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Export/Import Thunderbird filters (Linux)
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Export

Save all filters (msgFilterRules.dat files) in a zip file:

$ find .thunderbird/ -type f -name msgFilterRules.dat -print | zip thunderbird-filters -@

Import

After sending the resulting thunderbird-filters.zip to your other computer, find the corresponding filter files in the current machine (under ~/.thunderbird) and update their contents with the contents in the zip fle.

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