Comments on: Easily Use Cron to Backup Thunderbird eMail in Ubuntu Linux

By: Felix

Felix — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:05:36 +0000

Really cool idea.
I will implement ASAP,
and yes I will also sync with my FTP.
cheers,
http://www.felipeferreira.net

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By: Phil

Phil — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:45:33 +0000

Excellent – that would have to be one of the most clearly written set of instructions I have seen in quite a while. Thank you so much for a very clean solution to this one.

Mind you I still think that Thunderbird should have PROPER Export facilities as part of the application just like any other good email client should.

..Phil

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By: UbuntuLinuxHelp

UbuntuLinuxHelp — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:51:51 +0000

Actually, that’s a good idea. If email is important or valuable, one backup might not be the best way. Extending your idea, a copy could even be FTP’d to another location. Maybe I should add this to the script… :)

By: Ridgeland

Ridgeland — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 03:25:47 +0000

I’ve been using cron to back up Thunderbird and Firefox for almost two years. I keep two backups just in case I backup corrupt data once, twice and I’m SOL.
The monthly cron script:
# backup Thunderbird Local Folders from /UserHome (not same as ~/)
# this process keeps two copies of the monthly Local Folders backup
# first delete the older directory
rm -R /Data/Linux/Internet/Mail_Monthly.previous
# then rename the last backup made
mv /Data/Linux/Internet/Mail_Monthly /Data/Linux/Internet/Mail_Monthly.previous
# then create a new backup
cp -r /UserHome/Thunderbird/xxxxxx.default/Mail /Data/Linux/Internet/Mail_Monthly

I use a montly, weekly and daily backup for Firefox bookmarks. I can afford the GB so I don’t bother with compression. Note the above is just email. Address book is a similar script.