The NTFS file system under Windows 2000 and XP supports an equivalent of a symlink called a junction point. That works as long as you don't have a copy of the address book in the profile. As far as Thunderbird is concerned nothing has changed, the operating system hides the fact that the file is actually stored elsewhere. If you're using Linux you could move a address book to another location (such as a file share) and then use a symlink to create a symbolic link to the file.

However, that functionality no longer works. That would let multiple users and/or machines use a single copy. Early versions of Thunderbird let you replace the 'abook.mab' filename with a full pathname to specify the address book was stored on a file share. Your personal address book is normally stored as a 'abook.mab' file within the profile folder.

Its not a real synchronization tool, just an easier way to copy files. You could avoid this by sharing a single copy.Ĭan copy address books from a local folder or file share, or use FTP, WebDAV, or IMAP to fetch the file. However, this assumes all new entries or changes were in the copy thats being replicated. One way to share address books is to store the user profiles on a file share and overwrite the addressbooks of each user with a simple 'copy' command. 4.1 If the add-on doesn't support calendars.2 Share an address book on a file share.

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