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moving mailbird inbox msgs to tbird

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Hi- this is an "anticipatory" issue, that is, nothing will happen yet, but will happen "soon." 1) since all the mail accts are IMAP, do I need to "back up" anything, and then "move" anything to a new computer, re emails themselves? 2) If I would need to move any emails from that old computer to the new computer? We're NOT talking abt email acct settings, which I will manually put into the new computer. -description: the old email app that currently is operational & exists on "old" computer (again, there is NO "new" computer right now), is mailbird, a paid email prog. with which name/app you may know about. -"Old" computer is w10pro. "New" computer will be w11pro. "New" : Alder lake, 16 or 32 MB real RAM, big SSD. so no issues foreseen. 3) what I really want to do for "new" computer: I want to install t-bird stable w/IMAP, & have all msgs as were present on "old" computer, present & workable on "new" computer. 4) history: for last 4y or so, t-bird failed in several ways on "old" computer, made it a PIA for client to use. I was unable to successfully overcome the t-bird problems. So I moved the client's email setup to Mailbird, $60 or so paid. Mailbird has its own problem set, so on "new" computer, I want to initially try out t-bird first to see if it will work "right" for client, right out of the box. Client used t-bird for many yrs, & I have continually used t-bird since its inception, w/o issues. I prefer it for many reasons. 5) I esp. want to know abt w11 probs w/t-bird, current. Thank you, stay safe.

Hi- this is an "anticipatory" issue, that is, nothing will happen yet, but will happen "soon." 1) since all the mail accts are IMAP, do I need to "back up" anything, and then "move" anything to a new computer, re emails themselves? 2) If I would need to move any emails from that old computer to the new computer? We're NOT talking abt email acct settings, which I will manually put into the new computer. -description: the old email app that currently is operational & exists on "old" computer (again, there is NO "new" computer right now), is mailbird, a paid email prog. with which name/app you may know about. -"Old" computer is w10pro. "New" computer will be w11pro. "New" : Alder lake, 16 or 32 MB real RAM, big SSD. so no issues foreseen. 3) what I really want to do for "new" computer: I want to '''install t-bird stable''' w/IMAP, & have all msgs as were present on "old" computer, present & workable on "new" computer. 4) history: for last 4y or so, t-bird failed in several ways on "old" computer, made it a PIA for client to use. I was unable to successfully overcome the t-bird problems. So I moved the client's email setup to Mailbird, $60 or so paid. Mailbird has its own problem set, so on "new" computer, I want to initially try out t-bird first to see if it will work "right" for client, right out of the box. Client used t-bird for many yrs, & I have continually used t-bird since its inception, w/o issues. I prefer it for many reasons. 5) I esp. want to know abt w11 probs w/t-bird, current. Thank you, stay safe.

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On your first question, for IMAP accounts, all messages will be viewable. That's true for all email clients, not just Thunderbird. On moving to Thunderbird, the current release is 102, the beginning a new series - but it has a few bugs to work through that have caused problems for a few. I'm using 102 with no issues, and most problems happened on upgrades. I recommend the current release (102.0.3) because that starts you out with a new series and it has features that are not available in prior version (ver 91). I expect no problems, although I don't know complexity of moving Mailbird addressbook. Good luck.