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Where is the Thunderbird default location of 'LOCAL' folders as I need to transfer from a dying machine to a new computer?

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Where can I find the default location of? 'LOCAL' folders as I need to copy them from a dying computer to a new one?

Where can I find the default location of? 'LOCAL' folders as I need to copy them from a dying computer to a new one?

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Help/Troubleshooting, Profile Folder, Open Folder, close TB, Local Folders is a subfolder of the Mail folder. Copy the mbox files - the large files with no extensions, named after folders - to the Mail/Local Folders on the new computer, with TB closed.

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Help/Troubleshooting, Profile Folder, Open Folder, close TB, Local Folders is a subfolder of the Mail folder. Copy the mbox files - the large files with no extensions, named after folders - to the Mail/Local Folders on the new computer, with TB closed.

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Thank you so much.....it worked.