Mozilla email archive location

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Have any of you Moz users managed to change the directories that are
used by default for the email archives? I don't want them under
\windows\application data and would prefer to locate them elsewhere.


Art
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Have any of you Moz users managed to change the directories that are
used by default for the email archives? I don't want them under
\windows\application data and would prefer to locate them elsewhere.
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For Thunderbird :

1/ Thunderbird
2/ Tools
3/ Account parameters
4/ Choose the desired account(s)
5/ For each desired account -> Server parameters
6/ Local folder

Note :
- the steps above are the french steps (re)translated in english
- you probably will have to shut down and restart Thunderbird
 
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For Thunderbird :

1/ Thunderbird
2/ Tools
3/ Account parameters
4/ Choose the desired account(s)
5/ For each desired account -> Server parameters
6/ Local folder

Note :
- the steps above are the french steps (re)translated in english
- you probably will have to shut down and restart Thunderbird
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I looked but there isn't any selection under Tools that leads to
folder selection in Mozilla.


Art
http://www.epix.net/~artnpeg
 
I looked but there isn't any selection under Tools that leads to
folder selection in Mozilla.
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I looked at Mozilla-v1.6-en ; it looks as though the technique
described above for thunderbird is the following one :

Mozilla
Edit
Mail & newsgroups account settings
Choose an mail/newsgroup account
Server settings
Local directory
 
I looked at Mozilla-v1.6-en ; it looks as though the technique
described above for thunderbird is the following one :

Mozilla
Edit
Mail & newsgroups account settings
Choose an mail/newsgroup account
Server settings
Local directory
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Thanks. Changing it while preserving its current data and folders is
tricky but I'm working on it :)


Art
http://www.epix.net/~artnpeg
 
Thanks. Changing it while preserving its current data and folders is
tricky but I'm working on it :)


Art
http://www.epix.net/~artnpeg
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Can't you simply make a copy of your "C:\WINDOWS\Application
Data\Mozilla\Profiles" folders somewhere and then put it in the new
location after you configure your location?
 
Can't you simply make a copy of your "C:\WINDOWS\Application
Data\Mozilla\Profiles" folders somewhere and then put it in the new
location after you configure your location?
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It's not that simple (for some reason that I haven't determined).
Mozilla then comes up as if it had never been run before, insisting
that a profile be created, etc. It automatically creates a new
subdirectory structure off the start of that new one you create ...
without the folders and data. I did eventually get it but it was a
real hassle.

There must be a better way, but I'm not wasting any more time trying
to find one now that I managed to get it the way I want it.


Art
http://www.epix.net/~artnpeg
 
It's not that simple (for some reason that I haven't determined).
Mozilla then comes up as if it had never been run before, insisting
that a profile be created, etc. It automatically creates a new
subdirectory structure off the start of that new one you create ...
without the folders and data. I did eventually get it but it was a
real hassle.

There must be a better way, but I'm not wasting any more time trying
to find one now that I managed to get it the way I want it.
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Makes sense to me.
 
Have any of you Moz users managed to change the directories that are
used by default for the email archives? I don't want them under
\windows\application data and would prefer to locate them elsewhere.


Art
http://www.epix.net/~artnpeg
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The defined location of all of these live in the prefs.js file in your
profile directory. You can get to these settings using about:config but
probably the way to do what you're looking to do is, with Moz/TBird
closed, move your data then edit the prefs file with a text editor doing
a global replace of the locations from old to new.

When you restart Moz/TBird it should look in the new places to find
things. (Don't forget any locations you may have redefined in user.js.)

CAVEAT: I've moved a few things around in this way but YMMV.
 
The defined location of all of these live in the prefs.js file in your
profile directory. You can get to these settings using about:config but
probably the way to do what you're looking to do is, with Moz/TBird
closed, move your data then edit the prefs file with a text editor doing
a global replace of the locations from old to new.

When you restart Moz/TBird it should look in the new places to find
things. (Don't forget any locations you may have redefined in user.js.)

CAVEAT: I've moved a few things around in this way but YMMV.
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and don't forget you will have to edit/recreate the registry.dat file
that's above your profile dir in the Moz/Tbird folder itself which
contains info about what and where any profiles are to be found.
 
and don't forget you will have to edit/recreate the registry.dat file
that's above your profile dir in the Moz/Tbird folder itself which
contains info about what and where any profiles are to be found.
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Thanks Charles. Right at the moment I'm in a "leave well enough alone"
mood as I posted to John. I managed to fuddle my way into a functional
transplant of the email archives/folders to a different directory.
Since it's been working fine I'm inclined to not spend any time trying
to figure out how to "do it right" :) The only negative effect I wound
up with is a redundant subdirectory structure created by Mozilla. But
it's no big deal since it wastes little drive space.


Art
http://www.epix.net/~artnpeg
 
Have any of you Moz users managed to change the directories that are
used by default for the email archives? I don't want them under
\windows\application data and would prefer to locate them elsewhere.


Art
http://www.epix.net/~artnpeg
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Well, as a Thunderbird user, what I do is run thunderbird.exe with the
-p switch the first time I install it. This allows me to create my
profile and choose where it's stored, before actually running the mail
client. That way, Thunderbird doesn't get a chance to go about its
kooky placement system (application data\blahdiblahdi.slt or
whatever).

Beyond that, I would suggest looking into the Mozilla Backup utility
(http://backup.jasnapaka.com/). This allows you to backup and restore
profiles easily without having to figure out where they're stored.
Works really well.

Clint Olson
co-n-co at mochamail dot com
 
On 21 Apr 2004 09:33:17 -0700, (e-mail address removed) (Clint Olson)
wrote:

Beyond that, I would suggest looking into the Mozilla Backup utility
(http://backup.jasnapaka.com/). This allows you to backup and restore
profiles easily without having to figure out where they're stored.
Works really well.
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Actually, a backup/restore strategy is the reason I wanted to relocate
the email archives. I don't want that data in the Windows subdirectory
structure. I use a backup hard drive on a removable tray. One of the
partitions on the backup drive only stores Windows. I want to be able
to restore only Windows from that partition. It should have no data
files. Backing up data, including email archives which get updated
many times daily, requires a different and separate backup approach.

The lesson was to set Mozilla up the way you want it in the first
place, since relocating the email archives was no picnic :)


Art
http://www.epix.net/~artnpeg
 
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