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Transferring email from MozMail to TBird - how?

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NightStalker

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Feb 24, 2006, 4:53:19 PM2/24/06
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Hi from Down Under :)

Just installed a new PC in the office, and now using Thunderbird as the
email app. On the previous PC, was using Mozilla Mail from the suite.

How can I transfer all the stored mail from the old MozMail to the new
TBird? Which folder(s) or files do I need to copy and where do I put
them?

Many thanks for any help :)

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Chris Ilias

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Feb 24, 2006, 5:55:27 PM2/24/06
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_NightStalker_ spoke thusly on 24/02/2006 4:53 PM:

> Just installed a new PC in the office, and now using Thunderbird as the
> email app. On the previous PC, was using Mozilla Mail from the suite.
>
> How can I transfer all the stored mail from the old MozMail to the new
> TBird? Which folder(s) or files do I need to copy and where do I put
> them?

Please see:
http://ilias.ca/mozilla/profilefaq/#transferring

Thunderbird profiles are kept a different default location [1], but the
transfer method is the same. Just remember that Thunderbird is not a web
browser, so there's no need to transfer things like your Mozilla bookmarks.
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Chris Ilias

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Feb 24, 2006, 5:57:40 PM2/24/06
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_Chris Ilias_ spoke thusly on 24/02/2006 5:55 PM:

> _NightStalker_ spoke thusly on 24/02/2006 4:53 PM:
>> Just installed a new PC in the office, and now using Thunderbird as the
>> email app. On the previous PC, was using Mozilla Mail from the suite.
>>
>> How can I transfer all the stored mail from the old MozMail to the new
>> TBird? Which folder(s) or files do I need to copy and where do I put
>> them?
>
> Please see:
> http://ilias.ca/mozilla/profilefaq/#transferring
>
> Thunderbird profiles are kept a different default location [1], but the
> transfer method is the same. Just remember that Thunderbird is not a web
> browser, so there's no need to transfer things like your Mozilla bookmarks.

Forgot the URL for [1]
http://www.mozilla.org/support/thunderbird/profile

NightStalker

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Feb 24, 2006, 10:44:47 PM2/24/06
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In article <h-mdnR8-3Y4JEmLe...@mozilla.org>, n...@ilias.ca
says...

> _Chris Ilias_ spoke thusly on 24/02/2006 5:55 PM:
> > _NightStalker_ spoke thusly on 24/02/2006 4:53 PM:
> >> Just installed a new PC in the office, and now using Thunderbird as the
> >> email app. On the previous PC, was using Mozilla Mail from the suite.
> >>
> >> How can I transfer all the stored mail from the old MozMail to the new
> >> TBird? Which folder(s) or files do I need to copy and where do I put
> >> them?
> >
> > Please see:
> > http://ilias.ca/mozilla/profilefaq/#transferring
> >
> > Thunderbird profiles are kept a different default location [1], but the
> > transfer method is the same. Just remember that Thunderbird is not a web
> > browser, so there's no need to transfer things like your Mozilla bookmarks.
>
> Forgot the URL for [1]
> http://www.mozilla.org/support/thunderbird/profile
>

Chris - many, many thanks :) That's exactly what I needed.

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