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Back up only one account from Profiles
Hello,
I have 5 email accounts and would like to back up just one. I have: ~/Library/Thunderbird/Profiles/xxx.default Underneath there I see a Mail folder and 5 names, so I thought perhaps those corresponded to the accounts I have, but their names are not very recognizable: - Local Folders - pop.gmail-1.com - pof.gmail-1.com.msf - pop.gmail.com - smart boxes
My questions are: 1) Is it possible to select what accounts to back up, or do I have to copy the entire email (which I know can be done this way: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-where-thunderbird-stores-user-data) 2) If so, how? Thanks!
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Sorry, but when you post through help: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/new/thunderbird/download-and-install/form
it doesn't respect the formatting. And then editing is only allowed in responses
In the settings for each account, there is an entry named "local directory" which tells you the folder associated with that account. You can selectively back up just that folder if you wish, but you'll be on your own when it comes to restoring it.
In theory, to restore, you could copy your backup into your working profile and then adjust the account's Local Directory setting to that location.
Here's the formatted version, which I can access only from "post a reply":
I have 5 email accounts and would like to back up just one. I see: ~/Library/Thunderbird/Profiles/xxx.default
Underneath there I see a Mail folder and 5 names, so I thought perhaps those corresponded to the accounts I have, but their names are not very recognizable:
- Local Folders
- pop.gmail-1.com
- pof.gmail-1.com.msf
- pop.gmail.com
- smart boxes
My questions are: 1) Is it possible to select what accounts to back up, or do I have to copy the entire email (which I know can be done this way: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-where-thunderbird-stores-user-data) 2) If so, how? Thanks!
Thanks, Zenos, for your prompt response.
I do see the path: ~/Library/Thunderbird/Profiles/ns1kdvwa.default/Mail/Local Folders
But the accounts that I see there are some other (old accounts). Here's a picture of what my TB is showing (hiding some for privacy :)
As you can see, I have 4 accounts (those are the ones I'm aware of and download to) followed by "Local Folders" which have old accounts (no longer in use). I want to have a backup of the first one (vieja...) and then delete it from there. I just don't know where to look for it under my default/Mail... because when I go there, I only find information about those legacy accounts, but nothing about "vieja"
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