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Date:	Fri, 17 Jun 2005 17:41:08 PDT7
From:	Ray Davison <raydav@charter.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Thunderbird / Mozilla mail folder help needed

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Tom Brown wrote:
> Ray Davison wrote:
>
>> Tom Brown wrote:
>>
>>> I am currently running Thunderbird 1.0.2 under eCS 1.2. In the past,
>>> I have run various incantations of Mozilla, and I have many MB of
>>> archived mail in several directory trees on my hard drives. I would
>>> like to consolidate these into *ONE* set of folders in *ONE*
>>> directory tree under Thunderbird. What a concept!!!
>>
>> Don't put them under anything. Put them in a neutral data location.
>> Then they are independent of the email client and can be used by
>> multiple clients. Then set the pointer to wherever you put them. The
>> pointer in TB is at Tools\Account Settings\Server Settings\Local
>> directory.
>>
> I do have them in a separate directory tree, pointed to by the
> MOZILLA_HOME environment variable. I have been doing that for several
> years.

THAT IS A DIFFERENT SUBJECT. Profiles and versions of the client come
and go. What I am suggesting makes email - and bookmarks -
independent of the profile and client. Changing the client or profile
does not effect the data - email and bookmarks - because they are not
part of either. They are just data files, off in neutral territory,
immune to the changes in profile or client.
>
> This whole situation arose from a boot drive crash on my main system
> last year, then another one on my backup, luckily just AFTER I received
> a new ThinkPad! I had e-mail stored on all 3 systems, and am just now
> getting it merged back together.
>
> Thanks!
>

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