How do I back up Thunderbird emails?
How can I back up Thuderbird 10.0.2 emails,etc to flash drive or external hard drive using Ubuntu 10.10
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How can I back up Thuderbird 10.0.2 emails,etc to flash drive or external hard drive using Ubuntu 10.10
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How can I back up Thuderbird 10.0.2 emails,etc to flash drive or external hard drive using Ubuntu 10.10
thunderbird
asked Mar 18 '12 at 16:22
David
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How can I back up Thuderbird 10.0.2 emails,etc to flash drive or external hard drive using Ubuntu 10.10
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David
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asked Mar 18 '12 at 16:22
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Go to your home folder & press " ctrl + h " to view hidden folders
copy & backup " .thunderbird " folder
Inside .thunderbird you should see a bunch of files and folders named Cache, Mail, ImapMail etc
If not, then you have relocated your profile folder.
Your actual profile folder is defined in a file named 'profiles.ini'
Open it with a text viewer/editor and you will see something like this:
[General]
StartWithLastProfile=1
[Profile0]
Name=Default User
IsRelative=0
Path=/media/diskF/ThunderbirdMail/5mu9j6vu.default
Default=1
The 'Path' is the real folder to backup.
edited Jul 15 '12 at 9:32
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answered Mar 18 '12 at 16:33
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I use this monster command:
rsync -rltgoDvz --modify-window=1 --delete ~/.thunderbird/ --exclude="**/global-messages-db.sqlite" --exclude="**/places.sqlite" --exclude="Crash*Reports/" --exclude="**/Cache/" --exclude="**/startupCache/" --exclude="**/OfflineCache/" /path/to/backup/thunderbird
This is for copying to a samba-mounted NAS. The options are "-avz" but minus -p, as permissions don't copy over correctly (so rsync is never happy). If copying to an ext3 partition you also won't need --modify-window (but it also won't do any harm).
The excludes speed things up, by not copying over files that can be regenerated, or are not needed. Especially global-messages-db.sqlite, which can get very big. Some information on what the files each do is here: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Files_and_folders_in_the_profile_-_Thunderbird
answered Sep 16 '13 at 6:57
Darren Cook
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Your mail and settings are located in your home folder under ".thunderbird" hidden folder. Just copy that folder to your USB
sudo cp ~/.thunderbird dev/<usb_drive>/thunderbird
answered Mar 18 '12 at 16:35
Ringtail
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Note for users - the USB drive may be located under/media,/run/mediaetc
– Wilf
Aug 12 '17 at 20:14
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Go to your home folder & press " ctrl + h " to view hidden folders
copy & backup " .thunderbird " folder
Inside .thunderbird you should see a bunch of files and folders named Cache, Mail, ImapMail etc
If not, then you have relocated your profile folder.
Your actual profile folder is defined in a file named 'profiles.ini'
Open it with a text viewer/editor and you will see something like this:
[General]
StartWithLastProfile=1
[Profile0]
Name=Default User
IsRelative=0
Path=/media/diskF/ThunderbirdMail/5mu9j6vu.default
Default=1
The 'Path' is the real folder to backup.
edited Jul 15 '12 at 9:32
Community♦
1
answered Mar 18 '12 at 16:33
One Zero
17.1k2272106
add a comment |
Go to your home folder & press " ctrl + h " to view hidden folders
copy & backup " .thunderbird " folder
Inside .thunderbird you should see a bunch of files and folders named Cache, Mail, ImapMail etc
If not, then you have relocated your profile folder.
Your actual profile folder is defined in a file named 'profiles.ini'
Open it with a text viewer/editor and you will see something like this:
[General]
StartWithLastProfile=1
[Profile0]
Name=Default User
IsRelative=0
Path=/media/diskF/ThunderbirdMail/5mu9j6vu.default
Default=1
The 'Path' is the real folder to backup.
edited Jul 15 '12 at 9:32
Community♦
1
answered Mar 18 '12 at 16:33
One Zero
17.1k2272106
add a comment |
Go to your home folder & press " ctrl + h " to view hidden folders
copy & backup " .thunderbird " folder
Inside .thunderbird you should see a bunch of files and folders named Cache, Mail, ImapMail etc
If not, then you have relocated your profile folder.
Your actual profile folder is defined in a file named 'profiles.ini'
Open it with a text viewer/editor and you will see something like this:
[General]
StartWithLastProfile=1
[Profile0]
Name=Default User
IsRelative=0
Path=/media/diskF/ThunderbirdMail/5mu9j6vu.default
Default=1
The 'Path' is the real folder to backup.
edited Jul 15 '12 at 9:32
Community♦
1
answered Mar 18 '12 at 16:33
One Zero
17.1k2272106
Go to your home folder & press " ctrl + h " to view hidden folders
copy & backup " .thunderbird " folder
Inside .thunderbird you should see a bunch of files and folders named Cache, Mail, ImapMail etc
If not, then you have relocated your profile folder.
Your actual profile folder is defined in a file named 'profiles.ini'
Open it with a text viewer/editor and you will see something like this:
[General]
StartWithLastProfile=1
[Profile0]
Name=Default User
IsRelative=0
Path=/media/diskF/ThunderbirdMail/5mu9j6vu.default
Default=1
The 'Path' is the real folder to backup.
edited Jul 15 '12 at 9:32
Community♦
1
answered Mar 18 '12 at 16:33
One Zero
17.1k2272106
edited Jul 15 '12 at 9:32
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I use this monster command:
rsync -rltgoDvz --modify-window=1 --delete ~/.thunderbird/ --exclude="**/global-messages-db.sqlite" --exclude="**/places.sqlite" --exclude="Crash*Reports/" --exclude="**/Cache/" --exclude="**/startupCache/" --exclude="**/OfflineCache/" /path/to/backup/thunderbird
This is for copying to a samba-mounted NAS. The options are "-avz" but minus -p, as permissions don't copy over correctly (so rsync is never happy). If copying to an ext3 partition you also won't need --modify-window (but it also won't do any harm).
The excludes speed things up, by not copying over files that can be regenerated, or are not needed. Especially global-messages-db.sqlite, which can get very big. Some information on what the files each do is here: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Files_and_folders_in_the_profile_-_Thunderbird
answered Sep 16 '13 at 6:57
Darren Cook
346317
add a comment |
I use this monster command:
rsync -rltgoDvz --modify-window=1 --delete ~/.thunderbird/ --exclude="**/global-messages-db.sqlite" --exclude="**/places.sqlite" --exclude="Crash*Reports/" --exclude="**/Cache/" --exclude="**/startupCache/" --exclude="**/OfflineCache/" /path/to/backup/thunderbird
This is for copying to a samba-mounted NAS. The options are "-avz" but minus -p, as permissions don't copy over correctly (so rsync is never happy). If copying to an ext3 partition you also won't need --modify-window (but it also won't do any harm).
The excludes speed things up, by not copying over files that can be regenerated, or are not needed. Especially global-messages-db.sqlite, which can get very big. Some information on what the files each do is here: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Files_and_folders_in_the_profile_-_Thunderbird
answered Sep 16 '13 at 6:57
Darren Cook
346317
add a comment |
I use this monster command:
rsync -rltgoDvz --modify-window=1 --delete ~/.thunderbird/ --exclude="**/global-messages-db.sqlite" --exclude="**/places.sqlite" --exclude="Crash*Reports/" --exclude="**/Cache/" --exclude="**/startupCache/" --exclude="**/OfflineCache/" /path/to/backup/thunderbird
This is for copying to a samba-mounted NAS. The options are "-avz" but minus -p, as permissions don't copy over correctly (so rsync is never happy). If copying to an ext3 partition you also won't need --modify-window (but it also won't do any harm).
The excludes speed things up, by not copying over files that can be regenerated, or are not needed. Especially global-messages-db.sqlite, which can get very big. Some information on what the files each do is here: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Files_and_folders_in_the_profile_-_Thunderbird
answered Sep 16 '13 at 6:57
Darren Cook
346317
I use this monster command:
rsync -rltgoDvz --modify-window=1 --delete ~/.thunderbird/ --exclude="**/global-messages-db.sqlite" --exclude="**/places.sqlite" --exclude="Crash*Reports/" --exclude="**/Cache/" --exclude="**/startupCache/" --exclude="**/OfflineCache/" /path/to/backup/thunderbird
This is for copying to a samba-mounted NAS. The options are "-avz" but minus -p, as permissions don't copy over correctly (so rsync is never happy). If copying to an ext3 partition you also won't need --modify-window (but it also won't do any harm).
The excludes speed things up, by not copying over files that can be regenerated, or are not needed. Especially global-messages-db.sqlite, which can get very big. Some information on what the files each do is here: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Files_and_folders_in_the_profile_-_Thunderbird
answered Sep 16 '13 at 6:57
Darren Cook
346317
answered Sep 16 '13 at 6:57
Darren Cook
346317
answered Sep 16 '13 at 6:57
Darren Cook
346317
answered Sep 16 '13 at 6:57
Darren Cook
346317
346317
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add a comment |
Your mail and settings are located in your home folder under ".thunderbird" hidden folder. Just copy that folder to your USB
sudo cp ~/.thunderbird dev/<usb_drive>/thunderbird
answered Mar 18 '12 at 16:35
Ringtail
13.5k1249176
Note for users - the USB drive may be located under/media,/run/mediaetc
– Wilf
Aug 12 '17 at 20:14
add a comment |
Your mail and settings are located in your home folder under ".thunderbird" hidden folder. Just copy that folder to your USB
sudo cp ~/.thunderbird dev/<usb_drive>/thunderbird
answered Mar 18 '12 at 16:35
Ringtail
13.5k1249176
Note for users - the USB drive may be located under/media,/run/mediaetc
– Wilf
Aug 12 '17 at 20:14
add a comment |
Your mail and settings are located in your home folder under ".thunderbird" hidden folder. Just copy that folder to your USB
sudo cp ~/.thunderbird dev/<usb_drive>/thunderbird
answered Mar 18 '12 at 16:35
Ringtail
13.5k1249176
Your mail and settings are located in your home folder under ".thunderbird" hidden folder. Just copy that folder to your USB
sudo cp ~/.thunderbird dev/<usb_drive>/thunderbird
answered Mar 18 '12 at 16:35
Ringtail
13.5k1249176
answered Mar 18 '12 at 16:35
Ringtail
13.5k1249176
answered Mar 18 '12 at 16:35
Ringtail
13.5k1249176
answered Mar 18 '12 at 16:35
Ringtail
13.5k1249176
13.5k1249176
Note for users - the USB drive may be located under/media,/run/mediaetc
– Wilf
Aug 12 '17 at 20:14
add a comment |
Note for users - the USB drive may be located under/media,/run/mediaetc
– Wilf
Aug 12 '17 at 20:14
Note for users - the USB drive may be located under
/media, /run/media etc– Wilf
Aug 12 '17 at 20:14
Note for users - the USB drive may be located under
/media, /run/media etc– Wilf
Aug 12 '17 at 20:14
add a comment |
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