Thunderbird filters -

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On 04/24/2015 12:34 PM, Paul Cartwright wrote:
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> all of your account info is in the prefs.js file.. that will
> give you some idea..

while such is true, it only applies to default changes. not
_all_ of account info is in prefs.js. see;

  http://kb.mozillazine.org/Prefs.js_file

something i should have mentioned, is that i removed 2 account
names by prepending a period to the account names.

the are not shown in the left pane, the account names are still
in the prefs.js file.


> The file is named |msgFilterRules.dat|

correct. it is in files directory of _each_ account. which is why
when "Message filters" is opened, "Filters for:" has a drop down
selection.

> To back up all the filters, do the following:
>
>   * Close all instances of Thunderbird
>   * Copy the file |msgFilterRules.dat| to a backup location.
>
> To restore the file, to the following:
>
>   * Close all instances of Thunderbird
>   * Copy the file |msgFilterRules.dat| back into your (possibly new)
>     profile folder

such can be eliminated by prepending a period to file. and a suffix
number, or date stamp as number to file, if accumulation is desired.


> Under any normal Linux distro the path probably is like this:
>
> |/home/<username>/.thunderbird/Profiles/<profile>/ImapMail/ \
> <mailserver>/msgFilterRules.dat|

are you saying that CentOS is not normal? because i have;

  /home/geo/.thunderbird/lihsqjai.default/Mail/inbound.att.net

as path to one of my email accounts.


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