The time consuming part is researching to confirm that’s actually the way to do it. Below I'll explain how to do that using step-by-step instruction. You need to quit Thunderbird on the target machine before you run the commands below # source machine, the one with the filters ❯ cp ~ /Library/Thunderbird/Profiles/fault-release/ImapMail//msgFilterRules.dat \ ~ /Dropbox # target mchine, the one where I want to copy the filters to ❯ mv ~ /Dropbox/msgFilterRules.dat \ ~ /Library/Thunderbird/Profiles/fault-release/ImapMail// ConclusionĪll said and done it’s actually a quite simple procedure. All you need to do is copy the Thunderbird user data folder over to the new computer, then run Thunderbird using the '-profilemanager' switch, then point Thunderbird to your old profile directory. Presumably renaming a folder in there would break things, so they went for a random string which doesn’t need to be changed even if you rename the profile. You’ll find a couple of those in the Profile folder, more if you have set up more profiles. Note that e8fiz6tv and j41re1op are just random strings Thunderbird creates and associates with a user. Other than that, it’s all trial and error. If you didn’t do anything special and are just using the standard Thunderbird Profile, then the one you want is the one that ends with fault-release. You simply have to go through the various folders in your profile until you find the one that does the job. The following works for my GMail IMAP accounts, but the same idea works if you are using POP or another provider. I do it via Dropbox, but of course you can use any intermediate storage of your choice. Which files needs to be copied where in order to migrate Thunderbird’s message filters? The only way then, is to get that CLI out and start copying files. So it’s fair to say it’s not going to happen. The only solution offered was a plugin abandoned 12 years ago. That’s been raised 20 ago already… and there hasn’t been any activity whatsoever on it. Syncing across devices is not a realistic expectation.Ī more realistic expectations would be the ability to export and import filters from / to files. Thunderbird is no longer under the Mozilla umbrella, it’s run by volunteers. And to be fair, syncing requires some sort of distributed infrastructure. There’s this unresolved issue from 14 years ago. Surely syncing profiles is basic functionality which is baked in, right?ĭon’t bet on it.
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