1. Prepare data for migration on Ubuntu.

$ cd ~
$ tar cvfz mozilla-thunderbird-[YYYYMMDD].tgz .mozilla-thunderbird

* YYYYMMDD such as 20080525 (2008 May, 28th)
** Be careful in front of “mozilla-thunderbird” has dot (.) .
2. Copy file backup (mozilla-thunderbird-[YYYYMMDD].tgz) from Ubuntu to Windows

3. Extract backup file.

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Backup
1.  Please check your Thunderbird profile directory by this command.

$ ls -la * | grep .mozilla-thunderbird
-rw-r–r–  1 sketkeaw sketkeaw 32053404 2008-05-30 10:59 mozilla-thunderbird.tgz

2. Start backup

$ cd ~
$ tar cvfz mozilla-thunderbird-[YYYYMMDD].tgz .mozilla-thunderbird

** YYYYMMDD such as 20080525 (2008 May, 28th)

3. Backup completed !!!.

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