Bug: Can't change local mail folder location in thunderbird

[Rudi von Staden]

Ooh, hadn't thought of that :). Works perfectly, thanks!


On Tue, 2 Nov 2004 08:36:59 +1300, Pizbit <pizbit at gmail.com> wrote:
> Can't you simply create a symlink to point to the correct folder?
> Eg, ln -s /where/it/really/is /where/thunderbird/is/looking
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> On Mon, 1 Nov 2004 15:30:28 +0200, Rudi von Staden <rudivs at gmail.com> wrote:
> > As a legacy from using a dual-boot machine (and to aid backup), I keep
> > my mail in a non-default directory. I have two email accounts that are
> > checked by thunderbird, and I move these emails into archive folders
> > under 'Local Folders'. The problem is that I can't change where the
> > 'Local Folders' directory is located. A Google search seems to
> > indicate that this is a 0.8 bug (I didn't have this issue under
> > Windows):
> > 
> <snip>
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