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I read "How do I back up Thunderbird emails?" from here.

How can I use it again when the account will be deleted from Thunderbird or change the operating system?

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Puneet Dixit
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The folder ~/.thunderbird includes everything you need. It includes emails, accounts, settings, (email-) passwords etc. If you simply backup the folder regularly, you can simply copy it back to your newly installed system, into ~/ (which is your home directory, /home/yourname).

Even the installed extensions, add-ons etc. will be available instantly in most cases, with no other action but simply copying back the (whole) backed-up ~/.thunderbird -folder into ~/.

Couldn't be easier :)

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