Thunderbird mails recovery

[Dotan Cohen]

On 21/10/06, Ouattara Oumar Aziz <wattazoum at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I lost my thunderbird mails as I had to install Ubuntu afresh on a new
> > partition.  How do I restore the mails in the new thunderbird
> > installation ?  When I try to copy the original profile and local store
> > folder, I get all the folders intact but I am not able to see the mails
> > inside.
> >
>
> Use on the Shell,
> ~# mozilla-thunderbird -ProfileManager
>
> Then create a new profile, and sellect your backed up profile folder.
> Then you'll have all your extensions and settings in this profile. I
> suggest, you move your Profile folder on another partition than Your
> OS(es) one so that you won't lose it.
>
> > Is there any utility like Thunderstor in Ubuntu ?
> >
> I heard about a plugin which does backup your mail but I don't remeber
> the name. Look on Thunderbird website.
>
> wattazoum

http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/
or
http://nic-nac-project.de/~kaosmos/mboximport-en.html

Also, having /home on a seperate partition is definatly good advice!

Dotan Cohen

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