In message , Fredxx
writes
On 25/01/2021 18:53, Tim Lamb wrote:
Following the demise of my demon.co.uk address and the faff of Tbird
asking for the related password and then getting cross because it is
no longer recognised, I decided to delete the mail address from my
system.
Fine. It has gone. Sadly despite choosing what I thought was the
option to retain the saved messages, that seems to have gone as well:-(
Anyone know where the archive can be found and read?


http://kb.mozillazine.org/Thunderbir...eleted_Account

Your profile folder should be here
%APPDATA%\Thunderbird\Profile

Mine's a little more complicated as I have a profile in the usual place
but the mail directory is on a data drive that is backed up.

I really do recommend backing up areas like these. Ideally on a drive
not co-located with your computer. You can use a program like
FreeFileSync to backup and WinMerge to compare directories. They are
also useful to see which files change after a catastrophic even like an
unintended deletion.

I do a monthly system backup to a remote hard drive. The last change to
this particular data would be May last year. I would like to retain
access as it covers legal exchanges during a very protracted house sale!

--
Tim Lamb