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Can anyone tell me where Mozilla Thunderbird might store my email address book, and past emails?

Thanks

Date: 2006-11-09 01:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] didiusjulianus.livejournal.com
Possibly, (but only very possibly):

Windows 2000, XP:
Documents and Settings\[username]\Application Data\Mozilla Thunderbird

Windows NT:
WINNT\Profiles\[username]\Application Data\Mozilla Thunderbird

Windows 98, ME: Windows\Application Data\Mozilla Thunderbird

This might be wrong, or it might not relate to your version of MT, which is...?

Date: 2006-11-09 03:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] osymandias.livejournal.com
Also suggest Documents and Settings\[username]\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla Thunderbird

Date: 2006-11-09 03:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] osymandias.livejournal.com
Also note that some of these directories (local settings, certainly) will be hidden, so you'll need to enable showing of hidden files (Tools->Folder Options->View, or something like that?) to see them in Windows Explorer.

Date: 2006-11-09 03:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] osymandias.livejournal.com
Mine are stored at

/home/[username]/.Thunderbird/[random string].default/Mail/[account name]/Inbox (and inbox.msf)

and the address book at

/home/[username]/.Thunderbird/[random string].default/abook.mab

[Bad username or site: [info]didiusjulianus @ livejournal.com]'s locations look sensible for Windows. I expect the filenames will remain the same over operating systems, so you could just search for abook.mab etc. and see where they are.

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