On 04/24/2015 01:13 PM, Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > > > I wonder if anyone actually understands the inner workings of > Thunderbird? all of your account info is in the prefs.js file.. that will give you some idea.. here is a google hit for filters: https://raymii.org/s/tutorials/Thunderbird_Back_Up_Mail__Message_Filters.html The file is named |msgFilterRules.dat| 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 Under any normal Linux distro the path probably is like this: |/home/<username>/.thunderbird/Profiles/<profile>/ImapMail/<mailserver>/msgFilterRules.dat | -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux User #367800 and new counter #561587 -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org