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Is there a way to sync Filters and Junk Controls across the same Thunderbird account on multiple devices?

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I run Thunderbird on a laptop and two desktops. Regardless of how many devices I use to access my email account(s), I would like to sync the Filters and the Junk Control settings across devices. Ideally I would be able to pick-and-choose all of my settings to sync across devices. Is there a way to sync Filters? How about Junk Controls? Also, is there a way to sync these on one machine across multiple accounts?

I didn't see anything addressing this specific issue in searching the forum.

Thanks, Sky

I run Thunderbird on a laptop and two desktops. Regardless of how many devices I use to access my email account(s), I would like to sync the Filters and the Junk Control settings across devices. Ideally I would be able to pick-and-choose all of my settings to sync across devices. Is there a way to sync Filters? How about Junk Controls? Also, is there a way to sync these on one machine across multiple accounts? I didn't see anything addressing this specific issue in searching the forum. Thanks, Sky

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Filters and junk settings can't be synced automatically. The only method is to manually copy msgFilterRules.dat and training.dat between profiles.

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nikolas1
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How do i open a new thread on this forum?

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Filters and junk settings can't be synced automatically. The only method is to manually copy msgFilterRules.dat and training.dat between profiles.

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Thanks for the info. That's too bad. If I knew how I'd write something to merge these things on the fly. Is there a way to enter an Enhancement Request?

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nikolas1 said
How do i open a new thread on this forum?

Go here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/new/thunderbird, should be a button to the right—you may have to scroll around

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Sky said
Thanks for the info. That's too bad. If I knew how I'd write something to merge these things on the fly. Is there a way to enter an Enhancement Request?

You could submit a Request for Enhancement on Bugzilla:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi#h=dupes%7CThunderbird

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sfhowes said

Sky said
Thanks for the info. That's too bad. If I knew how I'd write something to merge these things on the fly. Is there a way to enter an Enhancement Request?

You could submit a Request for Enhancement on Bugzilla:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi#h=dupes%7CThunderbird

Will do. Thanks!