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If you have more than one prole congured in Thunderbird, you’ll need to rst cd to the Proles directory,

then poke around using

cd and ls (Mac OS X or Linux) or dir (Windows) to gure out which prole contains

your Gmail messages. The one you’re looking for will have a pop.gmail.com subdirectory under the prole’s

Mail directory.

Next, use the cd command to “change directory” (switch to the folder) where Thunderbird stores

its mail.

On , type the following:

cd ~/Library/Thunderbird/Profiles/*/Mail

On , type the following (you can also use the pathname, minus the “cd” in Explorer:

cd %APPDATA%\Thunderbird\Profiles\

Then type cd, followed by a space, and press Tab. The command will expand to include your prole

directory. For example:

cd 2punitlu.default

Next, type:

cd Mail

On , type the following:

cd ~/.mozilla-thunderbird/*/Mail

Press the Return or Enter key after you type a command. Now, leave your command-line window

open, and proceed to the next step.

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Now you’re ready—or nearly ready—to make a backup copy of all your Gmail messages. First,

make sure that Thunderbird is done downloading all your Gmail. This could take quite some time,

so be sure to double-check.

If you want to make absolutely sure that you’ve downloaded all your mail, compare the number

of messages reported by Thunderbird (look at the lower right of the Thunderbir ...