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Re: Thunderbird filters

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On Sun 14 Jan 2024 at 17:11:01 (-0500), gene heskett wrote:
> On 1/14/24 11:13, David Wright wrote:
> > On Sun 14 Jan 2024 at 01:57:59 (-0800), David Christensen wrote:
> > > On 1/12/24 18:17, gene heskett wrote:
> > > > On 1/12/24 15:58, David Christensen wrote:
> > 
> > > > > Searching for the Thunderbird message filter configuration
> > > > > files on my computer:
> > > > > 
> > > > > 2024-01-12 12:31:57 dpchrist@taz ~
> > > > > $ find .thunderbird/dpchrist -iname '*filter*'
> > > > > .thunderbird/dpchrist/Mail/Local Folders/msgFilterRules.dat
> > > > > .thunderbird/dpchrist/ImapMail/november.he-1.net/msgFilterRules.dat
> > > > > .thunderbird/dpchrist/ImapMail/november.he.net/msgFilterRules.dat
> > 
> > Did you choose those (appropriate-looking) names?
> > 
> that was the other David example, not mine.

Precisely. And that's why I asked the question. If David chose them
(wisely), then the obviousness of their names may be of no consequence.

OTOH if their names (ignoring the directory part) are "standard"
ones, chosen by TB, there's a glimmer of a hope that your filters
may have similar names, which you can search for.

> > > > I have no such directory structure where subbing my id for
> > > > dpchrist might hide:
> > > > gene@coyote:~/.thunderbird$ ls
> > > > 'Crash Reports'   f37v8icg.default-default   installs.ini
> > > > 'Pending Pings'   profiles.ini   twpgj5qd.default
> > > 
> > > Use find(1) instead of ls(1):
> > > 
> > > $ find . -xdev -iname '*filter*'
> > 
> > Random website:
> > 
> >    Create Filter Rules in Mozilla Thunderbird
> > 
> >    Let’s go over the steps you need to follow to create Thunderbird rules that move messages from a specific sender to a folder:
> Most of the "filters" I use (and there are well over a 100 of them)
> are based on the src of the mailing list they go into, and were first
> made by using a list mail as the filter key, move to such and such
> local directory.  As to where those filters are stored, I have not
> found them.

Well, you now know to carry on searching, because you only looked
in /etc before.

> >      Launch Mozilla Thunderbird.
> >      Open the Tools menu and choose Message Filters.
> >      Click New to create a new filter.
> >      Give the filter a suitable name.
> > 
> > … or an unsuitable one?

Cheers,
David.

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call me puzzled. gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-01-12 14:40 +0100
  Thunderbird filters (was: call me puzzled.) Arno Lehmann <al@its-lehmann.de> - 2024-01-12 14:50 +0100
    Re: Thunderbird filters David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-01-12 22:00 +0100
      Re: Thunderbird filters gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-01-13 03:20 +0100
        Re: Thunderbird filters David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-01-14 11:00 +0100
          Re: Thunderbird filters gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-01-14 17:00 +0100
            Re: Thunderbird filters Arno Lehmann <al@its-lehmann.de> - 2024-01-14 17:20 +0100
              Re: Thunderbird filters gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-01-14 23:10 +0100
                Re: Thunderbird filters Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-01-14 23:30 +0100
                Re: Thunderbird filters gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-01-15 02:00 +0100
                Re: Thunderbird filters Arno Lehmann <al@its-lehmann.de> - 2024-01-15 01:00 +0100
            Re: Thunderbird filters David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-01-15 02:30 +0100
              Re: Thunderbird filters Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-01-15 15:10 +0100
                Re: Thunderbird filters David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-01-15 22:30 +0100
                Re: Thunderbird filters Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-01-16 03:40 +0100
                Re: Thunderbird filters David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-01-16 06:40 +0100
                Re: Thunderbird filters Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-01-16 16:20 +0100
          Re: Thunderbird filters David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-01-14 17:20 +0100
            Re: Thunderbird filters gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-01-14 23:20 +0100
              Re: Thunderbird filters Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2024-01-15 00:20 +0100
              Re: Thunderbird filters David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-01-15 01:50 +0100
            Re: Thunderbird filters David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-01-15 02:20 +0100
        Re: Thunderbird filters Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-01-14 17:50 +0100
          Re: Thunderbird filters gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-01-14 23:20 +0100
  Re: call me puzzled. gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-01-15 00:20 +0100
    Re: call me puzzled. David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-01-15 21:00 +0100
      Re: call me puzzled. <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-01-15 21:10 +0100
        Re: call me puzzled. David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-01-16 05:10 +0100
          Re: call me puzzled. <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-01-16 07:00 +0100
      Re: call me puzzled. gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-01-16 00:20 +0100

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