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How do I put my previous machines archive.sbd folder (with yearly archive files) in to my new machine's Thunderbird archives??

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brianco12
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I started by exporting my archives folder from my old machine, now I have the yearly archive files. There must be an easy way to move them in to the new computers Thunderbird program?

I started by exporting my archives folder from my old machine, now I have the yearly archive files. There must be an easy way to move them in to the new computers Thunderbird program?

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I would try this: rename your old archive.sbd (fx) old_archive.sbd and create a new EMPTY file old_archive. (no extension)

copy those two (with subdirectories) into MAIL\ Local Folders start Thunderbird and you should have a new folder in LF

You can then easily move those subfolders into Archive and remove your old-a-folder

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Gnospen
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I would try this: rename your old archive.sbd (fx) old_archive.sbd and create a new EMPTY file old_archive. (no extension)

copy those two (with subdirectories) into MAIL\ Local Folders start Thunderbird and you should have a new folder in LF

You can then easily move those subfolders into Archive and remove your old-a-folder

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