Thunderbird hints&tips thread

Post by **117** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 7:01 pm

do it now, not when you can be "asred"

Post by **fac51** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 7:03 pm

i really cba to atm kev

Eamonn · Post by **Eamonn** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 7:36 pm

How do you change where messages are stored?

Post by **fac51** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 7:40 pm

dunno why?

btw updated them both now

Eamonn · Post by **Eamonn** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 7:52 pm

wanna keep my messages (and settings) on a seperate partition so that if I re-format, all messges are preserved..

Post by **fac51** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 8:22 pm

i see

Post by **117** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 6:47 pm

In XP:

Documents and Settings\<UserName>\Application Data\Thunderbird

the messages seem to be stored all in one file for each mail account / folder, so in the mail account folder you'll have a file called "mail" with no extension, if you open that in notepad you can see your messages in there as one long text file, but there seems to be some encrypted parts still

Eamonn · Post by **Eamonn** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 6:59 pm

Ta. Can't find a single mail file but the local folders seem to be stored in Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\o10fs7c6.default\Mail\Local Folders

I suppose if you want to also backup the settings, you just need to copy the whole Thunderbird directory...

Post by **117** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 7:13 pm

indeed.
i have a Local Folders folder, but i also have folders for each of my mail accounts that i use TBird for, and the mail file is stored in them

Eamonn · Post by **Eamonn** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 7:44 pm

nope, no mail file any of the account folders...

Post by **fac51** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 8:06 pm

im not too arsed about saving the messages its all the addys i want to back up. i cant believe thy've made doing so as difficult as it obviously is

Post by **117** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 12:28 am

What addys are you talking about ed?

Posted from a Sony Ericsson mobile phone

Post by **fac51** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 8:42 am

my saved emaill addy's. you can just export them in outlook

Eamonn · Post by **Eamonn** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 12:02 pm

You can just export your address book, Ed:

Open Address Book > Tools > Export

Post by **fac51** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 2:12 pm

nice one