Hi,
A simple way to back up Thunderbird settings is to do the following. I
use W7 32 bit and may be slightly different in Windows or 64 bit.
Shouldn't be too much different though.
Go into C:\users and your account name, apps data, roaming and you will
fine a large folder called Thunderbird. Copy this folder to a flash
drive, plug the drive into the second computer and replace the
Thunderbird folder on the second computer with the one on the flash
drive. The second computer now has all the settings, folders etc like
the first computer.
To be on the safe side, first rename the Thunderbird folder on the
second computer rather than just deleting it in case something goes
wrong. Also, keep a copy of the Thunderbird folder on the flash drive
as a backup.
HTH
Neville.
On 9/08/2015 1:02 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland via Talk wrote:
Guys,
I have a question. A friend of mine told me yesterday that there was a
way to export all of my thunderbird settings then reimport them on
another computer. I don't speak just of all my e-mails, and all my
accounts. I mean, it literally imports all the things under account
settings, as well as all my view settings, all the things I configured
through tools, options, etc.
I have looked literally everywhere. My friend wasn't totally clear if
he used an add-on to do this, or if you natively can do it.
Basically, here's the deal. I have Thunderbird completely the way I now
like it. I even had my mom drag the e-mail list headers with the mouse
for me into the order I desire. Plus, I have my gmail configured, a few
mail filters set, etc. I want to install Thunderbird on my desktop
machine, but I don't want to have to go through all the setup
configuration again, as frankly, I'm not totally sure I could totally
remember what all I changed. Plus, I don't want to have to get my mom
again to drag my message list headers around for me, etc. So, how can I
export all of my settings, so that when installing to my desktop, I
don't have to go through all that crap again.
Chris.
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