On 14/12/2019 17.23, Paul wrote:
The Horny Goat wrote:
On Thu, 12 Dec 2019 22:07:48 +0100, "Carlos E.R."
wrote:

....

If we use Carlos example:

C:\Users\NAME\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles

In there is a text file "profiles.ini" and a folder is
next to the profiles.ini with ABCD1234.default, where the
first part is randomly assigned. The "profiles.ini"
keeps note of the ABCD1234.default part.

Thunderbird supports multiple profiles and has
a command line capability to bring up the Profile
Manager and select a second profile. I don't bother
with this, but understanding that capability is to
better understand why the tool needs a profiles.ini.
Typically the user does not use that capability and
a single profile can interface to multiple email servers
or USENET news servers.

I used it on a laptop. I created a different profile for using in an
internet cafe with a shared untrusted wifi: I did not add there the
settings to use some accounts that used plain text authorization or
password, because they can be sniffed in transit.

Or, you can have a profile for work and another for home.

You may have access on one profile to local mail folders of another
profile, using file links. The idea just occurred to me, so I can not
propose the details.




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Cheers, Carlos.