Vista search can't find Thunderbird emails

I've had no luck at the Thunderbird forum. And this is one of those
situations I find it hard to believe I'm inventing the wheel. Surely
others have tackled this one.

I tried one more measure this morning after googling around a bit: I
told Vista to search hidden files and folders. But it still isn't
finding my Thunderbird emails.

A few days ago someone suggested going to microsoft and looking for an
add-in or plugin. I didn't find anything there searching "thunderbird."

Anyone here who might re-invent the wheel for me?


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terrypcarter

Thunderbird stores user profile at:

%USERPROFILE%\Appdata\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles

Your emails should be there, as well as it's settings.

Csaba


terrypcarter wrote:
> I've had no luck at the Thunderbird forum. And this is one of those
> situations I find it hard to believe I'm inventing the wheel. Surely
> others have tackled this one.
>
> I tried one more measure this morning after googling around a bit: I
> told Vista to search hidden files and folders. But it still isn't
> finding my Thunderbird emails.
>
> A few days ago someone suggested going to microsoft and looking for an
> add-in or plugin. I didn't find anything there searching "thunderbird."
>
> Anyone here who might re-invent the wheel for me?
>
>

Thanks.
But I need spoon feeding.
I went to %USERPROFILE%\Appdata\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles
and found lots of stuff, including what probably is most needed
.......a folder called "mail."
But how do I get Vista to go in there, index it for searches and
continue updating the index?


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terrypcarter

Good question. I think you can't not. Vista's indexer that currently
does not know Thunderbird (and i would give my head that no other but
Outlook and Windows Mail) e-mail format. If it is expandable (i'am not
really familiar with it but think not) and documented there is a chance
someone will make an extension to it.
If it is kinda like Activesync/WMDC (only can sync devices with Outlook,
and can't even sync with Vista's integrated PIM) than will never happen.

Csaba

terrypcarter wrote:
> Thanks.
> But I need spoon feeding.
> I went to %USERPROFILE%\Appdata\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles
> and found lots of stuff, including what probably is most needed
> .....a folder called "mail."
> But how do I get Vista to go in there, index it for searches and
> continue updating the index?
>
>

I haven't found anything that definitively says WDS can search Thunderbird
emails.
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Desktop_search

TB stores the emails in the mbox format, but without an extension.

http://www.ifilter.org/

The only ifilter I've found is here...
http://www.citeknet.com/Products/Pro...0/Default.aspx
but it's a beta and over 2 years old, so I don't know if it works.


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Vista Home Premium 32 SP1
http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview


"terrypcarter" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> I've had no luck at the Thunderbird forum. And this is one of those
> situations I find it hard to believe I'm inventing the wheel. Surely
> others have tackled this one.
>
> I tried one more measure this morning after googling around a bit: I
> told Vista to search hidden files and folders. But it still isn't
> finding my Thunderbird emails.
>
> A few days ago someone suggested going to microsoft and looking for an
> add-in or plugin. I didn't find anything there searching "thunderbird."
>
> Anyone here who might re-invent the wheel for me?
>
>
> --
> terrypcarter