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What is the best way to backup all emails including local folders?

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fillm001
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I'm not sure how Thunderbird stores the email messages or where they are on the hard drive. I use Norton 360 to backup my hard drive, but I'm not sure if it gets the Thunderbird emails or just files from my old Windows Live Mail.

I also have several local Thunderbird folders I would like to backup.

I'm not sure how Thunderbird stores the email messages or where they are on the hard drive. I use Norton 360 to backup my hard drive, but I'm not sure if it gets the Thunderbird emails or just files from my old Windows Live Mail. I also have several local Thunderbird folders I would like to backup.

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Backup the entire Thunderbird profile. https://support.mozilla.org/kb/profiles-tb#w_backing-up-a-profile

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christ1
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Backup the entire Thunderbird profile. https://support.mozilla.org/kb/profiles-tb#w_backing-up-a-profile

brrrknee
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Does TBird profile local store directory also contain all local folders, or can I have separate local folders in different local directories? I use separate encrypted "drives" to house confidential client email files, thus need 1 separate email local store file per client. Is this possible in TBird?

christ1
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You're posting to a 'Solved' thread. Please start a new thread for your question. Thank you. https://support.mozilla.org/questions/new