On 02/09/2013 10:54 PM, Frank McCormick wrote: > On 09/02/13 01:38 PM, Frank wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 02/09/2013 06:23 PM, Frank McCormick wrote: >>> >>> I am running several Linux distributions on my machine - Debian >>> sid on one, Ubuntu on another and two versions of Fedora on a 3rd >>> and 4th partition. >>> >>> Is there a way to reliably share the mail data in Thunderbird ? >>> When I point the <hidden> .thunderbird directory on another >>> partition via a symlink to the one on the Debian Sid partition, the >>> mail directories get re-written when T'bird closes to reflect the >>> fact the Debian parition is mounted as /media/sda2. If I tell
You could also try to bind-mount the directory: # mount -o bind /media/sda2 /home/linux-fan/.thunderbird >>> Thunderbird on another partition to load its profile from the >>> Debian partition it still seems to read and write mail from the >>> .thunderbird directory on the partition it was run fromt. >>> >>> I am looking for a way to tell T'bird to only deal with the >>> .thunderbird directory on Debian sid, no matter which partition it >>> is run from. >>> >>> Googling the problem only seems to turn up help to share data >>> between Linux and Windows..not between Linux and Linux. >> >> Why don't you store your emails on an imap server? Maybe I didn't >> catch it... >> >> Best >> Frank > > Well I was hoping there would be a simple way to tell Thunderbird to > read/write from mail data on another partition. Maybe that's not possible ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5116c7ed.7010...@web.de
