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moz back up finding 10 year old files

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hi tried restoring recent backup and found it restored emails [tb] from 10 years ago , thats 3 email servers and a disk format and a new copy of moz backup any ideas appreciate thanx

hi tried restoring recent backup and found it restored emails [tb] from 10 years ago , thats 3 email servers and a disk format and a new copy of moz backup any ideas appreciate thanx

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Read the disclaimer on the mozbackup site. http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com

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disclaimer???? but im not blaming them . just trying understand whats going on , are they retaining my info on their site maybe any ideas thanx

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What site. Both Thunderbird and Mozbackup are software running on your computer. When you ran Mozbackup you decided where to save the backup file.

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my mistake, anyway how could old email addresses survive a format

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Loading a backup does not "find" anything. It loads what you saved to the backup file.

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ok i give up on this one...thanks. are there any free ware good backup programs around for mozilla?

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You do not need a program. Just backup your profile. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-where-thunderbird-stores-user-data

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thats great, thanks very much