[Users] Upgrading 3.13.2 -> 4.2.0

[Jim Seymour]

On Tue, 1 Apr 2025 14:17:56 -0400
Jim Seymour <jseymour at LinxNet.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 1 Apr 2025 15:17:47 -0000
> Paul <paul at claws-mail.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 1 Apr 2025 16:22:01 +0200
> > Marco Moock <mm at dorfdsl.de> wrote: 
> >   
> > > Am 01.04.2025 um 10:18:51 Uhr schrieb Jim Seymour:
> > >     
> > > > Q: Can I safely just clone $HOME/.claws-mail from the 3.13.2
> > > > installation into the 4.2.0 install, or would I be courtin'
> > > > disaster?      
> > > 
> > > Normally, it works just fine. Although, I recommend creating a
> > > backup before running the new version, so in case of a problem
> > > you can go back.    
> > 
> > Yes, making a backup first is always generally a good idea with
> > any system, but in the case of your Claws Mail upgrade it will be
> > simple and straight forward and just work.
> > 
> > However, if you use any plugins in 3.13.2, you will need to reload
> > them the first time you run 4.x.x.
> > 
> > with regards
> > 
> > Paul
> >   
> 
> Thanks for the follow-ups.
> 
> I think I'm going to restrict it to
> 
[snip]

Ok, that was a mistake :p

Trashed my existing claws-mail installation on the new computer.
Since it was trashed, anyway, went ahead and tar'ed-up the directory
on my old computer, sent it across, extracted it, and, as-predicted,
it just worked.

Sometimes I make things harder than they need be - lol

Jim