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Hi I would like to uninstall then re-install Thunderbird. can I do this without losing my address book contacts?Please!

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Fawleyboy1
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Thunderbird repeatedly ask for my email server password. Also it fails to download my incoming mail and "times out"

Thunderbird repeatedly ask for my email server password. Also it fails to download my incoming mail and "times out"

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Onno Ekker
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Uninstalling and re-installing won't change your profile, so your address book will stay intact. The bad side is that the problem with the timeout will probably also stay intact :-(