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    From J Burns@burns@nospam.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Sun Nov 10 18:30:45 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    Today I migrated to a new Mac. When I tried to open Thunderbird, the
    system told me to drag it to the trash because it was damaged.

    I don't want to lose the data files, such as my server account. If I
    download Thunderbird and have it replace the one on my disk, will I have
    my server data?
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  • From Paul Goodman@no_email@invalid.invalid to comp.sys.mac.system on Mon Nov 11 00:15:12 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    J Burns <burns@nospam.com> wrote:
    Today I migrated to a new Mac. When I tried to open Thunderbird, the
    system told me to drag it to the trash because it was damaged.

    I don't want to lose the data files, such as my server account. If I download Thunderbird and have it replace the one on my disk, will I have
    my server data?


    Are you using Thunderbird for email or usenet (or both)? If you are using
    it for email and are set up for IMAP, reinstalling Thunderbird should allow
    it to redownload everything that has been archived once you re-enter the
    email server info. With usenet, I am guessing it would depend on how far
    back you go and how much retention your server has available. If you are running your own email server with Thunderbird; I am not knowledgeable
    enough to know what would happen in that instance.
    --
    Paul Goodman

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  • From J Burns@burns@nospam.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Sun Nov 10 20:04:54 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    On 11/10/24 7:15 PM, Paul Goodman wrote:
    J Burns <burns@nospam.com> wrote:
    Today I migrated to a new Mac. When I tried to open Thunderbird, the
    system told me to drag it to the trash because it was damaged.

    I don't want to lose the data files, such as my server account. If I
    download Thunderbird and have it replace the one on my disk, will I have
    my server data?


    Are you using Thunderbird for email or usenet (or both)? If you are using
    it for email and are set up for IMAP, reinstalling Thunderbird should allow it to redownload everything that has been archived once you re-enter the email server info. With usenet, I am guessing it would depend on how far
    back you go and how much retention your server has available. If you are running your own email server with Thunderbird; I am not knowledgeable
    enough to know what would happen in that instance.

    Minutes after posting, I canceled the message because it seemed I didn't
    have anything to lose by installing a new copy of Thunderbird, and it
    worked. I didn't have to re-enter anything.

    Thanks for answering!
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