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| From | Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.software.thunderbird |
| Subject | Re: Address Book |
| Date | 2025-05-04 12:16 -0400 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <vv83q8$2be8d$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <vv833c$2amd4$1@dont-email.me> |
On 5/4/2025 12:02 PM, David E. Ross wrote:
> Windows 7
> Thunderbird 52.9.1
>
> I deleted a mailing list, thinking the E-mail addresses also existed in
> in my personal address book. I was wrong!
>
> I backup my entire PC weekly, retaining 6 weeks of backups. Thus, I
> should be able to retrieve that mailing list, which did not change in
> that 6-week period. However, I do not know the name of the address book
> file or folder or where it is --
> * If the address book is a folder, what is its name? What then would
> be the name of the file of the specific mailing list?
> * If the entire address book is a file, what is its name?
> * Is the address book in Thunderbird's root or profile?
>
I think it's all in abook.sqlite. You could probably even fish
out the data by hand if you had to, though it seems to be
organized with GUIDs, so it's rather messy. I opened mine
in Notepad and searched for the name of a mailing list I have.
The name is there.
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