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Configuring Akonadi for Thunderbird Maildir access

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I read this and this.

Then I installed the Akonadi console:

root@tact:/home/jj5# apt-get install akonadiconsole

I opened it from K -> Applications -> Development -> Akonadi Management and Debugging Console.

Then in it I selected Agents -> Local Folders.

Then I changed: /home/jj5/.local/share/akonadi_maildir_resource_0 to my ‘important’ Thunderbird ImapMail directory.

Thunderbird Maildir backend

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I’m trying to figure out how to get my Thunderbird to use Maildir instead of Mbox so my backups are less data intensive.

I opened about:config via Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Config Editor…

Then I changed “mail.serverDefaultStoreContractID” from “@mozilla.org/msgstore/berkeleystore;1” to “@mozilla.org/msgstore/maildirstore;1”.

Everything is easy when you know how!