[SOLVED] T-bird email backup

jrch · 10-20-2020, 10:29 AM

Can anyone point me to a (relatively) simple way to backup email on Thunderbird? Mozilla has a procedure, but as I recall it is rather involved.
Using Slack 14.2, Thunderbird 68.6.0 (Linux 64-bit)
Thanx
jrc

upnort · 10-20-2020, 10:35 AM

For most people all related files are stored in $HOME/.thunderbird. The directory is portable and cross-platform. Just copy the directory.

jrch · 10-20-2020, 11:04 AM

Thanks upnort. How quickly I forgot even where to look for the profile, etc.
I think this will work out ok, will test it then mark solved.
jrc

3rensho · 10-20-2020, 12:28 PM

I have a cron job that copies my .thunderbird directory daily, makes a .tar.lz file out of it and sends it to my NAS.

jrch · 10-21-2020, 07:00 AM

good idea, 3ren. I should probably set up something like that.
jrc