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I know there's been recent chat about Thunderbird but I can't find it
any more. This is just to say that I have today updated it in two goes
from version 140.x.x to version 153.2.0 (having backed up all 40-odd GB
first - that includes all the local archives as well as what's currently
on the server), and can report that it seems to have gone smoothly and
that it is now lightning fast.

This has been a Public Thunderservice Announcement.
--
Kate B

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On 2026/9/2 12:1:39, Kate B wrote:

I know there's been recent chat about Thunderbird but I can't find it
any more. This is just to say that I have today updated it in two goes
from version 140.x.x to version 153.2.0 (having backed up all 40-odd GB first - that includes all the local archives as well as what's currently
on the server), and can report that it seems to have gone smoothly and
that it is now lightning fast.

This has been a Public Thunderservice Announcement.

Glad all went well. (I'm on "153.1.1esr (64-bit)" [though I see there's
an update to 153.2.0esr available]).

40 G seems a bit large to back up though; what I back up, which is C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\thunderbird, which I understand is
rather more than I need to just to back up my thunderbird profile, is
349 MBytes. I presume your 40 G was mostly "what's currently on the
server" - not sure why you're backing that up!
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On 02/09/2026 20:26, J. P. Gilliver wrote:

On 2026/9/2 12:1:39, Kate B wrote:

I know there's been recent chat about Thunderbird but I can't find it
any more. This is just to say that I have today updated it in two goes
from version 140.x.x to version 153.2.0 (having backed up all 40-odd GB
first - that includes all the local archives as well as what's currently
on the server), and can report that it seems to have gone smoothly and
that it is now lightning fast.

This has been a Public Thunderservice Announcement.

Glad all went well. (I'm on "153.1.1esr (64-bit)" [though I see there's
an update to 153.2.0esr available]).

40 G seems a bit large to back up though; what I back up, which is C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\thunderbird, which I understand is
rather more than I need to just to back up my thunderbird profile, is
349 MBytes. I presume your 40 G was mostly "what's currently on the
server" - not sure why you're backing that up!

No, it's the entire Thunderbird folder. It includes (as I wrote) all the
local archives as well as the mailboxes on the server. I manage three charities as well as having a private life so there's a great deal of
archived email. I backup the entire folder because that has always
proved the most straightforward way to reinstall TB.
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Kate B
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On 02/09/2026 21:41, Kate B wrote:

[snip]
I backup the entire folder because that has always

proved the most straightforward way to reinstall TB.

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Steveski
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On 02/09/2026 21:59, Steveski wrote:

On 02/09/2026 21:41, Kate B wrote:

[snip]

I backup the entire folder because that has always

proved the most straightforward way to reinstall TB.

(Mine dew - TB's attributions are a bit pants). (Twas ever the same).
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Steveski
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On 2026/9/2 21:41:33, Kate B wrote:

On 02/09/2026 20:26, J. P. Gilliver wrote:

[]

Glad all went well. (I'm on "153.1.1esr (64-bit)" [though I see there's
an update to 153.2.0esr available]).

(which I've now accepted)>>

40 G seems a bit large to back up though; what I back up, which is
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\thunderbird, which I understand is
rather more than I need to just to back up my thunderbird profile, is
349 MBytes. I presume your 40 G was mostly "what's currently on the
server" - not sure why you're backing that up!

No, it's the entire Thunderbird folder. It includes (as I wrote) all the

Ah, so _not_ what's on a remote server as well.

local archives as well as the mailboxes on the server. I manage three charities as well as having a private life so there's a great deal of archived email. I backup the entire folder because that has always
proved the most straightforward way to reinstall TB.

Ah, the three charities plus a private life probably explains it. (Still
seems a large total, but given how people attach huge things to their
emails these days, I can believe it.)
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()ALIS-Ch++(p)Ar++T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Europeans see luxury as a badge of civilisation. Whereas we [British]
have shabbiness as a badge of civilisation.
- Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, in Radio Times 12-18 October 2013
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On 02/09/2026 22:17, J. P. Gilliver wrote:

On 2026/9/2 21:41:33, Kate B wrote:

On 02/09/2026 20:26, J. P. Gilliver wrote:

[]

Glad all went well. (I'm on "153.1.1esr (64-bit)" [though I see there's
an update to 153.2.0esr available]).

(which I've now accepted)>>

40 G seems a bit large to back up though; what I back up, which is
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\thunderbird, which I understand is
rather more than I need to just to back up my thunderbird profile, is
349 MBytes. I presume your 40 G was mostly "what's currently on the
server" - not sure why you're backing that up!

No, it's the entire Thunderbird folder. It includes (as I wrote) all the

Ah, so _not_ what's on a remote server as well.

local archives as well as the mailboxes on the server. I manage three
charities as well as having a private life so there's a great deal of
archived email. I backup the entire folder because that has always
proved the most straightforward way to reinstall TB.

Ah, the three charities plus a private life probably explains it. (Still seems a large total, but given how people attach huge things to their
emails these days, I can believe it.)

I usually cull large attachments, saving them elsewhere if required.
We're all just a really, really, busy, chatty lot.
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Kate B
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