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Hierdie gesprek is in die argief. Vra asseblief 'n nuwe vraag as jy hulp nodig het.

where does thunderbird put my email files so I can back them up?

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d4manning
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I recently lost a lot of my emails files when a computer crashed. I want to make sure my system is backing up the correct Thunderbird files so I can recover them if the computer goes down. I can do the back-up but would like to learn which file and format the emails themselves are stored.

Thanks.

I recently lost a lot of my emails files when a computer crashed. I want to make sure my system is backing up the correct Thunderbird files so I can recover them if the computer goes down. I can do the back-up but would like to learn which file and format the emails themselves are stored. Thanks.

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Pamela
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Hello

See these article:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/moving-thunderbird-data-to-a-new-computer

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-tb