Exploring Alternatives for Transferring Thunderbird Mail to a New PC

Hello.

Once again I will face the problem of moving mail.
Unfortunately, the program does not have the option of exporting everything to a new PC.


A dozen or so months ago I used this guide.
https://support.mozilla.org/pl/kb/przenoszenie-danych-thunderbirda-na-nowy-komputer

Unfortunately, the program did not catch the "old" profile that I moved to the appropriate folder. You had to manually enter all the data into TB and wait a few days until everything was downloaded from the mail server again.
Which was incredibly bothersome.

Are there any other ways to easily transfer TB so you don't have to re-enter everything?

https://addons.mozilla.org/pl/thunderbird/addon/importexporttools/

I recently moved from a Windows 7 computer to a Windows 10 laptop. I just copied Thunderbird catalogs from AppData-> Roaming and from AppData-> Local. Later I installed Thunderbird under Windows 10 and everything flashes.

This is done with the MozBackup program

aachi wrote:

I recently moved from a Windows 7 computer to a Windows 10 laptop. I just copied Thunderbird catalogs from AppData-> Roaming and from AppData-> Local. Later I installed Thunderbird under Windows 10 and everything flashes.

Hmm, probably during the installation he was looking for whether there is data to the program already saved on the disk. I have uploaded folders after installation already.

I will check this backup program again.

You need to find the directory where TB keeps the e-mails. You can check it by inventing and setting up a new directory with an unusual name, eg "ass of a duckling", then search for files on drive C or D for this file and you will have a whole database of your e-mails. Pack it yourself or save a copy to another drive and you have everything safe. Perform all operations with the TB closed. After installing a new program or wanting to transfer the copied files to another computer, you "put" the copied files in the directory where the next computer / new TB installation keeps the data (I wrote how to check) and after the competition ... directories of course

Dear. A colleague installed the Thunderbird and the latter created a new profile. The profile name is random. If a colleague found the name of the old profile and put it in the configuration file of the new mail client, this one will automagically see the databases from the old profile.
My colleague unnecessarily wasted time downloading messages from the server.

LEDówki wrote:

Dear. A colleague installed the Thunderbird and the latter created a new profile. The profile name is random. If a colleague found the name of the old profile and put it in the configuration file of the new mail client, this one will automagically see the databases from the old profile.
My colleague unnecessarily wasted time downloading messages from the server.

I did the same ... after installing the fresh version, I redirected to the directory where I always kept my e-mails safely (on a different disk) ... he replaced the old files with empty ones and I have my hand in the potty (the last 3 years of e-mails hit a damn )

bolo_67 wrote:

I did the same ... after installing the fresh version, I redirected to the directory where I always kept my e-mails safely (on a different disk) ... he replaced the old files with empty ones and I have my hand in the potty (the last 3 years of e-mails hit a damn

First of all, I don't understand why keep e-mails from the last three years. I save some important files to .eml files and copy them to an external drive and the rest I delete, e.g. the notification about the answer on the forum.

If I need to restore the system from an image to the C: drive, first I copy the entire directory of the mail program's store to another drive, e.g. D :, restore the system and then move or copy this directory to the same place on the C: drive:

I see someone unearthed the old topic, but by the way, I will tell you what tactic I have developed, which does not require any external programs and works reliably. The easiest way is to transfer the content of the profile - by default, the profiles are in% appdata% \ roaming \ thunderbird, although the location can be checked in the program itself - the help menu, "Information for technical support" and there is an option to open the profile folder. On the target computer, you can do the same and just paste all the data from the source. Pasting directly into the profile folder has the advantage that you don't have to worry about the profile name or tinker with the .ini file - the profile name will change, but that doesn't matter as long as you only use one default profile.

However, there is one catch - with too much version difference, remembered passwords often get lost or problems arise with certificates that were not there before. You can then use intermediate versions in the form of a mobile Thunderbird, e.g. from portableapps (legacy versions are available for download). As far as I remember the path roughly is that from version 45 you can jump to 68 and everything works, then 78 and then on to the current one. There is some work to do with it, but if someone has several accounts configured, each with some signatures, contacts, etc., it is still much faster to copy the profile 3-4 times than to set it all up manually from scratch. This is a penalty for not updating.

Everyone has their own way ... there are many options for those seeking help in this situation