importing emails from thunderbird

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b3 said:
if i go file, import, messages, if thunderbird is not in the list, what do
i do?
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Firstly, this is NOT a chat room. Post and wait for someone to reply.

Google is YOUR friend. You will find many sites telling you how to do this.
Anyway, WHY on earth are you moving from the excellent Thunderbird to a
security-risk Outlook Express?
 
There is no need to post the same question twice, this is not real time
chat, it can take hours or days for you to receive a reply.
 
b3 said:
if i go file, import, messages, if thunderbird is not in the list,
what do i do?
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Multiple posts for the same question?

Try this:

1. Compact your Thunderbird folders (optional)
Thunderbird keeps messages in mbox files even after they have been deleted.
If you don't want to include deleted messages in the conversion, you have to
compact your folders in Thunderbird. Right click a folder and select
"Compact This Folder". This will completely remove deleted messages from the
folders mbox file.


2. Locate mbox files in Thunderbird
Thunderbird stores messages in the Profile Folder, in the Mail and (if you
use IMAP) ImapMail folders. Each mail folder (Inbox, Sent, etc.) is stored
as two files - one with no extension (e.g. INBOX), which is the mail file
itself (in "mbox" format), and one with an .msf extension (e.g. INBOX.msf),
which is the index (Mail Summary File) to the mail file.


3. Convert mbox files to eml files
IMAPSize has a built-in mbox2eml tool that can seemlesly convert thousands
and thousands of messages. Download, install and run IMAPSize (it's free)
(http://www.broobles.com/imapsize/index.php) and invoke the mbox2eml option
from the Tools menu. Select the mbox file you wish to convert (you might
need to set the "Files of type" option to "All Files" in the file selection
dialog, since Thunderbird mbox files don't have an extension) and select a
location where generated eml files should be stored. Click "Convert" and
IMAPSize will start converting the files.

All the attachments will also be converted and your original Thunderbird
files will not be touched. Starting from version 0.2.0. you can convert
multiple mbox files at once.


4. Import generated eml files into Outlook Express
Launch Outlook Express and select the local folder (or create a new one)
into which you want to import your messages. Open Windows Explorer or your
favourite file manager, locate the generated eml files, select them and drag
and drop them into the OE application window.
 
responding to your message
in #2.
i can find Profile, but under it all i see are:
localstore.rdf
prefs.js
mime types.rdf
then in #3
i go to imapsize
select mbox2eml--which brings up a box
(select files to convert) (clear list)
with a big box space beneath the above

(select the destination folder for eml.files)
c:\ [any suggestions here] still trying to get to outlook! tuvm b3
 
You're looking in the wrong directory, the files you want are in the
"Mail" directory which is in the "<xxxxxxxx.default>" directory.

--
Martin

responding to your message
in #2.
i can find Profile, but under it all i see are:
localstore.rdf
prefs.js
mime types.rdf
then in #3
i go to imapsize
select mbox2eml--which brings up a box
(select files to convert) (clear list)
with a big box space beneath the above

(select the destination folder for eml.files)
c:\ [any suggestions here] still trying to get to outlook! tuvm b3


Shenan Stanley said:
Multiple posts for the same question?

Try this:

1. Compact your Thunderbird folders (optional)
Thunderbird keeps messages in mbox files even after they have been deleted.
If you don't want to include deleted messages in the conversion, you have to
compact your folders in Thunderbird. Right click a folder and select
"Compact This Folder". This will completely remove deleted messages from the
folders mbox file.


2. Locate mbox files in Thunderbird
Thunderbird stores messages in the Profile Folder, in the Mail and (if you
use IMAP) ImapMail folders. Each mail folder (Inbox, Sent, etc.) is stored
as two files - one with no extension (e.g. INBOX), which is the mail file
itself (in "mbox" format), and one with an .msf extension (e.g. INBOX.msf),
which is the index (Mail Summary File) to the mail file.


3. Convert mbox files to eml files
IMAPSize has a built-in mbox2eml tool that can seemlesly convert thousands
and thousands of messages. Download, install and run IMAPSize (it's free)
(http://www.broobles.com/imapsize/index.php) and invoke the mbox2eml option
from the Tools menu. Select the mbox file you wish to convert (you might
need to set the "Files of type" option to "All Files" in the file selection
dialog, since Thunderbird mbox files don't have an extension) and select a
location where generated eml files should be stored. Click "Convert" and
IMAPSize will start converting the files.

All the attachments will also be converted and your original Thunderbird
files will not be touched. Starting from version 0.2.0. you can convert
multiple mbox files at once.


4. Import generated eml files into Outlook Express
Launch Outlook Express and select the local folder (or create a new one)
into which you want to import your messages. Open Windows Explorer or your
favourite file manager, locate the generated eml files, select them and drag
and drop them into the OE application window.
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