[TAG] IMAP4 vs POP3

[Pete Jewell]

Martin J Hooper wrote:
> 
> Ramon van Alteren wrote:
> 
>> I can confirm that for you.
>> It works just as easy with Thunderbird for IMAP as it does for POP.
> 
> 
> Thanks - now just wondering if I can copy Thunderbird filters from one
> account to another.
> 
> Does anyone know what filename the filters in Thunderbird are saved under?

You're in luck, as it appears to be a text file.  You'll need to replace the
*q5mlc576.default* with the relevant directory under .mozilla-thunderbird
(if you only have one profile then it'll be easy).  beltazoid.catz is my
mail server - yours will probably be whatever your ISP's mail server is
called.

Now, I haven't tested copying the file into another profile, but I'm sure
you'll let us know how you get on!  :)

``
pete at pete:~/.mozilla-thunderbird/q5mlc576.default/ImapMail/beltazoid.catz$ file msgFilterRules.dat
msgFilterRules.dat: ASCII text
pete at pete:~/.mozilla-thunderbird/q5mlc576.default/ImapMail/beltazoid.catz$ cat msgFilterRules.dat
version="8"
logging="no"
name="Junk"
enabled="yes"
type="1"
action="Move to folder"
actionValue="imap://pete at beltazoid.catz/Junk"
action="JunkScore"
actionValue="100"
condition="OR (\"X-Spam-Flag\",contains,YES) OR (\"X-Spam-Status\",contains,Yes)"
''

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PeteJ