[gobolinux-users] Freshen

["Tom Connell"]

> It doesn't take a special tool to easily back up a profile, including
> all the stored mail. You can just make a copy of the profile folder,
> and then when you do a fresh install of Thunderbird, move that folder
> back into the "profiles" directory.
>
> Your profile should be a strangely named folder inside the following
> folder: /Users/[yourusername]/.thunderbird/. For example, mine is
> called k94t6qzy.slt. If there are multiple subfolders in there, use
> profiles.ini from the same location (or just look in the Mail
> subdirectory of the profile) to figure out which is right. Or just
> copy all of them.
>
> This technique will work equally on Windows (or even, afaik, to move a
> profile from linux to/from windows) once you find the profile
> directory, which is buried somewhere deep in C:\Documents and
> Settings\. I have used it to carry one profile with me through
> probably 4 or 5 OS installs :-).
>
> Note: you may also have to copy the profiles.ini file so it can find
> your profile directory when you copy it back into the new install...
> or, if it doesn't recognize your copied profile, just edit the new
> profiles.ini file so it does. It's a very simple file.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
Andy,

Yes thanks! I didnt know where to look for the profile! Forgot these things are
in hidden directories!!!

I have edited the profiles.ini file on windows to change the generated name for
my profile to a name matching my mailbox name! Didnt think about it being the
same configuration system!

Thanks

Tom
> -Andy
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