How do I restore Thunderbird email under Linux?

How do I restore Thunderbird email under Linux? I have both a .thunderbird and a .mozilla-thunderbird from an existing installation.
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bert [Entry]

"You should be able to simply drop them into your home directory.

example:

cp -r /media/USBStick/backup/.thunderbird ~
cp -r /media/USBStick/backup/.mozilla-thunderbird ~

make sure your applications also have sufficient read permissions to these files."

bert [Entry]

"Basically the same as Saint DanBert, but I usually use tar.

tar -cvzf thunder.tar.gz .mozilla-thunderbird/ .mozilla/
move it to the new computer
tar -xvzf thunder.tar.gz"