thunderbird mail storage

hechengjin

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Thunderbird#Files_and_folders_in_the_profile Each Thunderbird mail folder is stored in two files named after this mail folder name: File with no extension stores email messages in the plain text format, one after one. This file is larger than the MSF index. A corresponding (smaller) .MSF file contains mail folder indexes and preference data. Thunderbird figures out what part of the message to be displayed, the order of messages within a folder, and the like - all based on the .MSF file information. It is important to note that .MSF files do not contain any email messages and, all in all, are redundant. Thunderbird will rebuild .MSF files as needed if they are missing. Folders with a .SBD file type (extension) are designed for a subfolder management; probably, SBD stands for SuBDirectory. SBD folders are used to hold a hierarchy of mail folders. When you create a new folder under some of the existing folder for the first time, Thunderbird creates a .SBD folder to store email data of this child folder. The folders are named according to the parent folder to which a child belongs. For example, if you create a mail folder under "Inbox" folder, a message database file and corresponding MSF file of this child folder will be stored in the %USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\XXXXXXXX.default\Mail\Local Folders\Inbox.sbd Zmeil email recovery software finds and displays appropriate message database files automatically. The total size of all the emails stored in a single folder cannot exceed 4GB. This includes any items deleted after the last compaction took place. To compact a folder in Thunderbird, right click that folder and select "Compact" from a popup menu. This should be done periodically (once in several months perhaps). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbox http://www.jwz.org/doc/mailsum.html http://www.z-a-recovery.com/thunderbird-email-database.htm

hechengjin

mbox .msf文件
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Message_Summary_Database
The Mail Summary Files (.msf) are used to store summary information about messages and threads in a folder, and some meta information about the folder.

hechengjin

http://www.file-extensions.org/f ... -related-data-files


msf    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mork_(file_format)