Axel Grude

Hmm, you could install TEBE in order to do a backup of your extensions and just
reinstall them.

When you create the new profile, make sure to set you get mail to manual (no
automatical downloading or loading mail on start) to avoid that any mail is
downloaded. Once you have set up  both mail boxes, you can close down Tb and copy over
the mail folders from the old profile.

Axel

"get selected mails" extension.

you can detach attachments manually, but what you really are looking for is Postbox.
This is a Mozilla based mail client similar to thunderbir but with some added perks;
it indexes all inmages and attachements so you can quickly search them without opening
the container emails.

Also, I highly recommend installing QuickFolders if you have 16 years worth of Emails
- it is ideal for "Magpies" who keep everything and has lots of powerful mail sorting
features. I have about 10 accounts and around 500 folders. QF works in Thunderbird,
Postbox and SeaMonkey.

hth
Axel

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hi Tiger,

if you have many filters + folders, may I recommend QuickFolders?

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/quickfold[..]

the brand new version 3.1 has a lot of filter improvements. (search filter box, move
to top / bottom, a filter learning wizard that can analyze a mail drag+drop etc.)

http://quickfolders.mozdev.org/images/Message-Filters.png

http://quickfolders.mozdev.org/images/StartFiltering.png

http://quickfolders.mozdev.org/images/CreateFiltersWizard.png

It will analyze the dropped email and prefill target folder (the folder which the
filter should move emails to automatically) and various other condition fields
depending on which template was selected; making creating filters a breeze. Basically
just drag, click, click, done. I implemented that feature during the last x-mas
holidays, as I was sick of scrolling through hundreds of folders while creating
filters. Hope you find this useful.  QF is currently the highest rated Tb extension.

btw: you can configure the tabs to look like mac buttons :-)

yes, but look and feel stuff like this is configured via userChrome.css, not
about:config. if you have a suitable icon image it is very simple to overwrite the
button for "Get Selected Mails". Just download DOMi, and then use File > inspect
chrome document (chrome is the application with all its windows) to look at how the
button is styled:

`#getSelectedMailsButton {
    list-style-image: url("chrome://GetSelectedMails/skin/GetSelectedMails.png");
    -moz-image-region: rect(25px 25px 49px 1px);
}

#getSelectedMailsButton:hover {
    list-style-image: url("chrome://GetSelectedMails/skin/GetSelectedMails.png");
    -moz-image-region: rect(0px 25px 24px 1px);
}

#getSelectedMailsButton[disabled] {
    list-style-image: url("chrome://GetSelectedMails/skin/GetSelectedMails.png");
    -moz-image-region: rect(50px 25px 74px 1px);
}

toolbar[iconsize="small"] #getSelectedMailsButton {
    list-style-image: url("chrome://GetSelectedMails/skin/GetSelectedMails.png");
    -moz-image-region: rect(26px 44px 43px 27px);
}

toolbar[iconsize="small"] #getSelectedMailsButton:hover {
    list-style-image: url("chrome://GetSelectedMails/skin/GetSelectedMails.png");
    -moz-image-region: rect(1px 44px 18px 27px);
}

toolbar[iconsize="small"] #getSelectedMailsButton[disabled] {
    list-style-image: url("chrome://GetSelectedMails/skin/GetSelectedMails.png");
    -moz-image-region: rect(51px 44px 68px 27px);
}

if you replace the image urls GetSelectedMails/skin/GetSelectedMails.png with a
different image in your chrome folder you can make the button look more "mac-like".

hth, Raven