Filters export

[ben6520]

I would like to be able to export filters to my laptop and not have to re-create them.

[Anonymous]

What filters are you talking about?

[cpu_nurd]

If your talking about Message filters, I agree. With the absents of global message filters I'm constantly recreating filters on multiple email accounts. A way to export and import them would be useful although this might be addressed other ways as well.

[ThiloteE]

There are multiple workarounds:

1. The QuickFilters addon provides this functionality. Obviously, it would be better, if we had this in TB core.
2. You can go to your TB profile folder via `preferences > help > more troubleshooting information > about:profiles`. The real location depends on your operating system. There is also the help page: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-where-thunderbird-stores-user-data#
There look for `filterrules.dat` files. You can copy / paste those to your other accounts.
(3. Eventually, when (or if) Thunderbird Sync gets introduced, I would hope for this feature to also cover filters. Something to look forward to. Alas, there is no TB sync yet.)