Is it possible to make a shared folder between profiles?

Hi,
My e-mail is a mess with personal and work e-mail and urgent and unimportant email mixed and I am losing a lot of productivity trying to manage the onslaught. I would like to be able to create a new profile for only important work e-mail.
I'm wondering - Is there a way to share only selected items between profiles? I was thinking if it were possible to create a "shared" folder that syncs when I close one profile, I could put the urgent items in there once every couple days when I check the "catch all" profile and then only deal with those in the "important work" profile. Is something like this possible?
Thanks!
Michael

One easy way to share material between accounts, or profiles, is to set up an IMAP-connected account solely for this purpose. You can drag-and-drop into it and from it.
Another approach is nearer to your query.
At '''[http://kb.mozillazine.org/Menu_differences_in_Windows,_Linux,_and_Mac Tools|Account Settings]|Local Folders|Account Settings→Local Directory''' you can set what folder the Local Folders pseudo account uses. You could set this to the same folder in both profiles.
Be aware that this folder, if outside of the usual Profile folder, won't be automatically included in profile backup and moving operations; you need to remember what you've done and account for it.
I'd place this folder alongside your other profiles to give it a fighting chance of being remembered. ;-)

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