Being in a rush after a botched TB update from v120 to 140.0esr, and missing disk backups, I reinstalled v102 and recreated two of my four email provider accounts in TB 1… (lees meer)
Being in a rush after a botched TB update from v120 to 140.0esr, and missing disk backups, I reinstalled v102 and recreated two of my four email provider accounts in TB 102. Now. I'd like to try the update again this way:
1. export the few messages downloaded to the reinstalled v102
2. Completely delete v102 and any traces of TB on my C: disk (Program Files folder, user account folders, registry...)
3. Install the latest version (143 as I write this)
4. Copy and set as default (or import?) a two-weeks old disk backup of the old TB v102 profile into v143 without anything missing:
- Four email accounts
- All the messages in all the mailbox folders (received, sent, drafts, etc.) of these accounts
- The complete archives folders structure and content
- All the other folders I created as direct children of the email accounts in the TB "Folders" outline and their contents
- one RSS feeds account and its settings
- ~40 RSS feeds subscriptions and their settings
5. Import the recent messages from step 1 into the corresponding TB accounts.
Is that the correct way to do this?
I'm wondering about a few things:
- Best email export format for later import?
- Will the restored email accounts automagically reconnect to the provider accounts? I may have changed the format of one of them from Imap to pop3, and the server handled it very well, but it would be Imap again in TB after restoring the disk backup...
- Why is v140 the only one with ESR in its name and not the following ones? I was on ESR when I froze 102 and blocked updates)
- Is the Sqlite DB part ot the TB account file structure, and is it carried over when moving or duplicating that account?
- Has the TB account folder and/or the Sqlite DB changed format between v102 and v143?
P.S. the email account for this post is among the inactive ones at the moment!