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Had to clean up hard-drive on Mac OS Catalina - erase, restore, etc and reinstall thunderbird. I have reinstated all my emails but apparently not my addressbook. I have a Time Machine backup that I've been restoring from. Where will I find my email addressbook and how to restore it? Many thanks.

Finally! I successfully migrated from Eudora 7, but I had to use TB 17.  Where do I go from here?

I'm running a Mac (10.12.6) with different flavors of Windows in different Parallels VM's, and in order to keep my Eudora install safe I did the conversion on a Win 10 32-bit VM on my creaky old MacBookPro which is disconnected from my network.

So now I want to get a current version of TB running with my newly minted TB data on my primary desktop computer. Typically I am concurrently running the following Parallels VM's: Win 7 32-bit, Win 10 32-bit and Win 10 64-bit.

Makes no difference to me which VM I start with, I just don't know how to get from TB17 on my laptop to TB95(?) on one of my desktop VM's.

When you go to preferences>Privacy & Security and you click on Learn more about the privacy issues of remote content (or any other further information which is in a blue font) you get a page that says Secure Connection Failed When you run diagnostics you find that Google Location Service Key and Mozilla Location Service Key are missing Please tell me how to resolve these 2 issues

Hello,

Whilst helping a friend recover data after she killed her laptop, my Windows 10 will no longer boot.

I have tried the steps in various posts to move my profile to another TB installation without success. The version number on the crashed machine is 68.7.

Can anybody suggest how to recover my email? The only thing I can see when I move the profile is some of my email account names, but none of my local folders.

I hope to fix the crashed PC, but I need access to my past email.

I am looking for a new email service provider, and Proton mail seems to always be near the top of the list. Searching Thunderbird support yields only help from a year or more ago. How well do proton and Thunderbird mesh currently?

I need help importing Outlook 2007 data into the current version Thunderbird. I was able to import the data into Thunderbird Version 31.8 but when I go to Help | About Thunderbird it says it's the current version and there is no upgrade to current link.

I copied all the files from the V31.8 profile to the v91.8.1 profile. I then deleted Thunderbird installations, installed v91.8.1 and launched. TB launched and has been trying to do something for the past several hours.

Thoughts?

Bob Spies

My PC crashed and lost most programs including Thunderbird. I am logged in to my account and downloaded and installed the program. However in the "Set up your existing email address" I get an error message.

Cannot download Thunderbird.

The page [https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/] has no download link. The page [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/pro.../thunderbird] has a "Download" button but that just takes me to [https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/] which has no download link.

I have spent a considerable amount of time looking at every page I can find, and there is no download link anywhere.

Apparently, I need some sort of telepathic powers to find Thunderbird, or, you just really, really don't want anyone to use Thunderbird.

I don't get it. (Literally and figuratively)

Please continue at https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1375256

Thank you Stan and David for your replies which were helpful but unfortunately I didn't express myself clearly enough for which I apologise.

My USB Thunderbird back-up is from a LENOVO Laptop. The Thunderbird version is 91.2.1 (32 bit) running on Windows 10.

I have new DELL Inspiron with Thunderbird 91.8.1 (64 bit) running on Windows 11. I have successfully found in Mail -

• Local Folders which contains .msf Filter Rules DAT folders for Trash (File), Trash.msf (MSF File), Unsent Messages (File), Unsent Messages.msf (MSF File)
• pop3.iprimus.com.au folders for Drafts, Drafts.msf, Inbox,

Inbox.msf,
.msg FilterRules,
.popstate

Sent Sent.msf Trash Trash.msf

In the LENOVO back-up Thunderbird there are no matching like named folders or files to input into the DELL. nor are there any storage files with the extensions (mbox) or (sbd) folders.

SEPARATELY when I initially setup the new DELL I put the back-up USB is port and Thunderbird initial set-up provided a command to load data from that drive which worked ! In that case I selected the top option IMA ?which stored data on the cloud based server ? not the POP option.

What led to this major issue was a need by DELL to delete and repartition the SSD to resolve a problem which I discovered with AVAST and resolved. It was one of these parties that suggested that Thunderbird would automatic convert the old files and set-up appropriately. In all there were 6 individuals involved in at least 2 countries. I have spent countless hours on this new DELL PC with Windows 11. My time is quite stretched hence my delay in responding to your good responses.

Hopefully there's some additional info here which will help resolve the problem of retaining all msgs, folders and addresses.

Thanks again for your time in considering my problem and providing possible solutions.

I set up a new Dell 5510 Inspiron with the latest version of Thunderbird which runs well in Windows 11 environment. Previously when I set up a new PC I followed instructions which created a backup from the superceded Windows 10 Laptop on to a USB file Mozilla Thunderbird. I installed Thunderbird and compared the files and discovered 1 file which had no data in it and copied that data directly into that file and it worked perfectly - bringing across everything contacts, folders etc.

On the new DELL I followed the setup prompts and had no success - I activated the top box to store data, not on cloud but to retain on server. I uninstalled and tried again this time activating the box under the top one to store most historic data on Laptop - again no success. - comparing data was fruitless as there was no file with 0 data

It has been suggested that (with Thunderbird closed, I just copy the Back-up USB Folder "Mozilla Thunderbird" from the Window 10 Laptop over the "Mozilla Thunderbird" in Apps under Settings in Windows 11 and magically all (Contacts and email history in folders ) is supposed to happen. Reason is that the new Thunderbird App does all the conversion and set-up.

reluctant to do this as it's taken 2 weeks to reach this point and I don't wish to over-write those Thunderbird that have been received in that time.

Your advice would be appreciated. I the process as it has been suggested above OR is there another process to be followed ?

Thanking you in anticpation of your time to digest the above and respond accordingly.

I have a MacPro which runs three different OSes. I want to boot to any of them and be completely current with my email, so the goal is to locate the Thunderbird Profile to a neutral, non-boot drive that is always available. I have an internal drive in one of my drive bays that is perfect for this. I tried to follow the directions for changing the "profiles.ini" file on my current boot volume, but even with that done, it still makes a new folder. I just want Thunderbird to quit referencing the old location and start referencing the new one. I thought I had updated the "profiles.ini" properly, and, having deleted the actual profile folder within the Profiles folder inside it, it still wanted to create a new one with all the default stuff empty. So it obviously was not looking to the Profile folder I had copied earlier to the neutral drive, even though I put the path in the .ini file and changed the path under [Profile0] and set IsRelative to 0. Should I also have changed the path to the [Install712DAF5A23ABECDC] portion of this .ini file to the new one and unlocked it?

Is there a way to ALSO have the "profiles.ini" file and all the apparatus around it on the neutral volume so that EACH version of Thunderbird, no matter which OS is currently booted, accesses this info from there?

I wish this kind of instruction was explained better.

I set up a new Dell 5510 Inspiron with the latest version of Thunderbird which runs well in Windows 11 environment. Previously when I set up a new PC I followed instructions which created a backup from the superceded Windows 10 Laptop on to a USB file Mozilla Thunderbird. I installed Thunderbird and compared the files and discovered 1 file which had no data in it and copied that data directly into that file and it worked perfectly - bringing across everything contacts, folders etc.

On the new DELL I followed the setup prompts and had no success - I activated the top box to store data, not on cloud but to retain on server. I uninstalled and tried again this time activating the box under the top one to store most historic data on Laptop - again no success. - comparing data was fruitless as there was no file with 0 data

It has been suggested that (with Thunderbird closed, I just copy the Back-up USB Folder "Mozilla Thunderbird" from the Window 10 Laptop over the "Mozilla Thunderbird" in Apps under Settings in Windows 11 and magically all (Contacts and email history in folders ) is supposed to happen. Reason is that the new Thunderbird App does all the conversion and set-up.

reluctant to do this as it's taken 2 weeks to reach this point and I don't wish to over-write those Thunderbird that have been received in that time.

Your advice would be appreciated. I the process as it has been suggested above OR is there another process to be followed ?

Thanking you in anticpation of your time to digest the above and respond accordingly.

Hi All,

I know that the first answer to this is going to be "ask your RMM provider" but...

I use Datto RMM and they have an integration that can install and keep TB up to date with the latest patches. I have TB installed in a stock system image that I use (v60 something I think) for one particular customer.

Unbeknownst to me, for the past few weeks RMM has been complaining that the downloaded TB installer "did not pass verification checks for its digital signature." and it had been failing to install updates. I'm still trying to find out exactly what that means, I understand what I says, but not why it didn't pass.

Up to this point it was identifying the currently installed version as "Mozilla Thunderbird (x86 en-US)" without giving a specific version number. I assume it was pulling this info from windows directly although I'm not sure and will ask Datto support.

From the RMM logs I see that a couple of days ago it stopped complaining about the digital signature and "upgraded" using the installer from https://download.mozilla.org/?product=thunderbird-91.8.1-SSL&os=win&lang=en-US.

The following day, it started reporting that the installed version was "Currently installed: Mozilla Thunderbird 38.5.0 (x86 en-US)" and I started getting support calls as "all of my email has vanished".

Uninstalling 38.5.0 and re-installing with a cleanly downloaded copy of 91.8.1 resolves the issue.

So, can anyone shed any light on what might have been going on here. Has there been a problem with the code signing cert?, was this a supply chain attack?, did someone accidentally upload a 7 year old build of the installer?

I think my problem is resolved but I would really like to be able to work out what the heck happened.

Anyone got any insight?

I just installed Thunderbird 91.8.1 and would like to migrate pst files generated by Outlook 2010.

It somewhat works - if I do "Tools --> Import --> Mail --> Next" and select Outlook, Thunderbird starts importing apparently all the pst files that are present on the PC, without allowing which ones to import to be explicitly specified.

Is there a way to specify which specific pst files are to be imported?

Good Evening, I had to reinstall Windows 10. My computer repairman installed Thunderbird along with much of my software. Since the reinstall I cannot Upgrade to Thunderbird 91.8.1. The auto update fails and the re-install does not upgrade to the new version. I have downloaded the new version many times and it still stays with the old version after the re-install. A couple times Thunderbird said I had the new version after I re-installed Thunderbird, but after restarting Thunderbird it goes back to the old (91.7.0) version.

Should I delete Thunderbird before I try to install? If I do will I loose all of my E-mail and folder information?

I would appreciate any advice. Thank you, Terry Prather [removed email from public]

Today, I am very dissapointed to report, I will be leaving Thunderbird after 20 years... Because it does not work with Microsoft Exchange Server. I am soooo dissapointed!

Hello, I've just set up Thunderbird on my IMac OS Monterey version 12.2.1 and have synchronized my gmail account. However not all folders have migrated. What is causing this and how can I fix it? Thanks!

I upgraded from Thunderbird 52 to version 91. Even though all the account settings appear to be correct, I can neither send nor receive mail. What the -- is wrong?

My windows 10 took a powder and had to have it repaired The thing that i may not be able to get are the add ons and the address book that i had on it they are installing anew hard drive but were able to back up some of the files and such. I know it is something about address book and history but not sure how to do it .i and when it comes back can i come back and get help

The situation is bad for my hard drive, not enough room to import the outlook files into TB. So is there a way of moving the destination for the import function to another drive so I can collect my eamils to use in TB?

OR

Can I somehow split the import of the emails into 2 or three attempts then save to a memory stick step by step?

I am really stuck so any help I would appreciate please!

I experienced a problem with Thunderbird suddenly not recognizing my password. Kept giving me a notice that said my password/account had been "blacklisted". I've never seen that in 20 years. I called my local internet company, Comcast.net for help. He walked me through deleting and re-installing several times before it dawned on me that Bitdefender (anti-virus software) might somehow be blocking my password. I turned off VPN and unchecked all the boxes at Bitdefender. And I could suddenly reinstall Thunderbird e-mail addresses. HOWEVER, all the folders, which I think were stored locally (on my laptop) are gone. I had lots of stuff I use on a daily basis in those folders. How do I get them back? Can I get the back? My server is IMAP but I don't know if they were stored online or on my laptop. Somebody help me, please?