tar: .thunderbird -> /home/user1794469/.icedove: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors

$ stat .thunderbird
  File: .thunderbird -> /home/user1794469/.icedove
  Size: 22          Blocks: 0          IO Block: 4096   symbolic link
Device: 803h/2051d  Inode: 1926969     Links: 1
Access: (0777/lrwxrwxrwx)  Uid: ( 1000/ user1794469)   Gid: ( 1000/ user1794469)
Access: 2018-07-16 11:45:13.057208620 -0400
Modify: 2017-04-29 09:29:54.479660217 -0400
Change: 2017-04-29 09:29:54.479660217 -0400
 Birth: -

$ stat /home/user1794469/.icedove
  File: /home/user1794469/.icedove
  Size: 4096        Blocks: 8          IO Block: 4096   directory
Device: 803h/2051d  Inode: 65576       Links: 4
Access: (0700/drwx------)  Uid: ( 1000/ user1794469)   Gid: ( 1000/ user1794469)
Access: 2018-07-16 16:18:18.877150669 -0400
Modify: 2017-04-29 09:29:54.523660492 -0400
Change: 2017-04-29 09:29:54.523660492 -0400
 Birth: -