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Feb 01, 2010
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Anirudh S.
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When I backed up my Mozilla Thunderbird mail I ended up backing up only the Mail folder within my profile folder. Is it possible to restore my mail without the full profile folder? How?
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    Friend 1
    M / Berkeley, CA
    create a new profile

    a restoration profile
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    Anirudh S.
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    Thanks, let me try that :)
    Friend 1
    M / Berkeley, CA
    Try:

    http://email.about.com/od/mozillathunderbirdtips/qt/et_restore_prof.htm
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    Anirudh S.
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    Thanks for the link.. :)

    Tried, didn't work. Seems to work only if I have the full profile directory. Does not work if I have only the Mail subdirectory of profile directory :(
    Friend 1
    M / Berkeley, CA
    sorry to hear that - can you move the mail subdirectory manually into the recovery profile directory then try?
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    Anirudh S.
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    tried that. Did not work. The folders in the mail directory did not show up in Thunderbird.
    Friend 1
    M / Berkeley, CA
    Sorry, out of ideas for now. you might try tools > Import and point thunderbird to that mail folder.
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    Anirudh S.
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    Thanks for taking time out. Tools import didn't work. Tried Mozbackup. Didn't work either. Guess I have to get the mail I want from somewhere else.
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    25 / M / Paris, FR
    The best way to backup your e-mails is to export them into a file (in mbox format).

    Take a look at: http://www.mozilla.org/support/thunderbird/faq#export
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    Anirudh S.
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    Thanks for the link. Unfortunately I can't take the backup now. But the link mentioned that it was the standard mbox format. Let me see if something will read the mbox format
    Friend 2
    25 / M / Paris, FR
    Mostly all e-mail clients support the mbox format. So it's pretty easy to import your backup.
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    Anirudh S.
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    Thanks. I'll take a look :)

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