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Re: Message Filter List Import

From Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk>
Newsgroups alt.comp.software.thunderbird
Subject Re: Message Filter List Import
Date 2026-07-01 17:39 +0100
Message-ID <naku5iFqaq9U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References <06f24lpjflmcs703jvl4lojovd4c0aat3v@4ax.com> <11235e5$13gl4$1@solani.org>

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John C. wrote:

> Contrary to popular belief, filter rules are NOT stored in the
> msgFilterRules.dat file. Instead, they are stored in the .dat files for
> each newsgroup that you're subscribed to in that newsfeed. For example,
> the filter rules for this newsgroup are in:
> 
> "C:\Users\(Windows user account
> name)\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles\(Thunderbird profile
> name)\News\(usenet account server name)\alt.comp.software.thunderbird.dat"
> 
> If you don't believe me, close TB and open that file in a text editor.

As it happens, I create my message rules so that they apply to the 
entire usenet server, rather than to individual groups on that server, 
so thunderbird *definitely* stores my filters in

"C:\Users\Andy.Burns\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles\xxxxxxxx.default-release\News\news.individual.net\msgFilterRules.dat"

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