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How can I locate a folder within Thunderbird (ie not at the OS prompt)

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dicecollector
dicecollector

I have been using Thunderbird since the mid to late 90's ... and (this may horrify some) I have something like 250.000 emails and at least 1000 folders for my personal email (most for my hobby)

I have noted the recent changes to Mozilla concerning folder management and I really like them

The only problems I am having currently is the unable to move error (which I seem to fix by reindexing via REPAIR FOLDER) ... and I cannot seem to find a way to search for a folder so that I can right click ... Properties ... Repair folder

Does anyone know of a way to locate a folder within Thunderbird?

I can easily search for the email address ... and then I see a LOCATION ... but the problem is ... I have a mulitiered directory structure ... and am having trouble finding under which parent / child / child-child directories to look

I have been using Thunderbird since the mid to late 90's ... and (this may horrify some) I have something like 250.000 emails and at least 1000 folders for my personal email (most for my hobby) I have noted the recent changes to Mozilla concerning folder management and I really like them The only problems I am having currently is the unable to move error (which I seem to fix by reindexing via REPAIR FOLDER) ... and I cannot seem to find a way to search for a folder so that I can right click ... Properties ... Repair folder Does anyone know of a way to locate a folder within Thunderbird? I can easily search for the email address ... and then I see a LOCATION ... but the problem is ... I have a mulitiered directory structure ... and am having trouble finding under which parent / child / child-child directories to look

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iamjayakumars
iamjayakumars

Thunderbird Menu > Help

  • Troubleshooting Information
    • Application Basics
      • Profile Folder > Open Containing folder
dicecollector
dicecollector Question owner

Thanks ... but this shows me where the OS folder is located ...

I need to know how to locate a folder (amongst my 1000 or so) within Thunderbird

For Example ... I received an email today from UPS ... the folder name is UPS ... and has not been repaired ... so I need to locate the UPS folder and repair it ... problem is ... I cant seem to find it

iamjayakumars
iamjayakumars

Goto the above location

Open that folder

  • Choose ImapMail > There you can see you emails folder
    • Open that folder, there you can see the folders with and without extension of (.msf)
dicecollector
dicecollector Question owner

Again .. that is at the OS level

I need to search within Thunderbird

christ1
christ1
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Not a perfect solution but maybe a workaround.

http://www.ehow.com/how_8222645_folder-thunderbird.html

dicecollector
dicecollector Question owner

Hmm .. thanks Christ1

  1. 3 seems to be the most viable solution (I was already aware of this process)

I am hoping that there is a solution within T'bird