Thunderbird exports and Fedora Upgrading

[Kevin Old]

On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 15:50:28 -0400, TroyGeek <fedora at troygeek.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> Usually when a new release of Fedora comes out I like to backup my data,
> format the hard drive, and then then install a fresh release instead of
> 'upgrading' since it seems cleaner.
> 
> I use Mozilla Thunderbird for my email. I don't see any export options
> to save my emails. I'm wondering how I can backup/export my email from
> Thunderbird so that I can be prepared for when FC3 comes out and I
> upgrade. I want to be able to keep all my email.
> 
> Any ideas? Just copy a directory or something?

Have a look at the Backup and Restore FAQ
http://kb.mozillazine.org/index.phtml?title=Thunderbird_:_FAQs_:_Backing_Up_and_Restoring

HTH,
Kevin
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Kevin Old
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