Since my recent hard drive issues, I’ve been thinking about different approaches to the basic “computer backup.” During my daydreams I wondered about a specific backup facility for the Thunderbird email client. Yes, a basic system level file backup can save all of my Thunderbird email data, but is there a way to backup email from within Thunderbird itself?

My research hasn’t gone far as I got side tracked with the idea of building an extension for Thunderbird specifically for mail backup. All of this daydreaming prompted a new question altogether: How do you set up Thunderbird for extension development? If you’ve been thinking about the very same question, check out this post over at Brain Flush where the author details what you need to set up your Thunderbird installation specifically for extension development.

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