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Tony

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Oct 27, 2006, 1:57:00 PM10/27/06
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Hi

I have recently migrated from Outlook to TB with Lightning. I have been
playing around with it for a while and have set up and deleted numerous
email accounts as separate accounts (not within local folders). I now
have 2 main email accounts that I use, but on checking the profile there
are 13 folders. I would like to clean up the profile folder and remove
those that are not in use. How do I tell which folders are in use and
which aren't?

Thanks
TJ

Nir

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Oct 27, 2006, 2:40:43 PM10/27/06
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First backup your profile folder before going for any modification.

In Thunderbird , goto Tools>Account Settings>your_mail_account>Server
Settings.
Look at the path shown under 'Local directory' label.

if you find this type of path, for example
/usr/thunderbird/Profile/Mail/pop.earthlink.net
then 'pop.earthlink.net' is the folder for that mail account which is
located at 'Mail' folder ( within profile folder ) . you "shouldn't"
delete this folder

follow the same method for other mails account.

Tony

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Oct 27, 2006, 3:03:26 PM10/27/06
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Nir thanks. I have done what you suggest but there is no 'Local
Directory' label - I am using 1.5.0.7.
In my profile the folder are labelled mail.domain.co-1.uk. to
mail.domain.co-13.uk
I think I have solved this - created a folder in each Inbox and in 2 of
the 13 are subfolder called Inbox.sbd each with 2 files called 'folder'
and 'folder.msf'.
Is is possible to change the names of these folder to something more
applicable.

Moz Champion (Dan)

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Oct 27, 2006, 3:20:49 PM10/27/06
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You can change the names but its a lot of trouble and makes further
changes or problems even worse.

Aside from this one issue, you really dont have much cause to visit the
folders, so as long as the system and program can find em, why worry
about them?

And you found the means of identfying individual accounts quite nicely.
Create a folder and look for it.

Nir

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Oct 27, 2006, 4:13:08 PM10/27/06
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Tony wrote:
> Nir wrote:
>> Tony wrote:
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I have recently migrated from Outlook to TB with Lightning. I have
>>> been playing around with it for a while and have set up and deleted
>>> numerous email accounts as separate accounts (not within local
>>> folders). I now have 2 main email accounts that I use, but on
>>> checking the profile there are 13 folders. I would like to clean up
>>> the profile folder and remove those that are not in use. How do I
>>> tell which folders are in use and which aren't?
>>>
>>> Thanks TJ
>>
>> First backup your profile folder before going for any modification.
>>
>> In Thunderbird , goto Tools>Account Settings>your_mail_account>Server
>> Settings.
>> Look at the path shown under 'Local directory' label.
>>
>> if you find this type of path, for example
>> /usr/thunderbird/Profile/Mail/pop.earthlink.net
>> then 'pop.earthlink.net' is the folder for that mail account which is
>> located at 'Mail' folder ( within profile folder ) . you "shouldn't"
>> delete this folder
>>
>> follow the same method for other mails account.
> Nir thanks. I have done what you suggest but there is no 'Local
> Directory' label - I am using 1.5.0.7.

Below 'Empty Trash on Exit' option


> In my profile the folder are labelled mail.domain.co-1.uk. to
> mail.domain.co-13.uk
> I think I have solved this - created a folder in each Inbox and in 2 of
> the 13 are subfolder called Inbox.sbd each with 2 files called 'folder'
> and 'folder.msf'.
> Is is possible to change the names of these folder to something more
> applicable.

yes , but do it from the folder pane in Thunderbird ,not manually in
your profile folder

captjlddavis

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Oct 27, 2006, 5:36:34 PM10/27/06
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Another option for locating correct mailbox file and location.
Open TB
Right click the inbox (or any mailbox) for the account you are looking for.
Select "Copy Folder Location"
Open Notepad or text editor.
Paste (ctrl+v)
You should get something like:
mailbox:/C|/Documents and Settings/user/Application
Data/Thunderbird/Profiles/0uh5slj6.jim_1.5_final/Mail/mail.jps.com/Inbox

This tells you where and which profile/mailbox goes with that account
and the location.

WFM

regards:captjlddavis

Chris Ilias

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Oct 27, 2006, 10:07:08 PM10/27/06
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_Tony_ spoke thusly on 27/10/2006 3:03 PM:

> Nir thanks. I have done what you suggest but there is no 'Local
> Directory' label - I am using 1.5.0.7.

http://ilias.ca/screenshots/tb-localdirectory.png
--
Chris Ilias
mozilla.test.multimedia moderator
Mozilla links <http://ilias.ca>
(Please do not email me tech support questions)

Tony

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Oct 30, 2006, 2:01:03 PM10/30/06
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Chris Ilias wrote:
> _Tony_ spoke thusly on 27/10/2006 3:03 PM:
>> Nir thanks. I have done what you suggest but there is no 'Local
>> Directory' label - I am using 1.5.0.7.
>
> http://ilias.ca/screenshots/tb-localdirectory.png
Still not got - I have the local directory in my newsgroup settings, but
no in POP mail. I have tried going back to the default theme, but I
can't see this setting

captjlddavis

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Oct 30, 2006, 5:34:49 PM10/30/06
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Did you try MY suggestion ?

regards:captjlddavis

Chris Ilias

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Nov 2, 2006, 2:52:47 AM11/2/06
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_Tony_ spoke thusly on 30/10/2006 2:01 PM:

> Chris Ilias wrote:
>> http://ilias.ca/screenshots/tb-localdirectory.png
> Still not got - I have the local directory in my newsgroup settings, but
> no in POP mail. I have tried going back to the default theme, but I
> can't see this setting

What /does/ your POP mail options panel look like? You can use
<http://www.imageshack.us/> to upload a screenshot.

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