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Re: email folders

From dillinger <dillinger@not.invalid>
Newsgroups alt.comp.software.thunderbird
Subject Re: email folders
Date 2026-07-30 18:52 +0200
Message-ID <34csjm-hma.ln1@spock.lan> (permalink)
References <114frv6$1tslh$1@dont-email.me> <4v8sjm-b96.ln1@spock.lan> <114fthg$1uic3$1@dont-email.me>

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Op 30-07-2026 om 18:18 schreef knuttle:
> On 07/30/2026 11:59 AM, dillinger wrote:
>> Op 30-07-2026 om 17:52 schreef knuttle:
>>> In looking at my current profile, it looks like Thunderbird is now
>>> keeping its email as individual files in folder in this format
>>> stuff.mozmsgs.
>>>
>>> Are these in any way related to the old method of handling files?
>>>
>>> Can the Stuff.  and stuff.msf be deleted with out loosing old and
>>> archived email?  (Please consider "Stuff" as a generic name.)
>>
>> NO, if you don't have any problems, stay out of there!
> Working with the files in this directory has gotten me out of many
> problems.  Sometimes it is during a new instalation on a new computer.
> Sometimes, it occurred when I wanted to transfer my profile to a
> different computer but did not want a bunch of personnal files, sometime
> adding a lost directory.
Yes, but then you had problems, and you were instructed how to fix them.
Now you are just guessing and you want to delete random files to do
what? Save a few megabytes?
Stay out of there if you don’t know what you're doing.
*.mozmsgs are created by your OS when you allow it to search your mail.

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email folders knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com> - 2026-07-30 11:52 -0400
  Re: email folders dillinger <dillinger@not.invalid> - 2026-07-30 17:59 +0200
    Re: email folders knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com> - 2026-07-30 12:18 -0400
      Re: email folders dillinger <dillinger@not.invalid> - 2026-07-30 18:52 +0200
      Re: email folders Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-07-30 13:17 -0400
        Re: email folders knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com> - 2026-07-30 13:43 -0400
          Re: email folders dillinger <dillinger@not.invalid> - 2026-07-30 20:10 +0200

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