[Users] Copy Claws to new computer

[rikona]

On Wed, 16 Apr 2025 10:28:26 +0200
Michael Rasmussen via Users <users at lists.claws-mail.org> wrote:

> On 2025-04-16 09:57, Paul wrote:
> > On Tue, 15 Apr 2025 23:33:47 -0700
> > rikona <rikona at sonic.net> wrote:
> >   
> >> > Copy the ~/.claws-mail folder. It will work on the new OS.  
> > 
> > If you have an MH mailbox, (you use POP and not IMAP), you will
> > also need to
> > backup/copy your mailbox folder (or folders). By default  ~/Mail is
> > the mail
> > directory.
> >   
> And since it is not sure that your user is given the same userid you 
> must do the following after copying the folders and before starting 
> claws-mail:
> sudo chown -R your_user_name: /home/your_user_name/.claws-mail 
> /home/your_user_name/Mail

Thanks - especially true with a different OS.