Thunderbird ain't perfect, either

[Paolo Invernizzi]

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!

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Paolo