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how do I backup thunderbird as I am reinstalling my system

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user01229325 replied 11 years ago
johntd
johntd

I am reinstalling my system and would like to save all of my emails and other settings in thunderbird, how do I do this, many thanks for your time.

I am reinstalling my system and would like to save all of my emails and other settings in thunderbird, how do I do this, many thanks for your time.

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Gnospen
Gnospen

easiest way is to use a backup tool like MozBackup how to at http://kb.mozillazine.org/MozBackup and download at http://sourceforge.net/projects/mozbackup/

johntd
johntd Question owner

sorry I forgot to mention that I run Linux and mozbackup is for windows I think.

user01229325
user01229325

Then copy your profile. Read this article found by Googling Thunderbird Backup. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-tb