How to Back Up My Accounts

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JamesJoey
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How to Back Up My Accounts

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Is there any way to backup my accounts and settings.
I have 3 email accounts and it would be easier to simply restore the backup.

I'm using version 78.5.0

James
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I found my profiles.
One is in the Local and the other is in the Roaming user folders.
Do I need to copy both or just one?
Also I'm assuming to restore the profile(s) I need to simply copy them back?
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One is in the Local and the other is in the Roaming user folders.
You don't need the bits under Local. The actual user profile is under Roaming.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_ ... hunderbird
For a concise, less detailed version of the process, see this thread --
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic ... 5#p7251375

For an alternative approach, see tanstaafl's posts in this thread -- http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic ... #p14209121
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Re: How to Back Up My Accounts

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Got it.

Thanks much,
James
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