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down load a soft ware?

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louiszarowin
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I have Mozilla Thunderbird Email Client POP3 and I have been trying to back up and save all my Several Hundred Thousands of emails.

I googled this and it did mention a Soft Ware / (SOURCE FORGE.NET) as one possible solution?

Would you know if this and/or any other Programs (Paid or Free) can do this back up and save all my emails?

I have Mozilla Thunderbird Email Client POP3 and I have been trying to back up and save all my Several Hundred Thousands of emails. I googled this and it did mention a Soft Ware / (SOURCE FORGE.NET) as one possible solution? Would you know if this and/or any other Programs (Paid or Free) can do this back up and save all my emails?

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louiszarowin
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https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsupport.mozilla.org%2F&data=05%7C01%7C%7Cc1a84863ebe94fea196008da60ce0d3b%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637928735380359686%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Ltu8CDAaw%2FCCoxv%2FfDtUN91Je%2Bk%2FLw4GjlufOJzj9QA%3D&reserved=0

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1382334

https://www.sysinfotools.com/blog/backup-thunderbird-emails-to-external-hard-drive/

https://www.google.com/search?lei=J0rIYqjaIeGQwbkPkKuIqAE&q=thunderbird%20backup%20tool&ved=2ahUKEwjoiYjsyun4AhVhSDABHZAVAhUQsKwBKAB6BAhKEAE&biw=1280&bih=871&dpr=1

https://www.stellarinfo.com/blog/backup-mozilla-thunderbird-emails-hard-drive/

https://www.datarepairtools.com/blog/backup-thunderbird-emails-to-hard-drive/

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1200087

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

Toad-Hall
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To do a manual backup which is quick. I use it because it only takes me 2 minutes max. You can access via Thunderbird.

  • Menu icon > Help > More Troubleshooting Information
  • Application Basics - half way - see 'Profile Folders' - click on 'Open Folder' - see image below as guide
  • It opens in a new window showing the contents of your 'profile name' folder.
  • Exit Thunderbird now.
  • Go up three levels to the 'Roaming' folder - see image as guide
  • Copy the 'Thunderbird' folder to an external drive.

This method backsup everything and that 'Thunderbird' folder is then easy to use if you ever need to do a complete reinstall or put on a different computer.

Other options available: If using version 91* or 102 then you could install the ImportExportTools NG addon which offers various options including the backup of profile. https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-us/thunderbird/addon/importexporttools-ng/

I believe the version 102 now has an Export function under 'Tools' where you can select to export files for a backup.

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Toad-Hall
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Alternative option:

  • Exit Thunderbird
  • Use the windows search - type: %Appdata%
  • Select the %Appdata% file option
  • Make sure it is looking in the 'Roaming' folder
  • Copy the 'Thunderbird' folder and paste in a suitable location as backup.

See image below as guide.

Ilungisiwe ngu Toad-Hall