I too received an amazing collection of seeds from smithseeds. I sent a private email thanking them, but didn't think of posting here. Thanks again for the generosity. I have planted all of the tomato and pepper seeds you sent me and all are sprouting quite nicely. ....Heather

Thanks, unless I'm missing something important (I do from time -to-time), the "import" function for "Mail" is limited to "Communicator x, Outlook, and a few others, a method to import from Thunderbird (itself so to speak) isn't there. Now this hasn't been a problem in the past, as recent as December I put a new Dell PC into service for my wife, and copied her Thunderbird mail files (just a copy) into the Mail folder on the new PC, worked fine. Has worked for me in the past too, but not this time. I've put some considerable effort since posting this thread, and still haven't figured it out (there should not be a need to "import" or otherwise "map" protocols, the protocol/coding is the same one copy of Thunderbird to the next). This time I am working form a backup file, not he old application of TB, I may have done something wrong in the backup step. I also find it strange that the subject isn't addressed on the Mozilla/TB help forum. The subject is addressed, my difficulty isn't.

Hi Zep, Well, I learned how to paste a print screen image into a post. :) I had already changed my "sents" to go to the local folder and had added a folder for Sents other than the default. Does this look right? The article still doesn't explain why my posts aren't being sent/timing out. I really love Thunderbird, but I'm afraid I might end up being a yahoo customer. :)

found the little bugger in another folder, and pulled him back to where he belonged, I must have clicked something and not realized it, but I do appreciate your input, always helpful to come here.