Thunderbird ain't perfect, either

[kris]

Paolo Invernizzi wrote:
> Walter Bright wrote:
> 
>> That's fine for programmers like you and I. It isn't so fine for 
>> people who aren't power users - it doesn't help that the profile 
>> directory is stored many levels deep, inside a *hidden* directory, and 
>> a directory with a tty noise name. There's a lot to be said for a 
>> 1-click backup from the menu like Quicken's.
> 
> 
> That's true.
> 
> You can also start thunderbird with the '-p' switch, and startup the 
> 'profile manager'. When you create a new profile you can specify the 
> directory for the profile. It works in that way for Firefox too.
> 
> I've defaulted all the profiles in a something like 
> 'd:/home/arathorn/var/thunderbird', 'd:/home/arathorn/var/firefox', and 
> so on...
> 
> Some time ago I was able also to use the same profile directory from 
> Windows, FreeBSD and OS X, so you can have all your messages, check 
> mail, newsgroups and whatever OS you are using!
> 
> ---
> Paolo


Thanks for the tip, Paolo ~ that will come in handy