Mail account backup¶
Log into the mail account with thunderbird (imap) Make sure that all content is downloaded to the computer (Download progress at the bottom of the Window)
Under Linux the mail data is saved at the path:
~/.thunderbird/<some-numbers>.default-default/ImapMail/public.<url-of-mail-provider>
Copy this folder to a backup location
For each mailbox directory the backup directory contains two files:
<name-of-the-mailbox-directory> <- a mbox file
<name-of-the-mailbox-directory>.msf <- a msf file
The mbox fail contains a list of all email contents including the appendices
To view the contents of a mbox file copy it to `~/.thunderbird/