[thelist] thunderbird question

joe stowaway at uklinux.net
Mon Jul 5 06:04:13 CDT 2004


Mike wrote:

> Does thunderbird store emails in a huge binary file like Outlook,
> or are they stored in text files, like Eudora (separate text files
> for each folder)?
>
> Tnx   :) 

hi Mike

The FAQ at the Thunderbird website should help you out:  
http://texturizer.net/thunderbird/faq.html#q2.10  Mail is saved in the 
'standard plain text "mbox" format'.

hth

joe




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