Backing up Thunderbird email

[Steve]

On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:03:20 -0000, thomas <valhalla2100 at comcast.net>  
wrote:

> Steve wrote:
>> On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:07:47 -0000, thomas <valhalla2100 at comcast.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I am using Thunderbird. I am saving a lot of important incoming
>>> e/m in various folders. Hope to eventually be able to save them
>>> but don't want to have to save them individually. In the meanwhile
>>> I would like to back up the Thunderbird folders. What are they
>>> saved to?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
>> .thunderbird
>>
>>
> Thanks. I will look for that file.
>
> Thomas
>
It’s a hidden file so you will have to switch 'view hidden files' on in  
nautilus

-- 
Steve