<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><div>Abhay,<br>
It is all working great. I need just a bit more help. The<br>
addressbooks are not coming across in linux. I am sure there is<br>
another setting. Thanks for the help.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>
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On Sun, 10 Jan 2016 16:09:02 -0700<br>
<<a href="mailto:work@mykot.com">work@mykot.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Thanks to all for the help. Thanks particularly to Abhay for the<br>
> specifics. Below is my contribution back to the community on this<br>
> topic of sharing Claws-mail data between dual boot OS's (Windows and<br>
> Linux).<br>
> <br>
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br>
> How to share mail data and settings in Claws-mail on a dual boot<br>
> Windows/Linux system<br>
> <br>
> 1 - starting in Windows, You need to locate two Claws-mail folders:<br>
> a. Claws-mail - is your config directory<br>
> typically in C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\<br>
> b. Mail - is your mailbox folder. (It may have multiple<br>
> mailboxes)<br>
> typically in C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\ as well<br>
> <br>
> Note: If you have multiple accounts set up, you may have other folders<br>
> in that file, such as, “dad”, “mom”, etc.<br>
> <br>
> 2 - We need a path that can be used by both Windows and Linux. The<br>
> best option is a FAT32 partition. This folder will be R/W to both<br>
> systems. It will most likely be the D: drive in Windows. In Linux<br>
> mount it as whatever you want.<br>
> <br>
> 3 - Move "Mail" (and any other mailbox folders) to D: at the root<br>
> level. Do not place them within any other folder. <br>
> <br>
> You can do it in C: if you want to use a single partition in Windows<br>
> (bad idea BTW). Pro tip: On Windows, try to keep all your personal<br>
> files in a separate partition than the primary Windows system (C:).<br>
> If possible, better still, a completely different drive.<br>
> <br>
> 4 - Now open up <a href="http://folderlist.xml">folderlist.xml</a> and edit your mailbox path (line 3). It<br>
> should look like this:<br>
> <folder type="mh" path="C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Mail"<br>
> <br>
> Change it to: <folder type="mh" path="D:\Mail"<br>
> <br>
> If you have additional mailboxes, there will be additional lines<br>
> futher down in this file. You need to do this for each of them. <br>
> <br>
> Do a find/replace of "\" with "/". Replace all.<br>
> <br>
> Linux requires “/”. Windows will read either “\” or “/”.<br>
> <br>
> Save<br>
> <br>
> 5 – Exit Windows and launch Linux. <br>
> <br>
> 6 - Verify that you have both Windows C: and D: drives (partitions)<br>
> mounted (i.e. C: as windows-C, and D: as windows-D). Make note of<br>
> the mount path for each.<br>
> <br>
> 7 – Assuming you have installed Claws-mail and started a simple mail<br>
> account, enter your /home/%user% folder. You will need to set up two<br>
> symlinks, one for the Claws-mail profile and one for Mail<br>
> folder(s). < ln (link) -s (symbolic) mount path target ><br>
> <br>
> a. ln<br>
> -s /mnt/windows-C/Users/%username%/AppData/Roaming/Claws-Mail .claws-mail<br>
> Makes the Linux Claws-mail settings read the Windows settings<br>
> <br>
> b. ln -s /mnt/windows-D D: <br>
> Makes the mailbox path of D:\Mail accessible to Claws-Mail in Linux.<br>
> You should probably verify that the mount is writable and in your home<br>
> folder you can do "cd D:\Mail" and see your mailbox folders.<br>
> <br>
> That's it. Fire up Claws-mail in Linux and enjoy.<br>
> <br>
> 8 – Other changes that might be needed:<br>
> a. If you have actions defined, copy "actionswinrc" to "actionsrc".<br>
> Edit out any actions that are Windows specific, for example, those<br>
> that fire a Windows command.<br>
> b. Review your Accounts, especially if you had signatures configured.<br>
> The windows paths won't work here. You may want to move those to the<br>
> shared drive and use the same logic.<br>
> c. You'll have to load-up all the plug-ins again. <br>
> d. Review the fonts defined in Preferences->Display->Fonts<br>
> e. If you use gpg, you'll have to symlink path to your gnupg data<br>
> folder to .gnupg in your home folder as well.<br>
> f. If you create any folders in Windows, you'll have to open up<br>
> <a href="http://folderlist.xml">folderlist.xml</a> and do a find/replace of "\" with "/".<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> You can switch back-and-forth any time and your mail will be current<br>
> in either OS.<br>
> <br>
> Solution provided by: "Abhay S. Kushwaha"<br>
> <<a href="mailto:kushwaha@netsolutionsindia.com">kushwaha@netsolutionsindia.com</a>> on <a href="mailto:users-request@lists.claws-mail.org">users-request@lists.claws-mail.org</a><br>
> <br>
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br>
> <br>
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