Computer FAQs & Tips

Ever wonder if you can bring your mail inbox with you all the time? no matter which Computer you use, no matter where you are, you can access to your inbox at any convenience time?
If you do, please read on...

Let's start with answering to some questions below

• Are you using Mozilla Thunderbird as email client?
• Are you using email provider which give facility to POP, IMAP? or using Gmail?

If you answered Yes to all questions above, then this article might make you day a pleasant day.

Here is a simple instruction to make your inbox portable

Setting it up

• First, download a copy of Thunderbird from http://getthunderbird.com
• Install it to your computer as per normal
• Complete the install with default wizard prompted
• If the program starts after installed and ask you to create an account, just say "No" and exit the program.
• Now, create these foldersC:\Portables\Mozilla\Thunderbird
  C:\Portables\Mozilla\_profiles\thunderbird
  
• Go to your thunderbird installed directory
  (ie. C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird)
• Select all files (Ctrl + A) and Copy (Ctrl + C)
• Paste them in C:\Portables\Mozilla\Thunderbird
• Now open Notepad
• Paste the following lineSTART Thunderbird\thunderbird.exe -profile _profiles\thunderbird
• Save as Thunderbird.cmd into C:\Portables\Mozilla directory
• Done!
• Now take a deep breath to release your concentration before you start your new fresh portable Thunderbird..
• Double click on Thunderbird.cmd and start creating your accounts

You will notice all your thunderbird profile and inboxes will be saved under C:\Portables\Mozilla\_profiles\thunderbird folder

Bring it with you

• Get yourself a USB Flash Disk or similar. I personally called it PDD (Portable Disk Drive)
• Copy entire Portables folder (created in previous step) from your C: drive to your PDD
• Use it anywhere by double click on Thunderbird.cmd
• Your thunderbird profile and inboxes will be loaded from [drive_letter]:portables\Mozilla\_profiles\thunderbird where drive_letter is your PDD drive ( eg. F: )

The installed version of firefox is not needed anymore, you can now uninstall it from your computer and forget about it.

Author: Manet Yim FAQ & Tip