
[root@localhost tony]# cd /home/tony
[root@localhost tony]# chown -R tony:tony .thunderbird
[root@localhost tony]# chmod -R 700 .thunderbird
ls –l is not necessary but shows permissions (.thunderbird “.”= hidden folder)
[root@localhost tony]# ls -l .thunderbird
total 48
drwx------ 2 tony tony 4096 2010-01-11 20:18 Crash Reports/
-rwx------ 1 tony tony 13171 2010-01-11 17:47 list-of-files-in-thunderbird-windows.txt*
-rwx------ 1 tony tony 12980 2010-01-11 16:41 list.txt*
drwx------ 3 tony tony 4096 2010-01-11 20:18 Profiles/
-rwx------ 1 tony tony 111 2010-01-10 18:41 profiles.ini*
-rwx------ 1 tony tony 335 2010-01-10 18:41 registry.dat*
[root@localhost tony]# cd .thunderbird
[root@localhost .thunderbird]# ls -l
total 48
drwx------ 2 tony tony 4096 2010-01-11 20:18 Crash Reports/
-rwx------ 1 tony tony 13171 2010-01-11 17:47 list-of-files-in-thunderbird-windows.txt*
-rwx------ 1 tony tony 12980 2010-01-11 16:41 list.txt*
drwx------ 3 tony tony 4096 2010-01-11 20:18 Profiles/
-rwx------ 1 tony tony 111 2010-01-10 18:41 profiles.ini*
-rwx------ 1 tony tony 335 2010-01-10 18:41 registry.dat*
[root@localhost .thunderbird]#
(p) click on the thunderbird icon on in the internet panel
For instruction on how to transfer emails, accounts, settings
from Microsoft Outlook Express to Windows Thunderbird and make a backup. visit.
http://systems-edge.co.uk/thunderbird/index.html 
